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Old rowing photos | |
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Can we identify the places in the photos? There's one which looks like a view of the Plough and crews going round Ditton (rowing to the start) but is "the finish line" Top Finish or somewhere else?
A further challenge would be to identify the flag, which doesn't look much like a cat and buns. Any takers? (1 comment...) | |
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Do you know what's next? | |
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Good time-waster | |
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LMBC did not invent the blazer | |
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LMBC sometime claim to have invented the blazer. Looks like the Navy beat them to it. (1 comment...) | |
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Newspaper report on the 1888 Lents | |
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The far right column reports on the enquiry into the death of a rower in the 1888 Lent bumps.
The myth is that it involved 2nd Trinity and the St John's BC and led to the folding of the former and 200 year censure of the latter (and the formation of Lady Margaret BC to avoid this ban). Unfortunately the truth is less spectacular - you have to ask whether bumps would still be taking place if the Coroner had directed the jury towards manslaughter. | |
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he he he he he! | |
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a recommendation
not bumps related, but too funny not to post here. cath - am v sorry, suspect yu will be asked to remove this shortly. (3 comments...) | |
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Row? Across the Channel? | |
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"Are you a sailor? Would you row across the Channel?" said Fred Caygill, from the Maritime Coastguard Agency. | |
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Fixing the slide/calf connection problem | |
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Finally, a solution to the problem of slides in the backs of your legs... | |
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Amazing Clock | |
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I don't know how or why I found this, but I liked it. | |
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I told you so | |
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Could be useful... There is now a website group ready for you to astonish the rest of the club with your Mystic Meg abilities - itoldyouso@firstandthird.org | |
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This is motivation! | |
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We'll just have to convince him to do a masters here... | |
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Reds have a sporting advantage | |
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Not applicable to college rowing, obviously... | |
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So this is whereJeff Mackowiak's been... | |
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Apologies to anyone who doesn't know Jeff and thus won't get it.
He's even wearing his Hawks club tie! (1 comment...) | |
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Penny bridges etc. | |
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What to do with all those pennies acquired at formal hall... | |
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Italian Stallion | |
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Revising for my law exams I constantly questioned my sanity, until I read this report and realised that, yes, there is no point in trying to make any rational sense of anything... | |
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Videos from back yonder | |
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I've only just discovered this page. it has videos from all the major events over that last few years. including FaT II glorious victory in City Sprints in 2001 with some well dodgy steering by what may be yours truly. It also has videos of steph whooping my arse at wallingford last weekend.... (3 comments...) | |
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Yahoo! News - photos | |
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Stupid Puzzle | |
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Not an evening well spent | |
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Physics of rowing | |
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So this is what the dark side are planning... (2 comments...) | |
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Oxford Looniversity | |
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No-one ever said you had to have brains to be admitted to Oxford. (2 comments...) | |
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Punch a politician! | |
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Does your vote count? | |
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interesting way to promote voter apathy? | |
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Pledge bank | |
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EatLiver.com | |
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Rigging for spanners | |
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Retro Toys Quiz | |
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To aid procrastination... (41 comments...) | |
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Who Should You Vote For? | |
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In case you are having trouble deciding. (7 comments...) | |
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Sounds familiar... | |
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Does that headline remind you of anything? (1 comment...) | |
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Save Toby | |
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Empty your wallets | |
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Spamusement | |
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The gold socks have defected! | |
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I apologise. | |
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This is how Robin Williams does it | |
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Let us know on Saturday how you did... (17 comments...) | |
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1-D Tetris | |
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A pointless twist on an old favourite ... (3 comments...) | |
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Roles of an eight - BBC version | |
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Their description of three is very polite - I guess they couldn't call it the ejector seat...
But otherwise a good guide for beginners to the sport. (2 comments...) | |
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OURCs | |
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Will JPD ever be forced to take the same action? (20 comments...) | |
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Bump! | |
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The 3rd Court "Contraption" | |
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People at St. John's have too much time on their hands. (1 comment...) | |
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For London bufties | |
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3 comments... |
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The Official White House website | |
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bear in mind: this is the OFFICIAL website. Makes it all the funnier! I especially recommend the tour of the Oval Office given by Doubya Himself. | |
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FrontRower | |
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Row facing forward... hands free, or erg powered | |
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Want to find out more about malt loaf? | |
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There's a new golden syrup flavour one coming out apparently. See website for recipies and more 'soreen' products! (1 comment...) | |
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Weebls Stuff | |
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Various animations, including Badgers and the Kenya song amongst others.
Anyone who loved Magical Trevor the first time around (allegedly everyone loves Magical Trevor) might be interested to know he's back with a new trick.
Enjoy. (Needs sound) | |
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Boatie messge boards | |
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the changed location of the cucbc/'boatie' boards | |
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The "Cambridge Rowing Message Board" | |
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A Disney replacement for the old CUCBC boards | |
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Top 100 rowing sites | |
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A rowing website popularity poll. Apparently by following the link you vote for ours - might be fun for a week or two. Their rules say maximum votes allowed are one per day each. (41 comments...) | |
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Home Run | |
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For some strange reason, endlessly entertaining. Never get further than about 60 m though. (If your German is as crap as mine, all you need to know is that you control it with the mouse!)
And for the boys, here's another. (5 comments...) | |
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Ex-Captain in the news? | |
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Williams to leave CUBC | |
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Spot the obvious mistake... (1 comment...) | |
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A work of art it's OK to be puzzled by | |
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Turner Prize winning sculptor Keith Tyson has come up with a work of art/puzzle consisting of 13 cubes, each of which has a message encoded on the faces; The Times is publishing all the relevant images so you don't have to visit Regent's Park to see it. If you can successfully decode the message before anyone else, you can win the sculpture itself. Personally, I've got nowhere with any of it, but I'd be interested to see what people can come up with.
The rest of the cubes are being linked from here. (9 comments...) | |
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Cross training | |
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For those cold winter nights.... | |
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Black Prince website? | |
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Alex and I have been adding 'our clubs' to the website www.coxie.com (it's a coxes thing) and I wanted to add BP as one of my 12 clubs (or something like that, am beginning to lose count now)
I definitely remember there being a BPBC website of some sort, although it was lame into the extreme and consisted of a black screen with the cat and buns on it... anyone any ideas where it's gone? and are there plans to revive it... c'mon the Boars Head *spit* can manage it... (although last updated on 4 December 2002 at 3 p.m.) | |
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Calendar Girls | |
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What our Boat Housemates get up to in their spare time! | |
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Useless Information | |
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Full of useless information. The one regarding Alexander Graham Bell is particularly interesting if true! | |
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Lard lovers face national crisis | |
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7 comments... |
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Count the passes | |
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Step 1: Watch this video, counting the passes made by the white team. Watch it once only.
Step 2: Check your results.
Step 3: Be surprised. | |
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Fantasy Quiz Show Host VIII | |
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The description of why Roy Walker would be a good cox is genius... | |
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row2K | |
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Another HOCR photo, but they won't let you copy this one! (3 comments...) | |
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Settlers of Catan | |
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A game Barnabus road knows too much about... | |
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Coming soon to a crew t-shirt near you? | |
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DHTML Lemmings! | |
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I'm sorry. I really am. But I thought if I was doing no work today then noone else should either. | |
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Reverse | |
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Good game... (4 comments...) | |
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CUCBC Website | |
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Is anyone else having trouble accessing the CUCBC website??? (9 comments...) | |
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Eton boy: know your enemy | |
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I'm so embarassed. | |
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What the....? | |
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This should just be a map of SW London but has a mysterious "x" and an arrow seemingly drawn on it... It doesn't seem to appear on the Streetmap version of the same area. Buried treasure? (6 comments...) | |
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No, surely this is a joke | |
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Do you think we could persuade College to serve these at Boat Club dinner? (2 comments...) | |
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Surely this is a joke? | |
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How about the GLC website rendered in rhyming slang? (1 comment...) | |
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What Am I Like? | |
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A similar thing was previously discussed here, but as it was on TV last night, I thought it might be fun to revisit.
Answer a few questions and find out which of 16 personality types you fit into, based on whether you are Introvert/Extrovert, Ideas/Facts, Heart/Head, Planner/Spontaneous. Is there a typical rower type?
For the record, I am an Idealist (Introvert, Ideas, Heart, Spontaneous). (35 comments...) | |
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Google for 733+ h4x0rs | |
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Clearly useful (there are loads of other options which you can choose in preferences, like Elmer Fud mode where there are no 'r' or 'l' characters...). | |
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Scots 'like San Marino' | |
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I love it... | |
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The Original First and Third Website | |
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Look how we've grown! (3 comments...) | |
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Aussies Being Obnoxious (as usual) | |
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Well, I suppose they had to big up their ego somehow...especially with next Summer's Ashes coming along :)
Why is it we don't see anything reciprocal in the British press? Could it be we just don't give a shit about them?! (1 comment...) | |
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Athens 2004 Rowing Media Guide | |
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A must for rowing Stattos everywhere. The media guide for the Olympic Rowing Regatta contains all the info you could wish for on past medal winners and future prospects, the schedule, the venue and the finer points of the rules. It also includes a guide on how to row and a glossary of rowing terms. Nice to see that even for an Olympic Regatta they feel the need for a definition for "crab"... (14 comments...) | |
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First and Third in an encyclopedia! | |
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4 comments... |
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Preparing for emergencies | |
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All you really need to know about emergencies in the UK | |
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Harvard at Henley | |
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You're rowing at bow, you've just started your race, and your seat is stuck fast. What do you do? (20 comments...) | |
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Time for a new BP1... | |
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Could be just right for BPBC... | |
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GB Olympic Rowing Squad | |
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The ones to watch and a few familiar Cambridge faces. | |
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Lycra wind hoods | |
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The inevitable progression to the all-in-one-boat-attached-lycra-bodysuit continues. Just you wait.
Not sure about the foam blocks for the finish though... (1 comment...) | |
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The Sound of the Universe | |
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Watch some of the Quicktime movies - they're cool. | |
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Tideway Slug (again) | |
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The slug has a couple of interesting news stories this week - one referring to our 2nd VIII and the top one featuring a gym erging style that is reminiscent of both Mycroft/Coker and some of Din's training sessions... :) | |
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Man Beat Horse | |
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BPBC should enter this next year I think.
Also, does anyone else thing that that This Photo is stonking and sums up FaT's week nicely? :)
We are the one and only... (4 comments...) | |
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Football Badgers! | |
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As a scotsman I find this hard to bear. | |
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I prefer seat racing | |
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3 comments... |
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Two Way Cycling On Trinity Street? | |
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I think we should bombard them with emails about how one-way cycling is incredibly annoying... | |
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Never put your photo on the internet | |
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The title sums this one up well!
Poor chap! | |
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The Alternative Rower | |
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Possibly already linked from here somewhere but worth re-visiting. "Archive" includes many of the cartoons that used to be in Regatta. | |
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That Cool Honda Ad | |
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BBC News Photos | |
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Go to number 10 - this is just WRONG | |
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Land training for slackers | |
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Clearly the person who filled in the numbers on the Google Calculator was spectacularly lazy.... (5 comments...) | |
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X-rated Rainbow | |
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The classic children's programme - with some *interesting* dialogue | |
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With the scenes restored | |
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Keep watching.
P.S. Try also /24/ for a slightly concerning thing on a similar theme, and /29/ to find out where the Lions are.... (2 comments...) | |
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Daily Mail Headline Generator | |
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Save yourself buying the real thing (not that I hope any of you do) by generating random yet worrying plausible Daily Mail headlines.
A favourite of mine so far: "WILL CHERIE BLAIR GIVE YOUR PENSION CANCER?" (1 comment...) | |
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Kid's TV | |
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Looking for a distraction from revision? Look no further... (7 comments...) | |
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Movie Alphabet | |
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If you think you know your films (18 comments...) | |
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Airport Fun | |
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Pingvin | |
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Fun with penguins (11 comments...) | |
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Dante's Inferno Test | |
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Find out to which level of Hell you belong. (3 comments...) | |
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Rugby games | |
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BBC to axe Boat Race coverage | |
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The BBC is going to stop televising the boat race after this year. Clearly this is going to mean a lot less sponsorship money, and probably a resulting drop in standard. Is this going to be good / bad for Cambridge rowing? Discuss :) (3 comments...) | |
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Head of the Trent | |
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Looks like fun... | |
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The Day Today Summaries/Transcripts | |
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Is this cool? | |