In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and chains. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale. – Stephen Phillips
High expectations werent nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then – children werent fawned over from an early age as gifted and groomed for a prizewinning future self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself. – James Wolcott
