Possible Clues:

• Did a gardening chore
• Got rid of dandelions
• Removed unwanted growth from garden
• You and I got removed, along with Edward I and Edward II
• Removed ded, rather than DED?
• Pulled dandelions, say
• Removed unwanted or wild growths from garden
• It takes only a small five hundred to get the editor pulled out
• Sounds as if you and I did make a little start to this
• Exercised pull?