a discussion I had with Justin, a few months ago
> This pic looks out of balance to me. First, the > paddle looks way too long and hard to control to be > used over the lap. If the kid was bending over > something further away, the grandpa could adjust the > distance for max force & leverage. Here he might be > holding it so the strikes would be closer to the > handle when they would be better striking closer to > the end of the paddle. Yes you're right. It's definitely possible to use a paddle that long over the lap. And instead of swatting the bottom with the part of the paddle close to the handle, grandpa could instead have his elbow further back so that the end part of the paddle can still connect. But, either way of doing it, ends up giving less hard of a swat than that size of paddle is capable of. So of course it is likely that reason for the size of paddle and the position and the kid not losing their undies for the paddling. Is that it's all staged for a movie. > I got an over the...