I would bet you're right on that. We used to do silly things like this when I was in school. I used to take pictures for our high school yearbook, and I took one of a kid that some of the senior guys had picked up and hung by the back of his belt on the flagpole. The kid was actually smiling and waving at the camera. I took a couple of shots, wished him good luck, and went back to class. I'm not sure how he even got down. (The photo did make the yearbook, and he was kept busy signing his picture, so he got a little boost in popularity out of it in the end).
I suppose things have changed some, as there really wasn't any malice in most of the pranks we did back then. Looking back, one realizes that there was always the chance that something could have happened that you never meant to happen, but that is how life is. This incident is one of those times. It's a tragedy, and sadly, all who were involved will have to live with it the rest of their lives.
Well,as long as you left his pants on, it doesn’t sound like any malice.
I agree. Kids do some dumb things. Wayyyyy back when I was in the fifth grade in Clyde Texas, we kids were playing chase/catch. The boys caught me and took me over to the next door kids house and tied my hands behind my back, tied a rope around my neck that was tied to the ceiling in the garage and stood me on a bucket. His mom, who had just had a baby and was feeling poorly, nearly had a heart attack when she came into the garage. Game over and I can’t remember if he was ever allowed to play chase/catch again.
Hey, Dusty Rhodes are you still in trouble?