OK. Let me start with Mr. blimp as he has exposed my ignorance in this area. Here's what I found out in the last couple of minutes and I will use the Wiki text to save time.
Origins
Charles Hamilton invented the character for an unpublished story in the late 1890s. He claimed Bunter was derived from three persons: a corpulent editor, a short-sighted relative, and another relative who was perpetually trying to raise a loan on the strength of the anticipated arrival of a cheque. The name Bunter was in common use at the time, due to the popularity of a patent medicine known as Bunter's Nervine Tonic. It also meant a low vulgar woman. The name Bill Bunter was used by Hamilton for a story in The Gem only months before the launch of The Magnet. There was a previous character called Billy Bunter, created by H Philpott Wright, who appeared in a series of stories in The Vanguard Library from 1907, but whose character bore no resemblance to his more famous namesake (Cadogan 1988:53–55).
blimp. There is lots more but thanks for turning me on to this little factoid. This is not something I would naturally run into on my side of the pond and now that I know I thank you. It is always fun to stumble across another example of just how far back our shared vice goes. And how educational the LSF is for so many of us.
Now on to the issue of Miss Thrashbottom. Well I guess I better duck into a phone booth to remove my street clothes and step out in my 1899 lace up knee high riding boots; covering full leather 501 style jeans; topped by my prized hand woven 1/4" chain mail vest; with my 6" spiked leather gauntlets as well. I have my authentic, never out of its original rapping till I got it as a birthday gift, 1928 razor strop. I will only say this: it is formidable. I'm tempted to also bring my repo N.Z. dog quirt; 1 & 1/2 ft worth of handle holding three ft. of cow leather whip with a 3 inch two bladed elk hide tip. I saw one the first time on an old Nu West vid welded by none other than Ed Lee himself and they make GREAT long range weapons!
Still for all that. Miss Thrashbottom IS known as the planets most vicious & notorious spanker and I would be cautious. But the essence of being a Dom is to always step up to the challenge. Smile!
But even if vanquished I will be forever grateful to dear Pink Angel for moving that stinky old fat butted man off my head and giving me that sweetly welted girls butt to look at as I use my bread knife to make myself beautiful. Thanks again Pink Angel! Grin!
