OK, this borders on the absurd. But this winter has been absurd, and we need something outlandish to shake us all out of the perpetual cycle of snowstorms.

You’ve heard it asked over and over: Where are we going to put all of this snow? Streets have become canyons and intersections treacherous, as you can’t see anything until you’re out in the road … and then it could be too late.

So, let’s look at this from a different perspective.

What can we do with all this snow?

Our answer: a snowman. This would be no ordinary snowman, but the biggest snowman, a world record.

No doubt critics would chant, “Taxpayers’ dollars are being wasted on building a snowman.” They would be right, of course. Taxpayers’ funds would need to be spent to deposit all the snow in one place. But then the money would be spent to move it all someplace anyhow.

And where would you put it?

City officials have been mulling that question since the blizzard. The stockpile in the Thayer Arena parking lot was loaded into trucks and left at the city compost station. Now we’ve got even more of it. Playing fields have been suggested, but the sand and salt would ruin them, we are told.

So, we need a location easily accessible to city and state roads – the state, after all, is looking for a place to throw snow – and visible to the public. The fun of this is going to be watching the mound grow and those news reports that Warwick’s giant snowman is yet another 10 feet taller today.

Naturally, we have a spot in mind.

It’s flat, clearly visible and as close to the heart of Warwick as you can get.

Our suggestion is the site of the former Apponaug Mill that has been leveled to make way for the new circulator. The state owns the land and surely nothing is going to get built on it until all this snow melts anyway. Who knows, the tower could serve as a frame … and image it with a smiley face.

And, oh yes, from the looks of things we won’t be running out of building material. We could even invite other municipalities and private contractors to dump their snow there. Who knows, the smallest state may become renowned for the world’s biggest snowman.

Got a name for him?

Well, we leave that, and the gender, to the creators.