Sometimes a good old spanking is exactly what the doctor ordered. OK, so the 96-point pasting at the hands of Port may have come as a surprise, but come it did and boy it stung. Like six of the best across the backside, this was a caning of frightening proportions. Masochists aside, this type of punishment is not everyone’s idea of a Sunday afternoon well spent. Writes David Thurling is his latest column.