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I was going to call this post #11 in the \u201cIf You Get The Flu\u201d series, and recommend inventing a holiday. My pastor has declared 09\/09\/09 \u201cExaggeration Wednesday\u201d, even though he\u2019s been told a million times not to do that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

The best explanation<\/a> I\u2019ve heard of the day\u2019s significance, however, is that 09\/09\/09 is the day that the antichrist will reveal himself\u2026in Australia.<\/p>\n

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I was going to call this post #11 in the \u201cIf You Get The Flu\u201d series, and recommend inventing a holiday. My pastor has declared 09\/09\/09 \u201cExaggeration Wednesday\u201d, even though he\u2019s been told a million times not to do that sort of thing. The best explanation I\u2019ve heard of the day\u2019s significance, however, is that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n09\/09\/09<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I was going to call this post #11 in the "If You Get The Flu" series, and recommend inventing a holiday. 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