The matter at hand

[redsash]

". . . He'd scrubbed and scrubbed, but it seemed to have no effect. Eventually he'd gone down to the dungeons and borrowed one of the torturer's wire brushes, and scrubbed and scrubbed with that, too. That had no effect, either. It made it worse. The harder he scrubbed, the more blood there was. He was afraid he might go mad . . ."

~Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

...which will have to do for my (seemingly) mandatory election post. I will be back when everyone has calmed down a bit.

Maybe.

~r