It ain’t my fault I warn’t born a duke, it ain’t your fault you warn’t born a king — so what’s the use to worry? Make the best o’ things the way you find ‘em, says I — that’s my motto.
Mark Twain’s “King,” in Huckleberry Finn
A quick google reveals that noble titles, such as “lady” and “sir,” are sold on some websites.
If such deals sound interesting to you, recall Mark Twain’s “Duke of Bilgewater” in Huckleberry Finn. The Duke is a character that’s — indirectly — described as having “an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woollen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses — no, he only had one.” The ones selling these titles fit the description, morally.
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