Yeah, he did. Because he had heard about such things and those who found something like that, were the center of attention for quite a while.

It was one of his siblings that tattled on him eventually when the story spiraled way out of control.

Picture a couple of Bart Simpson kinds of antics that got out of hand, such as the infamous "Radio Bart" episode.

Yes, Bart Simpson gets into a lot of trouble, and gets out of it.

Yeah, Bart seems to do a lot of that.

And generations of kids have watched and often gotten plenty of ideas of antics to copy or modify.