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... )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... )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... )Best T-shirt: part 1 Limited to 1st & 3rd t-shirts only, pre Year 2000. Based only on memory and this site's photo archives; apologies for errors.
The meek may inherit the earth, but they can stay the hell off the river 27% We are better than you 42% Think you're a bit tasty do you? COME ON THEN! (2nd Men, May 1997) 12% Beat Me! (children's sized t-shirt) (3rd Men, May 1997) 15% The A-Team (Novice Men, 1997) 4% Chomp (2nd Men, Lent 1998) 0% Gold Sox: Way out of your league baby (2nd Women, Lent 1998) 0% BoatShift (parody of CICCU campaign) (4th Men, Lent 1998) 0% The Full Boaty (The Full Monty parody) (3rd Men, May 1998) 0% Boat Crawl (Novice Men, 1998) 0% Trinity Mermaids (2nd Women, May 1999) 0%
Total: 26 members' votes (5 comments... )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... )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... )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... )Should the Grads row in those really, really, nasty looking yellowey-orange too-tight tops again? Here's a
picture of last year's crew in all their glory.
Yes! It's incredible sexy, and I would wear it in Cindies. 65% No! I'd rather be at Oxford... 35%
Total: 34 members' votes (15 comments... )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 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 23%
Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment... )What should be the next FaT international campaign? After the successful raid on Berlin, what should the club try next?
Banyoles training camp 6% Head of the Charles 13% Royal Canadian Henley 3% Trinity College Dublin Regatta 29% Sulkava Rowing Race 3% Beijing 2008 6% Bomb France 32% Invade Poland (bet the captain starts this one) 6%
Total: 31 members' votes How many training sessions/week have you averaged since the Lents? A training session must be at least 30 minutes long to count.
ten or more (dedication's what you need) 7% seven, eight or nine (ahead of the game) 11% four, five or six (most days, but not if I'm tired) 33% two or three (some days, and only if it's sunny) 22% one (just couldn't be arsed, really) 11% zero (training during holidays is pointless) 15%
Total: 27 members' votes (8 comments... )In how many different countries have you rowed?
One 33% Two 33% Three 6% Four 9% Five 3% Six 3% Seven or more 12% None 0%
Total: 33 members' votes (2 comments... )Are you happy to be given unsolicited coaching during outings?
Yes 67% No 17% Only if it also involves fisticuffs 17%
Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment... )Fastest 2k on a rowing lake? What is the fastest you have covered 2000m on a still rowing lake?
< 5:30 4% 5:30 - 5:40 0% 5:40 - 5:50 4% 5:50 - 6:00 8% 6:00 - 6:10 8% 6:10 - 6:20 8% 6:20 - 6:30 0% 6:30 - 6:40 8% 6:40 - 6:50 0% 6:50 - 7:00 0% 7:00 - 7:10 4% 7:10 - 7:20 0% 7:20 - 7:30 0% > 7:30 0% Never done one 56%
Total: 25 members' votes (13 comments... )Best rowing related computer game?
BumpIt 63% Bumpsdaq 2003 13% Bumpsdaq 2004/5 4% Cambridge coxing game 0% Su-ro 4% Weight / Height / Boat type adjustment of 2k scores in Excel 0% Tetris 17%
Total: 24 members' votes (8 comments... )Best Lents photo? Martin has captured some great moments these Lents, but which was the best?
M1 narrowly miss out on the headship - 10% W1 bump Jesus in their hardest-earned bump to date - 0% M2 undertake Downing around Ditton - 3% M3 get the 3rd VIII headship - 5% W2 sink Downing - 65% M4 win their blades - 13% M5 are the only 5th VIII in the Lents - 5%
Total: 40 members' votes (2 comments... )Who will be the next FaT crew to go Head of the Lents?
Total: 40 members' votes At what temperature should the red wine be served at Lents dinner?
Just below boiling point 12% Body temperature 4% Room temperature 31% Fridge temperature 15% Frozen 38%
Total: 26 members' votes (10 comments... )WAP? 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 26% No, my phone definitely doesn't have WAP 17% WAPTF? 17%
Total: 35 members' votes (36 comments... )What is your favourite ice-based event NOT in the Winter Olympics? Add your own below.
Giant Snowball Rolling 28% Ice Cricket 16% Ice Fishing 0% Ice Hockey (car) 3% Luge (car) 9% Luge (vodka) 16% Ski Jumping (car) 16% Tea Tray Sliding 3% Climbing Mount Washington 9%
Total: 32 members' votes (4 comments... )Which of these Winter Olympic sports is your favourite? To do or to watch, it's up to you.
Ice Dancing 22% Luge 19% Downhill (skiing) 32% Skeleton 5% Slalom (skiing) 5% Super-G (skiing) 3% Ski Jumping 5% Curling 8%
Total: 37 members' votes (26 comments... )What next? 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?
Total: 23 members' votes (9 comments... )Are you a giver or a taker? As requested a couple of weeks ago in the Deal or No Deal poll.
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?
Snapped rudder strings 13% The Harbour Master 0% The Black Buoy 13% Fulham Flats 17% Gastroenteritis 13% Sofas 9% Acer Nethercott 0% Donald Legget 26% Whales 9%
Total: 23 members' votes (5 comments... )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.) 18%
Total: 22 members' votes (2 comments... )Deal or No Deal
Deal 7% No deal 26% I calcuate (total prize fund left / boxes remaining) while Edmonds is talking to the bank and if it's lower than the offer then it's Deal 22% I have no idea what you're talking about 44%
Total: 27 members' votes (10 comments... )First and Third 2005 Fashion Awards Vote for your top three fashion innovations of 2005
Total: 25 members' votes (3 comments... )New Year's Resolutions
train more 66% train less 16% win blades 31% qualify for/row at Henley 19% beat Oxford 6% take a break from rowing 22% take up rowing again 19% do all the stretches my physio tells me to do 25% row (across/on) the English Channel 19% wash my kit 56% spend less time on this website 34% spend more time on this website 19% get on a Boat Club committee 9% stomp 56% get a (new) job 34% buft 31% win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals 3% drink more (alcohol) 16% drink less (alcohol) 34% get more blue and gold clothes 31% trial for GB/CU 9% not make any resolutions 16%
Total: 32 members' votes (2 comments... )Which of these did you eat/drink on Christmas Day? This isn't ordinary Christmas food; this is First and Third Christmas food...
Smoked salmon & scrambled egg 8% (Home cooked) ham 28% Full English fry-up 3% Bucks Fizz 18% Champagne/Cava/similar 46% Alcohol before 11am local time (does not include Communion) 36% Crisps 44% Some sort of chocolate snack/bar 64% Shortbread 8% Turkey 72% Gammon 0% Game 0% Duck 5% Goose 5% Vegetarian alternative 8% A non-poultry alternative (let us know below) 10% Sausagemeat 56% Potatoes 92% Sprouts 62% Parsnips 49% Carotts 77% Peas 33% Yorkshire Puds 15% Other vegetables 51% Stuffing 72% Bread Sauce 31% Cranberry sauce 54% Gravy 92% Some sort of BBQ or similar because you're in the Southern hemisphere 5% Red wine 59% White wine 67% Port 18% Brandy 13% Whisky 13% Other spirit 33% Mince pie 46% Christmas Pudding 49% The coin from the Christmas Pudding 0% Other pudding 49% Cream 36% Ice cream 15% Brandy Butter 31% Sugar 28% Cold turkey (e.g. in sandwich) 18% Other sandwich 3% Cup of tea 49% Bubble & Squeak 0% Second helpings of any of the above 79% Any of the above repeated at seperate meals or doubling up as a snack 49% Tree decorations 18% Chestnuts (open fire optional) 10% Riveta 3% Water 82% None of the above 3%
Total: 39 members' votes (3 comments... )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?
Father Christmas 69% Santa Claus 14% My parents 17%
Total: 36 members' votes Rich and Dan Now they're off, you can be honest. They're:
Barking 77% Brave 74% Brilliant 74%
Total: 31 members' votes (5 comments... )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 4% Me, a boatie?! I don't think so! 9%
Total: 47 members' votes (8 comments... )Do different pasta shapes taste different? 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?
Total: 42 members' votes (19 comments... )Which club will do best in the Clare Novice Regatta? Based on
First and Third Trinity BC 51% Caius BC 0% Christ's College BC 3% Churchill College BC 0% Clare BC 0% Clare Hall BC 0% Corpus Christi College BC 0% Darwin College BC 0% Downing College BC 0% Emmanuel College BC 0% Fitzwilliam College BC 3% Girton College BC 0% Homerton College BC 0% Hughes Hall BC 3% Jesus College BC 3% King's College BC 0% LMBC 15% Lucy Cavendish BC 0% Magdalene BC 0% New Hall BC 3% Newnham College BC 0% Pembroke College BC 0% Peterhouse BC 3% Queens' College BC 0% Robinson College BC 0% St Catharine's College BC 0% St Edmund's College BC 0% Selwyn College BC 0% Sidney Sussex College BC 0% Trinity Hall BC 0% Wolfson College BC 0% CULRC 18%
Total: 39 members' votes (19 comments... )Which is sweeter?
Winning men's and women's fours in the space of 30 minutes 71% Beating LMBC four times in a week 26% Chocolate 3%
Total: 31 members' votes Who is the most comedy selfish bastard?
Edmund Blackadder 63% Basil Fawlty 0% Homer Simpson 7% Alan Partridge 23% Steve Stiffler 0% Withnail 3% Oscar Schindler 3%
Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment... )What's the best exercise for when you're stuck in a queue? Bear in mind ability to get moving quickly if needed, and effects of stream and wind and constrained spaces.
Roll ups 12% Frontstops tapping 8% Backstops tapping 4% Standing up in the boat (i.e. by taking a stroke) 4% Cutting the cake 0% Swapping blades between sides 4% Pausing on the recovery 8% Everyone swap seats 62%
Total: 26 members' votes (14 comments... )What is/was your favourite VIII Everyone has a favourite boat, past or present.
BP1 26% Denys Lawrence 12% BP2 21% Margot 3% BP3 [Karlische] 18% BP4 [Aylings] 0% BP5 [the wooden thing] 6% Peter Brandt 9% Titan 0% Conqueror 3% Fair Maid of Kent 0% Henry 3%
Total: 34 members' votes (23 comments... )I remember when...
you could walk past Sainsbury's without noticing it was there 33% everything in the Bridge Street accommodation was wonky, leaking, or live 45% Burrell's Field only had the big houses 3% half the computers in the computer room would have blue screens which you couldn't unlock 35% the first model C ergs arrived at the boathouse 13% the rising bollards in Trinity Street were put in 18% the bar was in the corner of Great Court 25% the dining hall went through the phase of putting banana on everything (e.g. Salmon Caprice) 48% the bop involved a live DJ, not a computer 33% all the furniture in College rooms was like the stuff in the boathouse now 35% no one had swipe cards 10% Cindy's was Cindy's 8% Cindy's was 5th Avenue 58% Eden Lily was more than a photography shop 33% The Baron of Beef and the Mitre were dingy pubs 58% The maths department was in town 38% BP2 (Janousek) was BP1 20% BP4 (Aylings) was BP1 0% BP3 was BP1 3% the river flooded 55% the river froze 13% the river was covered with green scum (and I mean the whole river, not just the odd patch) 18% there was a NatWest at Great Gate 45% Formal Hall cost three pounds or less 38% you paid for meals with little tickets with the number of courses written on them 53% there was a Z Blue Boar 40% novices rowed 15 minutes after the seniors 35% none of the above 30%
Total: 40 members' votes (18 comments... )How often do you check the website?
Every minute 3% Every hour 10% Three or four times a day 50% Daily 23% Weekly 10% Monthly 0% Annually 0% I have never checked the website 3%
Total: 30 members' votes (7 comments... )Who would make the best dominatrix ?
Catherine Aiken 38% Emily Booker 22% Honey Duan 16% Anna McCreadie 6% Rachel Munro 9% Pia Schaefer 0% Sarah Taylor 0% Bron 9%
Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment... )Flintoff: Could you? Have you?
I have drunk as much as Flintoff is reported to have done in one session. 5% I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did. 33% I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did - but I plan to try. 48% I have not drunk as much as Flintoff did in my life. 14%
Total: 21 members' votes What will the final score be in the Ashes? England's score first.
3-1 18% 2-1 41% 2-2 23% 1-1 0% 1-2 0% 1-3 0% 5-0 18%
Total: 22 members' votes (1 comment... )The stuff of nightmares 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?
being bumped by LMBC 48% losing to Oxford 36% forgetting the lifejacket while coxing in bumps 4% being moved to the three seat 28% last 30 seconds of a 2k erg test 40% being single at the bop 20% an alcohol ban at Formal Hall 16% a worldwide shortage of malt loaf 32% being fastest non-qualifier at HRR 12% only having 7 riggers in Putney 20% Dan and Rich's anti-chafing measures 40%
Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment... )What training techniques/aids do you normally use? Most of the below are used by professional athletes to keep up with the competition. Which are most used at First and Third?N.B. to select an option you should use it regularly - so buying lucozade occasionally from the lard cupboard doesn't count for Sports drink .
Sports drinks 41% Vitamin/mineral supplements 22% Protein supplements 7% Heart rate monitor 48% Training diary 44% Stretching sessions 59% Core stability work outs 63% Alexander technique training 4% Visualisation 15% Other specialised training technique(s) - elaborate below 0% None of the above 15%
Total: 27 members' votes (3 comments... )Favourite sport to watch? 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.
Total: 23 members' votes (24 comments... )Internships 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 64%
Total: 14 members' votes (4 comments... )Can you be bothered to vote?
Total: 29 members' votes (7 comments... )Who is/was the greatest oar of all time?
Abbagnale (brothers, any of them) 0% Ned Hanlan 0% Sir Matthew Pinsent 29% Sir Steve Redgrave 48% James Tomkins 5% Rob Waddell 14% Dreissigacker (brothers, inventors of the ergo) 5%
Total: 21 members' votes (16 comments... )At which sport do Black Prince have the best chance of beating FaT (other than rowing)?
Cricket 0% Golf 0% Triathlon 65% Atlantic Rowing 92% Earning More Money 85% Drinking 35% Chess 4%
Total: 26 members' votes (18 comments... )Daddy or Chips?
Total: 13 members' votes (2 comments... )Which of the following will we see first? I'm sure all of these events will occur at some point in the future, but which will be first?
FaT win Uni M4+ 8% FaT win Uni W4+ 8% FaT actually beats an inferior LMBC in the Uni LM4- 8% Lents Headship 31% Mays Headship 0% Women's Lents Headship 4% Women back in 1st May Division 31% BPBC don't win Fairbairns category 8% RTT drops below 72kg again 4%
Total: 26 members' votes (19 comments... )What next? After rowing across the Channel, what will the club do next?
Boston Marathon 50% Great River Race 5% Record attempt on rowing the length of the Cam/Ouse 5% Row to Lincoln 5% Beat BPBC in the Fairbairn Cup 9% Mays Headship 14% Successfully enter a 1x into the GoR 14%
Total: 22 members' votes Your favourite Bumps The Lents & Mays are quite different experiences through the contrasting weather, number of crews, different spectators, work and social distractions etc... Which do you prefer?
Lents 24% Mays 76% Oxford City 0%
Total: 29 members' votes What was your favourite Bumps race report? Everyone knows that the real purpose of racing is to write a good report afterwards. Which of this year's
May Bumps reports was your favourite?
M1 - Describing Maggie as 'hench' 6% W1 - Haikus and Limericks 10% M3 - Smiley Mark's blacksmith metaphor 16% M3 - Christoph's tale of Icarus 13% W3 - Counting strokes until the bump 3% M4 - Top Gun quotes 16% Caius M2 describing FaT M2 - 'I swear they had a rocket launcher on their stern!' 32% Other 3%
Total: 31 members' votes Which boat performed best in the Bumps? Not mathematically but achievementally
1st Men 10% 1st Women 10% 2nd Men 77% 2nd Women 0% 3rd Men 0% 3rd Women 0% 4th Men 0% 4th Women 0% 5th Men 0% Atlantic Prince 3%
Total: 39 members' votes (11 comments... )Bumps is all about... ...one or more of the following...
Good technique 20% Hyper-fitness 20% Mental strength 58% Sheer teeth-gritting tenacity 70% Core stability 13% Matching kit 40% Blades 50% Spoons 15% Boat damage 30% The thrill of the chase 55% Mays dinner 63% The bop 45% A pint at the plough in the early evening 18% M1 35% W1 25% Marshalling 5% Those few seconds of silence before the gun 48% The weeks of training beforehand 23% The alcohol bans 13% The start 48% The rating 15% Grassy 18% The quick bump 28% The satisfying 'reach' bump 25% The slow grind and just before the line bump 8% Hitting Maggie 55% The stomp 75% Crew pastas 35% The race reports 43% The FaT mobile update system 25% Being a DU/SU 18% The callouses 5% The glory 45% The pain 45% Crew showers 15% Having fun (?!) 40% Blood, sweat and tears 30%
Total: 40 members' votes (8 comments... )Will the 2nd VIII or the women get into the 1st division first? The women are surely far too low in the rankings, starting 1st in division 2, but after holding off Queens they will be hard pushed to take a fast Darwin crew before the Darwin crew bumps out. The 2nd VIII could also move into the top flight on day one if they can manage the extraordinary and take down Caius II in Div 2 followed by Peterhouse in Div 1 as sandwich boat. Who will do it first?
Men II 19% Women I 45% both manage it on same day 19% neither manage it all week 5% Men III 12%
Total: 42 members' votes (2 comments... )What should Smiley Mark wear on University Challenge? Our Sec is captaining the Trinity side in the challenge of challenges... how should he make his allegiances known?
Boatclub Tie 46% Boatclub bow tie 15% Boatclub boxers 37% Boatclub boxers (only) 12% Boatclub Blazer 22% All-in-One 17% Zephyr 7% Stripeys 22% Stripey antipodean kit 2% Gold Socks 71% Other (please specify!) 12%
Total: 41 members' votes (66 comments... )Suicide Sunday - What's it to be? Any or all (you'll be lucky) of the following...
Punting race v Johns 39% Punting regatta - FaT takes on the world 16% Punt to Granchester 45% BBQ 50% Invade another clubs Garden Party 21% Health Spa 8% Childish and immature games on Jesus Green 11% Childish and immature games on the backs 24% Childish and immature games on punts 42% Bridge jumping 21% Treasure hunt 26% Drinking tennis 5% Drinking football 3% Drinking rock/paper/scissors 5% Wet T-shirt competition 53% Water fight 34% Rounders (I have a bat and ball) 18% Other (please specify) 5%
Total: 38 members' votes (4 comments... )Chin Up Chicken
With Bread 79% Without Bread 21%
Total: 24 members' votes Would you bed your bedder?
I already do 3% Yes - she's well fit 7% Yes - it's the only way I'd get any 3% Only if I was drunk 7% Only if someone paid me 14% No - she reminds me of my grandma 66%
Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments... )What should the club have as its 3 letter ARA code? All clubs soon have to have a 3 letter ARA code for their boats, which is used at eg. the Nat. Champs. and on the Tideway. Currently ours is FTT, but we have an option to change it. What should we have?
FTT 7% FTR (easy to add to existing TR numbers) 0% CTR (Cambridge, Trinity - similar) 2% FAT 81% CAT 0% BUN 0% RTT 10% XXX 0%
Total: 42 members' votes (18 comments... )Opinion Poll If there was a general election tomorrow, for whom would you vote?
Conservative 27% Green 2% Labour 7% Liberal Democrat 46% a national party in Wales/Scotland/Ireland 2% Monster Raving Looney 7% Respect 0% UKIP 0% Veritas 0% Other 0% Spoil ballot 0% Deliberate abstention 7% Don't Know 0%
Total: 41 members' votes (19 comments... )Handles Following on from the recent Club Money message board thread, what's your favourite kind of handle?
Wooden (Smooth) 3% Wooden (Rough) 50% Plastic 12% Foam 18% Synthetic Suede 3% Messiah 9% Water Music 6%
Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments... )Favourite Blackadder Episode? A year on from the Cornwall training camp, where I suspect we watched at least 80% of all the Blackadder ever produced, I wonder which episode is most beloved by all? Full scripts can be found
here . Feel free to ask
1.1: The Foretelling 0% 1.2: The Queen of Spain's Beard 0% 1.3: The Archbishop 5% 1.4: Born to be a King 9% 1.5: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant 0% 1.6: The Black Seal 0% 2.1: Head 0% 2.2: Bell 0% 2.3: Potato 0% 2.4: Money 5% 2.5: Beer 5% 2.6: Chains 9% 3.1: Dish and Dishonesty 0% 3.2: Ink and Incapability 14% 3.3: Nob and Nobility 0% 3.4: Sense and Senility 0% 3.5: Amy and Amiability 0% 3.6: Duel and Duality 5% 4.1: Corporal Punishment 5% 4.2: Captain Cook 0% 4.3: Major Star 0% 4.4: Private Plane 0% 4.5: General Hospital 27% 4.6: Goodbyeee 18%
Total: 22 members' votes (8 comments... )Favourite outing type?
UT2 19% Fartlek 6% 2x19' pyramids 10% Power water work 16% 3 courses 32% 6 x 3' 3% 6 x 500m 13% Row to Ely 0% Swapping blades over 0%
Total: 31 members' votes (22 comments... )Optimal Easter vac training? What mix of the following will give you the edge for May Term crew selection?
Lots of sculling (added benefit of tanning) 38% Lots of pairs rowing (also tanning) 56% Numb bum ergo sessions 53% Beach weights 31% Maxim 9% Swimming 22% Rowing diet (it's all about food - sod the exercise) 47% Steroids 19% Tubbing 9% Running 50% Lunges 22% Analysis of 2005 Boat Race technique 28% Shiny new lycra 34% Cox press-ups (2004 2nd May VIII special) 16% Holiday job as a labourer 6% Holiday job in the sporting arena 9% Plenty of fluids... 50%
Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment... )Where will you be on Boat Race day? Last year I watched the Boat Race on television, which had the advantage of me being able to see the whole race (although sadly not the Goldie/Isis race), but the disadvantage of missing out on the brilliant atmosphere on the bank. This year, ITV have the television rights, so I'll probably head down to London. What will everyone else be doing?
On the bank at Hammersmith watching the action live 32% In a pub along the course 9% Watching on the big screens 15% In the launch 0% Listening on the radio 6% Watching on television 56% Supporting Cambridge 94% Supporting Oxford 0% Wearing an item of Cambridge Blue clothing 29% Drunk 26% Revising :( 15% Not watching the boat race, I have better things to do with my time 0%
Total: 34 members' votes (7 comments... )BOAT CLUB We all know there are lots of rules about Boat Club, but with which of them do you agree?
1st RULE: You do not talk about BOAT CLUB. 39% 2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about BOAT CLUB. 43% 3rd RULE: If someone says _stop_ or goes limp, taps out the outing is over. 21% 4th RULE: Only eight guys to a boat. 32% 5th RULE: One boat at a time. 25% 6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes. 50% 7th RULE: Outings will go on as long as they have to. 96% 8th RULE: If this is your first night at BOAT CLUB, you HAVE to row. 57%
Total: 28 members' votes Will the women's boat club gain the Lents Headship within the next 3 years? After their fantastic performance this Lents, it's not that far away. Can they do it in 3 years?
Total: 37 members' votes (16 comments... )Name the new novice VIII Something eye-catching, flash, witty. Something like...
Ricardo 26% Camilla 3% Will Thorne 3% kss@firstandthird.org for formals 10% Break bows here (with a dotted line around the bow section) 23% Nimbus 5000 3% GO ON BRYN! 3% Eat my bows 0% Nick Kingsbury 0% David Jones 0% The Munro (welcomes freshers 8/9 at a time) 3% Penetrator 0% Nothing, it will have to be replaced within a year 0% The Bathtub 0% Log 0% Sir Martin Rees 15% FiT FaT VIII 0% Crab Central 0% We don't need sponsors 3% No name but a comical face with sharks teeth and evil eyes 10%
Total: 39 members' votes (9 comments... )For Valentine's Day I gave... Tick all that apply.
Card 81% Chocolates 42% Dinner 50% Flowers 15% Maxim 15% Underwear 19% Head 35%
Total: 26 members' votes (7 comments... )Where's Ditton? Some people refer to the Ditton end of the reach as the
Top of the reach 32% Bottom of the reach 68%
Total: 37 members' votes (35 comments... )Rampant boaties - what inter/intra-boatclub carnage have you been involved in? We've all been to formal hall lots of times. I'm sure most of us have tried it on with an unsuspecting member of the opposition. But with members (past or present) of how many boatclubs have you actually been successful?
First and Third Trinity BC 84% Caius BC 31% Christ's College BC 28% Churchill College BC 9% Clare BC 34% Clare Hall BC 3% Corpus Christi College BC 13% Darwin College BC 6% Downing College BC (shame on you) 9% Emmanuel College BC 16% Fitzwilliam College BC 6% Girton College BC 16% Homerton College BC 34% Hughes Hall BC 3% Jesus College BC 25% King's College BC 3% LMBC (tut tut) 31% Lucy Cavendish BC (?!) 3% Magdalene BC 13% New Hall BC 19% Newnham College BC 22% Pembroke College BC 41% Peterhouse BC 25% Queens' College BC 16% Robinson College BC 9% St Catharine's College BC 19% St Edmund's College BC 3% Selwyn College BC 19% Sidney Sussex College BC 9% Trinity Hall BC 13% Wolfson College BC 6% Black Prince BC 50% CUBC 13% CULRC 16% CUWBC 22% Leander 3% Rob Roy BC 16% Any other town club 13% Any Oxford club 22%
Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment... )In which boat will the first men race the Lent Bumps? So far they've taken out BP2 and BP3...
Black Prince 1 31% Any one of the other Black Princes 6% A novice shell 17% A different boat every day 11% Fair Maid of Kent 36%
Total: 36 members' votes What constitutes 'cooperation' in the incest chart? A line == a pull. But what is a pull?
Touching 4% Kissing 4% Kissing with tongue (sometimes called 'French kissing', but not by me) 54% Shagging 11% Marriage 4% Mixed double outing 21% A stroke 4%
Total: 28 members' votes (1 comment... )Who do we hate most?
Caius 15% Downing 53% LMBC 32%
Total: 34 members' votes (25 comments... )What's the highest rate you've ever clocked? Bonus points for small boats
less than 40 14% 40-45 18% 46-48 32% 49 0% 50 0% 51 0% 52 9% 53 0% 54 5% 55 5% 56+ 18%
Total: 22 members' votes (9 comments... )New Year's Resolutions This year, I resolve to
train more 73% train less 3% win blades 27% qualify for/row at Henley 27% take a break from rowing 3% take up rowing again 23% do all the stretches my physio tells me to do 37% wash my kit 40% spend less time on this website 30% spend more time on this website 10% stomp 40% get a (new) job 33% smile more 30% buft 40% win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals 3% drink more (alcohol) 17% drink less (alcohol) 27% not make any resolutions 10%
Total: 30 members' votes Who delivered more Christmas presents this year ?
Father Christmas 33% St. Nicholas 6% Santa Claus 11% Kriss Kringle 0% Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 11% Royal Mail 39%
Total: 18 members' votes What is your 2k PW? That's Personal Worst if it's not obvious - only counting pieces you started with the intention of doing a flat out 2k, and discounting any you didn't finish
10:00+ 0% 9:40-9:59 0% 9:20-9:39 0% 9:00-9:19 4% 8:50-8:59 4% 8:40-8:49 4% 8:30-8:39 4% 8:20-8:29 7% 8:10-8:19 0% 8:00-8:09 0% 7:50-7:59 7% 7:40-7:49 14% 7:30-7:39 11% 7:20-7:29 4% 7:10-7:19 21% 7:00-7:09 11% 6:50-6:59 7% 6:40-6:49 0% 6:30-6:39 4% 6:20-6:29 0% 6:10-6:19 0% 6:00-6:09 0% <6:00 0%
Total: 28 members' votes (29 comments... )Which of these have you experienced on an ergo? Following on from our discussion of personal worsts, which of these have you done on an ergo?
Thrown up 48% Got buttock cramp 72% Shat your pants (preferable to rowing for LMBC) 4% Had sex 20% Passed out 4% Given up 72%
Total: 25 members' votes (4 comments... )I won the Fairbairn Cup...
In 1956 10% In 2004 19% For second boats 24% For novices 5% For Fours 10% In my single scull 67%
Total: 21 members' votes How often do you wash your kit?
More than once a week 29% Once a week 24% Once a fortnight 29% Once a month 9% Once a term 3% When it rains 6%
Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments... )What is your 2k PB?
>8:20 6% 8:10-8:19 0% 8:00-8:09 0% 7:50-7:59 12% 7:40-7:49 3% 7:30-7:39 3% 7:20-7:29 0% 7:10-7:19 0% 7:00-7:09 6% 6:50-6:59 12% 6:40-6:49 9% 6:30-6:39 15% 6:20-6:29 18% 6:10-6:19 9% 6:00-6:09 3% 5:50-5:59 0% 5:40-5:49 0% <5:39 3%
Total: 33 members' votes (37 comments... )Allegiance?
Black Prince BC 44% First and Third Trinity BC 56%
Total: 50 members' votes (6 comments... )HoR4s. Select all the options that you think will occur
FaT Men beat BPBC Men 10% FaT Women beat BPBC women 20% FaT Men finish higher than they start 65% FaT Women finish higher than they start 75% FaT Men have a positive net overtaking record 55% FaT Women have a positive net overtaking record 45% FaT men overtaken by BPBC Men 15% FaT Women overtaken by BPBC Women 5% FaT Men best college crew 25% FaT Women best college crew 10% FaT Men get under the 2nd Lamppost 60% FaT Women get under the 2nd Lamppost 45% FaT Men have a huge blade clash 45% FaT Women have a huge blade clash 50% FaT Men have a huge blade clash with FaT Women 10%
Total: 20 members' votes (7 comments... )Which rowing term made you snigger most as a novice?
Stroke 38% Cox box 0% Entry 8% Rack 0% Pull 0% Shaft 46% Scull 0% Rudder 8%
Total: 13 members' votes (9 comments... )It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you? You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most
Scientist 65% Artist 18% Both 12% Neither 6%
Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments... )How should the novices be taught to row?
From backstops 23% From frontstops 42% Slowly 35%
Total: 26 members' votes (25 comments... )Who should the club back as Sports Personality of the Year?
Ben Ainslie 7% Freddie Flintoff 11% Kelly Holmes 50% Amir Khan 4% Colin Montgomerie 7% Matthew Pinsent 14% RTT 7%
Total: 28 members' votes (8 comments... )Simple:
Bowside 45% Strokeside 45% Darkside 10%
Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments... )Favourite Film Trilogy
Godfather 12% Lord of the Rings 42% Back to the Future 15% Matrix 0% American Pie 8% Star Wars (original) 12% Indiana Jones 8% Kill Bill 4%
Total: 26 members' votes (44 comments... )Vote for the Champagne Moment in the BPBCCC FaTBCCC match (if you can remember!)
Crawford surviving his first ball 38% Garrod hitting the game's only six 0% the only Aussie on show (Nigel Kaye) getting the only duck 5% Lea-Cox winning it for FaT off the last ball of the match 10% Ingram's sense of humour failure after a dubious lbw decision 38% Other (state below) 10%
Total: 21 members' votes (9 comments... )Which Olympic sport would you like to see in 2008? Clearly there is a lack of erg games in the current Olympic timetable. Which one would you most like to see there?
10m erg test 35% One arm lowest split 0% Feet out highest rating 18% Arms only 2k 18% Underwater erging 6% Armchair erging 6% Beach erging 12% Synchronised erging 6%
Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment... )London hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 is...
a good idea 81% a bad idea 14% something I'm not sure about 5%
Total: 21 members' votes (10 comments... )What are the most annoying things about using non boat club gyms? Anyone who's ever used a gym - even a posh one - in the holidays will have come across some of these...
People who can't row to the extent that it's painful rather than funny 41% Fat smelly people wearing inappropriate kit to erg in thus showing the room their ugly butt cracks when they erg 18% The fact that there are 100s of running machines but only 3 ergs stuck in the corner 35% The fact that you can't see the tv's from the ergs 41% People who look at you like you're mad when you spend more than 3 minutes on the erg 24% No bench pull 53% The ranks of sad looking people on the running machines - why don't they go for a proper run 24% Lack of natural light as the gym is always in the basement 12% People who sit on weights machines in between their reps and just stare into space - don't they know some of us are in a hurry!!! 18% People who don't have the faintest clue about rowing telling you that you've got useless technique 18% Something else - see below 29%
Total: 17 members' votes (5 comments... )
