Operation Scorched Arse - The Woody Back to School Unit

119regulations and protocols had eliminated most of theminor freedoms and privileges that had existedpreviously. Consensus was that things would notimprove in the foreseeable future.“Here’s to cool arse Christmas,” was thecommon toast. “Let’s enjoy it while we can.”Patty Hodge hosted a private party for hercronies on the Radical Right and the five members ofthe SS.She complimented her guests on theirperformance during the past months but informedthem that there ‘was still much work to do.’Patty had worked up detailed plans for evenmore extreme hostile targeting of the Dirty Dozen butwarned her acolytes that, “we must be careful, wedon’t want any repetition of the mistakes you made atthe end of the last term.”Yvonne Godfrey was still seething from thevicious thrashing she had received from Patty anddemanded guarantees of protection of the SS’sbumbags.“I can’t guarantee against your stupidity,”Patty snapped back, “you made a dumb move andyou paid the price. Now put on your big gal bumbagsand get with the program.”Yvonne Godfrey muttered darkly.Ms Lawton spent the Christmas furloughstruggling with a crisis of conscience. She pored overthe punishment statistics. Even when she took intoaccount a small percentage of punishments that hadresulted from over-zealous interpretations of hostile