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Archae

(46,328 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:47 AM Dec 2019

Ever hear of a town where snowballs are illegal?

Oh yeah!

In Wausau, Wisconsin, it's illegal to throw snowballs except on private land.
Honest!

Now who came up with this idiotic law and WHY, just baffles me.

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Ever hear of a town where snowballs are illegal? (Original Post) Archae Dec 2019 OP

Well, Well, Well...?..Where? Wausau Wis is about 50 miles west of Green Bay. (a little North) Stuart G Dec 2019 #1

"Ordinance Forbids Throwing Snowballs In Wausau, Wisconsin" sl8 Dec 2019 #2

Two words. Liability insurance. Lochloosa Dec 2019 #3

When snowballs are outlawed... Ohiya Dec 2019 #4

This because all of Wausau's other problems are solved. Except CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #5

Some banker had his top hat knocked off Cartoonist Dec 2019 #6

Throwing snowballs contributes to global warming, you know... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #7

Stuart G

(38,428 posts)

1. Well, Well, Well...?..Where? Wausau Wis is about 50 miles west of Green Bay. (a little North)

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:51 AM

Dec 2019

Population: 39,114 (2010) pack your winter clothes...gets chilly up there...

sl8

(13,786 posts)

2. "Ordinance Forbids Throwing Snowballs In Wausau, Wisconsin"

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:57 AM

Dec 2019

https://wgno.com/2019/12/02/ordinance-forbids-throwing-snowballs-in-wausau-wisconsin/

Ordinance Forbids Throwing Snowballs In Wausau, Wisconsin

POSTED 4:34 PM, DECEMBER 2, 2019, BY CNN WIRE

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WCCO) — The recent round of snow is bringing attention to a city ordinance in Wisconsin. It’s illegal to throw snowballs in some parts of Wausau.

Snowballs are lumped in with missiles, rocks, arrows, none of which are you allowed to throw.

The ordinance decrees that you can’t throw snowballs anywhere on public property — not on sidewalks, city streets, or at school. If you do, you could be fined.

“It’s really in the interest of public safety. A lot of it is just consideration and common sense. You don’t throw stuff at people, period,” Wausau Mayor Robert B. Mielke said.

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Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)

3. Two words. Liability insurance.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:59 AM

Dec 2019

Ohiya

(2,234 posts)

4. When snowballs are outlawed...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 09:00 AM

Dec 2019

only outlaws will have snowballs!

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

5. This because all of Wausau's other problems are solved. Except

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 09:35 AM

Dec 2019

the rampant drug epidemic, major human trafficking, and more flying bullets (not thrown, however) per square mile than in Chicago.

Overall, it's a real hellhole. It doesn't say when the law was enacted. Mayor Mielke is relatively new. Former mayor Jim Tipple helped solve Wausau's unemployment problem. He did nothing, so a large number of residents call the Twin Cities and Madison home now.

Cartoonist

(7,317 posts)

6. Some banker had his top hat knocked off

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 10:54 AM

Dec 2019

So he instructed the legislature to make it illegal.

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

7. Throwing snowballs contributes to global warming, you know...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 11:03 AM

Dec 2019

oh, yeah. I almost forgot.

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