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Favourite ice cream/lolly | |
Fab | | 0% | | Mini Milk | | 4% | | Solero | | 4% | | Mars Bar Ice cream | | 8% | | Other chocolate bar turned into ice cream | | 0% | | Mivvi | | 4% | | Cornetto | | 8% | | Magnum | | 15% | | Solero | | 0% | | Feast | | 19% | | Calippo | | 4% | | Sparkle | | 0% | | (Tangle) Twister | | 12% | | Fruit Pastilles lolly | | 8% | | Rocket | | 4% | | 2l tub of vanilla | | 12% | Total: 26 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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How do you cope in this heat? | |
It's on the warm side at the moment (no doubt by the time you read this it will be raining though) - which of these are part of your strategy for beating the heat? I don't feel it | | 5% | | I feel it but can we stop all this nambypammby worrying about it | | 38% | | My place of work has air conditioning so ha ha ha ha ha! | | 29% | | I love it and am sunbathing everyday right now | | 19% | | I just take my tie off/dress down | | 29% | | I carry water and/or a fan everywhere | | 14% | | I am carrying ice bricks with me | | 5% | | I'm lounging in front of the tv with the curtains drawn | | 19% | | It's a bit cooler on the river so am spending more time rowing | | 19% | | Other strategy (below) | | 19% | Total: 21 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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What's the most beautiful piece of sport you've ever seen (live)? | |
*Liu Xiang broke Colin Jackson's 13-year-old 110m hurdles world record this week. That World Championship-winning run of 12.91 from CJ was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in sport. What's your favourite - not the most important or dramatic, but simply the most beautiful? (Ideally you should have watched it live for it to count.)
* denotes a link to a video clip. *Football: Diego Maradona's second goal, Argentina vs England, World Cup QF, 1986 | | 0% | | *Football: Marco van Basten's winner, Holland vs USSR, European Championship Final, 1988 | | 0% | | *Football: Roberto Carlos's goal, Brazil vs France, Le Tournoi, 1997 | | 5% | | *Football: Michael Owen's goal, England vs Argentina, World Cup Round 2, 1998 | | 0% | | *Football: Dennis Bergkamp's last-minute winner, Holland vs Argentina, World Cup QF, 1998 | | 0% | | *Football: Ryan Giggs's extra-time winner, Man United vs Arsenal, FA Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | *Football: Thierry Henry's winner, Arsenal vs Man United, Premiership, 2000 | | 0% | | *Football: Zinedine Zidane's winner, Real Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen, Champions' League Final, 2002 | | 5% | | *Football: Steven Gerrard's last-minute equaliser, Liverpool vs West Ham, FA Cup Final, 2006 | | 10% | | *Football: Esteban Cambiasso's goal, Argentina vs Serbia, World Cup Group C, 2006 | | 5% | | Cricket: Lance Klusener's 31* off 16 balls, South Africa vs Australia, World Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | Cricket: Kevin Pietersen's 91* off 65 balls, England vs Australia, ODI, 1999 | | 0% | | Cricket: Matthew Hoggard's series-winning 7-61, England vs South Africa, 2005 | | 0% | | Cricket: England (477) reducing Australia to 99/5, 4th Ashes Test, 2005 | | 0% | | Rugby: Rob Andrew's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup QF, 1995 | | 0% | | Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's tackle on Matt Giteau, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 0% | | *Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 15% | | Rowing: Searle brothers winning Gold in the coxed pair with Gary Herbert, Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Atlanta, 1996 | | 0% | | Rowing: Cambridge breaking the course record (16.19) in winning the Boat Race, 1998 | | 0% | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Rowing: British eight winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 5% | | *Rowing: Oxford winning from behind at Barnes Bridge, Boat Race, 2002 (see next option for video) | | 5% | | *Rowing: Oxford winning by one foot, Boat Race, 2003 (video) | | 0% | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Athens, 2004 | | 5% | | Athletics: Daley Thompson's decathlon Olympic Gold, Los Angeles, 1984 | | 0% | | Athletics: Colin Jackson's 110m hurdles world record (12.91), World Championships, Stuttgart, 1993 | | 5% | | *Athletics: Jonathan Edwards's triple jump world record (18.29m), World Championships, Gothenburg, 1995 | | 0% | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie breaking the 5000m world record by 11 seconds, Zurich, 1995 | | 0% | | *Athletics: Michael Johnson's 200m world record (19.32), Olympic Final, Atlanta, 1996 | | 5% | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie winning Olympic 10000m Gold, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Swimming: Australia beating the USA to win Gold in the 4x100m relay, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | Hockey: Great Britain going 2-0 up on Germany, Olympic Final, Seoul, 1988 | | 0% | | Tennis: Goran Ivanisevic beating Pat Rafter in 5 sets, Wimbledon Final, 2001 | | 0% | | Tennis: Roger Federer beating Andy Roddick, Wimbledon Final, 2005 | | 0% | | Golf: Constantino Rocca's 60-foot putt on the 18th hole to force a play-off, British Open, 1995 | | 0% | | Golf: Tiger Woods winning the US Masters by a record 12 shots, aged 21, 1997 | | 0% | | *Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan's world record fastest 147 in 5min 20sec, 1997 | | 0% | | *Figure-skating: Torvill and Dean winning Gold with Bolero, Winter Olympics, Sarajevo, 1984 | | 5% | | Other (please post below, with a link if possible.) | | 30% | Total: 20 members' votes (30 comments...) |
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What's your favourite bop song? | |
We all know the bop represents a distorted view of The Way - Divine Inspiration | | 6% | | Blue - Eiffel65 | | 0% | | Gold - Spandau Ballet | | 6% | | Macarena - Los Del Rio | | 6% | | Saturday Night - Whigfield | | 17% | | Top Gun Theme - Miami Sound Machine | | 17% | | The One and Only - Chesney Hawks | | 39% | | Rupert the Bear Theme - Rupert the Bear | | 0% | | Other (post below) | | 11% | Total: 18 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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Furthest you've made it at Henley? | |
Never entered | | 32% | | Didn't qualify | | 14% | | Fastest non-qualifier | | 14% | | Wednesday | | 5% | | Thursday pre-5pm | | 14% | | Thursday post-5pm | | 0% | | Friday | | 5% | | Saturday | | 0% | | Sunday but I lost | | 0% | | I've won it | | 0% | | Made it into Stewards | | 18% | | Made third base in Stewards | | 0% | Total: 22 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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Guiltiest Pleasure? | |
Now that the Mays are over, May week has just happened, and FaT aren't rowing at Henley (again...), there is plenty of time to revive those vices that you gave up whilst training. Which of them makes you feel most guilty about your hedonistic lifestyle and the way you are treating your finely tuned body? Wining | | 37% | | Dining | | 32% | | Sharking | | 16% | | Shagging | | 0% | | Shopping | | 0% | | Websurfing | | 5% | | Watching daytime TV | | 5% | | Watching Kiddystare | | 5% | Total: 19 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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Run run run little rower | |
A few more First and Third/BPBC members completed a marathon last week. What's your view on the distance event? I think they're great and we should do one each training camp | | 10% | | I've run one and will run another | | 7% | | I've run one and if you ever see me starting another one then you have my permission to shoot me | | 7% | | Rowing a marathon - maybe, but I can't see the appeal of running one | | 10% | | I'm a sprinter | | 10% | | I thought they were called Snickers now? | | 55% | Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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How much time will you be spending playing BumpIT this week? | |
No time at all | | 31% | | <5 mins / day | | 13% | | 5-15 mins / day | | 13% | | 15-30 mins / day | | 16% | | 30-60 mins / day | | 6% | | All day | | 6% | | All day and all night | | 16% | Total: 32 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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How will England fare in the World Cup? | |
The 2006 World Cup starts on June 9th. England have their best chance to win it since 1966, if you believe the hype. But do you? Group stage humiliation | | 11% | | Second-round knock-out | | 16% | | Hung, drawn and Quartered | | 26% | | Semi-final agony | | 32% | | Fall at the Final hurdle | | 3% | | The World's at our feet | | 8% | | Thrown out for hooliganism | | 5% | Total: 38 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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New bumps rules | |
The CUCBC captains have agreed to change the rules for bumps so that a bump will be awarded before Grassy if the bow ball passes the cox. Which of these is nearest to your view? It's the right solution to carnage in the gut | | 24% | | There is a problem but this isn't the solution: bigger fines for late acknowledgement would be better | | 3% | | There is a problem but this isn't the solution: banning coxes or somehow penalising offending crews would be better | | 52% | | There is a problem but my solution below would be better | | 3% | | There is not a problem, this is a change which panders to the 'Safety is the 1st Priority' brigade | | 7% | | Bow balls are for wimps. | | 10% | Total: 29 members' votes |