If so, what does it entail?

open handed slap on the ears. very painful, can cause eardrums to rupture, resulting in permanent deafness. it is not a nice thing to do to someone.

Unfortunately, it happened to me once, when I was in first grade.

One of my classmates sneaked behind me and wanted to show me something 'cool'.

Although I hated the guy for a while, I must admit he did it perfectly, hitting both ears at the same time, maximizing the effect.

About the effect:

-I heard a ringing for about ten minutes

-my eardrums hurt for like half an hour, and I had problems hearing for almost the entire class.

It's done by children from time to time, but never by grownups(none than I know off)

That unfortunate experience made me realize that is a very dangerous thing, and I never did it to another person, and tried to stop others from doing it if I could.

The teacher said I was lucky he didn't pierced one of my eardrums.

 

The only other time I came in contact to the same effects(without the pain) was when I descended a 500 meters mine shaft with an elevator. But it passed in several minutes.

Do not do that at home!(boxing ears, not visiting mines).

Ouch! I was way off, I thought it might be like wooden earmuffs or something. It makes much more sense now. Thanks!

ouch, yeah. used to be common form of punishment. amazing what parents will do to kids for "their own good."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yCgtehwUE

I think boxing ears in the books just means to sternly lecture someone.

i'm sure it means what boxing ears means. it's never meant anything else. i think it's a mostly empty threat, but it's a common enough phrase to not be ambiguous.

Well, Nynaeve and the others AS are the only women that should do the (ear) boxing.

After all, they can heal someone, so they should be able to heal the guy if/after they pierce his eardrum.

But then, again, it would be better if they find another form of punishment.

yeah, they should just stick to the spankings.

yeah, they should just stick to the spankings.

 

 

Suddenly, I redecided; I want a WoT-movie afterall!

i'm thinking that's gonna be the main selling point for the visual format.

Indeed. Some.. creative alterations to the story comes to mind.

i'd love to see what the first drafts looked like.

I think I should refrain from commenting any further :p

yes...