@Mame,
But was spendius truly pipped?
I wonder if it's a real pipping when the word formed with the starting letters would be OSTRICHAS.
Poor spendius, so many difficult times of late.
First we had the X,Y,Z, LY scandal then later that day, ATTICUS became ATTTCUS and Mame's lovelerlee (to avoid the LY) TORTELLINI became a new dish known as TORELLINI...or maybe Torellini is a place or a new sports car.
oh I'm not about to gloat, as I'm aware this sort of thing might soon happen to me (I can almost guarantee it); but, I'm enjoying the show as it takes place (it's better than most of what's on television these days).
Now back to the game...
CHARACTERS
competence has always required attentiveness 'cause the endings require SERIOUSNESS.