Told ya so!

[twyacht]

when I was 6 or 7 I said a "bad word" in front of my mother.  she grabed me, opend my mouth and put tabsico on the back of my tongue.  todate I've only said one or 2 bad words infront of her.

Great point TAB, I, as all kids, disagree, got mad, and even argued with my folks, BUT (back than) there was a line in the sand that was never crossed, due to fundamental RESPECT. (and consequences were rendered if you crossed it).
Those times have long gone due to culture and parenting. (Not in all cases, but), parenting has let kids get away with almost anything these days.

Now parents call 911 when their teenage son won't get off the Play Station. (Are you kidding me?) Not in my day, but evident in ours.

I wasn't just punished, I was beaten, and I've been screwed up ever since.    People who don't know when to stop shouldn't beat their kids.

jumbo, I'm sorry, I am not making any mockery or light of a "whoopin" and flat out abuse. Beatings are never a corrective form of discipline, and not what I think this OP's about, or what was previously posted.

Parents, can and sometimes still, go too far, and I've known friends that were subject to that kind of abuse, and it is wrong.

Spankings and beatings are two totally different things. One is parenting, one is criminal.

[tombogan03884]

when I was 6 or 7 I said a "bad word" in front of my mother.  she grabed me, opend my mouth and put tabsico on the back of my tongue.  todate I've only said one or 2 bad words infront of her.

They tried that on me. I'd never had hot sauce before, we all discovered that I LIKED it.  

Do you remember those triangular rulers used for scale drawing ? I didn't like that.

[TAB]

its most likly the reason why I love hot food and have only once found something too hot.

[tombogan03884]

its most likly the reason why I love hot food and have only once found something too hot.

Bet it was one of those little Chinese SOB peppers 
Actually the worst I ever had were some some one canned themselves.

[SwoopSJ]

Bet it was one of those little Chinese SOB peppers 

Oh, man!  I was unfortunate enough to experience one of those at a Chinese restaurant in Columbus, OH, when I was a teenager.  I think I suffered nerve damage, as I haven't found ANYTHING too hot for me since.  I was in agony for probably a half hour and the staff was bringing me everything they could think of to extinguish the flames.  The manager or owner, not sure which, also apologized profusely... probably afraid I would sue, since I was informed, mistakenly I'm sure, that the peppers were supposed to be removed before serving.

Swoop
 

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[fightingquaker13]

Oh, man!  I was unfortunate enough to experience one of those at a Chinese restaurant in Columbus, OH, when I was a teenager.  I think I suffered nerve damage, as I haven't found ANYTHING too hot for me since.  I was in agony for probably a half hour and the staff was bringing me everything they could think of to extinguish the flames.  The manager or owner, not sure which, also apologized profusely... probably afraid I would sue, since I was informed, mistakenly I'm sure, that the peppers were supposed to be removed before serving.

Swoop
 

They are hot SOBs, but you can't make good kung pao pork without them. Just treat them like bay leaves and don't eat them.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

They are hot SOBs, but you can't make good kung pao pork without them. Just treat them like bay leaves and don't eat them.
FQ13

NOW HE TELLS US !
 Gee thanks pal   

[TAB]

Bet it was one of those little Chinese SOB peppers 
Actually the worst I ever had were some some one canned themselves.

it was acutally a korean dish at a sushi place.  it had about 50 thai prick chiles in it. 

[Johnny Bravo]

Having experienced spankings to and old fashioned ass whoopin' I agree with spanking. I remember the old wooden paddles from school days...........Yikes. The coach could hit my ass and it would lift my feet off of the ground. I'm not sure if my Dad beat some sense into me or knocked it out of me. I was cursed with a smart mouth and a bad temper as a teenager. I also knew everything or at least I thought I did. I was 25 or 26 before I realized how dumb I really was.

On the hot sauce. The hottest stuff I have ever tried is "Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce". It will kill you. That's coming from this good ole Texas boy who loves jalapenos and eats them with most meals. The lable states and I quote " A great cooking ingredient for sauces,soups and stews. Also, strips waxed floors and removes driveway grease ". It goes on to warn you "not to try it if you have any heart or respritory problems". It burns for about a half hour no matter what you do. I guess thats the insanity part? I've used it a couple of times in two gallons of chilli and all it took was about 6 or 8 drops. Try it if you dare.

[PegLeg45]

My parents' favorite tool o'punishment was a yardstick. When the yardstick was not immediately available, it was a wooden hairbrush. Once (thank God!) it was a piece of lath.

When the yardstick broke on me and I laughed, Mom decided that that was enough.

My mom broke many a yardsticks on me.
The worst day in the history of childhood punishment came when my dad brought home a couple of aluminum yardsticks from the extrusion company he worked for.....


Yeah.......they hurt........of course I did get the satisfaction of knowing that they couldn't be used for measuring anymore though.