• circuscritic@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      There was either rocks inside, or they used the heat of their hands to compact and harden the snowballs.

      Probably the latter, but possibly both techniques were used.

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        11 months ago

        My brother and I used to put ice in ours. Better than throwing rocks since you can claim ignorance.

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          11 months ago

          Or take the hand hardened snow, roll it in powder, and claim ignorance.

          I know, there’s lots of variations on how make a snowball maim or cause blunt force trauma, but adding rocks and making ice balls in your hands seemed like a consise way to explain why those kids all look like boxers who lost a 10 round slug fest.

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        11 months ago

        when i was little, my brother skipped the packing the hard rock inside the snow bit and just threw the rocks at my head instead.