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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Indiana Boy Gets Tongue Stuck on Light Pole
2009-01-16
HAMMOND, Ind. — In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Hammond boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole.

Police say the unidentified fourth-grader was able to tell them that a friend dared him to lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10 degrees at the time.

By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off the frozen pole.

Police say ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care for his bleeding tongue.

The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, the hometown of author Jean Shepherd.

Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#7  I grew up in Anchorage and we used the monkey bars. And it was also dare related.
Posted by: DoDo   2009-01-16 12:12  

#6  You understand now that a 'triple dog dare' will be formally classified as bullying and anyone caught will be hauled out of the principal's office in handcuffs and booked at the local station with media and DA statements to follow. /unfortunately, sarcasm is not off
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-01-16 12:10  

#5  Yet another senseless victim of the "triple dog dare"
Posted by: Doolittle   2009-01-16 11:16  

#4  When I was a kid growing up in Central Wisconsin, this was an annual ritual, usually reserved for the "new kid" from a Western / Southern state. Our teachers, however, knew that a little warm water would release the initiates.

Then they began painting the flagpole..........
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2009-01-16 08:32  

#3  At least he didn't shoot his eye out.
Posted by: Mike   2009-01-16 06:42  

#2  

Didn't anybody pay attention?
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2009-01-16 05:12  

#1  They coulda just peed on his tongue and it would come right off . . . . :-P
Posted by: gorb   2009-01-16 03:10  

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