# So my friend booked a day out with his family at a artificial ski slope ..

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**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-friend-booked-a-day-out-with-his-family-at-a-artificial-ski-slope/804386 "2017-12-13T12:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-friend-booked-a-day-out-with-his-family-at-a-artificial-ski-slope/804386/1 "2017-12-13T12:26:26Z")

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but they couldn’t go.  
Because they got snowed in.  
This actually happened.  
In Southwest England:D

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**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-friend-booked-a-day-out-with-his-family-at-a-artificial-ski-slope/804386/2 "2017-12-13T14:07:34Z")

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that’s pretty damned ironic! 😛

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-friend-booked-a-day-out-with-his-family-at-a-artificial-ski-slope/804386/3 "2017-12-13T14:20:21Z")

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Coincidentally enough, he had rain on his wedding day!

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**Author:** ![biometricks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@biometricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biometricks)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-friend-booked-a-day-out-with-his-family-at-a-artificial-ski-slope/804386/4 "2017-12-13T15:27:17Z")

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Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey cancelled their planned “World Record Snowball Fight” last weekend because it snowed. Seemed pretty ironic. [http://www.phillyvoice.com/six-flags-great-adventure-cancels-snowball-fight-because-snow/](http://www.phillyvoice.com/six-flags-great-adventure-cancels-snowball-fight-because-snow/)

The article says they were going to use plush child-friendly snowballs.