[Puke]

I was under the impression that it was an explitave refering to the blood of christ, rather than to blue blooded nobels.

either way, its now taken as a fairly mild form of cursing.

I heard from an old college prof, that **** is an abreviation for Fornication Under Consent of the King, as at one time (forget which ruler) consent had to be obtained from the royalty, unless you wanted to risk being jailed for fornicating without a license.