Somewhere in Indiana, a family is rethinking the annual viewing of A Christmas Story.
A fourth grader at an elementary school in Indiana told emergency workers a friend dared him to stick his tongue to the metal pole. Surprise, suprise, in the middle of January, it was ten degrees in Indiana, and you can guess where this is going.
Just like Ralphie's friend Flick's tongue, it stuck. Of course, since this wasn't a Christmas movie from the eighties, the kid simply yanked hard enough that it came off. Emergency workers reportedly instructed his mom on how to stop the bleeding and went on their ways (probably trying to rein in the laughter). She admitted to the AP that her son was testing the reality of television.
What does this prove - other than the fact that this family might be the only one in America to miss the marathon airings of A Christmas Story in future Decembers? The same doofy pranks we pulled? Our kids are going to pull them too.
Technology might be better, but what they'll do for the sake of a bet is just as simple as ever.
Image: Gothamist
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