480volt Posted January 21, 2018 Report Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Jake907 said: Had to look this up - I had no idea what a tawse was! Turns out it's the equivalent of what we called the strap in the North American school system! No school system I would send my kids to. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 21, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted January 21, 2018 An old saying; "A wife, a dog, a walnut tree the more you whip them the better they be" Never worked on my walnut trees Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Sheilajeanne Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 20 minutes ago, 480volt said: No school system I would send my kids to. Notice my use of the past tense. Us old farts remember it well, though. Quote
Mjolnir Posted January 21, 2018 Report Posted January 21, 2018 I 1 minute ago, Sheilajeanne said: Notice my use of the past tense. Us old farts remember it well, though. I held on to that desk! LOL! Quote He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which. Douglas Adams
Members Sheilajeanne Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 My dad was a public school principal. He kept one strap in his desk at school for official use, and one in his desk at home. I never got strapped at school, but I got to feel the one he kept at home more that a few times! He never hit you very hard, though! Quote
Members KittenThrasher Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 I have some water buffalo hide which is half an inch thick, totally useless except that it's apparently what they make snooker cue tips out of. learn a new thing every day. Quote
Members Matt S Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 1 hour ago, 480volt said: No school system I would send my kids to. It's from a Scotland of the past -- when the men were men and the sheep ran scared. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 21, 2018 Contributing Member Report Posted January 21, 2018 23 minutes ago, Matt S said: It's from a Scotland of the past -- when the men were men and the sheep ran scared. Not too long ago I was walking in the Highlands. I heard a farmer shouting. I think he was a Rolling Stones fan but he couldn't get the lyrics of a song quite right. He was shouting; "Hey, M' Cloud, get off my you" Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Matt S Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 4 minutes ago, fredk said: Not too long ago I was walking in the Highlands. I heard a farmer shouting. I think he was a Rolling Stones fan but he couldn't get the lyrics of a song quite right. He was shouting; "Hey, M' Cloud, get off my you" Was that one his wife? Quote
Members kiwican Posted January 21, 2018 Members Report Posted January 21, 2018 Ha, I once got the strap and the cane on the same day, strap across the hand and the cane across the back of the legs Quote
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