Blackadder Standard Kit doesn't seem to include a baldrick.

An addition to the "what do we call handkerchiefs?" section, linked handkerchief dances were often known in sides I danced with as "knotted snotties". I danced with a number of sides over 26 years, and still know plenty of dancers, but this thread is the first time I have encountered the term "wavers" in this context.

I heard and enjoyed the broadcast that gave rise to the thread, amazing that one broadcaster's humorous invention should inspire such vitriolic outpourings.

Reminds me that I once heard someone say that, provided they all stood up, you could fit the entire world population onto the Isle of Wight (Hm, connection there?) In minutes there was a whole set of arguments in progress: why should they all stand (couldn't they sit on each others knees), would the island sink, why the IoW, what would be left if they each took away a grain of sand for a souvenir, why would anyone want to go there, who says we're all going on holiday together, I can't take any more leave this year, does your mother have to come, she's going to the West Indies (Jamaica? No...)

Where is this going? Dunno, but not the IoW. Maybe we could sometimes do to take a look at ourselves and lighten up a touch.