So... wait, wait, I'm confused.

[conuly]

Poll #4892 Brooms

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Which sort of broom sweeps clean?

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A new broom
5 (62.5%)

An old broom
1 (12.5%)

A new broom BUT the old broom knows the corners
2 (25.0%)

Wait, wait - are we actually talking about brooms here?

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Yes
1 (12.5%)

No
2 (25.0%)

I don't know about you, but I sure am!
5 (62.5%)

Comments

[mc776]

My experience with brooms is that they get rigid and ragged and end up dumping about as much dust as they sweep up. :/

.......and yes I definitely am literally talking about actual brooms o_O;

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Supposedly the old [truer] form of the saying was "A new broom never sweeps clean" which from my experience with brooms is absolutely true. It got warped and commandeered by the political brigands into "a new broom sweeps clean" for the purpose of anti-incumbent campaigning.

[conuly]

So it's the old broom which sweeps clean, then?