That's right, you've got it all wrong, and that's just where they want you. Do you remember that drink from like 10 years ago, OK Soda? Gone. Don't ask, don't tell. It's just gone -- and I wonder where it went? Maybe the Secret Shadow Government housed in the center of the earth dedicated to building supersoldiers and populating the earth with alien-hybrid creatures known as greymorphs might have had something to do with it?! Wake up and smell the brimstone, kids, cuz the truth is staring you straight in the face and is like, "Hey, I'm the truth, check me out here, I'm wearing a fancy and easily identifiable blazer that clearly portrays exactly what I am."
Did you know that there's a small town in Northern Maine (with uncharacteristically rich clay deposits) that was home to certain child celebrity of the mid-1980s, Arlington McDuffy? Did you know that Arlington McDuffy went on to be a lucrative investor ¾ in pharmaceuticals that ALL being with the letter "X"? Did you also know that the letter "X" has been featured in more than 50% of the decals printed by the Delightful Designs Corporation of Little Rock, Arkansas? And what's the name of that small town in Northern Maine, you might ask?
Spandex.
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