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About Twenty Two Score Years Ago

About Twenty Two Score Years Ago... One “FAKE” rumor purports April Fools’ Day accepted with hostile abandonment according to Giggle ling search result conducted by this gent adopted when France switched rather than fight abolishment transitioning from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar, (yet maintaining same gender reassignment) called for by the Council of Trent Lot affecting chronological abridgement forthrightly, immediately, and magically decreeing making with flourish of inkhorn - prestidigitation "poof" quite few months absent necessitating rejiggering displaced vanished days forcing latter time keeping paradigm absorbent, asper sands of time no matter such figurative tectonic shift population aghast at August accomplishment and probably did March in protest, cuz entire season, sans couture accouterment suddenly rendered obsolete and unfashionable manually crafted, swiftly tailored, and harry styled clothes no mean achievement, and uninformed folks got hashtagged kindled, and named plenti admonishment visited on their person such as bumsteads, dolts, fools, et cetera howling guffaws when derriere adornment slapped with "kick me steady bum," or stuck with tail like appurtenances eventually this "FAKE" – advancement ha ha April fools historical joke became embedded tradition inn advertent lee established meshugas, where Jews and especially gentiles went meshugoyim generating cottage (cheesy) gum mint industry, and brisk business for nascent advertisement industry, (albeit handily horse drawn attention grabbing kiln fired tablets) mainly for (Philly buzzfeed string) affluent, who secured lifelong gentlemen's agreement with artisan, and of apprenticed trumpeting sons (after tithe thing allotment) earnings portion squirrelled away for rainy May Day festivities ambient brouhaha babushka's celebrating divine comedy 21st century poet tindered mild amusement regarding this "FAKE" flight of fancy!

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