You'll Go Blind if You Do That, but It's a Good Kind of Blind

Police and school officials are issuing warnings about a potentially fatal game gaining popularity among teenagers after the death of a 14-year-old boy.

Eighth-grader Rodney Webster died last week after choking himself to deprive his brain of oxygen so he could feel a brief rush when the blood flow returned.

His death prompted Whitefield Police Chief Bill Colburn and school officials to create pamphlets outlining the danger of the so-called 'choking game.' They will be distributed Monday when children return from winter break.

The pamplet, entitled "Putting the 'Auto-Erotic' Back into Teenage Asphyxiation," will address the most shocking aspect of this recent spate of tragedies.

Said Chief Colburn, "A few years ago, kids were strangling themselves to heighten the pleasure of an orgasm. Now, they're just strangling themselves for the pleasure of the strangling.

"Where did we go wrong with this group?! I mean, it use to be about the masturbation. The masturbation! Now, they've gone and made it all dirty.

"I don't know how much longer I can do this job," he said. "I really don't.

"This pamphlet had better work."