In fairness, only the first of the Black Adders was<em>really</em>an idiot.  The others, while conniving, underhanded, sneaky, and self-serving, were as often as not hoisted upon other's petards as well as their own  ;D  Unfortunately, poor Baldrics II through IV lost out on their initially almost decent brainpower...<br/><br/>(Remember...in the face of concentrated machinegun fire, the gap between courage and suicidal stupidity is a thin red line indeed!)<br/><br/>I will never forget the sight of Baldrick standing in an alleyway down by the docks with that sign that read 'Get it here!'<br/><br/>And of course, the last words of the first series...yelled as Baldric and Percy Percy come skidding in through the door thirty seconds too late:<br/><br/>"Don't drink the wine!!!"