Well, Jams, no one wants to admit that the “aristocracy” were all originally gang leaders and highwaymen when you look at what they did. At its heart the feudal system was a protection racket and not much different than today’s crime families. It takes centuries to turn common criminals into heroes. I would imagine that STDs were quite common among those “heroic Crusaders” who introduced the cross of St. George to the world at large.
The only reason I wrote “spelling checker” in this year’s version, Badtux, is that I knew you would kvetch about “spell checker”. It has been known as spell checking since the days of SpellStar running on CP/M machines, before Rowling entered elementary school.
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