October 27, 2009 - BOy #2

… until they never showed up
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Found this pic in the ‘Cole’s Funny Picture Book’, first published for Christmas 1879, when the Cole’s Book Arcade in Melbourne sold its first thousand copies. Have we moved on I wonder??? The book page above reads … “This remarkable machine proved highly efficacious from the first day it was put into service, when it effectively punished the following BOys for the reason given … John Hawking, for talking; George Highing, for crying; Edward Daring, for swearing; Peter Bitting, for spitting …
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He usually does. Wonder what he thinks he’ll miss? Perhaps he’s pointing to fear of failure … judgement … the paralysis of self doubt … winning approval? Pass the BOy on …
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