"Fire!" Universal. Prohibited to be shouted in a crowded movie (or dinner) theater. Understood by virtually all of the English speaking world.
"Put your hands up." No one is confused by this command. Even if the directing law enforcement officer was just trying to get you to raise the roof to accompany a phat house beat, you'd still comply. And fast. Because you'd probably be staring down the barrel of his gun.
"Do not punch me in the penis again." This phrase, although less common in daily vernacular, was growled today by me toward my offending son. The soon to be four-year old meant no harm (or did he?); he just wanted me to hurry up so we could go ride scooters outside.
Here's the thing about commanding someone not to punch you in the penis: you shouldn't have to say "again". Seems like that is implicit. The only time I think you should have to say "again" would be after a second or (yikes) third penis punch. At that point you could say "again" just to let the penis puncher know that, "Hey, maybe you could punch me in the penis another day, but right now I'm kind of done with that."
Because there is a time and a place for everything. Except penis punching. Really there's never a good time for that.
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