Some corporal punishment humour

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MARKET REPORTS ILLUSTRATED: Leather and skins - there was an assortment of well tanned hides!

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Schoolboy jokes from 'Up with Skool' (1981) and other sources

BOY: Please sir, would you cane a boy for something he hadn't done?

TEACHER: Of course not!

BOY: Oh good - 'cos I haven't done my homework.

Q: What is dangerous and sits in the corner of the room?

A: The teacher's cane

Q: How did the boy feel after being caned?

A: Absolutely whacked out

Q: Why did the boy like to receive the cane?

A: So he could feed his pet panda

Film about a schoolboy rebellion: The Cane Mutiny

TV programme for strict schoolmasters: Whacker's World

'I believe in getting to the bottom of things,' said the headmaster as he caned a disobedient boy.

Q:Why do teachers sometimes use a bamboo cane to punish boys?

A: Because when the cane goes 'bam' the boy goes 'boo'.

SCOTTISH SCHOOLBOY: 'I'm not looking forward to going into Mr Macgregor's class. My father says he's a great big strapping man.'

SOME BOOK TITLES:

Discipline by I Floghem

Caning Techniques by Ben Dover

Why I Got Whacked by Nick N Apple

Up for the Cane by C Lee Boy

School Discipline by Ivor Cane

Instruments of Punishment by Rod N Birch

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The label on the shorts claims that the sale price of five shillings and sixpence 'can't be beaten'. The boy, misunderstanding the meaning, says 'Oh, Mum, do please get me a pair for next term.'

(cartoon from 1920s Boys' Own Paper)

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