# Employee spanking case **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394 "2006-04-27T01:25:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/1 "2006-04-27T01:25:46Z")
So I’m checking out the legal news tonight on [cnn.com](http://cnn.com), and see a headline about an employee that’s suing because she was spanked at work. Of course I open it (gotta keep up with that continuing legal education thing), expecting just another routine employment law case. But it wasn’t routine. It was really, really weird. The plaintiff’s attorney is named Butch, and the defense hired someone named Poncho. Are these normal names for members of the California bar? I feel so Midwestern. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/26/spanking.case.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/26/spanking.case.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/2 "2006-04-27T02:18:55Z")
Ever see the movie [The Secretary?](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807809262/details) ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/3 "2006-04-27T02:46:12Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Ever see the movie [The Secretary?](http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807809262/details) [/QUOTE] Yup. Got it on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/4 "2006-04-27T02:55:47Z")
[QUOTE=Random] The plaintiff’s attorney is named Butch, and the defense hired someone named Poncho. Are these normal names for members of the California bar? [/QUOTE] While I don’t know any other Poncho’s, I do know a couple other Butch’s who are lawyers. I’ve also known some Skips and Skippys, which are much more common. > [@](#): > > I feel so Midwestern. 'S okay, dude. You’re alright in my book. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/5 "2006-04-27T03:51:43Z")
You read a story about a ‘team building exercise’ that included the losers getting spanked, feed baby food and forced to wear diapers, and you find the names of the attorneys to the be the strange thing? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/6 "2006-04-27T03:55:08Z")
"Dear Penthouse, I never believed your letters until now … " ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/7 "2006-04-27T06:17:59Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] You read a story about a ‘team building exercise’ that included the losers getting spanked, feed baby food and forced to wear diapers, and you find the names of the attorneys to the be the strange thing? [/QUOTE] Yup. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/8 "2006-04-27T07:55:22Z")
“Dear American Bar Association: I never believed your letters were real…” ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/9 "2006-04-27T14:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] While I don’t know any other Poncho’s, I do know a couple other Butch’s who are lawyers. I’ve also known some Skips and Skippys, which are much more common. 'S okay, dude. You’re alright in my book. 😉 [/QUOTE] Are you in NJ? One of the most powerful attorneys here is always referred to in print as Stephen “Skippy” Weinstein. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/10 "2006-04-27T14:42:45Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] While I don’t know any other Poncho’s, I do know a couple other Butch’s who are lawyers. I’ve also known some Skips and Skippys, which are much more common. [/QUOTE] I did use my briefs this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/11 "2006-04-27T15:42:06Z")
And after the spankings, the oral sex. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/12 "2006-04-27T15:48:23Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] And after the spankings, the oral sex. [/QUOTE] Followed, of course, by the oral arguments. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/13 "2006-04-27T16:58:34Z")
Looking in the picture in the article, I can safely say that I would _not_ want to hit that ass. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/14 "2006-04-27T20:19:12Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] While I don’t know any other Poncho’s, I do know a couple other Butch’s who are lawyers. I’ve also known some Skips and Skippys, which are much more common. [/QUOTE] I was once on a flight, and the pilot announced his co-pilot was Rusty. Not the sort of thing one should advertise, I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/15 "2006-04-28T03:21:12Z")
[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha] I was once on a flight, and the pilot announced his co-pilot was Rusty. Not the sort of thing one should advertise, I thought. [/QUOTE] I suppose. But pilots have a tradition that alllows nicknames. They’re almost required. Ace. Buzz. Boomer. Duke. Pappy. Sort of like ballplayers or strippers. (No redundancy intended.) And there’s nothing wrong with that. I just haven’t run into the same thing with lawyers. At least not in Illinois. (Okay, that’s not true. I do know of some Illinois lawyers that have nicknames. Not ones that they’d use, though. Or even know about.) ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/16 "2006-04-28T03:23:28Z")
Hmm. Now that I think about it, my hometown airport is named after a Butch. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/17 "2006-04-28T05:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Followed, of course, by the oral arguments. [/QUOTE] And then, of course, a little moliter manus imposuit. 😉 For the non-dorks:In a trespass action at common law, one is permitted to use a minimum level of force to eject a trespasser: moliter manus imposuit, or, he laid hands upon him gently. To those of us far too mature to giggle over comments about getting into each other’s briefs (yeah, I’m looking at you, **SkipMagic** ), there was always a useful phrase when you saw a hottie: “moliter manus imposuit, baby!” It’s true; law is the field for dorks who can’t do math. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/18 "2006-04-28T13:37:41Z")
My first thought upon reading this article was to divide my co-workers into “people I would like to have spank me” and “people whom I would sue if they spanked me”. The second list was longer than the first. But boy oh boy, I could fantasize all day about the first list. [QUOTE=Random] The plaintiff’s attorney is named Butch, and the defense hired someone named Poncho. [/quote] What, no Cisco? The lawyer’s full name is given as K. Poncho Baker. That doesn’t really go together. Usually when a person uses a first initial and a middle name, the middle moniker is something more dignified than Ponch. You know, like C. Fenster McCandless III. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/19 "2006-04-28T14:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=Daithi Lacha] I was once on a flight, and the pilot announced his co-pilot was Rusty. Not the sort of thing one should advertise, I thought. [/QUOTE] Hey, if a Rusty can be an [Apollo astronaut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Schweickart), he sure as hell can pilot a piddly airliner. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-spanking-case/354394/20 "2006-04-28T14:08:43Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] Hey, if a Rusty can be an [Apollo astronaut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Schweickart), he sure as hell can pilot a piddly airliner. [/QUOTE] It’s not the name, but the adjective. 😉