Charles Limekiller (or "Skip Limekiller", as on July 9, 1981) was a bum of apparent Australian origin who sought room and board at the Bloom Boarding House in March 1981. When he was first introduced, it was revealed that Limekiller had been estranged from his wife, Eleanor and their three children. Initially, Major Bloom disapproved of having him around, but Bess was so enchanted by Limekiller's usage of French that he had no choice but to let Limekiller stay (even though what he actually said was "Something like 'Your earlobes resemble fish heads'"). Eleanor, his ex, visited in March 1981. While a prominent character during the summer of 1981 (to the extent of becoming the county television network's main reporter), Limekiller vanished following a storyline involving said network involuntarily shipping him to England to provide live coverage on Prince Charles and Diana Spencer's wedding in July 1981. Following a two-year absence, Limekiller reappeared, albeit with a modified character design, as the Meadow Party's first presidential nominee in 1983. However, his nomination was short-lived; after taking an impolitic jab at his campaign committee, "a black, a woman, two dips and a cripple" (a commentary on then-Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt), he was dropped from the Meadow ticket before the actual election year had even come. He disappeared shortly thereafter.