I know, that's what I thought.
I can't work out how it could possibly have happened by accident.
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Tue 12 Nov 2013, 19:02,
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Some posh flags are made from separate coloured fabrics sewn together
but I suspect this one can only be explained by brmmmmmmmnnnnngggllllllmmmmnnnnng.
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Tue 12 Nov 2013, 19:25,
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Looking carefully at the diagonals in the photo,
it appears that the ends at the left and right edges of the flag should be at the corners, and the ends at the top and bottom should be at the middle. If it was stitched together from horizontal thirds, then they've put the bottom third at the top and the top third at the bottom.
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Tue 12 Nov 2013, 20:42,
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I have a theory,
that it was cut from cloth used for more than just flags. If they print union jack patterned fabric for general use, with a repeating pattern that has the diagonals always meeting where verticals and horizontals cross, then you'd also have verticals and horizontals crossing without diagonals meeting, despite there being no such part of a union jack.
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Tue 12 Nov 2013, 20:26,
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