Hugging? These are kids. There are several people that I would stand in line to "hug". Foremost, my father (who passed away 6 years ago). Is it that much of an "interuption"? I guess I'm getting too old, but you never know when the last time you see someone, may really be the last time you actually "see" them.


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umm......yeah,that's taking things a bit too far. I'd rather see a school full of kids hugging than fighting.

And I agree OldPhart,I always take that extra minute or two to hug someone I love and tell them I love them. I've lost too many people and won't get that chance to tell them that or hug them again.

I always take that extra minute or two to hug someone I love and tell them I love them. I've lost too many people and won't get that chance to tell them that or hug them again.
Takes so little time, but means so much. It used to "bother" me, now I'm glad to get a little "squeeze" from friends and family. I'm looking forward to my son's visit here in a couple of weeks (he's in the military), I'm gonna give him a good hug whether he likes it or not. :D

No hugging in school? Oh come on. That is just really stupid. When did a hug ever offend anyone. Why dont the school officials take away all contact sports including football. Isn't tackling a form of a hug in a strange way.

While banning hugging is going overboard, I suspect it is in reaction to the students also having gone overboard. It's easy to see this getting really out of hand between classes when a good portion of the occupants of that hallway are in hugging lines and moving on to another when their first is done. Rather than the normal chaos between classes now there's even more to cope with. Some kids (the fat, the ugly, the nerdy) get left out but still wind up late for class if the conga line is taking place in front of their lockers, or they're simply held up by the stage show & they're going to raise hell when the teachers want to extract a pound of flesh for being tardy. Eventually something really out of hand will take place - significant unwanted groping - and the parents will show up with lawyers in tow. Guess I have to side with the school on this one (making this a rare occasion) It's not as though one's best friend will vanish during 2d period English.

This Huggy,Hugging phase of Our Era is akin to what
used to take place at an Institution.Like for mental patients.
It goes almost hand-in-hand with the ESTEEM craze.
It literally means Nothing.
I attended All Catholic schools in my Youth,and would be hard
pressed to remember a time when a Nun or Brother engaged in
this nouveau kitsch practice.
Of course Catholics are a very special breed of person.
We don't dare air our dirty laundry in Public.
We also believe We all have some cross to bear.
Even Crying at a Funeral is considered Very Bad form.
Did Jackie O,or the brothers Kennedy CRY at J.F.K's Funeral.?
Did Mother Teresa run around the World Crying.?
She did Hug,but that was a Special Sister's way of consoling.
A Priest and a Nun have a Duty to Comfort and Console the sick
and Dyin.
I ain't surprised this Generation don't know that.
This generation is Sooooooooooooooooo screwed up,they
have to see their Sin,before they even realize they committed one.
Therefore the need for HUGE,Unearned Self-Esteem.
And those Dagburn,Hugs.
Always with the Hugs.
Cartoon characters don't even Hug dat mush.
There...I've proven yet another Societal Problem.
I ought'n git some compensation fer all this problem solving of Mine.

This Huggy,Hugging phase of Our Era is akin to what
used to take place at an Institution.Like for mental patients.
It goes almost hand-in-hand with the ESTEEM craze.
It literally means Nothing.
I attended All Catholic schools in my Youth,and would be hard
pressed to remember a time when a Nun or Brother engaged in
this nouveau kitsch practice.
Of course Catholics are a very special breed of person.
We don't dare air our dirty laundry in Public.
We also believe We all have some cross to bear.
Even Crying at a Funeral is considered Very Bad form.
Did Jackie O,or the brothers Kennedy CRY at J.F.K's Funeral.?
Did Mother Teresa run around the World Crying.?
She did Hug,but that was a Special Sister's way of consoling.
A Priest and a Nun have a Duty to Comfort and Console the sick
and Dyin.
I ain't surprised this Generation don't know that.
This generation is Sooooooooooooooooo screwed up,they
have to see their Sin,before they even realize they committed one.
Therefore the need for HUGE,Unearned Self-Esteem.
And those Dagburn,Hugs.
Always with the Hugs.
Cartoon characters don't even Hug dat mush.
There...I've proven yet another Societal Problem.
I ought'n git some compensation fer all this problem solving of Mine.
(((Foolsworth))) :)

Takes so little time, but means so much. It used to "bother" me, now I'm glad to get a little "squeeze" from friends and family. I'm looking forward to my son's visit here in a couple of weeks (he's in the military), I'm gonna give him a good hug whether he likes it or not. :D
I'm in full agreement with you here, I love to hug!

Hug him whether he likes it or not! :D


you never know when the last time you see someone, may really be the last time you actually "see" them.

This is so true. The last thing I ever did with my husband Cody, was to hug and kiss him, and tell him I love him.
I don't think I could have gone on after his death if there had been any other sort of separation.
I hug my son so much, he's turned into a "hug bug" and loves giving and getting them. :)

I do think there should be restrictions in a school environment, if it is interfering with their academics and making them tardy.

Takes so little time, but means so much. It used to "bother" me, now I'm glad to get a little "squeeze" from friends and family. I'm looking forward to my son's visit here in a couple of weeks (he's in the military), I'm gonna give him a good hug whether he likes it or not. :D

Good for you.

I agree with you completely. (except that it has never bothered me) I have always hugged my (now grown) son. I see him so seldom now (he lives in Chicago) , and I am so incredibly happy to get to see him when I do, nothing is going to stop me from bear hugging him and in so doing expressing my love for him.

There is nothing wrong with hugging. In fact, hugging is good. I come from a family of huggers. We hug when we meet. We hug when we part. Men and women hug, women hug women, men hug men, and everyone hugs children. I think the no hugging edict was probably in response to overly demonstrative public displays of affection in the schools. Students don't always know when to stop and there are hugs and there are hugs, some of which are not appropriate for a school building. It is pretty hard to say hug A will be allowed but hug B will not be allowed and hug C will definetely not be allowed. Hence a blanket ban of hugging.

Totally obsurd!!!!

DONT THEY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO WORRY ABOUT?

Totally obsurd!!!!

DONT THEY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO WORRY ABOUT?

Yeah, they're trying to run a school and maintain a safe environment for the many children of very litigious parents.

There is nothing wrong with hugging. In fact, hugging is good. I come from a family of huggers. We hug when we meet. We hug when we part. Men and women hug, women hug women, men hug men, and everyone hugs children. I think the no hugging edict was probably in response to overly demonstrative public displays of affection in the schools. Students don't always know when to stop and there are hugs and there are hugs, some of which are not appropriate for a school building. It is pretty hard to say hug A will be allowed but hug B will not be allowed and hug C will definetely not be allowed. Hence a blanket ban of hugging.

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I don't come from a Family of " huggers ".But I do remember a few
seldom seen Aunts,were just that. The Aunts I saw only a few
times as a kid,liked to Hug.
BUTTs,Famliarity DOES breed contempt.
I'm sure if i saw those same Aunts,every week,things would eventually
grow unpleasant.It's just what's Written in the Wind.
What will happen,if already not in plain evidence,is THE same thing that
became of [ Self-Esteem ].Instead of heartily earning and quietly
acquiring this Social Trait,we now,pass it out willy-nilly,like
candy on Halloween.Not every day,are Kids afforded Candy,like on
Halloween.But that hasn't stopped ill-advising Social Doctors from
plodding-on with Esteem for All.In point of fact,the word holds
a different meaning,due to this Generational phenomena of handing
out Self-Esteem,for Kids just doing what their supposed to.
Like showing up for school and doing their homework.
Hugging will go down,as just another Social Convention,that
holds Literally No Import or fascination beyond the occassional
eccentric who shuns the practice,just in order to keep their
eccentricity,in tact.
Hugging and Self-esteem should be the exception.Always the
exception.S'not the rule.
This Rule I duly submit.
Free of charge,fur now.

Hm, I come down on the side of the school. I like the fact that the kids are hugging rather than carrying shivs to gut someone. But when it begins to intrude upon their academics because of tardy arrival at class it is merely the first step toward a larger problem down the road.

As far as nuns and hugging go, the only time they ever touched us was to administer a blow to the back of the head (that was for turning around and facing the back of the room instead of keeping your eyes dead centre on their fat black shapes) or to strap you for such things as spelling errors or speaking back. That ensured you did not forget that particular word next time. I will never confuse angel with angle again. Course I can't spell worth a damn now anyway. Now a days I would probably be eligible to sue for mental/emotional scarring. Wow some of those "mothers" had problems.

As for hugging, my partner never comes through the door or leaves that we do not hug. When I haven't seen people in a while we usually hug. At work we even do some hugging. That was started by a particularly huggy manager that I hired. It does kind of spread.

Yeah, they're trying to run a school and maintain a safe environment for the many children of very litigious parents.

This proves the Insanity that passes for reason,today.
All this Hugging Bullcrapola in our schooles have netted
The worst environ for intolerance and fighting,ever witnessed
in the public school system.
In Today's school system,Fighting has become popularized.
Vicious and malicious fighting.Not mere teasing.
Kids are more bratty,much less disciplined and Now,flat-out mean.
Kids will always have little gangs and tease,but now,with shows
Like -Jackass- and YouTube,kids find it pressuring to act out like
what they see on way too much TV and Video games.
" Hugging " has inevitably made the situation worse.
How so,you ask.
Because with the simple flick of a Hug,we now expect troubling
misbehavior,to go away.Just " hug ' it away.For another day or Hug.
Simple norms,like a dress code,corporeal punishment { Paddling,or
a good slap in the face by a teacher } which worked quite well in
my day,need to be re-applied.Old Fashioned,fear of the Teacher
and Principle,need to quickly be restored.
Instead,our schools are flooded with budding Social Deviates,just itchin
to pull crap.And the more crap they pull anbd get away with,the
higher their rowdy,Mutated Self-Esteem progresses.
I see a Futureworld of Many Social miscreants,serial-killers,Rapists,
very Bossy bosses,Intolerant professors who teach courses in
Tolerance and on and on and on.
Liberalism has reared it's ugly head in the form of Pandering school
policy,Hugs and Self-Esteem.
The blame has to lie,somewhere.
Why not where the Lie is biggest.> LiberalS !

Does anyone think that if the kids were allowed to fight it out like we used to that it would help things?

What I mean by that is we didn't have adults keep sticking their noses in our business when we were kids. We had to learn to resolve our own battles. Guys met after school and beat the crap out of each other. But both walked away maybe with a bit of blood from the nose or a split lip but it didn't happen that often.

Now I am shocked by how much time parents spend with their kids. They play with them and I don't mean toddlers. The kid expects 24 hour entertainment from the parent. WTF is that all about?

Hm, I come down on the side of the school. I like the fact that the kids are hugging rather than carrying shivs to gut someone. But when it begins to intrude upon their academics because of tardy arrival at class it is merely the first step toward a larger problem down the road.

As far as nuns and hugging go, the only time they ever touched us was to administer a blow to the back of the head (that was for turning around and facing the back of the room instead of keeping your eyes dead centre on their fat black shapes) or to strap you for such things as spelling errors or speaking back. That ensured you did not forget that particular word next time. I will never confuse angel with angle again. Course I can't spell worth a damn now anyway. Now a days I would probably be eligible to sue for mental/emotional scarring. Wow some of those "mothers" had problems.

As for hugging, my partner never comes through the door or leaves that we do not hug. When I haven't seen people in a while we usually hug. At work we even do some hugging. That was started by a particularly huggy manager that I hired. It does kind of spread.

I say... " hugging " is harmfull.When it is done,so often and for no
other reason than maybe to make oneself feel better,at least for a
momentary pause,then it means nothing.it is a form of coarsening.
Society can become callous and coarse,whrn it is obliged upon to
repeat things for the sake of social norm.
Social norm is good.But it has to be REASONABLE.
" Hugging " is an entirely emotional act.Like crying at a Funeral.
There is no right or wrong way to cry.
Crying so loud,at a funeral,w/o regards for those in true mourning may
be selfish.
Hugs are selfish also.
But it has NOW become an act of Peer pressure.Everyones doin it.
Therefore it means NOTHING.
If everyone uses a pleasant Greeting in the Morn,that is different.
That is courtesy.Not a concerted act of emotion.
Hugs should be reserved for truly important circimstances that merit
some emotion and cause for tenderness.One should hug at Funerals
and Weddings.One should be grieving or Cry at a Funeral.
The Catholics are wrong to instill " tough love " about crying at
Funerals.Not all things Catholics do are Good or Right.
But certainly this Hugging craze is NOT right.

Does anyone think that if the kids were allowed to fight it out like we used to that it would help things?

What I mean by that is we didn't have adults keep sticking their noses in our business when we were kids. We had to learn to resolve our own battles. Guys met after school and beat the crap out of each other. But both walked away maybe with a bit of blood from the nose or a split lip but it didn't happen that often.

Now I am shocked by how much time parents spend with their kids. They play with them and I don't mean toddlers. The kid expects 24 hour entertainment from the parent. WTF is that all about?

You are so off base and entirely wrong ,I don't know where to begin.
Maybe in the 30's the Little Rascals and Bowery Boys got away with
a lot of Freedoms to fight and goof off,but as a child of the
50's,60's Adults were uniform and always makin sure Kids were
on the up and up.
Today's Youth have freedoms to basically do as they please.
Dress any Goddamned way they choose,especially after school.
Get Tattoo's or piercings.Color their hair,even Pink or purple.
Sheer Craziness.No boundaries.
Go on TV and confess Sexual deviancies,literally unheard of 40 years
ago.Act out things in their life,as if NO Parent even existed.
Skateboarders troll the sidewalks as if THEY owned them.
Just get out of their way.That is how Kids act in school,as well.
No Teacher can actually force them to do ANYTHING.
It was the exact OPPOSITE,in my day.
No Teacher COULDN'T be expected to do OTHER than completely TELL a
student just where to get off or else.
It was the Teacher Highway,or No Way.
Now,it's the Kids who run the school {asylum}.

Foolsworth,

You pretty much pinned it. Thanks for writing a post I didn't have to have a Captain Midnight decoder ring to decipher. You seem to have a lot of good perspectives on issues that usually get lost in the verbiage and stylistic nonsense of many of your post. It would be nice if you continued posting as you did in the above post, in an easily read and easily understood manner.

You are so off base and entirely wrong ,I don't know where to begin. Maybe in the 30's the Little Rascals and Bowery Boys got away with
a lot of Freedoms to fight and goof off,but as a child of the
50's,60's Adults were uniform and always makin sure Kids were
on the up and up.
Today's Youth have freedoms to basically do as they please.
Dress any Goddamned way they choose,especially after school.
Get Tattoo's or piercings.Color their hair,even Pink or purple.
Sheer Craziness.No boundaries.
Go on TV and confess Sexual deviancies,literally unheard of 40 years
ago.Act out things in their life,as if NO Parent even existed.
Skateboarders troll the sidewalks as if THEY owned them.
Just get out of their way.That is how Kids act in school,as well.
No Teacher can actually force them to do ANYTHING.
It was the exact OPPOSITE,in my day.
No Teacher COULDN'T be expected to do OTHER than completely TELL a
student just where to get off or else.
It was the Teacher Highway,or No Way.
Now,it's the Kids who run the school {asylum}.

I think you totally misinterpreted my post Foolie. When I grew up there was a definite demarcation between the adult and the child.

Adults did not poke their nose into our stuff. When I ran home crying because Janey walloped me I was told to "not tell tales out of school", and shoved back out the door to go "work it out". We didn't have some stupid parent mediating for us or advocating every minute and a half.

I was not good at self defense and aggression was not in my soul. I did learn though that the world was tough and that if I allowed a bully to shove me and I showed fear I was doomed. I learned young that if I stood up to them they backed down. I learned this because my parents wouldn't do it for me. We had scraps all the time. Not these kids.

These kids "hang" with their parents till they reach a certain age, then they run wild. And the parents take their part regardless of the circumstance. The kid is never wrong. Our day the kid was never right. Which is also not balanced.

Does anyone think that if the kids were allowed to fight it out like we used to that it would help things?

What I mean by that is we didn't have adults keep sticking their noses in our business when we were kids. We had to learn to resolve our own battles. Guys met after school and beat the crap out of each other. But both walked away maybe with a bit of blood from the nose or a split lip but it didn't happen that often.

Now I am shocked by how much time parents spend with their kids. They play with them and I don't mean toddlers. The kid expects 24 hour entertainment from the parent. WTF is that all about?

It has already been proven that it is Unhealthy for a parent to
become buddies with their Kids.For one,a Parent needs to have
buddies,their own age.As do kids.Especially kids.
But a Parent is a Guardian.An enforcer of Home discipline.
How is a parent expect their kid to know when the buddy phase
comes to a complete stop,and the parent phase kics in,if a
problem arises.
Plus a kid,can't just rely on a Parent for everything that occurs
in their life.A Kid should be able to tell a Buddy,things that normally
they have shame about,and wouldn't dare let a Parent find out.
I wouldn't expect a little teen girl,who's buddy-buddy with her
mom,to tell her Mom,intimately what body parts of a boy she
feels turns her on.But she would,by all means tell a fellow buddy
and giggle over.Plus a Good parent,should realize there are things
that are too immature and juvenile for her to casually have
fun discussing with her Kid.
Parents need to be Adults and Kids need to be Kids.
That is why so many Child Actors got screwed up as kids.
They were out makin money like adults and spending their days
with adults,instead of having a normal child/school experience.
That is documented fact.From Shirley Temple to many more
contemporary Child stars.

Yeah which is why there are so many problems right now in Hollywood with DUI's and their inability to parent their own children properly.

I think you totally misinterpreted my post Foolie. When I grew up there was a definite demarcation between the adult and the child.

Adults did not poke their nose into our stuff. When I ran home crying because Janey walloped me I was told to "not tell tales out of school", and shoved back out the door to go "work it out". We didn't have some stupid parent mediating for us or advocating every minute and a half.

I was not good at self defense and aggression was not in my soul. I did learn though that the world was tough and that if I allowed a bully to shove me and I showed fear I was doomed. I learned young that if I stood up to them they backed down. I learned this because my parents wouldn't do it for me. We had scraps all the time. Not these kids.

These kids "hang" with their parents till they reach a certain age, then they run wild. And the parents take their part regardless of the circumstance. The kid is never wrong. Our day the kid was never right. Which is also not balanced.

I agree to a point.If as a kid,AFTER school something happens,I wouldn't
expect a teacher to bud in.But at school,It's a teacher's domain.
Or on the bus.
Outside of school,A parent shouldn't bud-in unless serious enough.
Fighting is normal,but fighting isn't fighting when gangs are involved
or any object is used.That's ASSUALT.
Kids today aren't merely fighting.
That's too old fashioned.They wanna have Gang-inspired stuff
and an object.Like their Stupid Video Games have brainwashed their
sensibilities.
A parent needn't keep reminding a kid,the importance of not
fighting to resolve every little skirmish.Parents in my day,did the same.
They didn't resolve every little neighborhood tussle.A Kid has to
grow up with some degree of responsibility for solving their own
personal disagreements.
But if a Parent knows of things that are more troublesome than
just a tussle,they definately need to nip it in the bud.
That's how it was done in Me Day.
And Me Day was Right.

One of the difference is, we used to punch. Kids nowadays shoot.

It's like the demarcation has been lost. We need to get it back.

As for gangs I was surprised at how they happen even in really high-end areas. One can understand the proclivity in poor areas where they feel trapped and demoralized. But in the high end it seems to be the "risk" that they love. And that is frightening because that comes from a whole different place than poverty gangs. That comes from kids who have adult power yet not adult responsibility. It is more dangerous in some ways.

Foolsworth,

You pretty much pinned it. Thanks for writing a post I didn't have to have a Captain Midnight decoder ring to decipher. You seem to have a lot of good perspectives on issues that usually get lost in the verbiage and stylistic nonsense of many of your post. It would be nice if you continued posting as you did in the above post, in an easily read and easily understood manner.

Um,Butts I did'st use me a Double Negative that also
shoulda,coulda,woulda passed fer a double entendre,if given the
correct shot a muster.
I ain't a hot dog Wits me words,Butts I dude likes to.

No hugging in school? Oh come on. That is just really stupid. When did a hug ever offend anyone.

Anyone who needs a hug should be tasered.

i agree,,,,, anyone that needs a hug from someone to feel better needs 50k volts... now a handjob from someone to feel better is the ticket..

While I would back the school up on this one, I have to wonder how a hugging fad caught in. Very strange. Oh well, I suppose kids have embraced stranger fads....:)

now a handjob from someone to feel better is the ticket..Lets not get carried away here.


Hugging would make it easier to pass drugs, notes, etc without being so noticable, Leper.

Lets not get carried away here.


Hugging would make it easier to pass drugs, notes, etc without being so noticable, Leper.

I detect a certain cavalier snideness in yer remarks.
Those remarks don't enlighten or inform,just kinda make you
out as someone truly ticked-off,for some unknoiwn reason.
I don't suppose it has anything to do with little red Wagons or
a sandbox,as a kid.
UM,yer not gonna report me again,are ya.?

Wow, someone on this thread needs a hug really bad!!!

or a handjob.

or a handjob.
Why would you want a handjob? Isn't a blowjob much better? :confused:

Suck it, fuck it, or leave it alone.

Why would you want a handjob? Isn't a blowjob much better? :confused:

Was that really necessary.?

Suck it, fuck it, or leave it alone.
Hahaha.... That never fails to amuse me.

Why would you want a hand job? Isn't a blow job much better? :confused:\

Well we are talking about a gesture from someone to make someone feel better. I figured the commitment of a blow job would be a little too deep for most people to do in order to give a quick "pick me up" to a fellow person.

of course i would advocate giving oral sex to random members of the opposite sex (or same sex if thats your thing) as long as it was an equal exchange, but i do not think as a country we are ready for that yet.

If we only could of given Bill 4 more years.... anything could of happened

If we only could of given Bill 4 more years.... anything could of happened
:lolhit:

UM,yer not gonna report me again,are ya.?

I have never reported you, you friggin' idiot, how many times do I have to tell you?

I have never reported you, you friggin' idiot, how many times do I have to tell you?

Oh ! I get it.YOU just happen to be in the vicinity when My Banning
just happened to Kick-in.Just mere happenstance.
Butts,I don't believe in Happenstance.
I believe it's supposed to take more than ONE ticked-off
Poster to warrant a Banning.
What's yer excuse again.?

I was not. I posted what I did then left. I came back the next morning and you were banned. I read the thread and seen it was something you posted to me, but have no idea what you even said. Heard it could've peel paint though.
So fuck off, I never reported you or asked for you to be banned.

There's any number of folks participating on this forum that could have asked for you to be banned. Why focus on one individual? Imp will tell you like it is, and not run to a moderator looking for someone to fight battles for her - she's plenty capable on her own.

So, go pound salt up a dead rat's ass, Foolsworth.

I agree... Imp is definetly not the tattle-tale type..


besides.... you have to do alot to get banned iam sure... i never have yet and i probably should of countless times..

There's any number of folks participating on this forum that could have asked for you to be banned. Why focus on one individual? Imp will tell you like it is, and not run to a moderator looking for someone to fight battles for her - she's plenty capable on her own.

So, go pound salt up a dead rat's ass, Foolsworth.

And definately NuN Too bright.
- " I read the thread and SEEN it was ".
That's about as poor a use of grammar as it gets.
Definately Jerry Springer material.
Replete with Trailer and Loser boyfriend,cans of half used
whipped cream in refrig and LOTS sloppy stuff strewn,ever
which a way.And a nice beat-up Malibu,Firebird,Camaro
Or Pickup,waiting to be towed away,in eyeshot.
Um,I did say...Nice...BTW !

No hugging in school? Oh come on. That is just really stupid. When did a hug ever offend anyone. Why dont the school officials take away all contact sports including football. Isn't tackling a form of a hug in a strange way.

I dont know what kind of sports you play but a tackle shouldnt even be in the same ball park as a hug

Nobody complained to anybody. Borg spotted the post himself and took the initiative. I know because Borg told me on IM at the time.

Nobody complained to anybody. Borg spotted the post himself and took the initiative. I know because Borg told me on IM at the time.

Well then He Broke The Golden MoD Rule.

Absolutely No MoD Will discuss in any fashion any disciplinary
action needed.

What? You're off it.

What? You're off it.

Oh well I guess yer Bud { Borg } musta done forgot to tell ya.
Funny,I've herd he tole all his Palsy about The Golden Rule.

Haha, please try to refrain from smoking crack before you post, Fool.

If the principal feels so uncomfortable with warm gestures maybe she should just turn around when she sees two students hugging?
It's really stupid and overexaggerated.

If the principal feels so uncomfortable with warm gestures maybe she should just turn around when she sees two students hugging?
It's really stupid and overexaggerated.

Which beckons Me back to my First Principle.A Nun.
In parochial school.Or catholic grade school.She was tough-as-nails.
But she was short.I mean,real short.probably the same height as
Greta Van Susterern.Maybe 5 foot.Because as Kids,go,she was short.
But like I said...TOUGH.She had a peculiar but effefctive means of
corporeal punishment.If somethin happened that needed questioning
or a slight scoulding,this Nun { Principle } would take her index finger
and with a closed fist stab it directly into one's breastplate {chest}
real straight and hard,like a dagger.Very effective,I mite add.
Of course it got one's attention immediately and also hurt,quite a bit.
Later in life,I used this same technique a few times.It isn't assualt,
but even better.I had to use it on me old man {pops} once.
I just know it got his attention.He was also my Boss at the time.
I Digress !

Which beckons Me back to my First Principle.A Nun.
In parochial school.Or catholic grade school.She was tough-as-nails.
But she was short.I mean,real short.probably the same height as
Greta Van Susterern.Maybe 5 foot.Because as Kids,go,she was short.
But like I said...TOUGH.She had a peculiar but effefctive means of
corporeal punishment.If somethin happened that needed questioning
or a slight scoulding,this Nun { Principle } would take her index finger
and with a closed fist stab it directly into one's breastplate {chest}
real straight and hard,like a dagger.Very effective,I mite add.
Of course it got one's attention immediately and also hurt,quite a bit.
Later in life,I used this same technique a few times.It isn't assualt,
but even better.I had to use it on me old man {pops} once.
I just know it got his attention.He was also my Boss at the time.
I Digress !

If I did that I'd probably be poked/pushed back even harder, and it would turn into a fight. What did he do?

If I did that I'd probably be poked/pushed back even harder, and it would turn into a fight. What did he do?

He just took it,with a startled look on his face.He knew I had
developed a Temper,when provoked.He did the same thing years earlier
when I was a Frosh,On Thanksgiving leave,from college.
I turned into a full blown Hippie,with Beard,and hair growing longer
by the week.I wore Torn Blue jeans that drove him nuts.My Dad
was brought up Ethnic.Believeing ALL men should be shaved,have
their shoes shined and wear a clean pressed white shirt and dark
dress slacks.
I was takin a nap,in my brothers room,and he came in and attempted
to rip those blue jeans off of me.We ended up on the floor wrestling and
he somehow got a shiner { black eye }.My Mom heard the commotion and
was told to call the Police.She did,and a cop arrived,but nothing came of it.
My Dad had a good shiner,and had to invent,along with me mom,a
faux cover story,for the shiner,when they went out to their
Cocktail/Bridge parties,the following week.

He just took it,with a startled look on his face.He knew I had
developed a Temper,when provoked.He did the same thing years earlier
when I was a Frosh,On Thanksgiving leave,from college.
I turned into a full blown Hippie,with Beard,and hair growing longer
by the week.I wore Torn Blue jeans that drove him nuts.My Dad
was brought up Ethnic.Believeing ALL men should be shaved,have
their shoes shined and wear a clean pressed white shirt and dark
dress slacks.
I was takin a nap,in my brothers room,and he came in and attempted
to rip those blue jeans off of me.We ended up on the floor wrestling and
he somehow got a shiner { black eye }.My Mom heard the commotion and
was told to call the Police.She did,and a cop arrived,but nothing came of it.
My Dad had a good shiner,and had to invent,along with me mom,a
faux cover story,for the shiner,when they went out to their
Cocktail/Bridge parties,the following week.

I don't blame you there I'd probably react the same way. Ripping off your pants is too much to get his point across, as good-intentioned as he may have been.
It must've been a nasty experience.