Regretting modern times

I'm sure that quite a number of readers of this blog would feel, as I do, that British schools in the 1950's and 1960's would have been far better placed to deal appropriately with this kind of classroom misbehaviour than they are today.

Nicely placed!

Some phrases that get used in the CP world rather irritate me - for example when someone is described as having a "naughty bottom" (I rather doubt that the bottom is what has been naughty although it may well be the appropriate target for someone to deal with the naughty behaviour).

However, this one I really like and I've never come across it before.

I have little doubt that Frances and Mary fully deserve (at least) two 'licks' apiece but I really like the expression of them being 'nicely placed' - presumably that being squarely across the seat of their panties.

I came across the image completely out of context - if anyone can shed any light on the origin and the backstory I would be very grateful.

Favourite for April

(I thought this was appropriate since I'm slightly 'late' publishing it!)

I imagine what's happened here is a boyfriend/girlfriend fooling about in a deserted churchyard, he smacks her bottom a few times and, for a laugh, she decides to show off the resulting red marks for the camera.  To me this is a grave offence (groan!) - if I was the church warden I'd treat such disrespect by making her stay bent over the headstone for six of the best so she'd have some longer lasting marks to remember the occasion by.

Just the recipe for a sunny summer's day (for those who can remember what those are like).