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| Life imitates A Christmas Story |
| 2009-12-09 |
| It's become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare. It would have to be a triple-dog dare. This year, the scene straight out of the movie A Christmas Story unfolded Tuesday morning in Boise with a boy of about 10. Boise firefighters used a glass of warm water to free the unidentified boy from the metal fence pole. Fire Capt. Bill Tinsley says the boy's tongue was bleeding a little, but he was OK and allowed to continue walking to school. Firefighters estimate the boy was 10 years old. Rescue workers responded after a woman driving by saw the boy and called 911. Last year, the unlucky boy was a 10-year-old from Hammond, Ind., especially apt, since the 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond. So when mom says you can't have an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle With A Compass In The Stock because you'll shoot your eye out, believe her! |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 Orbusmax ( local Seatle website) claims this one as well as another a 13 yr old from Spokane. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-12-09 23:40 |
| #3 I had an unfortunate incident with a frigid woman.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-09 20:26 |
| #2 I call shennigans - in late 1960's - early '70's Guam, telephone poles were made of wood + soaked in tar. DIDN'T TASTE GOOD AT ALL, D *** NG IT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-09 19:02 |
| #1 When I was a kid we used to do this all the time, although it is hard for me to talk about it..... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-12-09 16:36 |