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ON THIS MOST AUSPICIOUS OF TIMES PERMIT ME THEN, IN LIEU OF THE MORE COMMONPLACE SOBBRIQUET TO SUGGEST THE CARACTER OF THIS DRAMATIS PERSONA ... IN VIEW, A HUMBLE VAUDEVILLIAN VETTERAN CAST VICARIOUSLY AS BOTH VICTIM AND VILLAIN BY THE VICISSITUDES OF FATE. THIS VESAGE, NO MERE VENEER OF VANITY IS A VESTIGE OF THE VOX POPULI, NOW VACANT,(to) VANISHED. HOWEVER, THIS VALOROUS VISITATION OF A BYGONE VEXATION STANDS VIVIFIED! AND HAS VOWED TO VANQUISH THESE VENAL AND VIRULEN VERMIN VANGUARDING VICE AND VOUCHSAFING THE VIOLENTLY VICIOUS AND VORACIOUS VIOLATON OF VOLITION! THE ONLY VEREDICT IS A VENGEANCE, A VENDETTA ... HELD AS A MOTIVE NOT IN VAIN, FOR THE VALUE AND VERACITY OF SUCH SHALL ONE DAY VINDICATE THE VIGILANT AND THE VIRTUOUS. VERILY THIS VICHYSSOISE OF VERBIAGE VEERS MOST VERBOSE, SO LET ME SIMPLY ADD THAT IT'S MY VERY GOOD HONOR TO MEET YOU AND YOU MAY CALL ME AS YOU PLEASE.