An enthusiastic Curmudgeon Repor field operative (who prefers to remain nameless, for reasons you will soon see) has been doing some research into his family tree. This person's ancestors - like many - came through Ellis Island where bureaucrats butchered their names for posterity. (Descendants of these bureaucrats can still be heard making the unintelligible announcements in the NYC subway today.)
Apparently other Ellis Island bureaucrats administered some sort of mental evaluation of these immigrants (deciding if they were competent enough to keep or something). This poor descendent discovered that the 'idiot' box had been checked next to his ancestor's name. At first quite discouraged, he was somewhat relieved to see that 'idiot' wasn't the worst box - 'imbecile' was.
At least that wasn't checked.
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