That sucks! And it is one of the stupidest things I have heard.
It’s right up there with:
1) I wonder if that burner plate is hot? OUCH!
2) I wonder what will happen if I shower with the hair dryer on? ZAP!
3) What will happen if I jam my own thumb into my own eye? SPLAT!
A tongue stuck to a frozen pole? It was like a scene right out of A Christmas Story.
This really happened, to a 10 year old Boise boy. Apparently someone dared him to french kiss the icy iron and his tongue locked onto the steel like a South American amphibian locks onto a bannana slug.
What a moron! “Hey Jimmy stick your tongue on that icy pole.”
“OK”
Is that all it takes? What else would this kid do on a dare?
Chase bumpers of moving cars? Juggle chain saws? Eat dog poop?
“Hey Jimmy wrap your lips around that tailpipe.”
“OK”
Thankfully a passerby called Boise Firefighters who responded and unlocked the kid from his icy, oral dungeon.
The fire fighters laughed and then used the jaws of life to pry the idiot savant off the pole. No, they actually freed the youngster with a glass of warm water. Imagine that, warm water. That’s all it took.
Couldn’t the kid muster up some saliva? 98-degrees of moisture freeing spit.
How much did this cost the Boise tax payers? A fire truck full of heroes armed with warm water and some incredulous stares.
How dumb do you have to be to walk up to a perfectly good, frozen pole and stick your tongue on it? This kid should just go ahead and register for food stamps now, because he is obviously mentally deficient and certainly unemployable.
According to published reports out of Boise: Fire Capt. Bill Tinsley says the boy’s tongue was bleeding a little, but he was OK and allowed to continue walking to school.
Bleeding a little? What a brave lad. Give him a lolly pop for his troubles. Then kick him in his ass and send him on his way. Just don’t let him play with sharp objects.
“Hey Jimmy want to gargle with some broken glass?”
OK
That is crazy.