08-22-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On August 22, 2024 in the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales, several residents awoke to a most unusual sight. Old Mrs. Mumblesby, a spry wombat of 103 years who had never left her tiny cottage just off the village green, was seen marching purposefully up the high street wearing nothing but her hat and carrying a bag of boiled sweets.

The elderly wombat stopped in front of the post office and began angrily shaking her bag of sweets at postal clerk Ted Williams, known for his love of practical jokes, chanting "No more trickery from the likes of you, Ted Williams!" A crowd gathered, unsure of what to make of this bizarre spectacle. That's when two more villagers joined the fray - the Reverend Howell Jenkins and Constable McNulty, both dressed in full jousting armor and riding miniature donkeys.

What had caused this most curious incident, you ask? As the story went, Ted Williams had convinced the forgetful Mrs. Mumblesby that August 22nd was Prank a Wombat Day, and she'd wake to find her cottage filled with bite-sized custard pies. But the wily Reverend and Constable, overhearing the scheme, decided to turn the tables on Ted with some armor-clad antics of their own. It was a day the people of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch would not soon forget.