Just Don't Do It

I love watching A Christmas Story and I have to watch it every year. Not only is it a holiday classic, it's an excellent Public Service Announcement. As a little girl watching it, this scene scared the crap out of me and taught me an important life lesson: Do NOT, under any circumstances, touch your tongue to any cold metal surface. Before this movie, kids had to learn that lesson the hard way. You'd think that with this scary reminder, torn tongues would be a thing of the past, but apparently kids are still doing this. When I was volunteering at school there was a little boy in the nurse's office who stuck his tongue on a frozen fence and was hysterical with a bleeding tongue. Instead of waiting for help, he (brace yourself!) ripped it away.

So here's your friendly reminder to tell your child the dangers of cold metal, if you don't talk to them about it, who will?

Throwing Shoes At George Bush

When watching this, 2 things strike me as funny.

First of all, Bush ducks for the first shoe throw-he has quick reflexes, gotta give him that-but why on Earth doesn't he stay down? He pops right back up again only to get another one thrown at him. Seeing him pop right back up like a whack-a-mole cracks me up.

Second, I love how Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki raises his hand to deflect the shoe and protect Bush. He looks so nonchalant like he does this at every speech.

Even though you can't see it, after the attack Bush says,"So what if the guy threw a shoe at me?". Classic.