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US: Want a snow day? Try flushing ice cubes

When it comes to conjuring a snowstorm, 8-year-old Taylor Zelman has more than a few tricks aimed at getting the day off from school.

She wears her pajamas inside out and backward. She runs around the kitchen table five times and flushes ice cubes down the toilet. And as she goes to sleep on winter school nights, she faithfully repeats, "I want it to snow, I want it to snow, I want it to snow."

"My teacher told me to throw an ice cube at a tree, but I haven't tried it yet," says the third-grader from Leesburg, Virginia. "I'm sure there's tons more I could do."

Indeed, there are many snow rituals kids and adults alike use in hopes of getting a day off from school or work. Some sing songs and perform arm-flailing snow dances, while others place white objects or silverware underneath their pillows.

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CNN thinks this is a cute story, but it just shows how many kids hate school :P

Posted by: SoulRiser
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Posted in: News on January 4, 2006 @ 12:00 AM

Tags: School

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