Do You Pull Them Down Or Do I?
May 30, 2012 by Devlin O' Neill
Who makes the final necessary preparation of a girl’s bottom? Which of us tugs down that last veil between me and my most beloved target?
This is a control issue, of course. Making a girl suddenly that naked and that vulnerable is a moment of brightest elation for me. I have to smile at the sight, my pulse beats a little faster, the itch in my palm increases in intensity, so in most cases I prefer to do it myself, and I like to do it slowly, baring her cheeks and revealing that shadowy ‘tween space inch by tantalizing inch.
On the other hand, there is a lot to be said for simply ordering your girl to bare her bottom. In so doing, you force her to become complicit in her own chastisement, a harrowing augmentation to an already heavily fraught situation for her. This could of course become a battle of wills, if she is too embarrassed to accede, but a good Top is always up to a test of his moral strength, and eventually he will convince her that it will be much worse if she refuses.
Still, there is something so very visceral, even atavistic, about a man pulling a girl’s panties down, as is so clearly illustrated by the Waldo photoshop montage above. Deeds and not words control in this situation, as should happen on occasion. Sometimes words are not only unnecessary but they get in the way of the message. The message here is unmistakable so I will leave it at that.
Sometimes a girl may wish to show submission before the procedure even gets properly underway. Yanking down her own undies as if to say, ‘See, sir? I’m a good girl, I am!’ is another example of a silent message – unless of course she actually says it out loud, in which case the Top’s only recourse is to nod grimly and cover his smile with a brisk, no nonsense cough.
Still, overall I prefer the good old fashioned, reliable, ‘I’ve taken all the nonsense I’m going to take from you today, young lady, and these are coming down right now’ approach to knickers lowering.
And I have to think that my girl prefers this as well. She has no desire to be in charge, to be in control, let alone to voluntarily offer her tender bare backside to my hard, mean, awful hand. That she was responsible for getting herself into this predicament to begin with is bad enough. Anything over and above that is adding insult to really ouchy sting.
So whether she does it herself.
Or I do it for her, the end result is the same. But the getting there part is so much fun that I like to take my time.
That is all.
Devlin out.
Seriously!?
You want an answer to this chicken/egg 
question!? Fine, 
you asked for it……You b***** do it, cos I dun wore meself out getting you to this point of ‘i’ve had enough young lady’ so its about time you got up off your donkey an did something eh? 
As if i don’t have enough work to do round here you want me to pull me own knickers down!? 
Blinkin cheek thats what it is, 
whats the b****** point in burning bra’s and marching up and down oxford street for equal rights if you are just gonna sit there and deliberate the issue!? 
and bring home the meat as well as cleaning the house 
, cooking the food 
, tending the brats 
annnnnd walking your dang Dog!? 
I mean, why the heck do you think i went to all that trouble of cling-filming the toilet bowl and putting an egg in your slippers?
What? You want me to go out and hunt
But can’t you just see cindy and/or kaki responding like this??
Well, really I can’t, Jay. And I have warned you about the language, young lady. :waits:
Glad you enjoyed it, though.
Didn’t realise that b###### was language, Professor, sorry.
Dev, good evening.
That is enough ruminating.
Great pictures. :eek:
Lets get to the action.
Warm
Paul.
You had ME going, Jay! I was sitting here with my mouth hanging open!
I do agree about doing all the work part. Tops have it so easy, don’t they?
EEK, Paul!
This has left me with a decidedly unsettled feeling in my tummy and the nervous kind of peeking through my hands that made the post a little difficult to read…you have obviously given the topic a great deal of thought, Dev. I think we girls might prefer not to think about it at all.
Jay, I must find someone to say “blinkin cheek” to. That’s kind of marvelous language.
That’s a post sure to make a girl nervous, Dev.
If that was your intention, you did good.
Actually, responding like this sounds like someone wants a much harder spanking than may have been originally planned. What have you been up to, Jay??
Cindy, we seem to have had the same response…
…ish
It’s all right, Jay, but I’m sure I have said it before. That particular B word is not allowed here, even though most Americans believe it to be harmless. I’m sure your elementary school teachers had a similar rule.
We WHAT? Of all the … Oh, I see. Nope, not falling for it. You cannot possibly believe that’s true after all the hardships you girls put me through. So just pull the other one, k?
Not to overstep boundaries but Yes, Tops do have it easy do they not… I’m sure you are lucky to have all these lovely bottoms to Cre8 havoc for you? yeah ? ;)
I really wasn’t kidding.
I don’t think we deserved a threat like that, do you, Scarlet?
I hear you, Paul, but as the Chinese philosopher Lao-Huh once remarked, Action is but rumination brought like a carefully fatted capon to the market square, only to be devoured before the night is out.
Glad you liked the pics. 
Scarlet, Cindy, that was indeed my intention and I am pleased to see it worked so well.
Oh and Jay, Scarlet’s right about THAT phrase, which all of you are more than welcome to use on one another. Use it on me at your peril, however.
Hi, Missdc! Haven’t seen you in the LONGEST time! Welcome back! And yes, I am very lucky indeed.
Cindy, not to belabor the obvious, but you do realize that your tasks in the actual proceedings fall into the ‘passive’ category, right? Just checking.
Yes, Yes, Vive La Revolution!
Stand up and be coutned my sisters.
For too long we have toiled under Toppish Tyrany…now is the time for Revolution! 
We shall fight them in the corners, we shall fight them in the woodshed, we shall never surrender!!
Women can’t do every chore!
We don’t want this Toppish State!
Uh, not ALWAYS!
:-P
I have the answer for you Dev
. Rather than argue who pulls or lowers her knickers down why don’t you just leave them up? 
This way the girl doesn’t get that funny feeling in her tummy, well not as much anyway and she doesn’t get as embarrassed having to lower them “or else”. 
The Top doesn’t have to worry about trying to make her do it or heaven help us he actually do something himself. 
That photoshopped picture always kinda showed how I feel, really small. But doesn’t it look like his finger turns into her arm and hand?
That picture is photoshopped?
Lao-Huh?
Dev, you’re very much a hands-on Top, aren’t you?
Having one’s knickers lowered certainly makes those butterflies in the tummy go wild.
Jay, your comments made my giggle.
Sorry, I have that nervous tic where I stick my tongue out. It doesn’t mean anything.
Exactly, Mindy.
Jay!
Sure, Cindy. :waits:
Leave them UP? As in, not take them DOWN? I know all those words, Kaki, but they make no sense in that particular order.
Sorry.
I would say so, Mindy, yeah.
Jay, tomorrow is Thursday, does that mean you don’t have anything to worry about?
Perhaps I’m in the minority but I find either way as squirmy as the other.
I do love the Waldo photo, and even if I know it’s photoshopped it doesn’t stop the “oh my, there but for the grace…” feeling.
Hi, dd.
dd, that is why I say just leave them up. Being told to take them down gets the butterflies in hyperdrive but having them up while bent over gives you the hope that perhaps this time they will stay up.
There isn’t a lot to choose, is there, dd? And that photoshopped number is definitely an eye popper, every time.
Hope springs eternal, right, Kaki? No matter how often you are proved wrong, you gotta hang in there cause maybe, just maybe, someday …
Kaki, I never noticed the fingers before, but you’re right. He had to cut and paste, and it extended the guy’s fingers about half an inch, so the index finger does look like it melds right into her left arm. Guess you looked at it pretty closely, huh?
I agree with Kaki, the solution is obviously to leave them up! This saves tops from straining their brains, trying to decide, and their arms, should they choose to attempt the maneuver themselves.
Hush woman.
What Tony don’t know….won’t hurt him…or me.
I’m forever the optimist, Dev.
Maybe this time the pants and panties stay up. Maybe he will forget.
It’s possible.
We don’t mind, Em. At all. Really. Not a problem. Come here and I’ll show you.
You had better be in bed now, missy. Just saying. :waits:
Run, Em, Run!
Here I am, Dev. What was it you wanted to show me?
I think he wanted to show you how he strains his tiny little brain.
Oh, is that really what you think, Kaki? :waits:
In fact I wanted to show both of you my carpet. It’s quite fascinating. At least it had better be, because you little brats are going to inspecting it for a LONG time this evening.
Dev, are you really sure you want to ask us to make your carpet fascinating? I mean, we’d be happy to, but then you never seem satisfied with the results…
uh oh. Dev and Em have disappeared. What do you think that means?
Oh, wait. They’re back. And Em is going to paint Dev’s carpet!
It is an internal and subjective fascination, Em. You’ll catch on quickly.
No carpet decorating tonight, Scarlet. Sorry to disappoint.
Paint the carpet, Scarlet? Now that’s just silly! (I was thinking glitter…)
Hi everyone and I’m going to try posting this one more time while on break. What a wild and crazy day between both jobs and I’ve still got 2 hours to go!!
First of all, Dev, this would make a great “Devlin aloud” post. What do you think?
Second, I’ve had all kinds of squirmy, jittery, fluttery feelings in my tummy since reading the post earlier today. It reminds me a bit of the Lisa, Theresa and Gwen characters in the Maid books. And I kind of see myself as a combination of those women…. And since I’ve never been spanked as an adult, I tend to romanticize what the feelings, from start to finish, are like. And I especially can’t grasp the painful part of the spankings, which is a bit frustrating because I know that that is the key element. I only concentrate on the emotional and physical connection between the man and woman…the feelings of shame, humilitaion, penance, guilt and ultimately–forgiveness. And as an adult, it’s the forgiveness that most intrigues me because I’ve never had that.
Third, Dev writes about submission. I find this concept fascintating because I just read a bit about the way women subconsciously evoke a submissive attitude by their body language as opposed to the way in which confident men come off, or as even very confident women, carry themselves. Those of us who are naturally submissive tend to hunch our shoulders, scrunch down, cross our legs & ankles and curve/curl into ourselves. Confident men and women stand tall, sit straight and unfurl their limbs from their bodies in an open manner I quite envy. Since reading this article I have been making a more concerted effort to stand tall, but it’s a struggle. I know that, deep in my heart, I want someone else to take charge, to guide and to control (within reason!) so that I don’t have to be the strong one all of the time. Does this ramble make sense to anyone because I’m really shaking as I write this? It’s difficult to be so open with these long-buried feelings.
Well I had a fourth point to make but my mind is pretty scrambled right now and my heart is pounding. And I’m pretty frazzled from writing so much intimate information. And it’s time to go back to work. Thanks for the opportunity to vent.
Um, no, that isn’t what I really think. I was just being a little cheeky.
Em, do you think if you stare at a carpet long enough you can see shapes, kinda like lying back watching clouds. Sounds kinda relaxing.
That’s why this place is so great, Laura, it’s a very safe place to question those feelings.
There’s lots of really nice people who will give you advice. Not like a lot of other places out there that are SCARY!
I thought it might mean popcorn, but I guess not.
Cindy is quite right, Laura. We welcome questions of all sorts, and venting is completely acceptable. And just FYI, being strong does not mean never getting spanked. You didn’t ask but you might wonder. Most women I have spanked have been quite strong in all other ways, so unfurling your limbs is certainly in order as well.
Laura, I think that was the most nerve wracking part before the first time – not really knowing how all those feelings would play out in real life. I don’t know how the others here feel, but for me all of this is very mental even though it revolves around an obviously physical act. All of those emotions you’ve described are the heart of it, the physical act is a means of accessing them, not necessarily the key element.
As for the submission, I think working on your confidence will make that experience even more fulfilling. There’s something really wonderful about knowing that you can be strong and confident and powerful and then choosing to let someone else lead for a while.
I am very happy to know that, Kaki, and it was more than a LITTLE cheeky, wasn’t it? :waits:
^Pssssst, Kaki. I just had a great idea! We can draw shapes in the carpet with a glow in the dark marker! Dev will be so surprised the next time he gets up in the middle of the night for a glass of milk!
^
That’s enough muttering in here. Either speak up or pipe down.
SORRY, DEV. IT MUST BE HARD TO HEAR AT YOUR AGE! I SAID WE SHOULD GET YOU A GLASS OF MILK. WOULD YOU LIKE IT PLAIN, OR CHOCOLATE?
Laura,I was surprised that it hurt the first time I was spanked.
That may sound silly but even though they say it in the stories it still a surprise. 
Oh, and it still does. 
The other thing that really surprised me was how quickly it changed my attitude, I could be in a real nasty (insert female dog reference) mood and it would just melt away.
In public, or work I am not in the least submissive, only to my husband, and sometimes Mr. O’Neill, when I have to.
Maybe a smidgen more of cheek. I’m not Brittish so I’m not experienced in measuring cheekiness. I’ll need some time to get it down.
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN UP SO YOU COULD HEAR ME. WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR MILK WARMED UP OR COLD?
^Em, we can draw footprints leading to the bathroom in case he wakes in the middle of the night to wee. And a couple messages, quotes from Shakespeare. After we are through with the carpets, the walls and the ceilings. This could be fun.
I’ll set a few bees loose so he doesn’t hear us whispering^ 
Laura – Do you feel safe here? Because I think you are. I have read enough of the archives to say that there is a lot of teasing, a lot laughter, but I haven’t seen any real cruelty. I doubt that Dev would allow it, and if anyone were foolish enough to try to be, I suspect that the post would disappear.
I’m not sure how much of being dominant or submissive is natural and how much is learned. Being an adult is a lot of work. Sometimes I wish someone would take over my life for a while. I am fairly certain that I will never trust anyone enough to do that, however. I know why I am that way, but I am not ready to talk about it.
I would like to suggest to you that attitude can follow action. Smile when you aren’t really happy, and your mood may lift. Stand tall when you aren’t feeling confident, and you might just elevate your self esteem. I think that is more difficult for women than men because if a man asserts himself, he is likely to viewed as an authoritative leader. A woman, on the other hand, is more likely to be viewed as that “b” word that he-who-must-be-obeyed will not permit us to use. Ask me how I know!
Hi Lily, goodnight, everyone.
Hmmm this is probably not any surprise but I flourish when someone loves me enough to define and fortify boundary lines. I am not a weak individual by any stretch of the imagination and can be a bit of a spitfire given the opportunity. It’s a bit scary at the moment but after a bit of lap time the world does feel free put to rights.
Lauraj, I’ve never been spanked as an adult and I do what you do, romanticised the feelings. I don’t see myself as a submissive person but when I find my life partner, I would like him to be in charge. As others have said, I think a good spanking can turn things around.
Be they called Panties, Knicker’s, Bloomer’s. Taken these joyous feminine undergarments, down from her bottom, to bare it for a spanking. Is one of man’s most delightful occupations. Yes, Devlin, this heavenly woman’s undergarment, must be taken down, so one can relish, spanking a voluptous, naked rear end.
You’ve got that right, Six. Great to see you again, buddy.
Kaki, there were a half dozen bumble bees waiting patiently by the balcony door for me to let them outside this morning. Do you know anything about that, young lady? :waits:
Bees?
No, sir, I don’t know anything about them 
. Are you now seeing and hearing buzzing things? 
Want me to call the 
Has no one taken into consideration some girls are shy and don’t like other people to see our naked behinds?
Oh. In case there was some some confusion. You get the paddle; I take your panties down.
Well, that was easy.
So…? The paddle? Why is it not here?
Pygmalion, that’s another post altogether! “Do you get the paddle or do I?” Because take the post above and add more squirminess to it, and there you have the issue of who gets the paddle. Post panty reduction or pre panty reduction. Either way.
This just seems to come so easily to some guys.
lauraj, I’m so glad you feel safe here, safe enough to talk about all the things you can’t say in real life. It’s a bit like coming here as a tightly furled bud, and beginning to blossom and let go of what you thought you needed in life, to find what really wakes you up, and makes you feel alive.
Just in case it helps, here are a few things I have learned (so far) on my path:
*No one gets to spanking blogs by accident. Or if they do, they don’t make an avatar and stick around. So go ahead and embrace what you want more of in your life, even if you’re living it virtually for now.
*Don’t overthink it. Honestly, your mind can take you to some miserable experiences. I just remember all the things my head talked me into in life while my heart was screaming, no no no, and I was too young and silly to listen to it. The body wants what it wants. It will lead you where you ultimately really want to go.(mutually consensual, never hurting anybody doesn’t need to be said, does it?)
*Submission isn’t nearly the same for everybody. It ebbs and flows, too.
*If it wasn’t all a bit complicated and layered and different at different times for different people, there wouldn’t be so many blogs devoted to living this way, or loving this way. Take your time. It can be really delicious when explored slowly.
*Last, here’s a quote from Marlene Dietrich, who said some interesting things in her life. Let’s assume right off the bat that you can be a complete woman without a man at all, but she’s talking about a way of relating to men, a way that works for women like us, and certainly not everybody. But if this resonates at all, then maybe that’s the beginning of thinking of submission, and certainly not the end.
“To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it’s no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.”
Kaki, it has occurred to me.
Wow! You did it again, Kaki. All these familiar words, but the sentence makes no sense to me. Sorry.
Watch it, Dev, or she and Em may start shouting again.
The paddle is brought before, certainly. A craftsman must have all his tools to hand before starting a project.
In this case, the project is paddling.
The eternal question: Is it the craftsman who makes the tools, or the tools that make the craftsman?
I think I will sit here quietly until I get reenforcements.
Sitting quietly is probably your best bet right now, young lady. I expect if you are sent to fetch the paddle, you WILL go and fetch the paddle. I think the issue is that you have been overly coddled. :waits:
I’ll provide the revolutionary T shirts which say
“Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History.”
There is a reason that revolutionary banners are typically red. Goes with the red bottoms of the female revolutionaries. Just saying.
Yes,sir,
I am sitting here quietly.
As for the being coddled, maybe a little but not today
Uh oh. Did Kaki get the paddle yet? Is it time for popcorn? i will line up the chairs so we can all see how good girls behave, and Kaki is going to show us.
Dev, did you hide the paddle first? I’m not saying you should, just that that might make it more fun. For Kaki, I mean, not us. It would put a bit of challenge into the task, particularly if you lowered her knickers–or, wait, if she lowered her knickers before searching for the paddle.
If you would like any more ideas, let me know.
Understood, sir.
How about music? It would be very little trouble to adapt the words to Phil Ochs’ classic “I’m Going To Say It Now.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_AdEgRpxS8
Honestly, I don’t know where all of that came from last night! I’m usually extremely reticent about my inner feelings. I’m the one who pastes a huge smile on her face everyday and acts as other people’s personal cheerleader, often going out of my way to praise folks for their successes (small and large), and to thank people for their contributions toward making our job go well.
I don’t bring my personal baggage to work because I feel that it doesn’t belong outside of me. But this past year has been filled with a lot of unexpected challenges that completely rocked my world and shattered my self-confidence. It seems like for every two steps forward, I go three back. This has been a year of reevaluting my priorities and reaching deep withing to uncover what seems to have been lost for so very many years as I twisted myself into being what others wanted me to be. And my self-imposed filters fail at the most surprising moments, like last night.
And Dev has a way with words in his writing that speaks to my soul…it’s as if he is a part of my subconscious and whispering in my ear, touching the deepest, darkest parts of me. I feel like I need to sit up and pay very close attention to him. And trust me on this—-I have never-ever met anyone else who caused this sensation. It’s scary. It’s thrilling. It’s also unreal in more ways than I can express…partly because here in cyberspace, life is often unreal and whatever we want to make it….like reading one of Dev’s books and becoming lost in the characters of whom he writes with such love. Yes–I do feel that Dev is in love with Gwen, Beth, Theresa and Lisa….whomever these women were patterned after clearly made a stunning impact on his life. But then again, maybe that’s just my own fanciful interpretation……..(and yes, I
STILL stand up when Dev gets to that part in the movie even tho I know it’s coming!).
Scarlet, I loved your last quote. It reminds me that I’ve never had a good strong male role model, someone to trust or to respect, which is why I’ve always ended up leaving relationships because those men failed to be strong partners with me. I’m a willful, headstrong and independent woman who goes full steam ahead in order to achieve those goals I deem important. I will go to the ends of the earth to protect and to help those in need, whatever that may be. And I don’t have any use for weak men, hence my continued single status. But at the end of the day, it really
sux not to have someone to snuggle with, to share with, to lean on…. I know what I want but I also know that it will likely never happen. And really–that’s ok.
Ok–enough soul purging for now. Thanks for listening even tho I don’t seem to be making a lot of sense right now. I’m gonna go purge my house of some dirt–work off this frustration!
No, Scarlet, I don’t think we need any more of YOUR ideas.
Scarlet! what on earth are you thinking???
If frustration translated to a clean house, wow. My house would be spotless, and it’s so not. My frustration and excess energy just cause me to spin outta control. I dash from one thing to another, never getting any of them finished.
And you are making perfect sense, Laura, well, except for the nonsense about cleaning! I feel just like you.
And I agree, Dev speaks to us in extraordinary ways.
I meant to add that, even tho on the outside I come off as headstrong and willful (well ok, yeah–I am on the inside too!
) I’m still very shy, vulnerable and submissive inside and just try hard to cover it up. We were always raised that children should never be seen and most definitely never
be heard…so I tend to fade into the background a lot, especially when there is conflict.
Ok–I give up on wifi for now. Besides,
my dust bunnies are 
procreating in the corners, and I won’t have another day off for ten days.
I had a fab day today with Tony. We found a new position which dosent agrivate my back, it’s comfortable (right up until he starts whacking me) and Tony says its still very sexy…..which is the most important.
All the implements came out of the bag and nearly all were used….the carrige crop was tapped against my bum but very quickly was taken away when I had a bad reaction to it. That’s what makes these Top’s of ours so special, they can tell instantly when something is wrong and they immediatly stop and make sure their young lady is 100%.
I am so lucky to have Tony for a Top. He knows me better than i know myself.
Carriage crops sound scary, Jay. I’m glad Tony stopped.
I don’t think I knew you had back problems. I’m sorry about that. It’s miserable, I know. And you got a loooooonggggg back so it makes it double worse.
I’m glad you had a good day. You sound so happy. It made me smile.
Well it’s about time,Jay.
I was all ready to join your revolution but a one girl revolution doesn’t go far, well as far as the Top’s lap anyway. I was on a roll too. 
Jay, I am so glad we have a horseless carriage so we don’t need no carriage whips in our house.
Glad you had fun with Tony today.
Laura, I am with Cindy. I wish when I was having stressful days I could concentrate and get lots of cleaning done. I am usually good for about fifteen minute then I lose interest or I get frustrated at finding a place for everything or people putting things on tables or whatever after I just cleaned them off.
My back issues are because I am a million miles tall…..i can’t wear heels for long either cos they play havoc with my back. It’s nothing serious …it just stops play occasionaly which gets annoying.
Kaki, you have your one girl revolution …i am sure we will get plenty of ideas (of what NOT to do).
jay in happy mode!
I can’t even blame other people for the messes, kaki.
That’s all on me.
Well, to be honest, it isn’t always the others.
hahahahahahhah
Evening, all. Girls, sorry your revolution didn’t pan out, but them’s the breaks.
Scarlet, Laura, thanks for sharing your thoughts, and yes, this is a safe haven as long as I’m running it.
Jay, glad you had a splendid day, and whatever helps a bad back is aces in my book as well. Have I mentioned Epsom salt baths? Just a thought.
As to who fetches the paddle, I recall only once I sent a girl for the implement. It was the cane. She was in a LOT of trouble. But the thing is, and I know I shouldn’t worry about this, if I tell a girl to go do something when she knows she is in trouble, I am a bit concerned she might get in the car and drive away instead. I know. Silly huh?
But Dev, at some point she’d have to drive back. And then what?
Well, that’s one reason I shouldn’t worry. I expect I can send girls for implements with full peace of mind now. Phew! Thanks, Scarlet. You have been a very big help to your fellow brats all day today, haven’t you?
The craftsman must know the best tool for the job, and apply it vigorously.
I’m sure I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Pygmalion, such a wrenching subject.
Uh huh.
Night all! Glad you all had fun. I did.
Whether I’m being ordered to take them down or the top pulls them down for me, either option can make me feel quite submissive in the situation. I don’t have much of a preference. I never do it voluntarily though unless it’s before maintenance that I’m expecting. Why make it THAT easy?
Mindy? Are you home yet?
Hi, Cindy! I just got home.
Hi, Mindy, it’s the weekend for you, isn’t it? Was it a bad week for you? Or just normal.
TGIF! Work wise, a normal week. Sleep wise, I think I got more sleep this week. How’s your day?
Oh, I’m glad you got better rest. It’s hard to get through the day on little sleep.
I think I have my pool situation straightened out. I’m still getting air bubbles. I’ll tell you what, I can strip down and rebuild a pump motor in record time now. I should be an expert, I’ve done it about a dozen times now. Turns out, it might have been a bad gasket. The awful grinding noise has stopped anyway, so that’s a relief.
It’s really cool here tonight. It is supposed to get down to 49. That’s almost unheard of. It wasn’t that cold in Feburary. Weird weather year.
Did your melatonin arrive and did you have to try it? Or is the early waking correcting on it’s own.
My melatonin hasn’t arrived yet. I thought it was a local supplier but when I went back to check the estimated delivery times, it said 10 to 15 working days! It must be coming from the US though there is a “service centre” Down Under. I guess I have to wait a while more before emailing them. Hopefully, it will come next week.
I guess I’m sleeping better because I’m just too tired and probably not as stressed.
That helps too, the not being stressed part. Do you not have a GNC or some kind of chain drug store? I think we’ve got a Walgreen’s on just about every corner around here.
I get so used to getting stuff I order sometimes as early as the next day that I get huffy if I have to wait a week!
Have a nice evening, Mindy and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
Gee, Scarlet, you are just full of good ideas today aren’t you.
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Mindy, did you get a chance to see if they sell any of the PM pain relievers like Motrin or Tylenol in the land down under?
I hope you have a nice weekend.
Don’t think they have Wallgreens down under….maybe there’s a Pharmacy at Coles though..an i am pretty sure they have little independant Pharmacy’s too.
When in doubt drink Brown’s Iced Coffee!
Is Brown’s Iced Coffee a good cure for insomnia, Jay?
Wow! What a shock! This post has been Chrossed!
Congratulations Dev!
Brown’s Iced Coffee is good for everything! Even hypothermia……if one can get hypothermia in Aus
Jay, who’d a thunk coffee would be a cure for insomnia?
Yes, congratulations, Dev.
Cindy, have you noticed the posts that makae girls feel a bit uncomfortable and squirmy get Chrossed?
I drink coffee all day long. I knew there was a reason why I’m so tired–it’s the coffee!
Amazing that this got chrossed! I wonder why everyone in so interested in the topic?
(congratulations dev.)
Oh yeah, Kaki! That’s why I was just SO stunned!
Brrr, it’s so cold this morning.
Can’t get Tylenol pm here and not easy to find 1mg melatonin in the local health food shops or pharmacy.
Congrats, Dev! Three consecutive weeks of Chrossing.
Scarlet, as soon as I saw the title of the post, before I read a word, I said to myself, “Chrossed. Guaranteed”.
Our Dev knows how to pack the house, doesn’t he?
All the Tops are going around harrumphing and muttering, “Quite right!” and “Good on ya!” And, “There can be no two opinions on the matter!”
And Pygmalion is wondering why she’s wearing panties at ALL, because it just makes his job that much harder.
And all us girls are just muttering, “aw, jeez, now we have to TALK about it?”
Yeah, I’m amazed it got Chrossed. I expect Devlin to be Canonized at the next goat roping.
Dev won’t have to Google it! hahahah
It is cold here TOO today, Mindy! It was 50 degrees when I got up this morning and I don’t think it got above 70 all day. It felt a lot more like Fall than close to Summer.
It was also 50 degrees in the house here this morning (and much colder outside). Is it going to get warmer for you on the weekend?
God, I hope so! It’s supposed to be hot, not cold. It’s 58 right now. Supposed to be back up to 90 on Sunday.
I do believe in efficiency, this is a Fact. Bottoms take their panties down altogether too slowly.
Panties are like band-aids: Rip ‘em off, and it’ll hurt less.
Well, when I say less…
Eeep!
You are so right, Sir. And how are we this evening?
Crazy weather, it got chilly here too. We are supposed to get up to 2 1/2 inches of rain tonight and there is a tornado warning now.
Warning or watch, Kaki?
Yikes. Take cover. Do you have a basement?
Do you hear sirens? Do you HAVE sirens? I have the National Weather Service website up, checking on your area.
A watch means duck, a warning means run!
And Kaki? Tornado warning SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST WORDS OUTTA YOUR MOUTH!!
It was a warning until 9:30 and watch until 2:30 am. We don’t have sirens, we had old air raid sirens they used to test when I was a kid but I don’t think we have them anymore. I saw it on the tv, they keep breaking in.
I will remember that if there is a next time. If I really think there is one coming I will take your tip on putting on boots.
Yeah, you dont’ want to be climbing out of rubble in flip flops. It just looks tacky, right?
Could you maybe wear a helmet, too?
Ohhhhh, Lily, that is not a bad idea at ALL. Kaki, you got an old football helmet you could use?
And gloves, thick leather gloves.
I’m concocting clam chowder. Otherwise, my life today is a dull mockery of existence. I’m not complaining, I’m just stating fact.
I do SO hope I get canonized at the next goat roping, Cindy. I think that would just about make my life complete. I’ll bet they give you a special holey paddle when you get canonized, huh?
Kaki, hope you don’t see any women on bicycles flying by your window. If you do, hug your little dog, too.
I really don’t think coffee is a cure for insomnia. Just my opinion.
And thanks to everyone for the good wishes. I did kind of think this had a good chance of being Chrossed. Not that I always post to get Chrossed, but as long as I’m at it, right?
Hope everyone is having a lovely Friday night, tornado watches notwithstanding.
Well, and I’m writing. But that was going to happen anyways.
Yum. May I have some?
I hear ya, sista!
Bout ready to beg for an assigment, aren’t you.
You may. It is delicious. I added chili peppers.
Oh, do you mean you also get a paddling with that special holey paddle? That will make the canonization complete.
I love spicy food.
I ran out of crackers.
We’re gonna be able to pick her out of the crowd, aren’t we Mindy!
The Holey Paddle is more of a badge of office, like unto a bishop’s crozier or a town watchman’s night-stick, except with a more specific area of application.
That is, the Bottom’s bottom.
Yup, that’s the idea!
Idle hands are the Devil’s bane. He’d better watch out or I’ll take my soul back by force.
Isn’t it supposed to be christened on the recipient’s bottom first when the recipient is canonized?
Yeah, a crozier. Every canonized chap needs a crozier sort of thing, and don’t be sassy to a Canon, Mindy. I have even specialer powers now.
No. The bearer is tasked with seeking out and paddling two naughties in the course of regular initiate duties, after which he is awarded a “License to Spank” and a theme song of his choice.
Mine, naturally, is “Nobody Does It Better” because it is at the same time flattering to me and annoying to everybody else.
Naughties? Thank goodness I’m an
.
That’s a give-a-way, that is.
This, this must be the New Church everyone is talking about. I don’t think my diocese has adopted these applications yet.
Dev, I’m so disappointed. I’d just love to attend the ceremony, but I’m afraid I have other plans. You know, the kind you just can’t back out of or reschedule. Like tea with the Queen.
Cindy, if application of the holey paddle is involved then I’m outa here.
Divine Congregation of Goat Ropers, Naughty Girl Herders, and Associated Trades, Ltd. Prospectus on request.
Lily, I’ll be a traveling bishop, I’m pretty sure.
Kaki, I’m running along with you.
Albeit your travel shall only be diagonally on your initial color, as per club by-laws.
Fortunately that color is ‘very hot and ouchy pink’ so I can color my way along the route.
Time to run, Lily!
The traveling bishop is en route with his holey paddle 
.
Right you are, Mindy.
I hope you gentlemen don’t think I am using the style “Esq.” just to be cheeky. No, indeed. I am a lawyer, and no less authority than Emily Post says that it is correct for me to be addressed so.
Cindy, I just found this trailer of Les Misérables starring Hugh Jackman!
Oh, Mindy! Goosebumps!
Hand to God, I was just thinking today I needed to go look for trailers.
Yay! Can’t wait!
Thank you!
We can certainly always use a real lawyer, Lily, but I have to tell you that Dev’s is the final word and there’s no appeals process. We’ve tried it. We worked really hard and devised a whole court process awhile back, it was gonna be great. Dev came home from work and Splat! He ran over it, backed up and ran over it again. Laughing maniacally the whole time.
Of course, it didn’t help that I had a doofus for a client.
oii, no name calling!
Cindy! I have told you about this, young lady. :waits:
Gosh, you’re up early, Dev.
Just being vigilant, Mindy.
Cindy, I do appreciate your telling me about that. I was not planning to try to represent any one here because I had already concluded that my usual method for prevailing in an argument – talking until I get my way – had absolutely no chance of success. Of course, the possibility of sanctions gave me pause as well.
I don’t believe I mentioned any names. If what’s her name had kept her doofus yap shut, nobody would have remembered who my doofus client had been.
I remembered.
It wasn’t me was it?
It’s almost as if he doesn’t trust us.
Oh, hush, you long, tall, limey baby!
That’s enough, Cindy. I mean it.
Dev, I don’t think Cindy was call you a limey baby. Besides, it’s a term of endearment like honey or sweetie.
A good lawyer immerses herself in the legal system of the court, like a deep bath of JUSTICE.
Of course, my court is a pseudo-arbitrary hodge-podge smorgasbord of draconian whims and desires. So…enjoy that.
Jay, that was uncalled for when I’m trying to ease the friction, and you do NOT use that emoticon, young lady. Ever. That is for Tops only.
well….maybe I am a Top in disguise?
Ok, ok…I’m sorry I used the forbiddon emotion Professor.
But I won’t apologise for what i said cos i was only playing with cindy like she was with me. I know she wouldnt really call me a doofus or a big tall limey baby…and really mean it. She is too nice, like an angel from eden she is…so warm and aproachable and affectionate. She would never call someone names.
Sorry, Dev. Sorry I was disrepectful to you.
What a suck up limey baby you are, Jay!
Thanks for the props, though!
All RIGHT! Stop it, right now, both of you!
Jay, i have told you both before – play fighting is fun until someone really gets hurt, and then it isn’t, so I’m not having it here.
Cindy, I appreciated the apology, as far as it went which wasn’t very, for about 8 seconds, and then you started it up again!
You two are going to play nice with each other or you are both going to hear a lot more from me than you really want to hear. Now you are not to speak another word to one another for the remainder of the weekend. Do I make myself crystal clear? Do I? :waits:
Umm how can we play nice if we can’t even talk to each other?
That is precisely why I would never attempt to practice in your court, sir.
Dev – I did not mean to start something with my admittedly cheeky remark that you would have to finish. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.
Hee hee, try miming to each other or using the emoticons.
Lily, it was very entertaining.
Jay, you can’t play at ALL for the rest of the weekend. Apparently I did not make myself understood on that matter. DO you understand now, Jay? Don’t play with Cindy until Monday.
Oh woe is us…..
Lily, you didn’t start that, not directly anyway, but as an attorney, I’m sure you know all about the law of unintended consequences, so we shall say no more.
Mindy, would you tell Jay “sorry” for me?
Jay, Cindy says she’s sorry.
Jay, Monday is less than 24 hours away.
What am i gonna do for 24 hrs though Mindy???
It’s forever 
If you read back throught the archives, Lily, you will see that this is not the first time Jay and I have gotten smacked for arguing. somebody usually has to sit between us. But we like each other anyway. I think this must be what’s it’s like to have a sister.
Mindy ty for passing on that message, would you please tell the person that i am forbiddon to talk to that I am also sorry and give her a big ‘sorry’ hug form me?
I think this is very much like what sisters get up to…..i have two big sisters though i didnt grow up with them, they was adults and one even had kids of her own by the time i entered the world.
Hee hee, if you go by New Zealand time, it’s only 12 hours away!
Cindy, this big hug
is from Jay and she says she’s sorry.
Thanks, Mindy. Give Jay this one for me
and tell her I’ll talk to her Monday when the ban is lifted.
And this one is for you for being a good friend and a great note carrier.
Jay, here’s a hug
from Cindy and she says she’ll talk to you on Monday.
Jay, a few comments back it looks like I said you couldn’t talk here for 24 hours, but what I meant was that you can’t talk to Cindy until Monday, however long that is for the two of you. Until then you MAY talk here all you like, except to her. Sorry if you misunderstood that.
Hmm…however long that is for us huh??
So if i set my clocks and whatnot to New Zeland time the i only have to wait 12 hrs like mindy said…right?
D’aww.
How does Her Ladyship endure it, Pygmalion?
is this the beginning of a new language lesson?
On Monday, we shall arrange a d’etente. It will be like when Obama had beer with the policeman and the man who was accosted in his own home in Cambridge. There will be a picnic table, and bottles of beer, and maybe some hot dogs.
Dev will be Obama. Cindy will be the policeman. Jay will be the accosted man. The press will cover it, and by press, I mean I will be sure to interpret it for the readers of the blite, with appropriate added comments by Florida reporters Kaki Ann and Lily Lou.
There may be an episode of Meet the Press about it. We’ll have to see.
I googled D’awww, Cindy. I had never heard it before, but clearly Pgymalion is on the cutting edge of pop culture. Here’s what it means:
A word/sound used to describe something really cute or really bad.
This word was started by Caleb Moorehead in early 2008.
Does anyone know who Caleb Moorehead is?
That’s what it’s like when girls just don’t measure up.
hahahhahahahhahahha
ahhhahahhahahahhaha
Yes, no need for the ruler when it doesn’t measure up.
Can…can I have some beer, too?
It is why legal documents tend to read “Except as provided in part II below…” and then take 15 or 20 pages to make sure there are no loopholes.
I’m sure you can find another use for the ruler.
I’m on the bleeding edge of linguistics without the pop culture accretions.
Hey, Mindy, a saluting guy would come in handy when Dev asks if he has made himself clear. I think that requires more than a nod but less than a salaam, don’t you? And the “sir” would then be implied. Don’t you think that would be good?
If the press does show up, I don’t want any showboating from any of you girls. This is not where you audition for the Today Show.
Aye, aye, Captain Cindy!
WAit – why does Jay get to be the accosted man and I gotta be the cop? Why can’t SHE be the cop and i get to be the accosted man.
And who’s going to be the arbitrator? Pygmalion could do it, but no beer first.
Can we get Nathan’s hot dogs, PLEASE??? I love them.
Cindy, see below.
What if Simon Cowell shows up? He might be looking for people to appear on his new show “Americans Think They Have Talent.”
Oh, he’s PERFECT, Mindy! Thanks.
You’re a great hunter/gatherer!
Hahahahhah
My sister and I never argue. I’m sure that it has nothing to do with the fact that she lives 1000 miles from me, I have caller ID on my phone, and she can’t make me answer her annoying emails.
How about a performance of “You’re the Top”? Surely no one could object to that.
I wish these emoticons were real, and I could take one out of my pocket and set him on the table when I wanted to emphasize a point. I am losing the ability to make comments in RL without adding a little face at the end to illustrate more clearly what I mean. People are beginning to wonder, particularly when I dash out of the room when I’ve finished speaking.
Give ‘em a ruler and they’ll spanky you with it.
Yes, but Scarlet, if your gut feeling is to run out of the room, maybe you really wouldn’t want to have an emoticom to emphasize the point that you should be running out of the room while still remaining in the room, if you see what I mean.
Dev might return a salute, I suppose. In theory.
I would love to have little running guy and drunk guy and happy guy as window clings on the back of my car.
In fact, what if we got all of them blown up bigger and mounted them on sticks to use when words aren’t appropriate or even possible? We could put all those paint stir sticks to good use.
For instance, I need foot tapping guy when I’m frozen at 4-way stop marathons. Much nicer to hang him out the window than to beep my horn or give people the finger.
I’m sure we can think of lots more applications.
Who would we need to see about doing something like that, do you think?
Which is the drunk guy?
I know he’s really not, I just always think of him that way. I love him. He’s been a good friend to me.
Old one eyed Jack. A good fellow.
Oh, that one.
The velvet glove never comes off.
That is an excellent idea for a series.
No beer first? …have I wandered into
Opposite Land 
, Where Correct Is Wrong And Beer Is Not?
oh no
Will you start writing it?
Enjoy the rest of you weekend, everyone! I’m off to work.
Each year two pledges from each district are chosen for the comeliness of their bottoms and firmness of their curves and sent to be hunted down for sport by gladiator-Tops, and spanked on the big screen so that ALL MAY SEE THE SUPERIORITY OF DISTRICT ZERO.
Also, there is a love triangle.
I call it “The Spanking Games”.
Thank you, sir. That is not quite how I had envisioned the series, but I would not be at all surprised if Mr. Cowell preferred yours.
Discretion dictates that I not share my original title for the series.
But one pledge finds a Top she truly loves and they run away together to Paddle Cove, where there is a showdown and the Evil Witch Queen of District Zero is given a dem good thrashing.
And then all is well.
Is it Monday yet??
Jay, you are allowed to talk, just not to Cindy.
Bye, Mindy! Thanks for the new toys!
Lily, I would always return a sincere salute. I am required to by oath. I think.
Well I have missed a lot while I’ve been busy busy. Dev can’t decide whether to take a girls knickers down or not, or something like that.
Jay and Cindy aren’t allowed to talk to one another, and a whole lot of mumbo jumbo in between. Hi everyone. 
Oh the new emoticons are cute, Mindy.
Alice! lovely to see you, my dear. You have been missed. Yes, things are much as usual around here. Just the same only more so. Glad you could drop by.
Pitiful, Jay. Just pitiful. I guess your life is over now.
Thanks, Dev, I’ve missed playing, but life has got a bit hectic recently with one thing and another. I still look in and read, but often don’t have time to comment.
We all go through that now and again, even me. Glad to see you whenever we can.
Dev, could you be suggesting that you might get an insincere salute? I would never do such a thing, of course, because I am such an angel.
I live in the City of Angels, so how could I possibly be anything else? 
Well, ya never know. And I lived in LA too, remember. Well, the county anyway, so I know EXACTLY how much angelic weight that carries.
Oh, naturally. Well, you’re allowed to. This is a school night so off you go, Jay. You and Cindy can annoy each other lovingly tomorrow. Night night.
well maybe i don’t wanna go to bed!
Maybe you want a blistered bum instead, hm?
Maybe I will stay up and annoy you!
Ok, so maybe I wouldnt annoy you on purpose….tickle the sleeping dragon and all that.
cept…I can’t really party without my bud Cindy can I?
Tis a bank holiday Professor, that means no school so i can stay up.
What’s a gal to do?
Jay, it’s Monday where you are, right?
Hi!
Cindy, it is not Monday where YOU are, young lady.
But I am going to stretch the point, if you two behave. So behave. Nicely. :waits:
Boy, you are just Johnny on the Spot, aincha?
It’s Bizarro world. Everything is bass ackwards!
While I’ve been slaving away at both jobs it seems that Dev is now roping the fainting goats that were delivered last week, playing with his crozier (and just WHY do the TOPS around here need another new stick???), Cindy & Jay had a dust-up like my sis and I used to, Minday added new toys and Pygmalion is gracing us with his lovely wit while Dev minds the girls! I’m sure glad that I wasn’t around to get into trouble this time! Many thanks to Mindy for giving me such excellent ste-by-step information about creating a Gravatar account. I finally did it! Ok–break time is over–back to work.
For the whole 4
zzzzzz
Night, Jay.
Nice, Laura! Well done.
Oh–I forgot to ask Dev and the other TOPS two questions: When you start out to spank your girls, do you already know how you plan to do it (over the lap, kneeling, etc) and do you already know if you will use any implements or not and for how long? Spanking virginal minds
want to know! Thanks!
Oh–and just how long will you let the lovely ladies retaing their knickers before you slide them off?
I always know what implement will be used because she brings it to me per my request*, and I rarely employ any position except over my knee. Her panties come down right before the implement is applied unto the bare bottom, before which my hand suffices.
Laura, I’m glad that you finally succeeded. It’s so pretty!
Laura, that is VERY pretty!
Congratulations!
Thanks Lily! I have such a
difficult time getting a good internet connection at home. I have to wait until a slow day at my evening job to try to get online….and there rarely are any slow days! 
Tomorrow I want to hide in bed cuz it’s gonna be brutal.
It sounds like you could do this in your sleep!
Pygmalion, have you ever heard of variety or fetching your OWN inplement?
Laura, pretty avatar.
Kaki! I’ve MISSED you all day!
Hi, Kaki.
Hi girls, I missed you today too. I gotta go thought because I was told to go to bed a half hour ago and the last time something about a brush was mentioned.
I said I would be up I was busy catching up with my reading. 
Lauraj, pretty avatar. Well done on getting it sorted.
Alice, you’re back! Missed you.
Hairbrush, clothes brush, bath brush or airbrush?
It would be of the bath variety.
Yikes!
Mindy, how clever of you to think of an airbrush. There are even airbrush tanning systems. Obviously, those would be perfect.
If I have to fetch my own implement, what’s the point? I might as well keep it ready on my belt all day.
I suppose it could be my belt. That would be doubly convenient.
mmmmmmmmmm belt
Tops don’t fetch.
The paddle, wooden; although we just acquired this neat little polycarbonate mini-paddle for Her to keep in her purse for day trips.
The belt does have a certain raw appeal, although it’s not suited to putting her over my knee. A strapping on the bed: It’s more brutal, more efficient.
Two very good adjectives, if I do say so.
it stole my words cos i dunno how to do italics properly.
I do like that sound, and the first snap for effect, once the belt is deployed, but before it is looped.
Yeah, Pymalion, that’s everyone’s favorite sound.
I like this sound better.
I sense a lack of enthusiasm.
Don’t
on the belt-spanking parade, ladies. Let the sunshine through the 
and embrace the 
Albeit: mostly the red stripe of the rainbow.
You knew the risks when you broke the rules. Is this a sheep? :lamb:
I didn’t
on the belt :piggy: I am all for the belt! Woohooo 
go belt! It’s your birthday, put your thang down! congratulations 
Hahhahahahha
I missed you Jaybird!
Cindy!! I missed you too.
Am sorry I got you ‘smacked’ an in trouble with the Professor…he was awfully mean to ban us from talking.
What a frightening thread we’re exploring tonight! But Jay is showing all the enthusiasm lacking in the American girls, so all is right in the spanking universe. Jay, go fetch that belt! Pygmalion is wearing it but he does NOT fetch his own implements. Please remove it and hand it to him.
There’s a girl.
Wait, whose birthday is it???? Pygmalion’s? The belt’s? Please advise.
Scarlet, don’t look now but jay left you holding the belt and Pygmalion doesn’t look too happy with his trousers by his ankles. Look on the bright side, it will slow him down whilst chasing you two.
Scarlet, I think that he will have to hold his pants up with one hand. You could try putting a beer in his other hand.
I can’t be held responsible for my actions. I am clearly
by Scarlet. 
I tell’s ya
Jay, I predict that excuse will work as well as saying that you are in a fugue state or that it was your evil twin did it. That is to say, not at all.
I KNOW! Telling me I can’t talk is about the worst punishment I could get. Course, I’ve never been hit by a stick like you have, sweetie. I would imagine that would be way worse. But it wouldn’t last for 24 hours! that was MEAN, wasn’t it.
So far as I’m concerned, you can talk all you want. You’ll still be spanked throughout, of course.
You think I would be defeated by such a basic mistake? Naturally my trousers are well-tailored, certainly capable of staying up sans belt. This leather belt is for decoration, and discipline.
I’m taking off my jacket now, and limbering up. Be ready.
A knight in green WHAT, Jay? And this is not 1932. Men’s trousers don’t fall down sans belt.
In any case, pants are not essential to the punishment process. Esp. not in this case, with the punished brat over a bed, not over my knee.
It just means I can show off my svelte well-formed legs, in true heroic fashion. We are liberated people.
Fencer’s legs, they have been called. I prefer the saber, for slashing. Good practice, really.
My pyjamas are green, and my sorcerous ways are widely known, but my method of breaking the spell would be liberally applied to both enchantee and enchanter. This may cause some discomfort.
That sounds like something the dentist says before he starts drilling, Pygmalion. The discomfort bit, I mean.
Indeed.
Why do they all avoid the word “hurt” when that is what the really mean? May as well be honest and say, hold on now, this is gonna hurt like ach ee double toothpicks.
When I get spanked I don’t get no promise that there might be a little discomfort. Maybe Pygmalion won’t be too bad.
Except jeans several sizes too big on teenagers who think that looks cool. Come to think of it, those fall down even with a belt.
you mean skinny, right?
I mean awesome.
This is going to hurt like a very hurtful thing.
But in a good way.
Don’t you just want to run up behind them and PANTS them? How come they don’t do that to each other, I wonder. It would be funny.
I’ve heard that before.
Not from me.
A. K N I G H T. I N. G R E E N. P Y J A R M E R S. Did you hear that Professor?
He’s the one who comes riding in on a glowing white steed (that means horsey) an rescues the damson in the dress!
Sheesh, you would think that with all the books he writes about girls needing to be saved, that he would know this already.
Why should I run, he asked an i answered.
Your answer sort of implied that he’s hard of hearing and gormless.
WHAT!!!
No it didn’t. Not once did I say he was hard of hearing or gormless. I wouldnt say that! That would be suicide…ish. 
Ha ha, of course you didn’t say it outright but when you read between the lines …
Mindy!!
m stop talking! You are gonna get me shot!
Just thought I should warn you.
Jay, I still have no idea what ‘pyjarmers’ are or is, unless it’s ‘pajamas’ after a long night at the pub. I usually put my damson, er, damsel in a torn and sooty dress, from the castle burning down around her, don’t you know, and the knight in a shiny cuirass, or perhaps a chain mail doublet, only those usually don’t shine as brightly as a nicely polished cuirass. And glaives, of course, for him to doff before he spanks her.
Just so you know.
Pyjarmers! The clothes one wears to bed to sleep in!
Stop yelling at me, missy, or you will be wearing a sore bottom to bed. :waits:
Good morning, Dev.
I read this article in the NY Times which I thought would appeal for the wordsmiths among us
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/using-undictionaried-words/
The NY Times has articles about the craft of writing; last week, the LA Times had an article about three cars with top speeds over 200 mph. I’m not sure what that says about the two papers or the two cities, but it must be something profound.
Cindy, I suppose that they don’t pants each other because it would offend their young male dignity. As the song goes, “You don’t tug on superman’s cape, you don’t spit into the wind, you don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger… .”
I didnt yell at you. THIS IS YELLING an i didnt did that!
Wow! It’s been busy around here this morning!
Yup.
Sure you did,Jay, way up there you used lots of caps too.
Can I watch, Dev? We havn’t had a good public spanking with popcorn and an audience in a long time.
Hush your mouth kaki-ann
m
Exclamation points indicate yelling, Jay. Arguing with me about what constitutes yelling will not help your cause at all.
That looks interesting, Lily. I’ll have to read it later. Off to run errands.
Not to mention she was banging her head against the wall and she used caps way up earlier. And, this may not actually be her fault but she can watch the Royal ceremonies and I can’t.
They do!? Ohhh I’m sorry Professor, I didn’t realise that.
I am sorry you thought I was shouting at you when I really wasnt.
Kaki, don’t you get BBC iPlayer on your computer?
You’ve already gotten into trouble and it isn’t even noon!
And your surprised by this? What can I say, you wern’t here to stop me!
I doubt Cindy would have stopped you, Jay.
But I think Mindy is becoming quite the little bus driver! Go you, Mindy!
Sadly, Scarlet is probaby correct. But look on the bright side. _I_ didn’t get in trouble with you!
Yet. You didn’t get in trouble with Jay YET.
Jay, I didn’t know about iplayer I will look into it. Thanks for letting me know.
Yes, give them both time and I am sure they will get themselves in trouble. You really should try and model yourselves after me and Scarlet.
You know what one of the bestest things about it being almost summer? picking raspberries in your garden,
I wish I had strawberries too. 
Kaki, I wish I could come pick raspberries with you. Are you in a sunbonnet with a basket on your arm? That is how I am imagining you.
Is there any other way to pick from one’s garden? Of course not many make it to the basket.
Scarlet, you may come anytime and share my raspberries and if the birds don’t eat them my blueberries too. 
Does anyone know anything about raspberry plants? I have one that has big juicy berries and one that has little puny ones, ever the leaves are really small, like there is something wrong with the plant. I may have to cut it back. I only planted them last year.
In an amish dress.
My comments are being MODERATED??? AGAIN??
Are anybody else’s comments being moderated or just mine
Not your fault, Cindy. Something not quite right with the server.
Nobody even warned me I was about to get banished.
What did you do, Cindy? Is the entire blite going to go down in flames? If so, will there be a spanking?
Kaki, get the popcorn!
It’s working now. I don’t know what went wrong but I think there was a brief network connectivity issue. All comments were held for moderation.
Sigh, got to run now. Have fun, girls.
Hi! Sorry I’m late. I just got here and see Mindy has things all sorted out. I wasn’t even getting the ‘moderate comment’ emails I’m supposed to get when this happens so I’m glad Mindy was about and alert.
Fascinating article, Lilly. This blite has made its share of contributions to lexical ‘dark matter’ with such words as ‘blite’ and ‘rosen.’ There may be others but those are the two that spring to mind. Thanks for pointing us there!
Evening Professor
Maybe Mindy changed it so you are left out of the loop.
Scarlet, its a good think I like popcorn. I pop so much of it anticipating a spanking show only to be let down once again.
Dev, could you spank Jay or see if Alice is still awake and spank one of them?
I’m not picking on the Brittish girls its just that a spanking before bed helps them sleep better. 
Good evening, Jay and Kaki.
Kaki, I’m sure we all appreciate your suggestion, but I should point out that a pre-bedtime spanking is good for ALL the girls around here, not just the ones in England. :waits:
That may be true, Dev, but it’s their bedtime now so it makes more sense. If you spanked Cindy or Scarlet now they would fall asleep and not be able to sleep tonight.
I think Jay said she had trouble sleeping.
Yes, Kaki, I’m sure you have only their best interests at heart, and this is not simply a bid for self gratification. However, there is nothing that says I can’t spank the lot of you now, and again later for anyone whose bedtime is still some time off. Just saying.
I know raspberry plants won’t grow here. I tried; they died. Strawberries like it here, though. Wanna trade?
Dev, I think you should space the spankings out so you don’t hurt your hand. Why don’t you do them alphabetically?
You can start with Alice. I’ll go wake her up.
I love strawberries and they grow fine here but take up too much space and you have to bend over to pick them. We just picked a few pounds on Memorial Day, did I mention it was almost 90 degrees that day? They were so good I put whipped cream on them at home.
New Jersey blueberries are starting to come in and Fla corn. I could eat just corn and fruit all summer. 
and maybe the occational burger or chicken or ribs on the barbie.
The Transit of Venus is tonight, btw. Starting at 6:30 pm EDT, and at 9:30 pm EDT there is a worldwide meditation for peace and good Venus goddess energy infusing the world and bringing balanced energy.
If you are so inclined.
Dev, you’ll have to finish spanking Alice before then. You might be on to Cindy by then though. Or even dd.
It’s raining here, but maybe someone else can see it and tell us about it. Don’t look right at the sun though.
I seem to have picked a bad time to show up especially since I’ll still be up eight hours from now. I think that I’ll quietly back away from the computer, cook a healthy and nutritious dinner, then spend the rest of the evening thinking angelic thoughts.
Mindy – Pretty please can you find us a “head for the hills” emoticon?
You are welcome, Dev. I’m glad that you enjoyed it.
You can watch a broadcast on the NASA website if you’d like.
Do you like my new name? It is Swahili for “flower.”
I don’t know why anyone thinks i can’t handle a dozen or so backside to backside spankings. After all, I AM the legendary Devlin O’Neill, plus I go to the gym 4 or 5 mornings a week. Sometimes I even work out there. But this spanking hand has dealt with some of the toughest tushies in the country, so you lot will be a cakewalk. That means you too, Kaki.
Lots of nattering, but cool images at the NASA site
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/05/venus-transit-2012-live-updates-photos_n_1571654.html?1338928273&ncid=webmail4#s=1053736
Scarlet, I went outside and most of the sky is full of gray clouds.
I believe that might be attributed to the triumph of hope over experience, sir.
I think all these flowers are fabulous. I am considering changing mine to a flower. I don’t know what kind…. Something pretty, though!
Oh, yay. I am unmoderated again. I guess that’s what happens when you habitually use bad language. Someone has to moderate you. I don’t care for being moderated… or moderation.
Psstthhhp!
I just went out and looked at it for myself!
Big babies.
Sorry, sir, the ghosts
in the machine posted that reply before I could resume my former name. I would not want you to think that I actually thought that you might be unduly influenced by Kaki’s suggestion.
Thistle?
Dev, I believe that NASA prefers the term “scientific commentary” to your more accurate one.
Toxicodendron radicans?
Solanaceae?
Coincidence, Zahara? That’s ok, Dev wants to do it alphabetically backwards, he such a wild and crazy guy.
Cindy, I went out to look myself too but with clouds a mile thick Superman couldn’t see though it. :-P
NASA people are very picky, aren’t they?
Hey, does anyone know if the concert from the Royal Jubilee with Paul McCartney and Elton John is going to be on TV tonight? I thought it was supposed to be on ABC?
Nothing personal, Cindy, but as to your last …
A rose, the queen of flowers?
“I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks…”
Shakespeare, Sonnet 130
Yes, hope springs eternal and contrary to all possible evidence around here. Lily.
Do you think it is wise to call Dev crazy?
Don’t bother kaki, it wasn’t all that good. I think the concert from 10yrs ago was better.
Mindy, is the emoticon with the little guy peeking out from behind the sofa still available? He might be useful here.
Happy birthday, Laura! I know the girls will appreciate your generosity, but that is not how it works. You may have figured that out by now. And BTW, good job with the avatar. Did not get a chance to mention that earlier.
Here it is scheduled for 9 PM to 11 PM on ABC, but on the ABC website, the schedule shows “local programming” at that time, so I don’t know if it is the same for you.
Jay,
Gosh, lauraj, I am honored you would think of me but I wouldn’t feel right taking it away from you.
btw, the concert is on now and my reception is terrible, the picture keeps pixelating and freezing up.
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Alice is hiding under the bed and I can’t get her out.
Cindy, you’re up!
I’ll ‘thistle’ you, Jay!
And Mindy has the rose market cornered. Nothing prettier than that yellow rose.
I was thinking sunflower, but that’s kind of obvious.
I love peonies. I had beautiful bushes, but the dogs ate them
So are you, Scarlet!
Just in time, Cindy, you’re next.
Dev, heeeeeeres, Cindy.
*pushes Cindy in front*
Alice, come on and get out from under that bed, Dev is going to lose his patience. I have Cindy taking your place for now but you need to get moving or he may add corner time to your sentence and I know you don’t want that.
Phew! This is a lot of work rounding up these girls for you, Dev.
Yes, Kaki, you are such a helpful Henrietta that you may go before Cindy. It’s all right. I’ll get to everyone. No worries.
How’s the BATH BRUSH situation at your house, Kaki Ann?
Hmmmmm?
Thanks Dev—my birthday is Thursday and as usual, I’ll celebrate by working both of my jobs. Ho-hum–at least it will keep me out of trouble!
I love the roses because they are my birthday flower, and each room of my house is decorated in roses, beginning with a beautiful bone china teacup set from some dear British friends. I couldn’t have made the avatar without Mindy’s extremely patient. specific directions. She is your star!
It’s in the drawer (for now), are you saying you want Dev to borrow it? My you are a brave one, not something I would recommend for someone new. It’s pretty nasty.
I can’t even move it to the back of the drawer cos he notices and retaliates.
Cindy, we were having a nice time, why did you have to bring up that stupid bath brush for?
It sounds like Cindy wants to try the bath brush
Mindy is truly irreplacable, and has kept this blite alive more than once. And I will make a note about Thursday!
Let’s go, Kaki. You’re always complaining about wasted popcorn, and now you can ALL enjoy it while you take your turns over my lap. :waits:
hehehehheheehehhe. yeah YOU seemed to be having a BALL, dearheart.
Nyah! How do you like THEM apples, Kaki Ann!
You was such a busy little bee tonight!
I DON’T WANNA GO FIRST!
Don’t CRY, kaki! It will be alright. I bet he won’ smakc you very hard.
She’s sorry for causing a ruckus, Dev, don’t spank her, ok? I don’t wnat her to CRY.
Run, Kaki, run!
Can I have some popcorn? I got chocolate.
Cindy, I did not get to be the legendary Devlin O’Neill worrying about crocodile tears. All you girls are over due for a good spanking.
She done r u n n o f t
“good” spanking? What might that be like?
Goodnight, gracie. I gotta go to bed.
Effective
Cindy, I seem to recall asking what or who determines a good spanking and there may be a post about it. Knowing Mindy, she will find it quick as a wink. I would but I am going to bed, dozed off a little while ago.
Thanks for trying to save me. Are you going to go next after me?
Goodnight, Cindy, goodnight, Dev and anyone else still up.
Nothing worse than an effective spanking,well except an ineffective spanking.
Good night, Cindy.
Good night, Kaki. I agree with Jay that the concert was not that good.
Good night, Dev. I don’t know why everyone always runs away when we have a jet plane at our disposal.
Bye!
Well, I, for one, have been busy cataloging Transit of Venus media. Has anybody been spanked for it yet?
Because I am happy to oblige.
For…history.
Cindy, Dev defined a good spanking in one of his posts last year. The post has been published in his book “Devlin O’Neill’s Top 40″.
Oh, you’ll be surprised to know that my avatar is actually not a rose but a ranunculus that I planted in the garden of my previous residence. I loved that flower but I haven’t had any luck growing it here.
You never cease to amaze, Mindy. Thank you.
Mindy, I LOVE it and think it will get a lot of use. I think that is where Alice has been hiding.
Mindy, have I said I love you lately? I do, I really do. You are the star of this blite. I will even give up my Best Girl of the Blite Award to you (not that it’s ever been formally awarded, but I know Dev was just waiting for the right moment.)
Dev, since I gave Mindy my “Best Girl of the Blite” award, I will take the next award: I suggest “Angelic Influence.”
Mindy, it’s wonderful! Thank you.
Kaki, maybe Alice is behind the couch, or maybe she has learned to become invisible like this -
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/video-of-the-week/2012/06/01/how-octopuses-make-themselves-invisible/
Mindy, of course I knew that was one of those beautiful Ranunculi. I just always see a rose when I look at them. I can’t grow them either, but in my situation it’s more a case of ineptitude. Same way with tuberous begonias. They are GORGEOUS. I’ve killed a million of them. I dont’ know why I keep trying.
Cindy, did you kill the indoor begonias or the outdoor? Outdoors they are a breeze to grow, and there are so many stunning varieties. Inside, I kill them evenutally, too. They’re fussy, and they hate water on their leaves. That’s one thing.
On another topic: I have a little fledgling blue jay on the terrace. I looked up baby birds and it said to leave him alone, that he’s just hopping around until his wings get strong enough for him to fly, and his parents will keep feeding him on the ground. I haven’t seen feather nor beak of mom and dad, but I did try talking to him a bit. He was really not very receptive, and did a lot of squawking at me. He’s a little intimidating. i think he is a Top.
I havn’t seen a baby blue jay, just a baby limey jay.
Just kidding, Jay, 
I couldn’t resist. I had baby robins following mama around for a couple days, I guess they are on their own now. I love watching the baby birds, by the time I see the parents feeding them they are gone.
Jay, you have to admit that was funny.
I had to send my computer away to get fixed. Do you think they will look to see the websited I visit?
or anything else I have. 
I am soooo glad it isn’t the guy in the store fixing it, hard to say it’s my husband’s when it has my name all over it. I think I got rid of embarrassing stuff. Dev, its all your yours and Dave Wolfe’s fault if they find anything. 
I deleted stuff I did for your birthdays and would find it later somewhere else. Kinda hard explaining a picture of Barbara Eden on her tummy looking seductive with a bubble saying,”I’m ready for my spanking, Dave”. 
I hope Dev finds it just as funny.
He doesn’t always have a sense of humor. 
Dev will laugh and laugh.
I’m sure they see that kind of thing every day, Kaki.
Okay, maybe not. But I’m sure they won’t talk about you in the backroom. At all. So don’t worry about that.
(When I had to have my computer tuned up, I left it with Roman to take in and I went out of town.)
:waits:
Look at the bright side, Kaki – whatever they find, they won’t spank you for it.
And speaking of button pushing, young lady, see the new post.
Blue Jays are the bullies of the bird world. And Mockingbirds were put on this earth to torture me. One has found a home in the tree outside my window. All night long, there’s a chorus of birdcalls, it sounds like the tree is full of different birds, I don’t know when he sleeps. Unless there’s 2 and they’re doing shifts.
I had a baby bird in the area around my pool the other day. There was a baby bird in my pool skimmer the next morning. I felt so awful, until I realized it was probably a Mockingbird.