Minnesota man inspires others to place frozen jeans on lawns

But not everyone is a fan – Grotting says his teenage son and daughter “hate” them.

Bernhardt saw the post. She and her family used their washing machine to get two pairs of trousers sufficiently wet and after some effort, they were able to display them among their porch furniture. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Grotting’s method isn’t too surprising – he soaks the trousers in water, then adjusts them as they freeze so they’ll stand up.

In the winter Minneapolis is a frigid wasteland; your entertainment options are exceedingly limited.

Some very cold residents in northeast Minneapolis have found just the thing to break up their long, cooped up days and nights – frozen trousers. Thank God he didn’t prop soiled granny panties on a road, Minneapolis would be littered with nasty frozen panties.

The man says he got the original idea from his brother and has been doing it as “self-amusement” for a few years.

“I mostly do it for my neighbor, Diane”, Tom Grotting told ABC News.

His fun winter tradition began a few years ago when a polar vortex left the city unbearably cold for weeks on end. Or, if you’re Minnesota photographer Tom Grotting, create a neighborhood-wide art project using frozen trousers.