During the polar vortex of 2019, a west Ridge man soaked a pair of jeans and water before leaving them to freeze outdoors and then putting them on the corners of the street, saying, basically, I dibs this neighborhood. Quote, pants are always funny. End quote. Adam Selzer, an author and historian and the leader of the mysterious Chicago tours and a frozen pants pioneer, said that at the time. Quote I'm glad people aren't enjoying it. End quote