think inside the box
~maybe try getting one of those "hell's angels" black leather motorcycle riding gloves with studs on the back of the hand... put it on after he slaps you and then look at him sideways with a Bill Murray-style poker face. You may give the offending captain a good belly laugh in spite of himself.
When my siblings and I were kids, my mom would use the wooden spoon... so when we had done something we shouldn't have, we would put on our thick woolen mitts ahead of time in anticipation of the punishment--leaving my mom to figure out what it was we had done! We wouldn't tell her of course, and she would laugh and get exasperated.
Happy days.
Last edited by Taras B; 4th May 2012 at 16:03.