Liam

“When not antagonizing Athos, Porthos, and Aramis,” the Pedant noted to his dinner companion, “Richelieu ground the points off the knives in the Palais-Cardinal, thus inventing the modern dinner knife. Was this to avoid postprandial violence in a time of artless court intrigue? No,” he answered his own question, “Richelieu hated watching people pick their teeth.” “Thank God,” said the Cad, “they invented toothpicks.”