How many balloons?

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James Baxter
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How many balloons?

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I took the Short 4 chummy to the school Fair hood and sidescreens up and filled it with balloons.
Children had to answer some easy questions, then guess how many balloons inside.
The winner won a trip to school in the Jowett with his friends.
Lucky winner was made up, pictured here with his girlfriend, looking like he owns the car!

Question is, how many balloons did it take?

Think big.
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Tony Fearn
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Four hundred and ninety three if they were small ones, two hundred and sixty nine if they were large.

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My guess is 47. Unless those children are dramatically bigger than kids used to be when I was a lad etc etc...

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my guess: 68 balloon's...... :) - i also will have a ride........ :lol: :lol:
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The balloons were about medium, about one big puff. (!) You cant overfill them when you are on a mission to fill the car, tying knots as fast as you can!
The nearest guess was 330, when in fact there were 328!!
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So I wasn't too far out if you average large (269) and small ( 493) to give medium (380)!

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Pretty good Tony!
Call by any time and you too can have a ride in my Jowett!
Or anyone for that matter. It is in daily use at the moment as the works "van".
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