Saturday, January 26, 2008

In A Box

When I was in line at the checkout of Borders Books the other day, this little item caught my eye. Parochial School In A Box featuring a ruler-wielding, stern-faced nun? Hmmmm. It was too cute to pass up.


Inside was a folded dunce cap (that's the white thing towards the back of the picture below), a small guide book of advice on discipline, a tiny ruler for knuckle rapping, and 4 demerit cards sentencing the recipient to the nearest corner!


The dunce cap isn't so great since it's deeply creased from being folded and the 3 inch ruler is too tiny to give a good whack on the knuckles let alone a good spanking, but what can you do when everything needs to be fit into such a small box? The book is pretty funny and I love the demerit cards! Perhaps if I collect all 4 cards, I'll be sent to the office for a dose of corporal punishment rather than dreaded corner time. Afterall, it even says on the back of the box, spare the rod and spoil the fun!! Time to don my plaid skirt and maryjanes and find out.

If I were to make my own little "Discipline In A Box", what would I include? Perhaps a mini hairbrush, a tiny bar of Ivory soap, and disciplinary slips noting the different punishments that could be earned. Oh, and a guide book of 100 ways to be a brat and 101 ways to correct such behavior.

What would you put in yours?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

When I was a kid, back in the middle of the last century, some of the board games had a flat cardboard "wheel of chance" with a plastic arrow mounted in the center. To learn your "fate," you'd spin the arrow by flicking it with your finger. In a game such as this, I'd add more arrows (3) for additional combinations, and have the numbers they land on correspond to a numbered list(s) in the Guide Book, right after your 101 Ways to... A spin of all three arrows could come up with three layers of punishment (spanking, cornertime, grounding or caning, soap, early bedtime, etc.), and the game could be as flexible and varied as the imagination of the pakyers. ...Naahhhh

Anonymous said...

lol very cute item nonetheless.

While I admit you don't deserve it at all, I'm surprised there's no pic of you modeling the dunce cap. ;-)

As for what to put in a discipline box? hmmmmm how about a rolled yup leather strap? ;-)

Anonymous said...

Surely, from recent posts, a small bottle of Arnica wouldn't go amiss?

Anonymous said...

Nice find. Included with "100 ways to be a brat", I also like your idea to add "101 ways to correct such behavior". Must keep 1 step ahead of the brats! Have you come across the book, "Growing Up Catholic"? That's what your box reminded me of. Had you gone to private school as a school girl, do you think you'd still have a fondness for the uniforms that you have today? Do you think you would have made a good private school student?
2Good

Anonymous said...

Well, since you asked what I would put in MY box, I'd say I'd have to include a Demerit card for each brat in the class, especially the blonde brats who are more prone to trouble-making than the other girls (vweg), a large wooden hairbrush with the words "For Pixie Only" stamped on it, a short thin leather spanking strap, and of course a wooden ruler which may or may not be used to rap knuckles.
Naturally the box would have to be increased in size to include all the items I mentioned, but I think it would be an effective aid to education :)
Warm hugs. SS.

Anonymous said...

I think Pixie should get CP AND be sent to the corner afterwards.

Damn, I'm SUCH a nice guy.

How about adding a nice rubber strap to the box?

Dr. Ken said...

Dear Pixie,

4 Words: "Nun-in-a-Box"

Dr. Ken

Winchester said...

I am sorry if my last post about a witnessed spanking offended you - it did not get past the comment moderator. It was certainly not intended to be offensive in any way.

As to your present question - one of the snags of little (and thin) things is that if not carefully used they may be dangerous. However - Yes to the booklets about how to be a brat and how to conril brattish behaviour.

Then I think a supply of the slips we had to take to the Head or our Housemaster outlining our behaviour - one meant lines, the second a restriction of movement (now called grounding) and the third an inevitable beating. You could not include a cane - whippy wire would bed too dangerous - so perhapa a small but heavy tawse. And finally I think a pair of thumb-cuffs to stop errant hands from getting in the legitimate way of the mini-tawse.

A nice little problem!

Amber Pixie Wells said...

Anonymous - why "Naahhh"? I think that's a pretty neat idea.

007 - The dunce cap was not all that it was cracked up to be. It was so creased it wouldn't even stand up!

A rolled up leather strap would work. Like a little leather fruit roll up. :)

Steve (uk) - Definitely should be included! Might I note I'm still sporting that nasty bruise on my thigh though?

2Good - I've never found the book Growing Up Catholic, but I have seen the interactive comedy show Late Nite Catechism. Sooo funny and so true! As sister says, Girls are good, Boys are bad. I think my fondness for school uniforms is indelible.

SS - yes, I think we'd need to upgrade the size of your box to accomodate all of your items. Hmmm. Maybe there just simply wouldn't be enough room for that large hairbrush. That would be a shame now wouldn't it? >:)

Kevin - Oh yeah, SOOOO nice!!

Dr. Ken - Have nun, will travel?

Winchester - Your comment must have been eaten by Blogger. See my post about the bad blogger bug.

A whippy wire sounds awful, but a tawse doesn't sound like a walk in the park either! Those tails sting like fire.

Anonymous said...

Aww come on Pixie...I was so looking forward to trying that hairbrush out on your sweet cheeks.
Well, why not? A guy can dream, can't he? :)
More hugs. SS.

Anonymous said...

*grins* I'm glad I'm not the only one who found those boxes and saw the potential. I gave one each to Sparkle and Iris last Christmas. They also had a similar box with a lump of coal for naughty girls' stockings.

Anonymous said...

(...Naahh) I'm glad you liked the idea, Pixie. It was one of those inspired moments like a Steve Martin/SNL (Theodoric of York) skit that just begged to be brought back to reality.

Anonymous said...

so do we get to see you in the dunce cap standing in the corner

Amber Pixie Wells said...

Not this time. But you’ll be left standing in the corner if you don’t come over and join us at my new blog location, www.spankingpixie.com.