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Boise fire officials were able to help a boy whose tongue was stuck to a metal fence pole outside the Fairmont pool near the corner of Milwaukee and Northview streets 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 Tuesday morning. The boy’s tongue was bleeding a little bit but there was no visible tearing, Tinsley said/Bill Orr, Idaho Statesman. More here.
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moscow_minidoka on December 08 at 3:54 p.m.
Gosh, when my buddy and I stuck our tongues to the metal chains on the swingset in third grade right before school (it was a dare), no one called the fire dept - we just ripped them off (we were late for school) and lived with torn tongues for a few days. I don’t think I ever even told my folks.
Why is it that things that were minor, normal parts of childhood 20, 30, 40+ years ago are now EMERGENCIES that require first responders? I don’t get it…
Escapee on December 09 at 12:46 a.m.
What a ripoff.