The only mass caning at MGS was 4 of my fellow 5th formers for dumb insolence. They were following one of the masters to the dining hall and were calling his nickname ever louder. This was the great(because he got me through O level Maths & with a grade 4)HP McCullum, or Merc as per nickname.
He suddenly spun round and spat out:
“Right, you lot–to the Headmasterrr!”(He was Somerset born & bred). The guilty 3 & one innocent bystander were caned there and then. Merc had a way with the English language, this quote regarding my mathematical abilities better illustrates the accent:
“Arr-yew stinkin’ great cabbige, McCook!”