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The key thing was the fact that you guys both agreed on such a strict interpretation of the bet conditions.

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Yep. No weaksauce involved.
Any other decision by the panel actually undermines the validity of leaving it to an impartial panel to decide. This was a very narrow bet in its terms and the panel made what looks like a good decision.
Well played all participants.
I'm still bummed that no livestock or shipit tshirts were exchanged though.