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« on: January 29, 2008, 08:13:00 AM »
IndyStar.com    Metro & State

1:28 PM January 27, 2008
 
Boys get tongues stuck to flagpole

CHESTERTON, Ind. -- Two fourth-grade boys mimicking a scene from the movie "A Christmas Story" wound up with their tongues stuck to a frozen flagpole in bitter cold weather on Friday morning.

Gavin Dempsey and James Alexander were serving on flag duty at Jackson Elementary School, with the job of raising and lowering the school's flags, when they decided to see if their tongues really would stick to the cold metal.

"I decided to try it because I thought all of the TV shows were lies, but turns out I was wrong," said Gavin, who celebrated his 10th birthday Friday.

Karen Alexander, the mother of James, said her son told her he got the idea from the movie, which is based on stories about a boy growing up in the northwest Indiana community of Hammond in the 1940s.

"I can't believe he did it, but they learned their lesson," she said.

James said he plans to eat a lot of ice cream to help nurse his wound.

"When you're young, you're just messing around," he said.

Billie Dempsey, Gavin's mom, said a nurse called them to tell them the boys' tongues were bleeding.

"The nurse asked them, 'OK, who double-dog dared who?' But they weren't admitting to what they did and said they just bit their tongues," Billie Dempsey said. "When she told me there were a couple of layers taken off, I thought, 'Oh no, he's on flagpole duty.'"
   
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 08:18:43 AM »
Priceless...Boxman
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2008, 08:56:03 AM »
Boys will be Boys.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2008, 10:12:42 PM »


:rofl;  If it snowed here that is something my little boy would definitely do!  Little boys are sooo funny.   >:D
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2008, 03:43:25 PM »
Little boys are sooo funny.   Thanks Wattle we are...Boxman
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2008, 04:38:16 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2008, 06:59:32 PM »
Damn ,  I can see the court papers now !!!  The families will sue the Flag pole manufacturer because there
was no warning label telling the boys not to lick the Flagpole ! 
The pole will end up having lead in it too .

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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2008, 05:30:01 AM »
 :rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2008, 05:45:47 AM »
I always wondered if it would really happen and thought many times about doing the same thing. Glad I didn't.
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« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2008, 05:48:49 AM »
Quote from: Sluff on February 02, 2008, 05:45:47 AM
I always wondered if it would really happen and thought many times about doing the same thing. Glad I didn't.
Ohh so that wasn't you stuck to the pole outside Fleet Farm...Box
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« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2008, 05:49:41 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2008, 02:48:30 PM »
Yes, Sluff, it really will happen. The little boy who lived across the street from me growing up stuck his tongue to the bumper of my mom's car one time. Though, unlike in the movie, your breath does cause enough heat that after a few seconds, it comes unstuck. (why don't we have a smiley sticking it's tongue out??)
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« Reply #12 on: February 02, 2008, 06:21:32 PM »
 :P that's as close as it gets
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« Reply #13 on: February 02, 2008, 09:36:26 PM »
Oops, missed that one. Thanks Karol!
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