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London 2012 rowing, I will be watching...

This should help those of you undecided as to what to get tickets for. Once you have applied just fill in an option, and hopefully others from FaT/BPBC will be there and join you. The codes supplied are for the different sessions, as found on the 2012 website.

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/browse/sport/8222?form=search&tab=oly&sport=8222&event=&venue=&fromDate=&toDate=&morning=1&afternoon=1&evening=1

RO001		0%

RO002		0%

RO003		0%

RO004		0%

RO005		100%

RO006		0%

RO007		0%

RO008		0%

Total: 3 members' votes (1 comment...)

I'd rather be at ...

Oxford		30%

St John's		60%

Downing		10%

Total: 10 members' votes (1 comment...)

Against which event(s) would you prefer to have the annual pub crawl clashing ?

There's rather a lot of other racing around the date of the boat race (26 March), and the crawl will have to clash with something else.

19 March - WeHoRR		58%

20 March - Hammersmith Head		50%

26 March - Kingston Head		25%

27 March - Henley Races		0%

02 April - HoRR		0%

03 April - Vets HoRR		25%

Total: 12 members' votes

Siege!

Imagine you have angered a group of antisocial youths while out on the river - for example, you have broken their fishing line and they demand retribution. They follow you to the boathouse, where you quickly jump inside and prepare yourself for their arrival.

The hoardes arrive, armed with bricks, stones, and possibly knives. You look around to see what you could use to defend the boathouse. What do you do?

Pick up a blade and charge.		0%

Run out holding a backstay in one hand, a clam in the other as a knuckleduster, and start swinging wildly.		13%

Launch a single scull at the gang.		0%

Stand on the balcony frisbeeing Fairbairns shields at them.		13%

Stand on the balcony pelting them with weights and Headship medals.		6%

Dismantle an erg, craft some form of rudimentary nunchucks, put on some jet-black full-body lycra and abseil down from the roof.		6%

Attempt to drown them by throwing Lard items into the river.		0%

Put on the women's cheese music erg CD on maximum volume.		25%

Give Coker a call.		38%

Total: 16 members' votes (4 comments...)

Favourite Corner?

There are lots of gentle bends left out of the options, but all of these require more turn than an Australian spinner. Which one do you like best?

Little Bridge		0%

First Post		9%

Grassy		27%

Ditton		27%

The Kink		0%

Under the Railway Bridge		0%

Morley's Holt		0%

Chesterton		9%

Simoco		0%

Churchill BH		0%

Elizabeth Way		0%

The Karussell		27%

Total: 11 members' votes (2 comments...)

Fairbairns Predictions

Which of the following will we win/will happen?

Fastest Men's Novice VIII		14%

Fastest Men's Second Novice VIII		14%

Fastest Women's Novice VIII		14%

Fastest Second Women's Novice VIII		7%

Fastest Men's Senior VIII		29%

Fastest Men's Second Senior VIII		14%

Fastest Men's Invitational Senior VIII		79%

Fastest Women's Senior VIII		43%

Fastest Women's Second Senior VIII		7%

Fastest Women's Invitational Senior VIII		57%

Fastest Men's Senior IV		21%

Fastest Women's Senior IV		43%

Fastest Men's Invitational Senior IV		71%

Fastest Women's Invitational Senior IV		29%

Second Novice Men beat First Novice Men		21%

Second Novice Women beat First Novice Women		14%

BPBC M1 beat FaT M1		57%

BPBC M2 beat FaT M2		64%

BPBC W1 beat FaT W1		21%

BPBC M4+ beat FaT M4+		43%

Fastest BPBC W4+ beat Fastest FaT W4+		36%

FaT Novice Men beat any BPBC Men's VIII		14%

At least one crab in a novice crew		79%

At least one crab in a senior FaT crew		36%

At least one crab in a BPBC crew		43%

Sun		36%

Rain		36%

Snow		93%

Hail		43%

Fog		36%

Gales		50%

Wormhole action		50%

Total: 14 members' votes (1 comment...)

What is the maximum sum of money you would be willing to spend on club Stripy Trousers (women included)?

The official 1st&3rd club dress comprises a pair of Stripy Trousers like the ones the Men's Captain swaps over with the incoming captain at the Mays dinner each year. It is a great shame that apart from the Men's Captain only a very few Bufties own a pair of Stripies these days and so it would be fantastic if we managed to produce a new batch of them. Previous attempts to do this have been hindered by large production costs (cloth needs to be made + trousers tailored).

This poll is aimed at finding out how many people would be interested in purchasing a pair of Stripy Trousers and at what price such that quotes can be obtained from manufacturers. For the ladies, there are ideas to introduce Stripy Skirts, so please place your vote too!

Options are indicated in Pounds Sterling.

150+		3%

125		3%

100		26%

75		23%

50		45%

Total: 31 members' votes (1 comment...)

Where shall we go on training camp next year?

Every year, the men (and potentially the women) go somewhere exciting for pre-Lents training camp. We've had Nottingham, Seville and Chester in the last three years, all very special in their own way. So now where? State your (multiple) preferences!

Cambridge		13%

Dorney		26%

Nottingham		9%

Lake Victoria		17%

Chester		17%

Seville		43%

The Tideway		48%

The Amazon		13%

Wallingford		26%

Peteborough		17%

Across the Atlantic		17%

Ely		17%

Lake Titicaca		26%

Banyoles		13%

Total: 23 members' votes

How long will it be before Gonzalo breaks his vow of celibacy?

Gonzalo has explicitly stated that he is going to be celibate this term...how long will this last?

Gonzalo and celibate don't go together in the same sentence		67%

Less than a week		17%

1-2 weeks		0%

2-3 weeks		0%

3-4 weeks		0%

Up until a massive bender just before exams		6%

He'll succeed (anyone voting this option has accidentally pressed the wrong button)		11%

Total: 18 members' votes (5 comments...)

Yes, but...

Having decided which party to vote for at an election, you discover that the selected candidate used to row for LMBC. What do you do?

Vote for another party: I could never support anything to do with LMBC		7%

Vote for another party: any LMBCite is going to be incompetent		7%

Vote for the same party: candidates' personal lives are irrelevant		0%

Vote for the same party: come on, we're talking about running the country here, there are limits to disliking LMBC		7%

Stand against them just to prove that anything they can do we can do better		80%

I always find out about the candidate before deciding how to vote, so this would not apply to me		0%

Total: 15 members' votes

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