Stupid Places You’ve Put Your Tongue

Every Canadian has done this and yes, it hurts…

In sub-zero temperatures, do not stick your tongue on a cold metal pole.

An 11-year-old boy in Kelowna, British Columbia learned the hard way that poles are not Popsicles when his tongue became fused to the pole of a stop sign.

An RCMP officer was flagged down by a group of kids, poured water on the boy’s tongue and freed him from the pole.

Why does your tongue get stuck to metal in the winter? Um, because you’re stupid? Well there’s a scientific explanation.

Not only have I had my tongue stuck to a fence in winter, I’ve also had my tongue stuck in a pop bottle.

And the rest of you? Stupid places you’ve put your tongue?

Oh Canada

Thank you everyone (even Piggy) for your comments and suggestions yesterday on my 500th posting.

Vicus suggested I blog about politics.

Well Vicus, take a good hard look at this pic of Canada’s Prime Minister.




Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada


That, my friend, is why I have no interest in blogging about politics.

But feel free to give it a caption.

The Top 10 Stupidest Places in the UK

Hull MP John "Two Jags" Prescott


1. Hull
2. Stoke
3. Liverpool
4. Bradford
5. Glasgow
6. Wolverhampton
7. Newcastle
8. Nottingham
9. Leicester
10. Birmingham

More results from the Men's Health magazine study…

Poorest city: Hull
Cheapest city to live in: Hull
Cleverest city: Edinburgh
Rudest city: Manchester
Best-dressed city: Manchester
Worst-dressed city: Stoke
Safest city: Swansea
Most dangerous city: Glasgow
Drunkest city: Glasgow
Best sense of humour: Liverpool
Most polite: Cardiff
Best all-round place to set up home: Bristol

Read the full article in The Sun.

Infomaniac…reading The Sun for you so you don’t have to be seen buying it.

Love Emergency

Before we take a look at this story, can anyone tell me why the emergency telephone number is 9-1-1 in Canada and the United States but it's 9-9-9 in the UK? I'd like to know.

And now to the news…

Police throughout Canada and the USA have begged the public to stop calling 9-1-1 unless they face a true emergency. Police are overwhelmed by requests for directions, weather conditions, and other trivial matters. Trivial calls jeopardize the lives of people who are trying to reach 9-1-1 to report actual danger.

Lorna Dudash is a prime example of how not to use the emergency telephone system.



Lorna Dudash: Poster girl for stupid 9-1-1 calls

Lorna Dudash dialed 9-1-1 with an emergency, a love emergency. The Oregon woman called 9-1-1 to ask that "a cutie pie" sheriff's deputy return to her house.

Two Washington County deputies had knocked on her door after neighbors phoned-in a noise complaint. After they left, Dudash phoned 9-1-1 but admitted to the dispatcher that she just wanted to meet the deputy again.

And she got a date all right - a date to appear in court. The deputy returned and arrested Dudash for misusing the 9-1-1 emergency number.

She now faces up to a year in jail and a $6,000 fine.

And while we’re on the topic of love emergencies, this looks like a case in need of immediate medical treatment!

Yodelling Yobbo

A yodelling folk dancer has been arrested for thigh-slapping his way across nine cars - causing £30,000 worth of damage.

Fifteen-stone Walter Hilterskogogl's drunken routine only stopped when he slipped and fell head-first from the roof of a VW Beetle in Tyrol, Austria.

Still dressed in lederhosen, he told police he had wanted to prove how agile he was despite his weight. He added: "Dancing on the cars seemed like a good idea at the time."

Source: The Daily Record