[USMA:30110] Re: The cane for wrong Imperial sums in the past?

[MightyChimp]

These types of beatings served the sexual pleasure of the one doing the beatings.   That is why they were meted out for the flimsiest of reasons.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Han Maenen To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Sunday, 2004-06-13 09:23 Subject: [USMA:30108] The cane for wrong Imperial sums in the past? I read about corporal punishment on British schools in the past and especially about the dreaded swishy rattan cane (up to eight of the best), which set its victim's backsides in flames, and often such punishment was meted out for the flimsiest reasons. I wonder how many British boys have been caned, slippered (beated with gymshoes) and birched in the past for getting their sums in Imperial units and LSD money wrong!   Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands