Posting problems etc

I haven't really gone quiet on this - actually I've been seething. I installed some updates to the security software on my PC and it barred me from my own blog. After trying a million things that made no difference it seems to have just given up and let me back in again.

One a more relevant note - I was stuck in a traffic jam on Friday behind some large ugly Ford MPV thing - the nice bit about it was the name of the model - didn't like the car much but I do feel tempted by one called the S-MAX...

Wannabe pole dancer

I probably should be posting this videoclip because the wannabe pole dancer gets a swat across her behind right at the start. Actually, I must admit, I'm posting it more because of the consequences of her getting carried away...

Effective punishment

A long time ago - I think I'm writing in saying I would have been five years old - I witnessed a girl in my class on the receiving end of corporal punishment. This was a very rare event - normally you just had to stand in a corner, put your hands on your head, or stand on your chair. The girl was called Diane and she sat with her twin brother. I still don't know what she did but suddenly the teacher swept to the back of the classroom where Diane was sitting, seized her arm and pulled her to her feet. The girl would have been wearing the school uniform skirt and, because it was summer, short white ankle socks. The teacher managed to turn Diane 'round and said something like "Don't ever do that again." while she punctuated each word of the sentence with a slap across the lower half of Diane's legs before pushing the unfortunate girl back on to her seat. Diane just sat there quietly crying and nothing more was said. By break time Diane was a bit more composed but very quiet - however I noticed that there were unmistakable red fingermarks across her legs. There was no hiding the fact that she'd been punished and that must have been so humiliating in itself when she was in the playground. I never saw anyone else get similar treatment but it made a big impact on me at the time.