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::*I definitely do not understand it. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 05:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 
::*I definitely do not understand it. [[User:The Rambling Man|The Rambling Man]] ([[User talk:The Rambling Man|talk]]) 05:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 
:::*It's a play on a "pendulum spring." Informally, "to spring" can mean "to pay for; treat someone to." [[User:Mackensen|Mackensen]] [[User_talk:Mackensen|(talk)]] 12:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 
:::*It's a play on a "pendulum spring." Informally, "to spring" can mean "to pay for; treat someone to." [[User:Mackensen|Mackensen]] [[User_talk:Mackensen|(talk)]] 12:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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::::*OK, that's an explanation, but I think the meaning is too obscure and that we need a different hook. [[User:Cwmhiraeth|Cwmhiraeth]] ([[User talk:Cwmhiraeth|talk]]) 12:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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Pendulum car

Created by Mackensen (talk). Self-nominated at 18:07, 18 March 2017 (UTC).

  • Symbol question.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The article is neutral and Earwig detected no problems. I find the hook quite incomprehensible - is this an American versus British English problem, I wonder? Let's ask Template:Ping what he thinks of it. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:30, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
  • It's a play on a "pendulum spring." Informally, "to spring" can mean "to pay for; treat someone to." Mackensen (talk) 12:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
  • OK, that's an explanation, but I think the meaning is too obscure and that we need a different hook. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:32, 30 March 2017 (UTC)