The Muddle Ages.

Next came the early Muddle Ages which were so primitive that nice people never speak of them. They are only taught at night schools because some of their incidents will not bear the light of day. In the Muddle Ages all the women were locked up in castles and all the men were wrapped up in tin. The men spent their time “tin-canning.” This was also known as the opening of the Footle Period; the Footle Barons lived in strongholds—with keep, which made work unnecessary and gave them plenty of time for tin-opening. Their wives spent their time praying that their lords would return home unopened, but very often the family tin was returned empty with the lid off.