Snowmageddon 2014: Dibs

In my (thankfully brief) travels yesterday, I only ran into one example of the dubious Chicago "tradition" known as "dibs": The placing of random shit to mark and hold shoveled-out parking spaces. I think the only reason I saw just these two mismatched dining room chairs on my street was because once everyone had cleared their spots, they parked and stayed, likely because the weather was/is so bad.