This fred isn't what it used to be in the old days when the buffonery was on an elite level.
btw I use the term 'blagger' in the manner it is often used round these parts where it means somebody who bluffs their way around.
i.e. I had no tickets for the concert but I 'blagged' my way past the doorman, or I wasn't very well prepared for my interview but I reckon I 'blagged' it OK.
Blagger being an exponent of the talents required in the above examples.
Mind you I might be blagging.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blag