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An 8-year-old boy from Woodward, Oklahoma, found himself in quite a sticky situation recently, when his older brother dared him to lick a frozen pole. One of the firefighters to arrive on the scene says, “The first thing that came to my mind was the movie A CHRISTMAS STORY where the kid got dared to stick his tongue to the pole.” It took a couple minutes, but the firefighters freed the boy, who lost a little skin on his tongue but was able to talk almost right away. Who is not talking though is his family, who was too embarrassed to respond to local newscasters’ requests for a statement. The firefighter says, “I hope all the kids that are out there watching this don’t decide to try something like that any time soon or ever.”