Schoolyard Dare Results In Stuck Tongue
It was a schoolyard dare immortalized in the movie A Christmas Story: — lick a metal pole in cold weather. The 1983 movie is set in a fictional city based on Hammond, Ind., the hometown of author Jean Shepherd. A 10-year-old boy in Hammond was dared recently — maybe even triple dog dared — to lick a pole. Temperatures were a chilly 10 degrees. The boy's tongue got stuck. By the time the ambulence arrived, the boy had freed himself.
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. It was a schoolyard dare immortalized in the movie "A Christmas Story:" lick a metal pole in cold weather. And in the town that movie was based on Hammond. Indiana, a 10-year-old boy was dared - maybe even triple dog dared - to do just that. Temperatures were at 10 degrees, and guess what? The boy got stuck. An ambulance arrived, but by then, the boy was able to, ah, unstick his tongue. It's Morning Edition.
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