As a 1st grade school teacher I find this slightly disturbing, I shall be making a phone call to your parents and the proper authorities after school sir!
I know a guy that got reall messed up by a campfire. One of the logs fell out of the fire ring and he decided to pick this RED hot log bare handed and put it back in the fire. He didn't flintch wince or anything just went back on drinking. The next day however He had to go to the ER b/c his whole palm was a giant blister. He said they told him they couldn't use any anestic on him b/c of the location or something. So all they did was cut the blister off and scrub his open wound with what he said felt like a wire brush. The next month his hand was wraped and He has never lived it down. lol
So in short IF you're drunk and see some shiny red stick by the fire LEAVE IT ALONE.
lol I guess I should have left the if out like you sugested. but I know I don't need someone to tell me not to do something like that sober. But I know at least one person that needed to be told that drunk but it was to late.