There ought to be a Rice Purity Score for the oddly-specific methods of abuse — physical and mental and emotional — some Southern and/or rural folks have inflicted on their children.
#64: Have you ever been beaten with a switch from a peach tree?
#65: Have you ever had a whoopin’ or a ***-kickin’ from an old man wearing Ostrich boots?
I don’t endorse corporal punishment — and this is because I’ve been on the receiving end of it. I’ve been belted and switched, and I didn’t deserve it. No child deserves any of that.
I’m aware of how wildly awful that stuff is — and I would never dream of giving a child a switch from a peach tree when I could offer them fruit instead.
Jamais Mayville 