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It's A 2014 List-Icicle

It's A 2014 Icicle Listicle

2014 was a year upon which many will have good reason to look back in contemplation, and to consider the many complicated strands of historical, political and economic forces that came to bear on our daily lives.

But this is an article about some frozen water hanging off some stuff. Looking back, this year it seems sometimes icicles appeared in some places around the world -- despite all that "global warming" Al Gore keeps whining about. Big icicles, small icicles, pretty icicles ... menacing icicles.

Let us review the year in icicles.

Vaguely Inappropriate White House Icicle
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Icicles hang from a tree in Lafayette Park in front of the White House on Feb. 9, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

Trees are very natural.
"Every Which Way But Roof" Icicles
JTB Photo/UIG via Getty Images
Icicles on a roof in Akita Prefecture, Yokate, Japan.

"Gravity is this way, please, gentlemen, if you could stay with the tour..."
Icicles For Justice
Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Icicles form on the statue of Rev. Martin Luther King as snow blankets Washington, D.C., on March, 17, 2014.

"I have a dream ... that someone will buy me some earmuffs."
I See What You Did There Icicles
Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT via Getty Images
Icicles cling to the street signs for Snow Road and Winter Garden Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, Feb. 5, 2014.
Seriously Watch Out For Those Icicles
Vano Shlamov/AFP/Getty Images
A women breaks off a small piece from the giant icicles on a rock in central Tbilisi, on Feb. 3, 2014, when temperatures in Georgia's capital dropped to -7 C.

"Hey, whatcha gonna do with that long sharp icicle ya got there...?"
Gargoyle Barf Icicles
Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Icicles form on the gargoyle downspouts of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2014.

Something something Syrup of Ici-cac something statues.
Just Winging It Icicles
Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
A bird sits on a frozen crane sculpture fountain with icicles hanging from its wings at a Tokyo park on Jan. 14, 2014.

"Hi, I'm a Crane Sculpture."
"And I'm Crazy Hairy Crane Sculpture."
(Get it!? Because of the, ummm, wing-hair curtains)
Serbian Attack Icicle
AP Photo/INFO BIRO TV
In this video taken from TV, Serbia's Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic is hit by a large icicle, which knocks the protective helmet from his head, as he talks to the media in Majdanpek, eastern Serbia, Dec. 4, 2014. Antic appeared a bit disoriented after the impact and his helmet was cracked. He said: "I think that now you have seen, in the best possible way, the conditions in which people are working here, being bombarded by falling icicles." The area around the town of Majdanpek had been without heating, running water or telephone service for several days.
Nutty Icicles
Mel Evans/AP
A squirrel peers through icicles in Trenton, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2014.

"Let me go! Let me go! Can't hold me back anymore!"
It's The Claw Icicles
Mukhtar Khan/AP
Icicles hang from the roof of a house on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Jan. 6, 2014.

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