A Post Crusader Just Sent

…has dredged up some happy Christmas Marine Corps memories.

Pole Licker Strikes, Again

BOISE, Idaho (AP) – It’s become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare.

[Dateline: Early ’80’s] In our squadron lore, it wasn’t a Boise, Idaho fence ~ it was the Osan, Korea flightline.

It wasn’t 10° ~ it was 10° below.

It wasn’t a little kid ~ it was a L/Cpl.

And it wasn’t a fence.

It was a frozen 500 pounder…

…hanging off the pylon of one of these…

…and he was the plane captain.

And no one had warm water.

7 Responses to “A Post Crusader Just Sent”

1. nightfly says:

   December 9, 2009 at 2:26 pm

   Hope someone at least gave him a cowboy hat to wave around as he went hurtling towards his target.

2. tree hugging sister says:

   December 9, 2009 at 2:28 pm

   “Missing chunk o’ tongue” about covers it.

3. Skyler says:

   December 9, 2009 at 3:34 pm

   I hadn’t heard that one. But I believe it. It wasn’t H, was it?

4. JeffS says:

   December 9, 2009 at 4:11 pm

   Of course they had warm “water”. Lots of it, and immediately available. That LCPL just preferred missing a chunk o’ tongue to tasting it.

5. tree hugging sister says:

   December 9, 2009 at 4:50 pm

   Nah, Skyler. Long before your time, I’m afraid. {8^P

   ICK, Jeffs! And considering how high that pylon is, ‘twould be one helluva trick regardless.

6. BillN says:

   December 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm

   Just more proof that the only thing that might be more dangerous than Marines at war is bored Marines at play.

7. JeffS says:

   December 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm

   I thought Marines were tough, Sis. And resourceful. ;-p