baldrick

Your second question is reminiscent of Baldrick asking how the war started.

Then a week ago I saw a reddit post of Blackadder teaching Baldrick how to count with beans[1] and found it damn hilarious.

I would say no that doesn't make sense but I somehow have the feeling that the people who currently lead the UK do not share my understanding of what is reasonable in any way whatsoever so maybe they would have a Baldrick level cunning plan in mind?

It is also assuming that Baldrick, Hacker Extraordinaire, hasn't installed his brainchip in all your developers' brains.

Private Baldrick: No, the thing is: The way I see it, these days there's a war on, right?

This has as much credence as any of Baldrick's "cunning plans".

Private Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry.

Baldrick always dropped vowels correctly and in keeping with the nostalgic and nonsensical notions we often have of those days.

That was Baldrick's line though - he was definitely lower class.

Baldrick is a character in the British comic-history TV series Blackadder.

I imagine they're finding it difficult to take seriously the actor who played Baldrick.

Well, that’s Baldrick’s cunning plan out of the window then.

This has as much credence as any of Baldrick's "cunning plans".

I am reminded of one of my favourite sitcoms - Blackadder (shortly after burning Dr Johnson's only manuscript of the Dictionary, and realising it will take ten years to re-create): "No, I love the dictionary, and would like to have my manservant Baldrick read it.

It is also assuming that Baldrick, Hacker Extraordinaire, hasn't installed his brainchip in all your developers' brains.

Private Baldrick: No, the thing is: The way I see it, these days there's a war on, right?

Private Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry.