Stiletto be employed along with the dagger as a fighting weapon; a 1536 dueling treatise authored by Achille Marozzo, "Opera Nova", contains sections on dagger and stiletto fighting. By the time of the Renaissance, the term stiletto had come to describe a range of slender thrusting knives closely resembling the French poignard, many with conventional dagger-profile blades and sharpened edges, but always retaining the slim profile and needle-like point. To lighten the weapon, many stilettos were equipped with blades carrying fullers over a portion of their length. The stiletto remained a popular weapon of criminals or political assassins from the 16th
Lisa Gets an "A" from Homer's attachment to a lobster he brings home." Giving the episode a more mixed review, the Currentfilm.com staff called it "memorable", although "the majority of the episode remains uneven". They wrote that "The episode remains entertaining simply because of Homer's subplot," and compared Pinchy to Mojo the Helper Monkey from the season nine episode "Girly Edition" and Stampy the Elephant from the season five episode "Bart Gets an Elephant", which they considered to be "great (and brief) Simpsons pets". Lisa Gets an "A" "Lisa Gets an "A"" is the seventh episode of "The Simpsons" tenth season. It first aired