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What to Do If Your Tongue Gets Stuck to a Flagpole
Art of Manliness ^
| 12-16-21
| Brett & Kate McKay
Posted on 12/16/2021 1:50:47 PM PST by dynachrome
You’re hanging around a flagpole with your pals in the freezing cold, and one of them triple-dog-dares you to put your tongue on the pole to see if it sticks.
Well, lo and behold, it did stick, so now how do you get it unstuck?
I’ve thought about this scenario ever since I was a kid and first saw the cinematic classic A Christmas Story. For some reason I decided that this could happen to me one day and if it did, I needed to know how to get my tongue unstuck from a frozen flagpole without having to call the police and fire department.
Metal is a strong thermal conductor, and when you stick your tongue on a very cold pole, it pulls the heat away from the saliva that coats your tongue’s nooks and crannies. That moisture then freezes, bonding your tongue to the pole. The key to getting your tongue unstuck is thus to melt that bond. If you have a pal around who can procure a vessel of warm (not hot!) liquid, he can pour it on the pole to thaw things out.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: flagpole; stuck; tongue
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Never accept a "triple dog dare"!
To: dynachrome
You gotta accept a Triple Dog Dare!
To: dynachrome
If you have a pal around who can procure a vessel of warm (not hot!) liquid, he can pour it on the pole to thaw things out.Vessel=bladder...
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:53:22 PM PST
by
null and void
(Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
To: null and void
Hehe. That crossed my mind, too.
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:54:10 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: null and void
Did you mean to say:
Piss on it?
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:54:52 PM PST
by
sasquatch
To: dynachrome
Pour a fair amount of warm water in it. Temporary thawing is all it takes.
I’m a Southerner and even I know that. Lol!
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:55:26 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:55:37 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: dynachrome
Pal, warm liquid, and pole all in the same sentence conjure images that I’d rather not think about.
But if that’s what you’re into, feel free to have at it. lol
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:56:25 PM PST
by
Augie
To: dynachrome
You call Ralphie to help you!
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:57:07 PM PST
by
joethedrummer
(We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
To: dynachrome
Cold bottled water works fine, been there done that to get a kid off a flog pole that fell for the dare.
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:57:41 PM PST
by
E.Allen
To: dynachrome
Hi.
Get a cup or other container.
Pee into it.
Dump on flagpole/tongue.
Go quickly to the nearest bar and order a shot of Wild Turkey.
Easy peezy.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/16/2021 1:59:32 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
To: sasquatch
No, I explicitly meant to
not say that.
It's an Inuit technology for removing triple-sled-dog-dare-ya tongues from blocks of ice.
Special bonus, the kid'll never do that again, nor will anyone who hears of the how the removal is done!
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:00:26 PM PST
by
null and void
(Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
To: M Kehoe
“order a shot of Wild Turkey.”
Several shots!
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:02:15 PM PST
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: dynachrome
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12/16/2021 2:02:19 PM PST
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:04:45 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: dynachrome
Turn off the vacuum pump!
Sheesh, gotta tell some people everything.
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:05:38 PM PST
by
Roccus
(First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets........Now, we are them.)
To: null and void
Re: home page.
mad_as_he$$ is a good friend.
To: null and void
LOL!!! You are bucking for Santa’s naughty list today!!!!
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:12:44 PM PST
by
RatRipper
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To: broken_clock
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:13:27 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: sasquatch
Thank you
Sasquash!
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posted on
12/16/2021 2:16:17 PM PST
by
null and void
(Newspapers, The Prints of Lies)
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