What is worse than being tied to a tree, covered in molasses, in the middle of the Monongahela National Forest? I would say there are a lot of things worse than that, but at the time they didn’t come to mind. But you know I don’t recall fear being one of the emotions I felt at the time. Sometime during one of my last two years in college the pledges of my fraternity abducted me and left me in the above predicament.
In today’s world they would probably be in a great deal of trouble, but back then it was part of the game. An hour or so to contemplate my fate and I was retrieved and returned to the campus. No harm, no foul. But I remain scarred from this experience. To this day I do not like being covered in molasses and tied to trees in West Virginia.
After that evening I really came to appreciate this Simon and Garfunkel song.
3 comments:
What can one possibly say to a man who has endured being tied to a tree covered with molasses? voluntarily, mind you? If you had already met your trusty balloon he could have stood in for you. But if you had already met your trusty balloon, that would have meant you had already met the person who gave you that balloon and so you would have already had an encounter with the wisdom that your wife has undoubtably been imparting to you, lo these many years.
Thanks for the peek back at the day's carefree pranks.
Although I'm not so sure I would have wanted to be the bear either. College kids taste too boozy.
To those who left comments thank you. I saw them, had a smile and then blogsot.com crashed. Not saying it was your fault but the timing was suspicious.
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