we did get smacked, but hardly ever, and it was just a tap on the buttocks
the humiliation was far more painful than the punishment. i think i only got smacked twice, but it was the only thing my brother understood. he was just fucking naughty for the sake of it. he got away with lots of shit because he looked like a little golden haired angel.

one day he was about 3, and he was pissing around in church, despite having been told repeatedly to be good. eventually he tore a hymn book, so dad slung him over his shoulder and carried him out to mete out justice in the graveyard. desperate to postpone the inevitable, my brother was frantically reaching out to everyone to shake hands, piping, "peace be with you" and trying to look as cute as possible.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:43, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

also one day my mother got so annoyed with him throwing things out of the trolley in the supermarket that she told him she was going to smack him when they got home
and he could think about it ALL THE WAY HOME. she then promptly forgot all about it, having a million and one other things to do.

until they got home, and this defiant little voice piped up from the backseat, "I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT SMACK, I'M NOT." i think he might actually have been let off that one, she laughed so hard.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:45, Reply)

he's an accountant now
look at what it did to him. LOOK AT WHAT IT DID.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:45, Reply)

Pffft.
What a LOSER.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:49, Reply)

My Mum tried to smack me once, but I was a bit too old then and just laughed at her.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:59, Reply)

Got spanked with a flip-flop once
that was definitely less pain, more humiliation. Not sure if that was the intent but it really didn't hurt. Top tip for the parents here, use a football boot or one of those spiked running shoes.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 11:51, Reply)

leather slipper hurts like hell too.
(Stibbins, Mon 28 Oct 2013, 12:23, Reply)