I noticed a large icicle hanging off the edge of the house today and decided to knock it off before it fell onto someone. The only thing on hand was a snow shovel but I figured I could hit it from the ground if I threw it right. I lined up parallel to the house on the porch side and threw the shovel blade first and well, this happened.......
I still don't quite know how I managed it but the shovel did a backflip mid-air after hitting a few icicles on the gutter and managed to put itself into the small gap between the gutter and the house. I'm still a bit dumbfounded by the whole thing.....
(I since got a telescoping pole saw and got it down)