Am Floridian, can confirm. Istg every few months I learn something about cold places that’s terrifying like ‘black ice’
I’ve heard people call doing a u-turn “whipping a shitty” and always thought it was a dumb term.
I once heard it refered as ‘bang a uey’ from a relative from boston and it just sort of stuck
I much prefer “flip a bitch”.
Ripping shitties? Lol wtf Maine is way better, “ripping titties” and it makes more sense.
I’ve always heard it called that regardless of what you’re driving on. I assumed it referred to the circle of tire tracks it leaves.
Ripping donies
Maryland can be included in this. We have parking lots…and empty roads…and neighborhoods…and intersections.
Idk about the etymology of the American “whipping shitties”, but seeing it’s popular a saying in States where there have historically been Finns, I guess there could be a connection. Or not.
But in Finland we call it “ajaa paskarinkiä” “driving in a shit circle”
NJ here and at no point could you drive on lakes. It doesn’t get that cold. Most of the winter you cannot skate on ponds.
You could a few years ago.
Where? I have lived here since the 1970s and 85% of the winter it would be dangerous to skate on most of the ponds let alone bring a car onto ice
Well, within 100 mi of NJ and we raced motorcycles on them.
Motorcycles are lighter and 100 miles from NJ could place you in a much colder climate as you moght be in the mountains.
Fellow NJ-ian here. I have definitely driven on frozen lakes when I was a stupid teenager. TBH they were more like tiny ponds though.
ND we use both. I can’t even say what is more common.
North Dakota doesn’t exist.
'Course it does, it’s just left of East Dakota.
We definitely whip shitties in WI, too.
Wait until they learn about parking your half-tonne on it, building a hut and sitting there fishing with some beers for hours.
And having your house warm enough to fish in your underwear while drinking said beer and fishing.
You know the old trope about how people in the South can’t drive in snow? We do donuts on the roads unintentionally once the snow falls and refreezes to ice. No lake needed. I guess if you only have snow on the roads you have to seek out places where the car will slide around.
In the PNW, we don’t get a lot of snow and it doesn’t get cold enough to freeze lakes, but we do get plenty of black ice. Rain + tons of shade under evergreen trees can cause a lot of issues.
In Canada whipping a shitty means an illegal U turn
I call that flipping a bitch
Here too in Illinois
That’s also what I’ve known it as in Texas
That’s cuz Texans are fucking stupid.
😂
I know…It’s not nice to laugh, but the unexpected hostility caught me just right.
I was gonna ask “is there a term other than ‘doing doughnuts’ specifically for when it’s on ice?” because I live where we don’t drive on frozen lakes. 🤣
Where you live, you apparently add extra letters to “donut” for no reason.
They’re nuts made of dough, not nuts made of do. 😌
Y’all need to try them nuts made of d’s
Only ever done this in an empty parking lot after a few inches of fresh snow
There was one particular parking lot near my house that was not plowed for years. The snow would fall, melt a little during the day, and then refreeze. Spent many evenings there.
You are missing out then, frozen lakes are so much fun.
