Posts tagged in ‘ the BOy’

October 27, 2009 - BOy #2

… until they never showed up 

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October 24, 2009 - Naughty BOy treatment

BLOG Coles boy

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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October 16, 2009 - BOy #1

 

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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