The Firm

Especially for players playing grown ups…

Remember, you are not a real teacher and the person you want to whack is not a real pupil; you don’t have the authority to make them be good unless they expressly give it to you.

However naughty, sulky, bratty etc he or she may be, that is the character they want to be – it gets them off – much of the fun is getting belted but being naughty anyway.  Someone else’s character is their property, and changing it to what you want is very much against the rules.

I'm writing from knowledge; I ran into someone who seriously wanted to reform my inner schoolboy – going as far as making him give up his beloved Dockers in the process – and turning him from the angular, degenerate teenager I was revelling in being into someone very reminiscent of Walter the Softy.

We no longer play.