For those of us out there that love the movie A Christmas Story, there are several, if not iconic, then certainly famous scenes. The flat tire scene would be one of those. So too the scene where Ralphie finally uncorks on the school bully.
Another one that may be the most recognizable is the one where Flick sticks his tongue to the flag pole after being triple dog dared. The moments immediately afterwards are great stuff, and I can easily conjure him yelling “Stuuck! STUUCKK!” in my mind over and over again, followed by pleading to Ralphie for help. Ralphie, of course, bails on his friend because the bell rang, signaling the end of recess.
Today, the kids decided to put it to the test. This circumstance also reminds me of the time when my sister tested the theory by touching her tongue to the inside of our refrigerator freezer. Several cups of hot water later, she was convinced to the “myth’s” authenticity.
As for the boy and lass, we never would have been the wiser had the lass not started complaining during dinner that her tongue was hurting. The Wife took a look at it and noticed that the tip of it was bleeding a bit. She’d stuck her tongue to one of the wind chimes on our deck and it had frozen fast to it in the 15 degree weather. If only we’d been able to wrap it in a bandaid a la the movie.
It was later revealed the boy had also performed the experiment, but he did something different. He used a little extra spit to protect his tongue from getting frozen fast to the chime. How he know to do that, I can’t say. But when he revealed it, the lass was immediately upset with him for letting her get her tongue stuck without letting her in on the “trick.”
At this point, if we get a flat while going somewhere, I’ll be sure to leave the boy in the car.
One reply on “A Christmas Story for the Lass”
WHY is it, that they get a good report from school … Which is some apparent “measure” of intellectual development ..l and then they pull a bone head move like that ? Lessons learned …