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Sticky Wicket | |
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Basically the old Game & Watch Donkey Kong game... which can only be a good thing. (4 comments...) | |
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BBC guide to using the ergo | |
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Good grief! How many mistakes can you make in one guide?
Obviously aimed at "gym ergers". (4 comments...) | |
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You Are An Idiot | |
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Quality. You need sound to appreciate it properly. | |
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The Website Font - "Georgia" | |
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The font that the website is designed to be displayed with no longer seems to come with Internet Explorer, nor is it available from Microsoft's website.
Follow the link to get the "Georgia" font if you don't have it on your computer. (4 comments...) | |
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The Boat Race | |
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I think this is our 100th link.
Anyway:
a) The poll is back. Website veterans will remember well the 2001 poll - I think it's been fixed since then but it's still vital to keep Cambridge above 50%.
b) You used to be able to change the logo in the top corner so you could have it light blue... can you still do this? I can't see how... | |
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Slime football | |
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From the same site as Andy's 'Gridlock', try World Cup slime football. Pretty straightforward until the semi-finals, it then becomes much tougher.
It looks as though this site might contain many more entertaining games, but can anyone read the lingo? (7 comments...) | |
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New "blacker" black | |
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Surely an idea for the next Black Prince? (2 comments...) | |
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The smoke hammer | |
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If you want the latest on the state of the nation... | |
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Your ideal job | |
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10 comments... |
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The Lightweight Nation! | |
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You can create nations of your own too, and decide government policy etc. (1 comment...) | |
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Mr T's website | |
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if MC Peck was Mr. T, the website might look a bit like this ... | |
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You British amuse us | |
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hehehehehe (1 comment...) | |
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Slime Volleyball | |
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Infuriating but fun. (5 comments...) | |
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Look and Read | |
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Classic. Absolutely classic. Courtesy of a current thread on CUCBC. Who can't remember the annoying boy from Geordie Racer or the scary knight in Dark Towers? (assuming you are as old as me) (1 comment...) | |
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Nice Tits | |
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What a refreshing change... (1 comment...) | |
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Definately one for the photo album | |
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Browsing jet photographic re:Mays, and this has to be the one for the girlies to buy. (2nd men, there is nothing decent - id=7215 is probably the best). | |
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Time for a bit of creativity | |
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A very enjoyable waste of time, but I have no idea why.... | |
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Jacko Baby Drop Game | |
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According to The Telegraph, these games are 'sick' and 'despicable'... | |
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Fight club | |
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another complete classic from google... (9 comments...) | |
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The Proof That Rowing Is Evil | |
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Speaks for itself really | |
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Superhero Name Generator | |
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Get your own super-name from here. | |
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Pluck My Tash | |
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The most bizarre flash game that the BBC have ever come up with. Can you pluck Mark Lawrenson's upper lip fast enough to prevent his moustache growing back? Add in corner flags coming out of his ears and badgers invading the screen, and you've got one messed up game... | |
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GooglePeople | |
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Googlism in reverse. Enter a question such as "Who is boat club captain?" and get a list of possible answers. Sixth on the list is, impressively enough, Andrew Fisher. But not before three Boar's Head members. And check out who follows Andrew on the list... (33 comments...) | |
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Googlism | |
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Another great way to find descriptions of your favourite everyday objects:
what is rowing? rowing is fun. rowing is the best sport on the planet.
what is first and third? first and third is absolutely free. first and third is a tall order but we're more than capable of doing it. first and third is particularly well suited to popular styles where there is usually a bass drum hit on the first beat.
who is martin peck? martin peck is pissed.
who is graham fisher? graham fisher is working up to twenty years experience and is a certified canoe.
who is john earl? john earl is a bit of a pratt. john earl is out on bail this morning. john earl is now deceased. (41 comments...) | |
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Afterlife Telegrams | |
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The best use for the terminally ill since Bill Hicks' plan for more realistic film stunts... | |
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Smurf name generator | |
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I'm sick of googlisms. | |
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Shonky or Drongo | |
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As the Ashes get underway, and England hurtle towards yet another humiliating series defeat, find out your Aussie nickname, courtesy of the good ol' BBC. | |
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Dog Harmonics | |
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Simple but amusing. | |
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I'm feeling peckish... | |
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2 comments... |
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C.Y.B.O.R.G. | |
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"Just enter your name below and the Cyborger will tell you what your name would mean if you happened to be a shallow imitation of humanity with a dark purpose."
boatie : Biomechanical Obedient Android Trained for Infiltration and Exploration
Not far wrong I reckon... (2 comments...) | |
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Prior-Art-O-Matic | |
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rowing is a contraceptive device that has no moving parts!
first and third is a saucepan that lasts forever!
dubya is a strain of bacteria that cleans itself!
the peckster is a parachute that can be bolted onto a cufflink and responds to ambient light changes.
hours of fun... (32 comments...) | |
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Lost in Translation | |
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Enter some text and see it translated back and forth between English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Did you know you are a member of "in the first place and the third association of the boat of threeness"? (4 comments...) | |
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Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character | |
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Astonishing... but it can be beaten! (8 comments...) | |
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Real email stories from Hoaxbusters | |
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I got an email this morning, which I thought was probably a hoax, so I went to the Hoaxbusters website to check it out. It was indeed a hoax, but more interesting were the other hoaxes, some of which were quite amusingly silly. Best of all, however, was this page of emails that looked like hoaxes but weren't. The two at the bottom are simply fantastic (do go to the links after reading the report), although with the depth of knowledge and the competitiveness in the club, I'm sure we can beat three seconds... (1 comment...) | |
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Pull-O-Meter | |
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Useful to find out what chance you have of pulling at the bc bop.
I scored 58%.... (28 comments...) | |
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Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering | |
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It seems that www.firstandthird.org has been blocked by Chinese censors. There must obviously be some potentially harmful information on it. (3 comments...) | |
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Porrasturvat - Stair Dismount | |
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A delightfully twisted little game. Unfortunately you have to download (~2MB) and install it before you can play, but it's definitely worth it.
I've managed to get around 140000, but there are far higher scores to be had... | |
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Angry Strudel | |
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After many many hours spent searching for this, I have found it. Angry Strudel Productions is the internet home of ...... The Bleets. Original Farmer Material. Get the song and get ready for the Mich Term Bop. | |
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The Bar Tab Challenge | |
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This is a gift - an easy quiz game with £250 up for grabs if we can get into the top 10. There is no limit to the number of players on a team, and all players' scores are added together, so the more the better. To play, email me (nat23@cam.ac.uk) so I can add you to the team list. (14 comments...) | |
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Which footballer are you? | |
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You've saved England more times than anyone but unless you're joining Status Quo, you need to lose the ponytail. You're a decent bloke who always does the right thing. But the error-count is slowly on the up. (13 comments...) | |
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For all you aspiring world dominators... | |
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In particular check out the Doomsday device section and the "featured lair" in the Evil Realtor. | |
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Space Merchant Realms | |
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A game for all those of you who now have nothing to do for a while. The website explains it all! | |
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Happy as always | |
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Cheer up - you would have thought it was the first Stroke of the start or something! | |
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Cambridge Purity Test | |
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Probably seen it before, but it's amusing anyway. 155% (17 comments...) | |
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Instant highlights | |
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Why wait for the evening programmes to relive the game? | |
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BBC games | |
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Full of great games. The celebrity arm-wrestling selection is particularly good, especially Kylie vs Posh. | |
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Ooops... forgot http:// | |
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that should work?? | |
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The Ultimate in Time Wasting | |
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This one has many games to waste away your day, can be a bit slow though. | |
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Shockwave | |
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Loads of games available here to waste your time on, especially the stylish Tetris. | |
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Pong | |
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Another game to waste time on....however the computer cheats on this one I think :( | |
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Fly the 'copter | |
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So, now that crazy golf has been defeated, a new challenge for those stuck indoors revising... (6 comments...) | |
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Crazy Golf | |
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Excellent revision avoidance (26 comments...) | |
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World Cup Trading | |
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Virtual "betting" (no real money involved) on the world cup - including on the outcomes of games while they are in progress. Anyone planning on working on a city trading desk can practice their skills here... (25 comments...) | |
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Make your own personalised quizzes! | |
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Joe Cartoon | |
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A totally hilarious site... if slightly peverse. (2 comments...) | |
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Fly The Copter | |
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A simple little game, yet infuriatingly addictive. I won't post my high score here, as it is slightly embarassing... (2 comments...) | |
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat | |
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This site must have been made by a twisted individual. I just can't understand the mentality of some people... :) | |
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Midget-tossing | |
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So funny, especially the music. | |
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BBC's Test The Nation | |
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On Saturday night, 70,000 people joined in the BBC's IQ test. Leaving aside arguments about whether IQ really is a measure of intelligence and about the statistical significance of these results, there are some quite fun findings. Particularly satisfying (for those that are satisfied by that kind of thing) is the high incidence of intelligent people in Cambridge. As a subset of that, how intelligent is your average First And Third rower? The test is still there, so let's find out. For the record, it reckons my IQ is 130... | |
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Lycos Fight Club | |
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A two-player fighting game.
"Lycos Fight Club is your break from the monotony of everyday life, your chance to thrash your friends in an online feast of punches, kicks, blocks and special moves.
Personalize your bout with a victory chant and, as the victor, deal that final killer blow with a well-timed spirit-breaking insult." | |
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Saladometer | |
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These boards have gone a bit quiet recently, haven't they? (and not just once people went to Ireland) (14 comments...) | |
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BBC Two logos | |
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Maybe out of place on 1&3, but as we mourn the passing of the balloon from BBC 1, here are the BBC 2 logos... | |
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Bumps fines | |
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Inspired by the recent achievement of a week's racing without any penalties, this spreadsheet takes a look at the fines handed out by CUCBC over the last ten sets of bumps (Mays 97 - Lents 02 inclusive).
At just 5.17quid [Martin - why does this message board reject the pound symbol?] for each of our 88 crews, 1st & 3rd are one of the best-behaved clubs on the river. True to form, Downing are 33rd out of 34.
A few notes:
1) Due to limited data, the fines for Lents 98 cannot currently be attributed to particular crews within a club, and hence are shown here spread evenly across the days and with a gender split in proportion to the number of crews racing within that club.
2) Where a fine is payable by a club rather than a crew (e.g. failure to provide marshal), it has been split by gender according to number of crews.
3) Amazingly, our 58 May crews have never been fined on a Wednesday. (15 comments...) | |
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A Tribe of Toffs | |
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As it's the pseudonym source of the moment... (6 comments...) | |
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Star Wars... | |
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They Fight Crime! | |
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He's a suicidal one-eyed romance novelist who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She's a man-hating winged politician with only herself to blame. They fight crime! | |
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Hobbit name generator | |
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Does exactly what it says on the tin... (1 comment...) | |
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Is your computer too slow? | |
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Satire Wire | |
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It's keeping me amused at 4:30 in the morning. | |
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Rowers' nude for thought | |
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Here's where you're going wrong boys (and girls) | |
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The Original Smoothy | |
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The Univeristy lightweight women's cox poses for the cameras...... And I need a new caption ;-) Suggestions?! (2 comments...) | |
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Tampax sponsors ITV period drama | |
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Spoof news site. Kept me awake between lectures (sadly not during). | |
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the law of the playground | |
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Search an alphabetical list of playground insults. Some of these are inspired - there's got to be some T-shirt ideas in there somewhere... (1 comment...) | |
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Gill and Vashka | |
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Mad. Check out the photo report on the Trinity boys... (2 comments...) | |
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English Grammer (sic) World | |
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Hilarious for no other reason that the fact that they have spelt 'Grammar' incorrectly all over the place. | |
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The LMBC website | |
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Laugh at the Maggie Scum.
Edit their Message Boards. (3 comments...) | |
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Just a Tip | |
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Highly amusing. What mischief can we get up to now...... (1 comment...) | |
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Iwantoneofthose.com | |
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Where else can you buy a Russian fighter jet for 150,000? The best site to spend your student loan. (3 comments...) | |
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Big Brother III application form | |
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Available until Feb 8th, the details - and the mind-boggling form - for Big Brother III.
Now where's that camcorder? | |
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Not really a link, more of a plug... | |
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...Cambridge University Radio has just started going out live on 1350 medium wave. For those of you unlucky to be outside our broadcast area, there's always the classic RealAudio way of listening via the website. Enjoy :) (4 comments...) | |
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How long have you got? | |
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Find out when you'll fall off your perch.
I will apparently kick the bucket on May 17 2058, aged 81. Most likely of cancer or heart disease. (although a 5% homicide chance!) (11 comments...) | |
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Every Rule You'll Ever Need | |
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A useful little site for settling arguments - nb the 'Shotgun' rules and the massive list of drinking game rules.
I've asked them to add the bumps. (4 comments...) | |
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Wrote. Yesterday's News, Today. | |
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Amused me a lot. Now can anyone out there tell me what "Oterque quarterque beati quis onte ora patrum, Trojae sub moenibus altis" means when translated into English? (7 comments...) | |
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STI@home | |
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Remember the SETI@home rush we had a while ago? Well, this is the next step. Rather appropriate for rowers, I feel.... | |
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Bushwhacked! | |
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Quite old now, but a classic realaudio file, courtesy of Chris Morris. | |
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The Crocodile Hunter | |
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Strewth! Little blighter... you see, if I just poke this dangerous snake with a stick, he gets angry... | |
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So You've Been Dumped | |
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Does exactly what it says in the title. | |
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Find out your personality type | |
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A bit sad, but this is normally quite accurate and insightful. I reckon I will not be the only INTP type on this list (even though it's a very rare type on a national basis). (16 comments...) | |
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Dictionary News | |
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Good to see that the races are in the Dictionary. Tragically, no sign of the Mays. | |
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Pun of the Day | |
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The source of my powers... | |
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Black Prince chainmail | |
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One for the KSS, methinks. | |
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Black Prince launcher | |
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Black Prince - "As good as Atlas Agena". Which is nice to know. | |
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The Rowing Vortal | |
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The new funky bit of the rowing service - particularly recommended are the video clips (Fun/Humour/Video Clips), not much to do with rowing, but pretty amusing in some cases (2 comments...) | |
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Olympic Golds at Trinity | |
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A list of Olympic Gold Medallists of Trinity College, including 11 for rowing. (1 comment...) | |
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Ronglish | |
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Sadly not yet an option on the MML Tripos. | |
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Spank the Monkey | |
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How fast can you spank yours?!! | |
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Bananaman | |
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A must for all Bananaman fans out there. Includes downloadable theme tune! | |
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Word oddities and trivia | |
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Includes the fantastic solutomaattimittaamotulos and dord. (2 comments...) | |
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Smilie Games | |
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Good apart from the racing game, which is too bloody difficult. | |
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TV Go Home | |
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Home of the infamous Nathan Barley. | |