Britain Today.

[Rodinus]

I'm not certain why pikes have not made a comeback in the UK since restrictions of firearms have gotten chokingly tight, and gangs have had to resort to knives to exercise their penchants for mayhem. A pike is really just a big knife on a long pole, long enough that knife gangs cannot conceal it, and would be the perfect accessory for a night about town in Londonistan I would think.

You see, with a pike, you could keep the miscreants a few feet away while you turned them into meat sieves, and they could not in turn reach YOU with their bitty little concealable knives. It seems the only winning move in the current climate...

Ah yes, but NHS hospital corridors can be quite narrow and the pike is not conducive with a passing tea-trolley
or an elderly lady making her way to the toilet -along with her squeaky-wheeled IV-drip.

Cat-o-nine-tails would work for both situations. 

Cheers

Thank you for reminding me BIAD it is half way through the month and my submissive is begging to be flogged as she was naughty last weekend...