Life looks very bleak for Kevin, a poor art student, when his legs are amputated after a road traffic accident and it gets worse when his carer leaves him to freeze outside in the bitter December weather. Trapped in his wheelchair and suffering from hyperthermia, fortunately he is recognised by one of the A&E staff.
Two girls decide to spend their 'gap year' in Saudi Arabia. On the journey they manage to insult the wife and daughter of the local Emir. For this they are publicly whipped and sentenced to a year in prison, commuted to a year in the Emir's harem.
When her friend persuaded Jane to change her entry in the company's Charity Auction of Promises from '15 hours housework, no sex' to 'Slave for 15 hours, no sex' she didn't envisage one of the directors buying much more of her time and demanding more of her body.
"Hey, she's not the same Polly that you used to knock off years ago, is she? Didn't she marry your brother?" "Sure did, and now he's given her back to me."
Ted spanks Laurie, an unruly teenager, for her behaviour on a coach trip to Scotland and, with her mother's connivance, she spends the holiday with him. Her reputation is repaired when she bravely saves an elderly woman from drowning. This has other repercussions.
"There are still times when I look back over the last few months and wonder how a disastrous blind date could have led to my having a much happier life and a better job. Pity about the trauma in between though."
Charlotte's two friends, half trick her to performing on stage at a club spanking session. She finds herself being turned on by her 'punishments'. This takes a back seat when her firm sends some of its employees on a disastrous 'Bonding Week'. Back home, she plots to avenge herself on her friends and tricks them into performing unwillingly in front of an audience.