Posted on 12/24/2022 7:34:45 AM PST by DFG
Like a famous scene out of “A Christmas Story,” a young child in southern Illinois learned the hard way not to place their tongue on a frozen pole.
The Cairo Fire Department tells FOX 2 that crews responded to a call around noon for assistance involving a child who attempted to lick a frozen pole before their tongue ended up stuck on it.
The situation was resolved without any significant injuries, and the Cairo Fire Department calls it “a lesson learned.” Investigators did not disclose any details about the age, gender or location of the child.
The incident may remind some of the “Triple Dog Dare” scene out of “A Christmas Story,” in which Ralphie’s colleague Flick accepts the challenge to lick a pole in frigid temperatures.
As frigid temperatures and subzero windchills carry into Christmas weekend for Illinois, Missouri and much of the Midwest, emergency crews encourage people to avoid licking frozen poles and similar activities.
They keep using the pronoun "their." I guess investigators didn't reveal how many children did this, either.
Back in the ‘40s my dad dared my aunt to lick the freezing pipes at an ice cream plant. Same result.
Hey, idiot writer of this piece, please note that “their” is the third person plural possessive pronoun. In referring to a single child you should have used “his,” which is the singular form.
EPIC. The Invincibility of Youth being confronted by the Reality of Physics.
“emergency crews encourage people to avoid licking frozen poles and similar activities”
Damn people are dumb. SMH
“ In referring to a single child you should have used “his,”
‘Cause no girl is foolish enough to try this.
There, Cairo is pronounced, “kay-ro.”
In the early 80’s on patrol I came across a young girl stuck to a stop sign pole .
Her brother dared her to lick while they were waiting for the school bus.
Well below zero that day.
A couple squirts of water from my water bottle freed her.
It’th not...sthuck. STHUCK!! STHUCK!!
Lucky this happened in southern IL. It’s so cold here in northern IL the fire department would have just left the kid stuck there.
This would be listed as a drowning death. So much hot water poured on the situation, the kid drowns.
Sweet......lol
Push in to the ice. The energy breaks the bonds.
The fake news typist also inappropriately uses the word “gender,” which is not applicable to human biology. The correct term is “sex,” either male or female. When the sex of a third person is not known, the correct pronouns to use are the masculine singular subjective and possessive “he” and “his,” respectively.
*Do not cave to the woke thought police.
Ith uh thwap
Just pee in your hand then spill it onto your tongue. Okay gross but, it would work wouldn't it? Hell I'd try it.
Flick? Who’s Flick?
Geez, pour some cold water on the kid's tongue and be done with it.
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