[laughter] ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to present mayor vincent "buddy" cianci. [applause] mr. mayor. >> thank you, andrea. thank you very much. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much for coming. andrea, i've been -- you left an awful lot out in that introduction, i'll tell you. [laughter] okay, thank you. i've actually been introduced many different ways. the thing about introductions, i remember being introduced one time. you know, i used to be mayor, and i stopped being mayor, and then i became mayor again, to be euphemistic about all of that. in 1990 i got reelected, and i'll never forget, before the inauguration but after the election, i was invite today go to a dinner, a lot of people were there. and i'll never forget walking in, and the person at the podium was excited to see me there. and he got on the microphone, and he said, oh, ladies and gentlemen, i want everyone to welcome the two-timing mayor of the city of providence, right? [laughter] i remember that one. and then i remember another time when, another time when i was mayor, i got a call fr