isn't it obvious? my take is he's on the sauce reminiscing about times from the past where he watched an arrogant buddy of his mess up. Three others with him (likely he was on board himself) did nothing to stop the individual from showing off and we're subsequently sent home too. Sad story, but to make any further deductions of what truly transpired we'll need the rest of the story. Paperback version coming soon?
Rule of thumb; when you hear a buddy go, "hey, watch this!"...slap him so hard and so fast, he's into the middle of next week.