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Bum-ting is the answer; RECESSION.


A VILLAGE fete will have an unusual line in street bunting... locals' undies.

Their high street is adorned with more than 100 pairs of residents' knickers and Y-fronts - after they decided it was cheaper than replacing their tatty decorations.

Amanda King, who devised the idea in Langton Herring Langton Herring is a village in west Dorset, England, situated beside The Fleet four miles north east of Weymouth. The village has a population of 147 (2001). External links
  • Langton Herring Local History
  • Census data
, Dorset, said: "The fete's theme is the credit crunch Credit Crunch

An economic condition whereby investment capital is difficult to obtain. Banks and investors become weary of lending funds to corporations thereby driving up the price of debt products for borrowers.
 - and we even hope to have some holy pants from the vicar.

"I think visitors will take it as a bit of fun."
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jul 22, 2009
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