McDaid knocked on the headmasters office door. "Yes come in" said the headmaster.
"Sir, I have come to say it was me who broke the glass door in room 4B, I was messing with a football in the corridor"
"Very childish behaviour at your age McDaid, what age are you now 18?"
"Yes sir, 18 last month"
"well you need a lesson, Report to me for a full day's detention this saturday morning at 9 am sharp. You will receive 6 strokes of the cane, three when you arrive at 9am and then three more before you leave at 4pm."
"Yes sir" said McDaid dejectedly, his friend Murphy had told him the head master might let him choose a random punishment card from a box, so he had hoped to get off easy, especially as he had admitted to breaking the door.
On Saturday morning McDaid arrived at the deserted school and went to classrom A1 where he had been told to report.
The headmaster was waiting. "What's this !" he said, why aren't you wearing your uniform?
"Er... sorry sir, since it was saturday detention I didn't think I had to wear my uniform" said McDaid
"unifor must be worn at all times on school premises£ said the head "go home and change now and come back as quickly as possible, you'll have to make up the time at the end of the day"
McDdaid hurried home and changed into his school shirt and tie. b He wnt to the wardrobe to get his grey school trousers, but both pairs were gone!
Just then he saw a note on his desk from his dad, it read 'just taken your school trousers to the dry-cleaners ,be back this evening"
Oh no thought McDaid, what am I going to wear? There was only one thing for it, he would have to wear his grey school shorts from last year. (shorts were compulsory up to fifth form, in sixth form boys had the option to wear long trousers. All the boys in McDaid's class took this option with the exception of his friend Bates. Bates father did not believe boys should have their first pair of long trousers until they were 18, and Bates was still a couple of months off 18.)
McDaid put on his shorts, they were a little bit tight but fitted OK. He hurried back to school.
The head was waiting cane in hand.
"That looks better, bend over that desk at the front of the classroom' McDaid" he said
McDaid bent over and the head delivered three hard strokes to his backside. It was along time since he had caned an 18 year old backside in shorts.
after the caning the headmaster said "You must stay until 5pm to make up the time you wasted this morning, or alternativeley take an extra stroke of the cane this evening."
Although his backside was throbbing from the first three, McDaid thought he would prefer to take the extra stroke at 4pm.
"I'll take the cane sir" he said.
"Very good" said the headmaster