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  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 19,618 Forumite
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    Now I want to know why they want to know…

  • themadvix
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    Surely it’s Commonwealth Games related.. javelin vs discus?!

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  • South_coast
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    But what do we think the people voted for 🤔?

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  • edinburgher
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    Has to be the 🥖

  • South_coast
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    See, I went naan bread, as I couldn't see how a baguette would maintain its trajectory (I also envisaged throwing the naan like a frisbee - discus did not occur to me 🤔). However Ed, I can confirm the majority were with you!

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    (I didn't dig into the more specific breakdowns by politics, socioeconomic class etc, but now I'm wondering what nuggets that would have revealed 🤣🤷‍♀️)

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    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,696 Forumite
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    My vision was basically Fatima Whitbread + loaf of actual bread 😅

  • themadvix
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    I'd've gone with naan like a frisbee (isn't that how a discus is thrown anyway, pretty much?). Probably depends on the baguette - some of them can be a bit floppy in the middle!

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