Editor's note: Being a section of this magazine in which various people whom we all know assemble in a confessional spirit to acknowledge those unforgettable moments in a lifetime when self-effacement becomes an obsession.
The composite article comprises stories as told by well-known individuals who recount embarrassing incidents they have experienced: John Dalley, Margaret Present, Hugh McCrae, Irene Vanbrugh, Vilhjamur Stefansson, Les Robinson, J. H. M. Abbott, Dino Borgioli, Professor L. H. Allen, Harley Matthews, Montague Grover, A. H. Fullwood, George Lambert, Arthur Adams and Marshall Lyle.