The story about the IcyHot^tm above is true. And here's why I love that joke.

• A stage kiss isn't supposed to include tongue. Any guy who felt that tongue going in and didn't immediately clue to something going wrong probably deserved the burning on one level or another.
• As bad as it was for the prankee, the prankster had to spend a much longer time with that sensation before the trap could be sprung. I admire pranks that call for sacrifice on the part of the guilty party. They take guts to pull off.

For the legal record, I would just like to point out that IcyHot is a trademark of Chattem Pharmaceutical, and Super Glue is a trademark of the Super Glue corporation. Both appear without permission, but are clearly marked as trademarked brands. In a perfect world, that last sentence would read "And I am counting my millions and millions of dollars in product placement money," but I guess that'll just have to wait.

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