One such as myself

[rositalagorda]

One such as myself doesn't use the third person to talk about oneself. It simply isn't done.

It's like maman used to say to me as a boy, growing up at the Coast, "Don't call unnessary attention to yourself. It isn't flattering."

I have always taken dear maman's advice to heart. There is nothing more borish than a stodgy old fellow sitting in a

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[mountebank]

Ah ma chère Rosita, you have such a colourful way of writing. A naughty little monkey?! I'd love to meet your mother some day. I imagine she'd have many entertaining stories to tell, especially those of young Rosita as a boy.

[rositalagorda]

Ah mon cher Mountebank, one such as myself does not speak of one's youth as a boy.