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The Myth

THIS MYTH WAS FEATURED IN...
Episode Title: Special 12: Snow Special

Original air date:6/20/2007
Myth Title: Freezing Pole


Myth Description: If you lick a frozen pole, your tongue will be stuck to the pole.


MythBusters on the bust: Kari, Grant, and Tory


Hypothesis: ----


Procedure/Experimental Design: The build team ordered a frozen pole. Using a heated animal tongue and some of their saliva, they "licked" the pole.


Results: The tongue was frozen to the pole.



Conclusion: Confirmed
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Highlights of the bust:

  • This definitely confirms one thing: the experimenters did grow up somewhere where winter could be seen mainly on TV
    Too late to advise but just in case somebody tries this at home:
    - a painted surface won't give this effect unless you're close to North Pole... or better, South Pole, it's even colder up there
    - You don't have to pee on a flagpole: a cup of warm water tastes better and is the advised way of getting your tongue off the surface without ripping skin from the tongue.
    - Tory was lucky his lips were dry: kissing the metal can glue you as well as licking.



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cramhains Freezing pole related myth 1 Feb 2 2008, 6:16 PM EST by python13579
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Thread started: Sep 3 2007, 9:15 PM EDT  Watch
Someone said that your tongue wouldn't stick to the frozen pole if you had your tongue sticking out for awhile.
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goodwithwood tongue to pole 0 Oct 18 2007, 7:37 PM EDT by goodwithwood
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Thread started: Oct 18 2007, 7:37 PM EDT  Watch

Guys...I am a walking ,talking, proof specimen for your tongue to the pole experiment. When I was 8, I lived in Iowa on a horse farm with plenty of big frosted gates. I stuck it on there one morning as I was waiting for the bus to pick me up. The bus came, stopped, honked the horn as I was pulling my stuck tongue off in hysterics. Needless to say I left alot of skin and had a scarred licker for 2 weeks. I just watched to cow tongue get stuck and saw how scared they were to lick the pole and brought me right back to that chilly morning 32 years ago. HAHA Funny stuff...not at the time. Fergie OUT
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