Yea yea yea, we all love BumpIt, but it seems to be lacking some options. Which of the following is likely to happen at some point during bumps week (up to and including post-bop carnage)
Blades: M1
39%
Blades: M2
30%
Blades: M3
30%
Blades: M4
23%
Blades: M5
20%
Blades: W1
64%
Blades: W2
80%
Blades: W3
18%
All FaT boats to spoon
7%
Holes to appear in all Jesus' boats - FaT to retain Michell cup
34%
FaT to bump Caius
59%
Caius to bump FaT
5%
LMBC to be too red
77%
FaT buftys to outnumber everyone else on the river (including rowers)
61%
FaT to form a secret cartel to fix the BumpIt results
16%
NT to drive at >100mph with no brakes from York, every day to try and make the gun
61%
FaTAMS epidemic to occur
5%
JPD, NT, RTT, JWE etc to injure themselves in comic fashion on the towpath
55%
Iain to run down Ian T and break his arm
11%
Ian T to run down Iain and break his leg
7%
Coker to turn up drunk to one or more races
43%
Any member of FaT to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language'
64%
Coker to be fined for 'foul and abusive behaviour/language'
45%
LW to crash TR2
30%
LW to miss men's division, ABL to cox M2 (not going to happen :P)
18%
Incest chart to be in need of updating
84%
Buftys to (try and) seduce 'innocent' younger FaTers
73%
BCD to result in being banned
16%
BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point
2%
BCD speeches to be short, succinct and to the point (in the minds of the speakers)
It has been suggested that the new women's Mays kit should be blue and gold bikinis. Less (/fewer?) tan lines, and proof, if needed, that we are (all) female. Aye or Nay?
It was suggested on the pub crawl that the site's login page (i.e. the navy blue background with the two large crests) be replaced with an animated lion who walks in from one side before stopping in the right pose. Thoughts?
They're ensuring that high standards are maintained
66%
They're standing in the way of an evolving language
31%
There's no one quite like Grammar...
3%
Total: 35 members' votes
A beautiful game?
On Saturday (March 17th), FaTTBC FC will play BPBC FC in the final of the inaugural Football Challenge Pot. You're not a betting (wo)man, but if you were...?
FaT to win easily
30%
FaT to win narrowly
24%
FaT to win on penalties
8%
BPBC to win on penalties
8%
BPBC to win narrowly
14%
BPBC to win easily
11%
Seb to lose easily
41%
No injuries
0%
Minor injuries only
32%
One major injury
14%
Multiple major injuries
8%
Multiple major injuries to one person
32%
No cards
8%
Yellow cards only
24%
One red card
11%
Multiple red cards
30%
A full-blown fracas leading to FA charges
27%
FaT to score first
46%
BPBC to score first
30%
FaT to fail to score at all
3%
BPBC to fail to score at all
16%
FaT to concede a penalty
30%
BPBC to concede a penalty
38%
Anyone to score with a header
19%
Anyone to score with a volley
14%
Anyone to score from outside the area
43%
Anyone to score from his own half
16%
Anyone to score an own goal
54%
Anyone to score a hat-trick
22%
Anyone to score at the post-match social
49%
Streaker (FaT underwear)
38%
Streaker (inferior underwear)
5%
Streaker (no underwear)
5%
No WAGs present
11%
1-5 WAGs present
46%
6-10 WAGs present
11%
11+ WAGs present
14%
FaT's destructive gambling culture to be exposed in Varsity in the build-up to the game
19%
BPBC's specially commissioned spyplane and listening devices employed at FaT training sessions to be exposed in The Cambridge Student in the build-up to the game
16%
Lorry to be seen daydreaming
49%
Will Laffan to win a header
16%
Tom Coker to turn up too drunk to play
57%
James Strawson to turn up on the wrong day
43%
Richard Fletcher to claim he's 'fed up of not winning anything' after the game
22%
Mark Sankey to do a fartlek session at half-time while smiling
24%
Seb to do a fartlek session at half-time while grimacing
57%
Seb to suffer abuse for being German
84%
Phil to suffer abuse for being ginger
70%
QB James Scott to shout 'Red, Red, 72, 72'
30%
Neil to be accused of sexism for failing to select any girls for BPBC
62%
Dan Darley to cycle to and from the game from London
49%
Dan Holland to 'do a Din' (i.e. require hospital treatment for exhaustion)
22%
Ingers to 'do an Ingers'
35%
Graham to 'do a Graham'
27%
Simon Blackburn to attempt to have the game called off for health and safety reasons
19%
BPBC to attempt to have the game called off because Bryn tries to play his ringer
27%
Jon Glass to do the 'robot dance' after scoring
41%
John Earl to provide a half-time 'keepy-uppy' masterclass
24%
Eton Boy to ask where the Wall is
41%
Matt Byrne to crown a mazy dribble from his own half with an outrageous left-foot chip over the onrushing goalkeeper
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.)
Yeah yeah Lent VIIIs we love you and all, but let's spread that love. In the style of the well known but trademarked movie awards, who should get the 'best supporting crew' award?
Estimate the total number of places lost or gained by our crews (in total) this week. We have 8 crews on the River, and could go up a total of 28 places if all crews gain blades with no overbumps.
They're ensuring that high standards are maintained
50%
They're standing in the way of an evolving language
50%
There's no one quite like Grammar...
0%
Total: 2 members' votes
The Big One
neither
2%
men
22%
women
5%
both
71%
Total: 41 members' votes
Day tickets
The ARA is abolishing day tickets next month and entry into all open regattas and heads will require ARA membership (unless they run dodgy events e.g. CRA only). Which of these do you agree with?
It will have no effect on me whatsoever
56%
I have regularly used day tickets as I do 1 or 2 open events each year and this will stop me racing
6%
I fear that there will be less people for me to race at events I go to
21%
It's good because it will stop people with lots of points cheating by entering on a day ticket with 0 points
With only two competitions left before the Lents and, more importantly, BumpIT, which is traditionally the best indicator of who's going up and who's going down?
It seems you can't have a game of football these days without a load of OTT build-up. We're having a game of football, how can we best hype it up?
Just a note on the blackboard @GG on the day of the game
5%
Special section of this website
14%
Kick off is moved to accommodate tv schedules - debate over whether the organisers have sold out
23%
Richard Keys of SkySports calls it 'the most important game of football that's ever been played'
5%
Speaking before the game, Neil Talbott is quoted as saying the following when asked about Bryn 'But I'll tell ya - you can tell him now if you're watching it - we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Cramner Road and get something, and.
5%
Graham Fisher breaks a metatarsal next week, leading to speculation regarding his participation in the game
The Glastonbury Festival have announced that the 2007 Festival tickets will be personalised with photos to prevent touting. Another event in June which costs a lot of money and has an issue with security is the May Ball. Which of these security measures should the Ball adopt?
Prescreening of applicants to ensure they are buying tickets for their own use
4%
Photos on tickets
16%
Fingerprints
4%
Iris recognition
4%
All guests required to wear gold socks
52%
Replacing tickets with tattos
16%
Doubling the price to take the floor out of the tout market
0%
Give up - let the free market take over
4%
Total: 25 members' votes
What's the best Christmas record ever?
So 'Best Christmas #1' sees a resounding victory for Bohemian Rhapsody, as made famous by the 2001 2nd May VIII. However, many of the best Christmas singles never made it to #1, being kept off by such abominations as the Pet Shop Boys. Which of the following is your all-time favourite Christmas track (carols etc excluded)?
We have a lot of new boats in need of names. Two new eights, two new sculls, the Light Four and the Coastal Four. Either pick your favourites from the options below (one for each boat), or suggest another.
By the time you read this, it will probably have been confirmed that this year's Christmas #1 is another atrocious offering from the latest winner of X-Factor. But it wasn't always like this: once upon a time, when Snickers were Marathons and a shag was a common cormorant, Christmas #1 records were enduring classics. What's your all-time favourite?
Here In My Heart (Al Martino, 1952)
0%
Answer Me (Frankie Laine, 1953)
0%
Let's Have Another Party (Winifred Atwell, 1954)
0%
Christmas Alphabet (Dickie Valentine, 1955)
0%
Just Walkin' In The Rain (Johnnie Ray, 1956)
0%
Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte, 1957)
0%
It's Only Make Believe (Conway Twitty, 1958)
0%
What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (Emile Ford & The Checkmates, 1959)
0%
I Love You (Cliff Richard & The Shadows, 1960)
0%
Moon River (Danny Williams, 1961)
0%
Return To Sender (Elvis Presley, 1962)
0%
I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles, 1963)
0%
I Feel Fine (The Beatles, 1964)
0%
Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (The Beatles, 1965)
0%
The Green Grass Of Home (Tom Jones, 1966)
0%
Hello Goodbye (The Beatles, 1967)
4%
Lily The Pink (Scaffold, 1968)
0%
Two Little Boys (Rolf Harris, 1969)
4%
I Hear You Knockin' (Dave Edmunds, 1970)
0%
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (Benny Hill, 1971)
0%
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (Little Jimmy Osmond, 1972)
0%
Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade, 1973)
11%
Lonely This Christmas (Mud, 1974)
0%
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen, 1975)
36%
When A Child Is Born (Soleado) (Johnny Mathis, 1976)
0%
Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School (Wings, 1977)
0%
Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord (Boney M, 1978)
0%
Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd, 1979)
7%
There's No One Quite Like Grandma (St Winifred's School Choir, 1980)
0%
Don't You Want Me (The Human League, 1981)
4%
Save Your Love (Renee & Renato, 1982)
0%
Only You (The Flying Pickets, 1983)
0%
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid, 1984)
4%
Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens, 1985)
0%
Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson, 1986)
0%
Always On My Mind (The Pet Shop Boys, 1987)
4%
Mistletoe & Wine (Cliff Richard, 1988)
0%
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II, 1989)
0%
Saviour's Day (Cliff Richard, 1990)
0%
Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen, 1991)
4%
I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston, 1992)
0%
Mr Blobby (Mr Blobby, 1993)
4%
Stay Another Day (East 17, 1994)
11%
Earth Song (Michael Jackson, 1995)
0%
2 Become 1 (Spice Girls, 1996)
0%
Too Much (Spice Girls, 1997)
0%
Goodbye (Spice Girls, 1998)
0%
I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun (Westlife, 1999)
0%
Can We Fix It? (Bob The Builder, 2000)
0%
Somethin' Stupid (Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman, 2001)
0%
Sound Of The Underground (Girls Aloud, 2002)
4%
Mad World (Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules, 2003)
4%
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20, 2004)
4%
That's My Goal (Shayne Ward, 2005)
0%
Total: 28 members' votes
The lycra debate: it rumbles on
Last week's poll caused more conversation than the usual. Let's have some in depth analysis.
All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look sexy
29%
All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look wrong
4%
Tech tops and leggings are one thing, it's all in ones I have a problem with
36%
It's not the material, it's the design: hoops make me look FaT
11%
I won the Fairbairn Cup in 1956 in my single scull wearing cotton slacks and a zephyr
Have you ever been injured whilst training for rowing?
People are always getting injured. It's something that happens a lot and always seems to be at exactly the wrong time. An injured squad member can lose a crew a race (or their replacement win a race...), and it's always devastating to take time out when the club's doing really well.
No, never, I'm an undergrad - you have to be over 20 to start worrying about injuries, right?!
8%
No, never, I warm up properly, warm down properly, miss sessions if I feel ill and always look after myself - my body is a temple!
8%
Yes, I've been injured, but I rowed through the pain/broken ankle (and won the Fairbairns, in my single scull)
16%
Yes, I got injured, but went to the sports injury clinic (Mon, Wed, Fri mornings drop-in clinic at Addenbrooke's physio dept) and they sorted me out
12%
Yes, I rowed through it and made it much worse, I really f**ked myself over for the sake of a couple of minor events and subsequently missed some important races
16%
I routinely get admitted to hospital/row whilst on crutches/train against specific doctor's orders/am called Neil Talbott
12%
I am/was a triallist and we have a squad physio to sort out injuries and everything!
Many FaTties will be training away from the Cam at the moment. Hopefully they are all using respectable kit, but let's make sure....
Dark blue (with or without a gold band)
27%
Black with a dark blue tip and a gold cat and buns
18%
Cambridge blue
0%
Orange
0%
Yellow
0%
Green
0%
Indigo
0%
Violet
0%
Black
9%
White
18%
Pink
9%
Red
18%
Total: 11 members' votes
Are you addicted to rowing?
Many of us find there are times in our lives when rowing becomes a little more important than other things. But are you addicted? Use this well known questionaire to guage your addiction.
Score one or more? You ought to think about Rowers Anonymous...
I feel that I ought to cut down
24%
I get annoyed when people suggest I should cut down
71%
I feel guilty because of the amount I row
12%
I need an early morning eye-opener session just to survive
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
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?
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
Could you have written a better poll than this one?
With only half an hour left before the deadline there were still no polls submitted. Was this one worth it?
This is probably my favourite poll so far and I am happy with my decision not to submit one
13%
You win some, you lose some
10%
This poll is a pile of poo, but I couldn't think of a better one so have no right to complain
30%
The Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's could have come up with better
23%
I was looking forward to Favourite T-Shirt Part II
The electronic flag on the CUCBC website may well override/replace the physical flag at Goldie in the near future. It'll be accessible by internet or WAP. Given that the internet isn't yet available in the boat house, will we still be able to find out what colour the flag is?
I have a WAP phone and I'm not afraid to use it!
40%
I think I have a WAP phone but I don't know how it works
Rich and Dan have rowed across the Atlantic and are surely deserving a well-earned break. But once they've rested and feel like doing something extreme again, which of these events or teams should they compete in/for?
As requested a couple of weeks ago in the Deal or No Deal poll.
Giver
77%
Taker
23%
Total: 26 members' votes
What is your greatest fear when rowing on the Thames?
I believe all of these have been encountered by FaT / CU members at some point (with the possible exception of the CowboyNeal option). Which one gives you most nightmares?
When should we schedule the pre-Boat Race pub crawl?
Recent years have seen members of First & Third and Black Prince tour the 10 pubs that overlook the Championship course on one of the days before the Boat Race. There are several possible dates for this in 2006, each with pros and cons. Which should go in the diary?
Saturday 25 March (pro: day of the men's 8s Head so more people than usual in London, with some working up a thirst. Race is at 11:30 so enough drinking time afterwards - just. And no work tomorrow. Con: Lots of other rowers getting in the way)
14%
Sunday 26 March (pro: nothing else going on that day. Con: work the next day, plus will people still be in SW London after watching the race yesterday?)
23%
Saturday 1 April (pro: eve of Boat Race, lie-in tomorrow. Con: clashes with Henley races - Henley lacks sufficient pubs to replicate crawl.)
45%
Sunday 2 April (pro: day of boat race, so lots of people there. Race is late afternoon so could be a crawl with Race in the middle, and bonus pints at the boat club bars. Con: lots of people in SW London. Work the next day.)
Who fills your stocking; Father Christmas, or Santa Claus?
What do you reckon the guy in red with the white beard and the reindeer and the sleigh who comes down the chimney and eats the mince pies and sherry is called?
After how much rowing would you have classified yourself a boatie rather than just a rower?
Are you in a boatie relationship? Do you spend more than two hours a day at the boathouse? Have you ever worn lycra for anything except rowing? Are more than fifty percent of your friends rowers? Do you arrive (late) at lectures in your splashtop? Come to think of it, do you miss most of your lectures/supervisions because you're still at the boathouse? If the answer to more than two of these questions is yes, you are a boatie. But how long did it take for this addiction to creep up on you?
I was a boatie before I arrived at Trinity
6%
They got me at the Chaplains Squash and it's been downhill ever since
26%
As soon as I'd been tubbing
2%
By midway through my novice term
30%
After I'd done Clare Novices
0%
After novice Fairbairns
2%
Once I'd experienced my first Bumps
21%
Once I'd experienced Bumps, in the warm sunshine, with Pimms afterwards
Macaroni goes with a cheesy sauce. Fusilli goes with a tomatoey sauce. Spaghetti was invented to go with bolognese, and you can't have cannelloni without spinach and ricotta. All of these shapes have their merits, but do they actually taste different from one another?
Many people have bad dreams. Some people dream about rowing. Sometimes people have bad dreams about rowing. But which of these thoughts is most likely to have you waking up in a cold sweat?
Could be live or on TV / Radio. Or even a combination.
Cricket
29%
Cycling
0%
Football
21%
Golf
4%
Rowing
4%
Rugby
13%
Tennis
4%
Women's Nude Mud Wrestling
25%
Total: 24 members' votes
Is the web poll getting stale?
This week's original poll was a repeat of an earlier poll. Is the poll getting stale? Turn out rates suggest that voter apathy is not a problem. Have the old coffin dodgers who used to contribute run out of ideas? Or have they retired, leaving a void yet to be filled by those still in statu pupillare? The main question again: is the web poll getting stale? Vote and discuss.
Summer time, and the living certainly isn't easy. Several members of this website are either slogging their guts out in the City on a summer placement, or know what it's like, having done so in the past. What's the point?
I'm gaining a valuable insight into the industry that I want to work for
29%
I'm gaining a valuable insight and I realise it's not an industry I want to work for
21%
I now realise student life is so cushy and I may well do a masters to avoid this for as long as possible
93%
How do people put up with commuting? It sucks
29%
I love commuting... there's a train and it goes underground and everything!
7%
I'm being given interesting work and contributing to the company
43%
I have menial tasks and do not feel valued
21%
They keep taking me out for drinks etc
43%
There are no social activities in the evening because I'm still working
0%
Everything seems so expensive here
29%
I'm not doing an internship because I'm working in the pub at home
0%
I'm not doing an internship because I'd rather have a long summer holiday
29%
The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv
21%
The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv once I've hyped it up a bit
36%
Now I realise why the bufties keep coming up to Cambridge
