Addie
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the family refers to Son #2 at "The Pirate." When he was about 13 y.o. he and a friend go to the next town over looking to get into trouble. They are playing of the beach and a boat pulls up with the intention of the owner to load it on his trailer. Before he get a chance to shut the engine off and exit the boat, my son and his friend jump in and make the man jump out. They take off with the boat. The reason the owner was bringing the boat in was because he was low on fuel. My son didn't know that. Halfway across the cove, the engine dies. In the meantime, the owner had called the police. The next day the two of them are in front of the judge. All of a sudden you hear a roar from the bench.
"Piracy on the high seas, forcing the owner to walk the plank?" Technically, the charges were correct. But this case belongs in a Court of the High Admiralty. But not before the judge reads them the riot act.
"Do you two know that you can still be hung from the yardarm for these charges?" Now they didn't know what a 'yardarm' was, but they sure knew what hanging was. My son burst into tears and looked over at me to help him. I kept a straight face. (That did not go unnoticed by the judge.) You never saw two more scared kids. The judge called me and the prosecutor up to the bench. Quietly, he told us he was going to dismiss all charges, but wanted to scare the daylights out of the kids. He placed them on six months probation. I never told my son the truth until about ten years ago when he was in his 40's. But you can bet, facing hanging, kept him out of trouble for a loooong time.
"Piracy on the high seas, forcing the owner to walk the plank?" Technically, the charges were correct. But this case belongs in a Court of the High Admiralty. But not before the judge reads them the riot act.
"Do you two know that you can still be hung from the yardarm for these charges?" Now they didn't know what a 'yardarm' was, but they sure knew what hanging was. My son burst into tears and looked over at me to help him. I kept a straight face. (That did not go unnoticed by the judge.) You never saw two more scared kids. The judge called me and the prosecutor up to the bench. Quietly, he told us he was going to dismiss all charges, but wanted to scare the daylights out of the kids. He placed them on six months probation. I never told my son the truth until about ten years ago when he was in his 40's. But you can bet, facing hanging, kept him out of trouble for a loooong time.
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