Oh, the shame.
My mum worked out the perfect threat to put a swift end to any misbehaviour from me and my equally miscreant siblings.

These being the days when parents were allowed to use a little capital* corporal punishment on their kids, the words: "I'll pull your trousers down and smack your bare arse in front of your friends...". would be squawked at whichever nefarious act we'd chosen to sour her day with.

My older brother once challenged her conviction to humiliate us in the pursuit of better behaviour.

Seems she meant it after all.


*It has been a long day, if that's any excuse.
( Moey, Tue 16 Feb 2010, 17:18, 2 replies)

Corporal?

(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Tue 16 Feb 2010, 18:38, closed)

Yes, thank you.
Very much not capital, I don't know if that's ever been allowed.
( Moey, Tue 16 Feb 2010, 19:57, closed)

My mum threatened the same thing well into my teenage years
Oddly enough, it worked.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 12:12, closed)