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If it make you feel any better try this true story on for size:

A few years back a friend who's been flying his own plane for years went to the local general aviation strip near his house. He had a old 'tail dragger' high wing aero-batic plane which he loved. It was the type that needed the prop spun manually while the switch was on to start. Guess he forgot and left some throttle on as well. Well, it started OK..but then took off by itself and flew in lazy circles around the area (Northern Ca....Novato) for a few hours while authorities watched and tried to figure out what to do. It finally crashed into a hillside and, luckily, hurt no one. He's still embarrassed but thankful in a way. He had originally planned to take his two year old grand son with him in which case the child would have been in the right seat waiting for Grand Dad to start the plane and take off.

So your story, while embarrassing, is much less so than this lad.