Why I got my tongue stuck in a Coke bottle   Reverend Ernie Mills

When I turned six, my parents threw a party and my classmates were invited. It was all fun until I tried to pull off a victory in a weird competition —making popping sounds by using a coke bottle. You’ll have to attend the service on February 4 if you want to hear the rest of the story. I’m using this incident as a launching pad to explore a theory (maybe law?) put forth by Will Storr in his new book, The Status Game. The book “examines our deep-rooted desire for social status and how it influences our behavior.”