[fsckboy]

>A year ago the red flag du jour was "delve"

"delve" was a red flag 650 years ago!

When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? — Fr John Ball's sermon addressing the rebels of the Peasant's Revolt, 1381

[rsynnott]

Always wondered a bit about that one; both mining and spinning seems weirdly high-tech for Adam and Eve.