{"id":21585,"date":"2020-03-09T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/regional\/someone-took-a-boat-out-on-a-giant-puddle-at-tim-hortons-in-hamilton\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T19:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:39:39","slug":"someone-took-a-boat-out-on-a-giant-puddle-at-tim-hortons-in-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/someone-took-a-boat-out-on-a-giant-puddle-at-tim-hortons-in-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone took a boat out on a giant puddle at Tim Hortons in Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A giant puddle that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/comments\/fexovr\/there_is_nothing_i_love_more_than_taking_my_yacht\/?utm_medium=android_app&amp;utm_source=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">formed in the parking lot<\/a> of a downtown Tim Hortons has become famous on Reddit this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A photo was shared by Redditor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/kornick81\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kornick81<\/a> on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/comments\/fdkgbu\/the_infamous_downtown_hamilton_lake\/fji4qhz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing a large puddle outside the Tim Hortons<\/a>\u00a0at John Street near Jackson Street; a location notorious for accumulating a large puddle in the parking lot after rainfall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he original post was titled &#8220;The infamous downtown Hamilton Lake&#8221; and received a lot of comments with users playing with the idea of taking a canoe out in the water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"reddit-embed\" data-embed-media=\"www.redditmedia.com\" data-embed-parent=\"false\" data-embed-live=\"false\" data-embed-uuid=\"4a516f7c-782a-11ed-a9e0-36ee6fb12976\" data-embed-created=\"2022-12-10T01:30:54.915823+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/comments\/fdkgbu\/the_infamous_downtown_hamilton_lake\/fji4qhz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comment<\/a> from discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/comments\/fdkgbu\/the_infamous_downtown_hamilton_lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mrtatulas&#8217;s comment from discussion &quot;The infamous downtown Hamilton Lake&quot;<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.redditstatic.com\/comment-embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Saturday, Reddit user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/lactulosefairy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lactulosefairy<\/a> shared an image of her doing just that. The photo showed a woman in a small yellow dingy with a paddle looking toward the Tim Hortons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One commenter appreciated the woman in the image wearing a life jacket saying &#8220;More people should practice safe boating.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\" ><p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/comments\/fexovr\/there_is_nothing_i_love_more_than_taking_my_yacht\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There is nothing I love more than taking my yacht out to the lake on a warm day<\/a> from      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton<\/a>    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.redditmedia.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another Redditor admired the &#8220;Timmies-on-the-lake,&#8221; while others suggested naming the large puddle Lake Hortons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This parking lot is notorious for giant puddles in Hamilton once the spring weather starts to take hold. A large pothole in the parking lot often fills with melted snow and other run-off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kudos to Reddit user lactulosefairy for following through in the joke and getting the water sports equipment out early this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/lactulosefairy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lactulosefairy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A giant puddle that formed in the parking lot of a downtown Tim Hortons has become famous on Reddit this weekend. 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