I shared the same reaction.
Once, I remember this guy fell asleep and began to snore so loudly we were forced to wake him up, but he wouldn't wake up. So we began to throw pencils and other things at him, and yet he still didn't wake up.
Our teacher in that class was pretty cool, so he joined in the fun.

But either way, other kids spitballed him and put pencil shavings on his head. (And he had a lot of hair)
He didn't wake up until the class ended, and when he came out of the class room he looked horrible. Later he complained about having spitballs in his ear.