impending doom

so i ran into a bachelor party on saturday night. i was walking home and i saw this group of guys, with one dude in the middle.... with a ball and chain shackled to his leg. the boys - and i do mean boys - with him were clearly amused to no end by the gag. he was carrying the ball and they kept asking him to do stuff with it. i had never seen that before and i just found it hilarious/sad.