French crepe/gaulette paddles (spatulas) make nice spanking sticks... Available at a Calais hypermarket for a mere 45Ff, (45p - about a buck) they are supple, smooth and come either round or pointy ended for those extra flourishes...

They're fantastic for getting that last little bit out of the food processor bowl (who designs these things with ridges in the bottom??) and are long and thin enough to get into the liquidiser jug. One of mine came with a traditional gaulette skillet, and I've been enamoured of them as a cooking utensil and instruemt of torture ever since....

LTS