Life imitates the movies (cont'd)

HAMMOND, Ind. - In a scene straight out of the movie "A Christmas Story," a 10-year-old Hammond boy got his tongue stuck to a metal light pole.

Police say the unidentified 4th grader was able to tell them a friend had dared him to lick the pole Wednesday night. Temperatures in Hammond were around 10 degrees at the time.

By the time an ambulance arrived, the boy was able to yank his tongue off the frozen pole.

Police say ambulance personnel explained to the boy's mother how to care for his bleeding tongue.

Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa have been drinking again, but on the plus side, the kid was apparently sober...

even though the article states that "her 1-year-old son also had... been drinking."

Sober driver tough to find in this family: cops

And how can it be that we didn't have a "brain-dead Hoosiers" label until today?