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So these paltry proceedings will not linger over the aeons. Fairer things, and fouler ones, will soon wipe them from the collected consciousness, just as a sponge might spilt soup. The sooner the better. But alas, they are on our agenda today so, [[Tedium|tiresome]] as they undoubtedly are, it falls to me to recount them. I shall do so as briefly as I can.
So these paltry proceedings will not linger over the aeons. Fairer things, and fouler ones, will soon wipe them from the collected consciousness, just as a sponge might spilt soup. The sooner the better. But alas, they are on our agenda today so, [[Tedium|tiresome]] as they undoubtedly are, it falls to me to recount them. I shall do so as briefly as I can.
===Facts===
===Facts===
It was just after 11am on a busy Friday towards season-end. Two young persons entered Room 43 of the Gallery. Dressed in matching white tee-shirts, they might have been mistaken for ''Wham!'' enthusiasts or ''Frankie Goes To Hollywood'' fans. Their tee-shirts read “{{caps|Just Stop Oil}}” and not “{{caps|Relax!}}” or “{{caps|Choose Life}}”, so we can suppose they were not. In any case, nothing turns on it. What matters for our purposes is that these young persons were the complainants. They had mischief on their minds.


Just after 11am, two young persons, the complainants, entered Room 43 of the Gallery. Dressed in matching white tee-shirts, they might have been mistaken for ''Wham!'' enthusiasts or ''Frankie Goes To Hollywood'' fans. Their tee-shirts read “{{caps|Just Stop Oil}}” and not “{{caps|Relax!}}” or “{{caps|Choose Life}}”, so we can suppose they were not. In any case, nothing turns on it.
The complainants gained entry with containers of soup concealed about their persons. Security did not notice. Soon enough, it became clear they had not brought them for lunch.  
 
Being a normal Friday at season-end, the Gallery was busy. The complainants avoided attention, a fact the Gallery has since come to regret, for they had, concealed about their persons, containers of soup. Soon enough, it became clear they had not brought them for lunch.  


Without ado, the complainants vaulted a velvet rope, emptied their soup onto the ''Sunflowers,'' glued themselves to a nearby wall and began shouting at everyone.  
Without ado, the complainants vaulted a velvet rope, emptied their soup onto the ''Sunflowers,'' glued themselves to a nearby wall and began shouting at everyone.