A Prairie Home Companion: February 17, 2007

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Saturday, February 17, 2007
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Garrison Keillor: It's cold in Minnesota so everybody is out ice fishing. The ice is thick (FOOTSTEPS ON SNOW). Thick enough. Five inches is enough to walk on. Twelve inches is enough to drive a car across. (SEMI HORN) And for that big Peterbilt semi-truck loaded with anvils — (TRUCK PASSING) I guess the ice is strong enough — I don't see any cracks. Nothing too big to jump over. (ICE CREAKING). Is that what I think it is ? (FOOTSTEPS STOP / CREAKING STOPS— THEN CREAKING STARTS AGAIN). Hmmm. A little standing water, it looks like. (FOOTSTEPS HAVE A LITTLE SPLASH TO THEM). Oh well. Maybe somebody spilled something. —This looks like a good place to try here— get out our power auger (STARTER ROPE, THREE TRIES, THEN REV UP) —we'll drill a big hole here in the ice (CUTTING THROUGH ICE). Ice seems to be about— well, almost five inches. Three or four inches. (KILL ENGINE) And now we'll drop a line in the water— (SPLASH) — ice fishing requires no casting or technique of any kind — you just drop it down the hole (PLOP) and wait for a fish. (LONG PAUSE). And while you're waiting, you listen to the radio. (MUSIC)