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JeffHead

(1,186 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 05:13 PM Oct 2013

I Triple Dog Dare You.



Hammond statue to immortalize 'A Christmas Story' prank

The triple-dog dare scene from the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” will get the treatment commonly afforded to war memorials, as northwest Indiana tourism officials this morning plan to unveil a bronze statue of elementary schooler Flick’s fateful, failed attempt to prove one’s tongue would not stick to a frozen flagpole.

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http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-29/news/chi-a-christmas-story-prank-to-be-immortalized-by-statue-in-hammond-20131029_1_a-christmas-story-bronze-statue-red-ryder-bb
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I Triple Dog Dare You. (Original Post) JeffHead Oct 2013 OP
That statue deserves... pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #1
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