BOISE, Idaho — Memo to children — and adults for that matter
— everywhere: Don’t try to emulate Flick from “A Christmas Story.”
Ever. Your tongue will get stuck to a metal pole when the temperature is minus
2.
Boise fire officials were able to help a boy whose tongue
was stuck to a metal fence pole Tuesday morning. Firefighters didn’t ask him
his age but said he was probably 10.
The boy is OK, Boise fire Capt. Bill Tinsley said. The boy’s
tongue was bleeding a little bit but there was no visible tearing, Tinsley
said.
“I’ve been doing this 20-some years and this is the
first (tongue frozen to pole call) I’ve had,” Tinsley said. “Poor
guy.”
A woman driving by saw the boy standing there, figured out
what was going on, and called 911.
When Boise firefighters arrived, they found the boy standing
by the 8 foot tall chain link fence with his tongue stuck to the fence pole,
Tinsley said.
Firefighters brought a glass of warm water with them and
poured it on the pole, and the boy’s tongue came unstuck almost immediately, Tinsley
said.
Tinsley said there were no other kids around when
firefighters arrived. The boy didn’t say much, and once they determined he was
OK, firefighters let him walk to school.
Via McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
