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| What date should the annual pre-boat race pub crawl be? | |
Black Prince organise a pre-boat race pub crawl each year, which is usually held on a suitable day prior to the race.
We tour the pubs along the course on the Thames from which it is possible to watch the race.
This year there are several viable options for date:
Good Friday: Friday April 3rd
Easter Saturday: Saturday April 4th
Friday before the Boat Race and Day of Blondie v Osiris : Friday April 10th
The clear disadvantage of the Friday 10th is that it is not a bank holiday, and therefore turn out for working members of Black Prince and members of First and Third doing PhDs is possibly going to be lower.
So which date(s) would you support?
| April 3rd |   | 67% | | | April 4th | | 33% | | April 10th
| | 33% |
Total: 3 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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| Which website view do you use? | |
We now have options of gold font on blue background (traditional) or grey font on white background (new). You can switch between the two at the bottom of the page. | Gold on Blue | | 57% | | | Grey on White | | 24% | | | Either (depends on my mood) | | 19% |
Total: 21 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Which of these rules do you follow? | |
A list of rules that should be followed while rowing. Which of them do you obey? | #1 I obey the rules | | 24% | | | #2 I lead by example | | 33% | | | #3 I guide the uninitiated | | 52% | | | #4 I know it is all about the boat speed | | 76% | | | #5 I HTFU | | 57% | | | #6 I immerse myself in the rowing | | 62% | | | #7 I am bad***, I row in bad weather | | 62% | | | #8 I know rowing comes first | | 43% | | | #9 I know the correct amount of lycra to own is more | | 52% | | | #10 I know it doesn't get easier, that I just go faster | | 76% | | | #11 I know that colours and associated kit should only be worn by people who have already achieved that honour | | 81% | | | #12 I know the only remedy for pain is to train more and meditate on #5 | | 57% | | | #13 I know cold weather gear is for cold weather only | | 38% | | | #14 I know that the minimum acceptable kit is the all in one rolled up | | 43% | | | #15 I know that all distances (except the championship course and henley) are in metric | | 62% | | | #16 I know to respect the boat | | 62% | | | #17 I know that Socks should be Gold (or colours) | | 71% | | | #18 I know that shaving on the morning of a race saps my virility | | 19% | | | #19 I know that washing or changing my kit between days of bumps saps my energy | | 38% | | | #20 I know that washing kit at other times is mandatory as a courtesy to those around me | | 43% | | | #21 I know that I will not row while listening to music | | 38% | | | #22 I know that lycra is for training and stash is for everyday wear, not the otherway round | | 43% | | | #23 I compete to win | | 57% | | | #24 I ignore everythign not in the boat | | 33% | | | #25 I will only mention an erg score if specifically asked, I do not routinely discuss erg scores | | 33% | | | #26 I know that erg scores =/= boat speed | | 48% | | | #27 I am calm before the race | | 33% | | | #28 I look after my equipment and ensure they are kept maintained | | 52% | | | #29 I know the outing starts on time | | 48% | | | #30 I know to be silent in the boat (or if a cox I know to not be silent for long periods) | | 38% | | | #31 I know there are no excuses, either you won or you weren't meditaing enough on #5 | | 48% | | | #32 I know that Maggie are the red scum | | 76% | | | #33 I stomp | | 71% | | | #34 I know not to wear read (#32) | | 67% | | | #35 I know that Light pressure is acceptable only after races | | 57% | | | #36 I keep the erg clean | | 52% | | | #37 I keep the boathouse clean | | 52% | | | #38 I keep the training calls clean | | 24% | | | #39 I keep the website clean | | 29% | | | #40 I know gloves are not for rowing in | | 52% | | | #41 I do my ergs | | 52% | | | #42 I pay for lard | | 67% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| Are hugs continuous or discrete? | |
With valentines day just around the corner are hugs are discrete unit, such as a number of hugs? or are hugs a continuous variable, such as a period of hugs? | More hugs and less hugs | | 20% | | | More hugs and fewer hugs | | 53% | | | It doesn't matter but I want more hugs | | 27% |
Total: 15 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Will you be training on Christmas Day (25th December)? | |
Does Christmas represent a set-back to your training plans? Or an additional holiday for training? | Yes, several sessions | | 9% | | | Yes, two sessions | | 0% | | | Yes, one session (hard) | | 18% | | | Yes, one session (light) | | 18% | | | Yes, one session (consumption) | | 0% | | | Yes, to avoid the family | | 0% | | | Yes, but what is Christmas? | | 0% | | | No, Christmas gets in the way | | 9% | | | No, family get in the way | | 9% | | | No, but what is Christmas? | | 0% | | | No, but what is training? | | 36% |
Total: 11 members' votes |
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| Should the website be rebranded? | |
Andy Pickard's long-promised BPBC website is yet to appear. Martin loved working on the website. Bufties post more, and more often, than current students. Race results from major races aren't uploaded. Technology has moved on. After a lifespan almost as long as a Chem Eng PhD, is it now time to relaunch this website as BPBC's site? | Yes | | 0% | | | No | | 67% | | | Let's make the Fairbairn Cup a wager on it | | 33% |
Total: 18 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Staggered start | |
Further to the you perform better when you're losing but not by much thread, which do station do you prefer at Bedford Amateur Regatta? | Enclosure (c half length 'behind' on the start) | | 20% | | | Embankment (c half length 'up' on the start) | | 60% | | | Zoo Station | | 20% |
Total: 5 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| London 2012 | |
Those with no Olympic tickets are gearing up for this Friday's second chance sales, while those with some are crunching the numbers from their credit card bills to work out what they've got ahead of the e-mail on Friday confirming the outcome. If you know, or have a good idea, vote now. | RO001 | | 0% | | | RO002 | | 7% | | | RO003 | | 14% | | | RO004 | | 7% | | | RO005 | | 29% | | | RO006 | | 29% | | | RO007 | | 14% | | | RO008 | | 7% | | | applied but got none | | 14% |
Total: 14 members' votes |
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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...) |
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| I'd rather be at ... | |
| Oxford | | 30% | | | St John's | | 60% | | | Downing | | 10% |
Total: 10 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| 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 |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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 |
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| 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...) |
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| Yes, but... | |
| 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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| If there was a General Election tomorrow, for whom would you vote? | |
| BNP | | 0% | | | Conservative | | 26% | | | DUP | | 0% | | | Green | | 0% | | | Jury Team | | 0% | | | Liberal Democrat | | 42% | | | Labour | | 11% | | | Plaid Cymru | | 5% | | | RESPECT | | 0% | | | SDLP | | 0% | | | Sinn Fein | | 0% | | | SNP | | 0% | | | Trade Union & Socialist Coalition | | 5% | | | UKIP | | 0% | | | UUP | | 0% | | | Other | | 11% | | | Don't know/undecided | | 0% |
Total: 19 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| As per Julia's request, should the next FaTTBC vs BPBC multisport event be touch rugby? | |
Touch rugby is a superb game played by men and women together and, though not widely played here, is the largest participation sport in NZ. For those unfamiliar with the game check out this for a basic intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvASxmfGVIM Total: 18 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Whither FaTTFC vs BPFC? | |
This year's 1st & 3rd vs Black Prince football match was less competitive than in previous years. This may be a consequence of BPBC having gained more recent graduates, leaving 1st & 3rd somewhat disadvantaged. How should the fixture be run in future years to keep it competitive? | No change | | 41% | | | Pick teams on the day, each being mixed FaT/BPBC | | 0% | | | Play (e.g.) strokeside vs bowside, again with mixed FaT/BPBC teams | | 6% | | | Organise a composite FaT/BPBC team to play, say, the College 2nd XI or another boat club's old boys | | 12% | | | Only run the fixture in years when there is particularly strong interest from FaT | | 0% | | | Have a 5-a-side tournament instead | | 0% | | | Play the game in Michaelmas term when more 1st years are likely to be involved | | 41% | | | Abandon the fixture | | 0% | | | Other (please suggest below) | | 0% |
Total: 17 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Who will do best at the (W)HoRR? | |
Clearly there are different numbers of entries (400 in HoRR, 300 in WHoRR), but going purely on places, which result do you expect? | Women beat men by > 50 places | | 0% | | | Women beat men by 31-50 places | | 7% | | | Women beat men by 11-30 places | | 33% | | | 10 or fewer places between them | | 7% | | | Men beat women by 11-30 places | | 13% | | | Men beat women by 31-50 places | | 0% | | | Men beat women by >50 places | | 0% | | | Both crews lose to JPD, Mahe and Ming in a Randan | | 40% |
Total: 15 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| How Many Headships? | |
The four men's crews currently hold their respective headships. How many will the club hold at the end of the week? | None | | 0% | | | One | | 0% | | | Two | | 0% | | | Three | | 0% | | | Four | | 6% | | | Five | | 89% | | | Six | | 6% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
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| Lent Bumps Net Gain | |
What will be the net gain for the six FaT crews racing this week? Rowing over head of the first division counts as +1. Voting closes Wednesday at 12 noon. | Worse than -4 | | 5% | | | -4 to -1 | | 5% | | | Level | | 5% | | | +1 to +4 | | 21% | | | +5 to +8 | | 11% | | | +9 to +12 | | 37% | | | +13 to +16 | | 16% | | | +17 to + 20 | | 0% | | | Better than +20 | | 0% |
Total: 19 members' votes |
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| Where will be the best place to watch the bumps from? | |
With just over 3 weeks until bumps, where do you hope to be keeping your eye on the racing from? | Head Station | | 0% | | | First Post Corner | | 0% | | | Grassy Corner | | 16% | | | The Plough pub | | 4% | | | Ditton Corner | | 0% | | | The Railings | | 0% | | | The Railway Bridge | | 0% | | | Morleys Holt | | 0% | | | Peter's Posts | | 0% | | | Top Finish | | 4% | | | Bicycle on the towpath | | 28% | | | The Coxes seat | | 4% | | | The Headship crew | | 28% | | | Over the radio from home | | 0% | | | Online @ www.firstandthird.org | | 16% |
Total: 25 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Pembroke Regatta | |
| Competitive in M2 division | | 32% | | | Fall in after standard Long Reach regatta blade clash | | 21% | | | Tip an eight in after standard Long Reach regatta blade clash | | 63% | | | Disqualified | | 16% | | | Beat that random French crew that always turns up, but make no further progress | | 11% | | | Beat the crews from other College alumni clubs | | 32% | | | Win the Pembroke Regatta in his single scull | | 42% |
Total: 19 members' votes |
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| Which annoys you the most? | |
| Fairburns | | 94% | | | Mitchell Cup | | 6% |
Total: 16 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| What form will Martin's midlife crisis take? | |
Martin Peck (the creator of this website) turned 40 on New Year's Day. Clearly a midlife crisis is shortly due, but what form will it take? | He'll buy a Harley Davidson | | 4% | | | He'll adopt a comb-over | | 4% | | | He'll trade his wife in for a younger model | | 4% | | | He'll buy an allotment | | 13% | | | He'll take up pipe smoking | | 4% | | | He'll take early retirement | | 0% | | | His speech will become hesitant | | 21% | | | He'll commission the manufacture of a tandem | | 50% |
Total: 24 members' votes |
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| New Year resolutions | |
Will you be giving things up, or taking things up? | Giving up | | 17% | | | Taking up | | 83% |
Total: 12 members' votes |
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| Most Significant Victory? | |
Which First and Third victory was the most significant in recent times? | 1998 Lents (Men) | | 9% | | | 1998 HORR (Novice) | | 0% | | | 2000 Lents (Men) | | 6% | | | 2007 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2007 Lents (Women) | | 17% | | | 2007 Fairbairn's (Men) | | 6% | | | 2008 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2008 Lents (Women) | | 0% | | | 2008 Fairbairn's (Men) | | 0% | | | 2008 Mays (Men) | | 43% | | | 2009 Lents (Men) | | 0% | | | 2009 HORR (Halladay) | | 11% | | | 2009 Mays (Men) | | 3% | | | 2009 Fairbairn's (Women) | | 3% | | | ? Other (Please specify) | | 3% |
Total: 35 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Are you an alcoholic? | |
As we are well aware due to the press many students drink far too much. Is this true of First and Third students?
How many of these would you answer yes to?
Have you ever felt you needed to cut down on your drinking?
Have people criticised your drinking?
Have you ever felt guilty about drinking?
Have you ever felt you needed a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover? | 0 (none of these apply) | | 26% | | | 1 | | 19% | | | 2 | | 15% | | | 3 | | 22% | | | 4 (all of these apply) | | 19% |
Total: 27 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| How will Pedro's Atlantic attempt go? | |
Pedro is attempting to row across the Atlantic in a 6 man boat. What will happen on the trip? | They will complete the crossing | | 74% | | | They will get over halfway | | 26% | | | They will get a quarter of the way | | 22% | | | They will get three days out of port | | 22% | | | The trip will be long and uneventful | | 33% | | | The trip will take 40 days or less | | 7% | | | The trip will take between 41 and 45 days | | 19% | | | The trip will take between 46 and 50 days | | 19% | | | The trip will take between 51 and 60 days | | 11% | | | The trip will take between 61 and 70 days | | 15% | | | The crew will never be seen again | | 11% | | | The boat will be found drifting empty years later | | 26% | | | The boat will never be found | | 4% | | | They will fight off a pirate attack | | 26% | | | Pirates will attack and take the crew hostage | | 4% | | | They will get bored of rowing and become pirates | | 52% | | | They will run out of food | | 4% | | | They will run out of food and become cannibals | | 19% | | | They will run out of food and trade with friendly mermaids for more food | | 30% | | | They plan to use a motor when no-one is watching | | 33% | | | They have a sail | | 30% | | | They are actually very slow drug smugglers | | 44% | | | They will be turned away at Barbados and have to row all the way back | | 30% | | | The will be arrested in Barbados for trying to smuggle in illegal immigrants | | 15% | | | The world is actually flat and they will fall off the edge | | 44% | | | They will capsize | | 22% | | | They will see a shark | | 41% | | | A shark will attack the boat | | 11% | | | A shark will eat the whole crew | | 7% | | | They will see a kraken | | 30% | | | A kraken will eat the whole crew | | 19% | | | They will miss America and end up in New Zealand | | 48% |
Total: 27 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| In 1902, the Master of Trinity Hall died during the May Bumps and Trinity Hall did not wish to race for the last two nights. 1st Trinity were behind them and arranged to row past the Hall starting post the third night, and allow the Hall to row past the 1st TBC post the following night, thus enabling the Hall boat to retain its place on the river without racing. If a similar thing happened now, would you do the same? | |
| Total: 20 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Delayed | |
In last week's poll, MC Peck was havin' trouble in da wife transportation area. What's the best solution to the fact that wifes/girlfriends always make you late for everything? | Family Railcard | | 0% | | | Tandem | | 10% | | | Larger car | | 5% | | | Telling her bumps starts two hours before it does | | 76% | | | Shopping vouchers | | 14% | | | Divorce | | 14% | | | Giving up altogether and accepting that your life is over. Settling down. Raising a family and ruining their lives by pushing them into first coxing, then rowing, & being faintly disappointed that they end up with a better bumps aggregate than you | | 29% | | | Men! Huh. Like you're any better | | 5% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| Should the photos in the gallery be bigger? | |
Simple. Are the pictures in the gallery too small? | Yes | | 65% | | | No | | 24% | | | Don't care | | 12% |
Total: 17 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Top Glass | |
| Team Clarkson | | 7% | | | Team Hammond | | 37% | | | Team May | | 41% | | | The Stig | | 15% |
Total: 27 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| What is the worst organised sporting event of recent times? | |
| The 1993 Grand National (link) | | 0% | | | West Indies vs England, 1st Test 1998 (link) | | 0% | | | The 2002 University Fours (link) | | 10% | | | The 2005 US Grand Prix (link) | | 0% | | | West Indies vs England, 2nd Test 2009 (link) | | 14% | | | The 2009 Pembroke Regatta | | 76% |
Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Lents Bop in the Union | |
There's going to be a combined bop for JCBC, LMBC, and 1&3TBC... | Tragedy | | 33% | | | It's a sin | | 24% | | | Opportunities (Let's make lots of money) | | 14% | | | I predict a riot | | 71% | | | We didn't start the fire | | 48% | | | You get what you give | | 10% | | | Everbody wants to rule the world | | 19% | | | Take on me | | 19% | | | Who let the dogs out | | 43% | | | Maggie may | | 19% | | | Jesus he knows me | | 0% | | | Three lions | | 38% | | | Dizzy | | 19% |
Total: 21 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| If JDT were to stand for Women's boatclub captain, would you vote for him? | |
After hearing some of JDT's main thoughts on the subject, RTT suggested he should stand. | Yes | | 54% | | | No | | 38% | | | Depends on his policies | | 8% |
Total: 26 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| What should be the next event to be added to the FaT vs. BPBC calendar? | |
So far we have rowing, football, golf and cricket as established fixtures. What should we add next (I think all of these have been mentioned at some point)? | Rugby | | 0% | | | Triathlon | | 14% | | | Karting | | 21% | | | Paintball | | 32% | | | Fell Running | | 14% | | | Guitar Hero / Rock Band | | 4% | | | Bridge | | 4% | | | Curling | | 0% | | | Aerial Dogfighting | | 11% |
Total: 28 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Is women's emancipation a good idea? | |
| Total: 9 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| What do FaT members miss most about the club during the holidays? | |
Most undergraduates leave for the holidays, leaving those who do stay deserted -- so everyone misses out in some way. What do members miss the most? | Banter | | 78% | | | Erging | | 17% | | | Rowing | | 74% | | | Pasta | | 43% | | | Lard | | 48% | | | Circuits | | 26% | | | Lock runs | | 17% | | | Coker | | 17% |
Total: 23 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Dark days for BPBC | |
For the third time in four years, the novices have beaten BPBC II in the Fairbairn Cup. However, a look through the archives demonstrates that there are plenty of sub-prime BPBC results. But which of these events ranks as BPBC's poorest performance? Total: 22 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Will FaT NM1 beat M2 in senior Fairbairns this year? | |
| Yes, by a long way | | 10% | | | Yes, narrowly | | 29% | | | No | | 61% |
Total: 31 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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| Who will be the next President of the USA? | |
| Hillary Clinton | | 22% | | | Sarah Palin | | 17% | | | A proper African-American | | 0% | | | Arnold Schwarzenegger | | 61% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
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| Who will be the next President of the USA? | |
| McCain | | 3% | | | Obama | | 59% | | | Osama | | 11% | | | John W. Earl | | 27% |
Total: 37 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Marmite | |
| I love it | | 29% | | | I hate it | | 35% | | | I can take it or leave it | | 35% |
Total: 31 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Who is the greatest Olympian of modern times? | |
Michael Phelps's achievements in Beijing have reignited the argument as to who is the greatest Olympian. Who gets your vote? (Summer Olympics only, since 1896.) | SWIMMING: Mark Spitz - won 9 gold medals, including a (formerly) record 7 in 1972 (when many fewer were available than the 34 on offer in 2008), setting a world record in each | | 0% | | | Michael Phelps - has won a record 14 gold medals, including a record-breaking 8 in Beijing | | 6% | | | ATHLETICS: Paavo Nurmi - won 9 middle & long distance gold medals from 1920-28, plus 3 silver medals, and might have won more in 1932 had he been eligible to compete | | 11% | | | Jesse Owens - won 4 gold medals ((100m, 200m, long jump, sprint relay) in 1936 at 'Hitler's Olympics' in Berlin | | 6% | | | Emil Zatopek - won gold medals in 1952 at 5000m, 10000m and the marathon (which he only decided to run at the last minute), plus gold and silver in 1948 | | 0% | | | Fanny Blankers-Koen - won 4 gold medals in 1948, and only the rules prevented her from competing in more events, such as the long and high jumps, for both of which she held the world record | | 0% | | | Al Oerter - won 4 gold medals in discus from 1956 to 1968 and is one of only three people to win an individual Olympic gold medal at four consecutive games | | 0% | | | Ed Moses - unbeaten from 1977 to 1987 in the 400m hurdles, and was (almost certainly) only denied three consecutive gold medals by the US boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics | | 0% | | | Daley Thompson - one of only two men ever to win two Olympic decathlons (1980 and 1984), setting a world record in the second | | 0% | | | Jackie Joyner-Kersee - won the heptathlon gold medal in 1988 and 1992 (and silver in 1984) and still holds the world record, and also won the long jump gold in 1988 | | 0% | | | Carl Lewis - won 9 gold medals from 1984 to 1996, including 4 (100m, 200m, long jump, sprint relay) in 1984, and is one of only three people to win an individual Olympic gold medal at four consecutive games | | 6% | | | Jan Zelezny - one silver and 3 golds in the javelin from 1988 to 2000 | | 0% | | | Michael Johnson - won 400m gold in 1996 and 2000 (only man ever to retain that title), and also won 200m gold in 1996, shattering the world record in 19.32 seconds | | 0% | | | ROWING: Steve Redgrave - won gold medals at each of 5 Olympics from 1984 to 2000, plus a bronze in 1984 | | 33% | | | Matthew Pinsent - won gold medals at each of 4 Olympics from 1992 to 2004, and never lost an Olympic race | | 6% | | | Elisabeta Lipa - won gold medals at 5 Olympic Games in rowing between 1984 and 2004, plus silver and bronze in 1988 and silver in 1992 | | 11% | | | OTHER: Paul Elvstrom (sailing) - the third man to have won four consecutive individual Olympic gold medals (1948 to 1960), one in the Firefly class and three in the Finn class | | 0% | | | Aladar Gerevich (fencing: sabre) - won gold medals at a record 6 Olympics between 1932 and 1960 (7 total golds), the last aged 50, and holds the record for time between gold medals (28 years) | | 0% | | | Larissa Latynina (gymnastics) - only female athlete to have won 9 Olympic gold medals, between 1956 and 1964, and also won 5 silver and 4 bronze, making a record total of 18 | | 0% | | | Nadia Elena Comaneci (gymnastics) - awarded the first ever 'perfect 10', then awarded 6 more en route to 4 gold medals in 1976, aged 14, and won another gold in 1980 | | 0% | | | Birgit Fischer (kayaking) - won 8 gold medals at a record 6 different Olympics from 1980 to 2004 (missed the 1984 games because of the Eastern Bloc boycott), plus four silver medals, and holds the women's record for time between gold medals (24 years) | | 11% | | | Eric 'the eel' Moussambani (doggy-paddle) (video, in case you missed it) | | 11% | | | Other (please comment below) | | 0% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
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| Will Great Britain (and Northern Ireland) finish ahead of Australia in the medal table at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games? | |
The table is ranked by number of gold, then silvers, then bronze medals. Total: 23 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Oympic Grandstand | |
China is in a different timezone to the UK, so events will be largely through the night (including the swimming finals, moved to the morning to suit US tv. How will you get your fix? | I do not intend to watch any of the Olympics | | 0% | | | I shall hear about it on Radio 5 | | 0% | | | I'll watch the prime time evening highlights | | 11% | | | I'll stay up for the bits I'm interested in | | 44% | | | I'm going to live on Chinese time for the duration | | 44% |
Total: 9 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| HRR | |
How far will FaT get at Henley, before being knocked out ? | Qualifiers | | 5% | | | Wednesday | | 41% | | | Thursday | | 14% | | | Saturday | | 0% | | | Sunday | | 0% | | | They'll win | | 36% | | | Friday | | 5% |
Total: 22 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| How should future headships be celebrated? | |
News from upriver suggests that boat burnings are not always safe. In these eco-aware times, what about the carbon footprint of a burnt boat? And the lack of wooden boats to burn? | Find a wooden boat, even if it means buying a skiff, and burn it | | 57% | | | Build a wooden boat and burn it | | 26% | | | Give an old boat to an underfunded school rowing club (cf Magdalen Oxford when they went head of Eights in 04, for the first time in decades) | | 17% | | | Give money to a FISA project to set up rowing in a small country (on condition that any boats bought are called Black Prince) | | 9% | | | Hold some sort of lantern festival with lanterns on boats floating along the backs, timed so that they launch mini fireworks displays as they go past the Wren | | 4% | | | Hold a ball on the Monday after bumps | | 48% | | | Make all boat club activity carbon neutral | | 13% |
Total: 23 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Which Division 1 Positions Will Be Occupied By 1st & 3rd At The End Of The Week? | |
With 3 boats in their respective 1st divisions any position is possible, but where do we think they'll end up? | Head | | 90% | | | 2nd | | 23% | | | 3rd | | 3% | | | 4th | | 0% | | | 5th | | 10% | | | 6th | | 37% | | | 7th | | 0% | | | 8th | | 0% | | | 9th | | 7% | | | 10th | | 20% | | | 11th | | 37% | | | 12th | | 23% | | | 13th | | 3% | | | 14th | | 0% | | | 15th | | 0% | | | 16th | | 0% | | | 17th | | 0% |
Total: 30 members' votes |
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| Are there too many races on the Cam? | |
Much as we love the end of term blow outs, are there now so many events during the term that normal training is being hindered? Or should every outing be at firm pressure anyway? Total: 19 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Which Convention is most dull? | |
| Democratic Party | | 8% | | | Republican Party | | 8% | | | Star Trek | | 25% | | | Fairport | | 58% |
Total: 12 members' votes |
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| If there was a General Election tomorrow, who would you vote for? | |
| British National Party | | 0% | | | Conservative Party | | 17% | | | Green Party | | 3% | | | Labour Party | | 7% | | | Liberal Democrats | | 21% | | | Scottish National Party | | 3% | | | UK Independence Party | | 0% | | | John Earl | | 48% |
Total: 29 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| What should be done to protest at the Olympics about the Chinese in Tibet? | |
Torch protesting has begun, but there are various suggestions about further demonstration. What do you think is appropriate? | Nothing, the Olympics are about sport and should be apolitical | | 24% | | | The torch protests make the point well enough | | 7% | | | Political leaders should boycott the games | | 62% | | | Athletes should boycott the games | | 3% | | | Everyone should buy Pepsi to send a consumerist message | | 3% |
Total: 29 members' votes |
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| What's your favourite Blondie song? | |
They might not move a boat very fast, but they knocked out some awesome tunes. These are all on youtube. | X-Offender | | 0% | | | Denis | | 5% | | | Hanging on the Telephone | | 14% | | | Heart of Glass | | 14% | | | One Way or Another | | 14% | | | Dreaming | | 0% | | | Call Me | | 10% | | | Atomic | | 14% | | | Rapture | | 0% | | | Maria | | 24% | | | The Tide is High | | 5% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| Is this the best photo yet on the website? | |
This is the 8,040th photo uploaded onto the site. Is it the best? Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Boat Race | |
| Light Blues | | 30% | | | Dark Blues | | 15% | | | BPBC | | 55% |
Total: 20 members' votes |
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| Who should be in the Trinity BC football team? | |
11 men to beat the old boys. I've just taken the mubs list, feel free to suggest others. | Ahmadnia | | 19% | | | Braviner | | 24% | | | Carr | | 43% | | | Hill | | 14% | | | Chow | | 10% | | | Chung | | 29% | | | Coker | | 43% | | | Dehabadi | | 10% | | | Denby | | 24% | | | Dunleavy | | 33% | | | Fletcher | | 33% | | | Ford | | 14% | | | Garcia | | 19% | | | Garrod | | 48% | | | Gruessing | | 43% | | | Jane | | 52% | | | Kebschull | | 19% | | | Kiely | | 10% | | | Laffan | | 38% | | | Leadbetter | | 29% | | | Lewis | | 14% | | | Li | | 10% | | | Malmberg | | 29% | | | Masset | | 14% | | | Mertes | | 29% | | | O'Neill | | 10% | | | Ostrowski | | 10% | | | Preiss | | 38% | | | Richardson | | 10% | | | Routh | | 10% | | | Cunha | | 33% | | | Smith | | 19% | | | Stoneman | | 29% | | | Strawson | | 48% | | | Vial | | 24% |
Total: 21 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| The Big One redux | |
| neither | | 3% | | | men | | 12% | | | women | | 6% | | | both | | 79% |
Total: 33 members' votes |
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| Who will get on? | |
The GoR is on Friday afternoon - choose 7 men's and 8 women's crews from the following. | Trinity Hall WII | | 5% | | | Pembroke WIII | | 32% | | | Christ's WII | | 50% | | | Downing WII | | 27% | | | CCAT WII | | 14% | | | Emmanuel WIII | | 18% | | | First & Third WIII | | 77% | | | LMBC WIII | | 41% | | | Jesus WIII | | 36% | | | Lucy Cavendish/Hughes Hall WII | | 23% | | | Magdalene WII | | 9% | | | Peterhouse WII | | 18% | | | Sidney Sussex WII | | 0% | | | King's WII | | 14% | | | Churchill WII | | 9% | | | Selwyn WIII | | 9% | | | LMBC WIV | | 18% | | | Magdalene WIII | | 0% | | | Sidney Sussex WIII | | 0% | | | Homerton WII | | 32% | | | Fitzwilliam WII | | 14% | | | St Edmund's WII | | 14% | | | Darwin WII | | 5% | | | Christ's MIII | | 23% | | | First & Third MV | | 68% | | | CCAT MII | | 36% | | | Homerton MII | | 45% | | | Pembroke MIII | | 45% | | | Girton MIII | | 9% | | | St Edmund's MII | | 14% | | | Darwin MII | | 0% | | | Sidney Sussex MIII | | 5% | | | Corpus MII | | 14% | | | Churchill MIV | | 9% | | | Magdalene MIV | | 5% | | | CCAT MIII | | 9% | | | Fitzwilliam MIII | | 14% | | | Jesus MIV | | 41% | | | Magdalene MIII | | 9% | | | First and Third MVI | | 41% | | | LMBC MV | | 41% | | | Pembroke MIV | | 23% | | | Hughes Hall MII | | 5% |
Total: 22 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Most aesthetically pleasing setting for a regatta | |
| Any lake in New Zealand in February | | 19% | | | The Ouse at Bedford in May | | 14% | | | The Wear at Durham in May | | 0% | | | The Tyne at Hexham in June | | 0% | | | The Cam at Plough Reach in June | | 29% | | | The Thames at Henley in July | | 19% | | | The Ouse at St Neots in July | | 0% | | | The Rotsee near Lucerne in July | | 10% | | | The Thames at Maidenhead in August | | 0% | | | Dover Harbour in August | | 0% | | | The NIA in Birmingham in November | | 10% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| Which is your favourite race to watch? | |
They all have their charms, whether you are looking for comedy, rivalry, tradition, international crews showing off, men in lycra or just the best pub located along the course. But which is your favourite? | Bumps - upper divisions | | 48% | | | Bumps - lower divisions | | 14% | | | The Boat Race | | 19% | | | The Henley boat races | | 0% | | | Henley Royal Regatta | | 19% | | | Henley Women's Regatta | | 0% |
Total: 21 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Who in the mens squad needs a haircut the most? | |
| Bryn | | 8% | | | Tom | | 23% | | | Dan | | 58% | | | Emma | | 12% |
Total: 26 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Who's the shortest? | |
A poll with no purpose other than to get rid of the Christmas one. | Ming | | 60% | | | Peter Ford | | 17% | | | Laffan | | 23% |
Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| How many times did you train on Christmas Day? | |
| 0 | | 63% | | | 1 | | 30% | | | 2 | | 7% | | | 3+ (liar) | | 0% |
Total: 27 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| So here it is, Merry Christmas, everybody's having fun... | |
Frankly this is no better than 'Daddy or Chips'... Total: 20 members' votes |
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| What's your favourite mince pie? | |
I'm sure they're better if you make your own, but who has the time? | Tesco Deep Fill | | 21% | | | Tesco Finest | | 7% | | | Mr Kipling | | 0% | | | Sainsbury's Deep Fill | | 21% | | | Sainsbury's Taste The Difference | | 0% | | | M&S Classic | | 0% | | | Waitrose All Butter | | 14% | | | Duchy Originals | | 0% | | | Four'N Twenty | | 0% | | | Other - add below | | 36% |
Total: 14 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Who will win BBC Sports Personality of the Year? | |
| Joe Calzaghe | | 7% | | | Lewis Hamilton | | 33% | | | Ricky Hatton | | 0% | | | Andy Murray | | 0% | | | Christine Ohuruogu | | 0% | | | Paula Radcliffe | | 4% | | | Jason Robinson | | 0% | | | Justin Rose | | 0% | | | James Toseland | | 0% | | | Jonny Wilkinson | | 0% | | | Ming-Chee Chung | | 56% |
Total: 27 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| How should seating be organised at the Fairbairns Dinner? | |
| By crew | | 0% | | | W1 with NM1, M1 with NW1 etc. | | 9% | | | W1 with M1, NW1 with NM1 etc. | | 2% | | | W1 with NW1, M1 with NM1 etc. | | 2% | | | Boy-girl-boy-girl... | | 2% | | | Fit-ugly-fit-ugly... | | 5% | | | Random selection (genuinely random) | | 0% | | | Random selection (rigged for carnage) | | 7% | | | Random selection (rigged for incest) | | 41% | | | Random selection (rigged for novice retention) | | 5% | | | Random selection (rigged for awkwardness) | | 2% | | | Alphabetically by surname | | 0% | | | By 2K time | | 14% | | | First come, first served | | 2% | | | Sec's discretion | | 9% |
Total: 44 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| What are your Fairbairns predictions? | |
| FaT men to beat BPBC men | | 87% | | | BPBC men to beat FaT men | | 3% | | | FaT women to beat BPBC women | | 47% | | | BPBC women to beat FaT women | | 43% | | | a FaT novice crew to beat a FaT senior crew | | 20% | | | a FaT novice crew to beat a BPBC crew | | 13% | | | a BPBC member to require medical assistance | | 20% | | | a BPBC member to make the 'three-stroke practice outing' joke | | 63% | | | every BPBC member to make the 'I won Fairbairns in my single scull' joke | | 57% | | | someone to criticise Byrne's catch | | 67% | | | Coker to turn up too drunk to row | | 50% | | | Coker to turn up too sober to row | | 33% | | | JCBC to do better than expected | | 73% |
Total: 30 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| That's a negative Ghost rider, the pattern is full... | |
Apparently congestion in the mornings is getting worse (although we reached gridlock years ago). A 'leaked' CUCBC paper has suggested banning novices from the mornings, prompting some discussion. What to do? | Ban novices from early mornings | | 3% | | | Ban CULRC from early mornings | | 43% | | | Ban seniors from early mornings in November | | 29% | | | Ban rowing | | 9% | | | Allow limited senior outings in the dark | | 26% | | | Move novice races to the middle of Lent term | | 17% | | | Build a bigger river | | 74% | | | A quota system of early morning outings | | 14% | | | Build an air traffic control tower at Chesterton and require all boats to proceed under its control during outings | | 34% |
Total: 35 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| What happened to Granta in the Fours head? | |
The Granta coxless four finished last in the Fours Head in a time of 47 minutes (their event was won in just over 20 minutes). What happened? | Gate opened, blade lost | | 0% | | | Hit bridge | | 0% | | | Steering wires broke | | 0% | | | Hit debris | | 0% | | | Training plan called for technical pairs work | | 14% | | | Aliens | | 14% | | | Very localised counter-current tidal wave | | 4% | | | Thames whale | | 4% | | | Ran aground on Fulham flats | | 0% | | | They didn't 'use the stream! Stream one! Stream two!' | | 7% | | | Nothing - it was a good time for them | | 57% |
Total: 28 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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| What happened to Granta in the Fours head? | |
The Granta coxless four finished last in the Fours Head in a time of 47 minutes (their event was won in 20'08 | Gate opened, blade lost | | Hit bridge | | Steering wires broke | | Hit debris | | Training plan called for technical pairs work | | Aliens | | Very localised counter-current tidal wave | | Thames whale | | Ran aground on Fulham flats | | Nothing - it was a actually a good time by their standards |
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| Favourite MLB team | |
With the World Series currently taking place, let's see which baseball franchise the Club supports. If you know nothing about baseball, select Other and then make up a name by taking the name of a US state or town and adding a word/words of your choice. | Atlanta Braves | | 0% | | | Florida Marlins | | 0% | | | New York Mets | | 0% | | | Philadelphia Phillies | | 5% | | | Washington Nationals | | 0% | | | Chicago Cubs | | 0% | | | Cincinnati Reds | | 0% | | | Houston Astros | | 5% | | | Milwaukee Brewers | | 0% | | | Pittsburgh Pirates | | 0% | | | St. Louis Cardinals | | 5% | | | Arizona Diamondbacks | | 0% | | | Boulder Creek Earls | | 16% | | | Colorado Rockies | | 0% | | | Los Angeles Dodgers | | 5% | | | San Diego Padres | | 0% | | | San Francisco Giants | | 0% | | | Baltimore Orioles | | 5% | | | Boston Red Sox | | 47% | | | New York Yankees | | 0% | | | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | | 0% | | | Toronto Blue Jays | | 0% | | | Chicago White Sox | | 0% | | | Cleveland Indians | | 0% | | | Detroit Tigers | | 0% | | | Kansas City Royals | | 0% | | | Minnesota Twins | | 0% | | | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | | 0% | | | Oakland Athletics | | 0% | | | Seattle Mariners | | 0% | | | Texas Rangers | | 0% | | | Other | | 11% |
Total: 19 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Favourite pasta shape? | |
The burning crew pasta issue. It has been discussed before, but never voted on. For descriptions, see here - the list got quite excessive, but your favourite should be on there somewhere. | cavatelli | | 0% | | | conchiglie | | 0% | | | conchiglioni | | 0% | | | croxetti | | 0% | | | farfalle | | 4% | | | fiorentine | | 0% | | | fiorettini | | 0% | | | fusilli | | 24% | | | gemelli | | 0% | | | maltagliati | | 0% | | | orecchiette | | 0% | | | pipe | | 0% | | | radiatore | | 0% | | | rotelle | | 0% | | | rotini | | 0% | | | spirali | | 0% | | | trofie | | 0% | | | bucatini | | 0% | | | cannelloni | | 4% | | | ditalini | | 0% | | | elbow macaroni | | 0% | | | maccheroni | | 0% | | | manicotti | | 0% | | | mezze penne | | 0% | | | mostaccioli | | 0% | | | penne | | 24% | | | penne rigate | | 4% | | | rigatoni | | 0% | | | ziti | | 0% | | | spaghetti | | 8% | | | vermicelli | | 0% | | | capellini | | 0% | | | capelli d'angelo | | 0% | | | fettuccine | | 0% | | | lasagne | | 8% | | | linguine | | 8% | | | pappardelle | | 8% | | | tagliatelle | | 8% | | | alphabets | | 0% | | | couscous | | 0% | | | conchigliette | | 0% | | | ditali | | 0% | | | ditalini | | 0% | | | orzo | | 0% | | | pastina | | 0% | | | agnolotti | | 0% | | | cannelloni | | 0% | | | mandu | | 0% | | | manti | | 0% | | | panzarotti | | 0% | | | ravioli | | 0% | | | tortellini | | 0% | | | tortelloni | | 0% | | | gnocchi | | 0% | | | spatzle | | 0% | | | chicken and dumplin | | 0% |
Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Most important attribute in a novice? | |
| Height | | 0% | | | Fitness | | 9% | | | Strength | | 3% | | | Keenness | | 42% | | | Coordination | | 30% | | | Lard appetite | | 6% | | | Ability to swim | | 6% | | | Ability to memorise crew lists from the 1800s | | 3% |
Total: 33 members' votes (8 comments...) |
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| What is your favourite moment of the rugby world cup so far? | |
| England dumping Australia out | | 81% | | | France dumping New Zealand out | | 19% | | | Neither of the above - I'm an Antipodean loser | | 0% |
Total: 16 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Where did you learn to row? | |
| At a club | | 0% | | | At school | | 3% | | | At Trinity (in my first year) | | 75% | | | At Trinity (not in my first year) | | 19% | | | At another university | | 0% | | | At a gym | | 3% |
Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Tim Henman | |
Britain's highest ranked tennis player for years has retired from the professional game. We've all grown up in the Henman era, so how do we rate him? | A great tennis player who was unlucky to have to play against unstoppable players | | 36% | | | A solid competitor who over-achieved | | 27% | | | Average and over-hyped | | 23% | | | A choker | | 14% | | | We should encourage him to do a Masters at Trinity and get him to row | | 55% |
Total: 22 members' votes |
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| Who will win the World Twenty20? | |
Time to forget about rugby and jump ship to a new sport. Who's going to win this one? | Australia | | 19% | | | Bangladesh | | 0% | | | England | | 6% | | | India | | 0% | | | Kenya | | 0% | | | New Zealand | | 13% | | | Pakistan | | 6% | | | Scotland | | 25% | | | South Africa | | 6% | | | Sri Lanka | | 6% | | | West Indies | | 6% | | | Zimbabwe | | 0% | | | Germany (in a bowl off) | | 13% |
Total: 16 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Who will win the Rugby World Cup? | |
| Argentina | | 5% | | | Australia | | 19% | | | Canada | | 0% | | | England | | 10% | | | Fiji | | 0% | | | France | | 0% | | | Georgia | | 0% | | | Ireland | | 0% | | | Italy | | 0% | | | Japan | | 0% | | | Namibia | | 0% | | | New Zealand | | 43% | | | Portugal | | 0% | | | Romania | | 0% | | | Samoa | | 0% | | | Scotland | | 5% | | | South Africa | | 5% | | | Tonga | | 0% | | | USA | | 5% | | | Wales | | 0% | | | FaTTRFC | | 10% |
Total: 21 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Favourite aspect of the summer weather? | |
| The rain | | 24% | | | The cold | | 53% | | | The fact that you're 12,000 miles away and in glorious sunshine | | 24% |
Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Who deserves to call themselves FaT/BPBC multisport champions? | |
1. Rowing - For the second year running, FaT M1, M2 and W1 all beat their BPBC counterparts.
2. Football - In the inaugural fixture, FaT win 2-1 after BPBC have an injury-time goal disallowed.
3. Golf - BPBC run out comfortable 7-2 winners, and also win the Womens' (sic) and Adaptive version.
4. Cricket - The fixture is rained off twice; BPBC seem to have the gods on their side and retain their title by default.
So two wins apiece, but are some worth more than others? Who wins overall? |
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| Town bumps | |
It was relevant before the website went away... | I have a better record in town bumps than CUCBC bumps | | 5% | | | I have a worse record in town bumps than CUCBC bumps | | 30% | | | I have never raced town bumps but would like to for Black Prince | | 65% | | | Town bumps is just a poor quality version of CUCBC bumps | | 35% | | | Town bumps is a more polite version of CUCBC bumps | | 15% | | | Town what? | | 0% |
Total: 20 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| What do you look for in a boat club? | |
Many FaTties will be training away from the Cam over the summer, and there are also plenty of BPBCites rowing for different clubs who vote in these things. Anyway, what is the first thing you look for when hunting for a new boat club? | Top coaches | | 24% | | | Top oarsmen | | 6% | | | Shiny new boats | | 6% | | | Shiny new ergs | | 0% | | | Strong recent performances | | 12% | | | Glorious past | | 0% | | | Plentiful social events | | 12% | | | Capacious bar area | | 6% | | | Lard warehouse | | 35% |
Total: 17 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Who will win the British Open this week? (Vote by Thurs a.m.) | |
The British Open Golf Championship takes place this week at Carnoustie, the venue of the last British win in a major (Paul Lawrie in 1999). Which of the sport's luminaries will lift the famous claret jug on Sunday afternoon? | Tiger Woods | | 19% | | | Phil Mickelson | | 10% | | | Ernie Els | | 10% | | | Jim Furyk | | 0% | | | Justin Rose | | 5% | | | Padraig Harrington | | 5% | | | Vijay Singh | | 0% | | | Adam Scott | | 0% | | | Colin Montgomerie | | 10% | | | Luke Donald | | 0% | | | Paul Casey | | 0% | | | Retief Goosen | | 10% | | | Sergio Garcia | | 10% | | | Angel Cabrera | | 0% | | | Geoff Ogilvy | | 0% | | | Henrik Stenson | | 0% | | | Ian Poulter | | 0% | | | K J Choi | | 0% | | | Lee Westwood | | 0% | | | Niclas Fasth | | 0% | | | Stuart Appleby | | 0% | | | Zach Johnson | | 0% | | | David Toms | | 0% | | | Steve Stricker | | 0% | | | Trevor Immelman | | 0% | | | Aaron Baddeley | | 0% | | | Jose Maria Olazabal | | 0% | | | Robert Allenby | | 0% | | | Rory Sabbatini | | 0% | | | Stephen Ames | | 0% | | | Sean O'Hair | | 0% | | | Scott Verplank | | 0% | | | Thomas Bjorn | | 5% | | | Chris DiMarco | | 0% | | | Darren Clarke | | 0% | | | David Howell | | 0% | | | Justin Leonard | | 0% | | | Davis Love III | | 0% | | | Miguel-Angel Jimenez | | 0% | | | John Daly | | 0% | | | Michael Campbell | | 5% | | | Paul McGinley | | 0% | | | Paul Lawrie | | 0% | | | Tom Lehman | | 0% | | | Mark Calcavecchia | | 0% | | | Ben Curtis | | 0% | | | Mark O'Meara | | 0% | | | Nick Faldo | | 10% | | | Sandy Lyle | | 0% | | | Tony Jacklin | | 5% | | | Other (please post below) | | 0% |
Total: 21 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Favourite rowing-related island | |
| Chiswick Eyot (Chiswick) | | 10% | | | Oliver's Island (Kew) | | 0% | | | Eel Pie Island (Twickenham) | | 0% | | | Trowlock Island (Teddington) | | 3% | | | Raven's Ait (Kingston) | | 21% | | | Garrick's Eyot (Molesey) | | 0% | | | Hamhaugh Island (Shepperton) | | 0% | | | Queen's Eyot (Eton) | | 7% | | | Temple Island (Henley) | | 41% | | | Antigua | | 17% |
Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Favourite 2-digit ''A'' road | |
Everyone loves a retarded poll | A10 London to King's Lynn (known as the Great Cambridge Road or the Old North Road) | | 4% | | | A11 London to Norwich | | 0% | | | A12 London to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | | A13 London to Shoeburyness | | 0% | | | A14 M1/M6 Catthorpe junction near Rugby to Felixstowe (Originally Royston to Huntingdon) | | 8% | | | A15 Peterborough to Hull | | 0% | | | A16 Stamford to Grimsby | | 0% | | | A17 Newark to King's Lynn | | 0% | | | A18 Doncaster to Ludborough | | 0% | | | A19 Doncaster to Seaton Burn | | 0% | | | A20 London to Dover | | 0% | | | A21 London to Hastings | | 0% | | | A22 London to Eastbourne | | 4% | | | A23 London to Brighton | | 0% | | | A24 London to Worthing | | 4% | | | A25 Wrotham Heath to Guildford | | 0% | | | A26 Maidstone to Newhaven | | 0% | | | A27 Pevensey to Whiteparish | | 8% | | | A28 Margate to Hastings | | 0% | | | A29 Beare Green to Bognor Regis | | 0% | | | A30 London to Land's End | | 4% | | | A31 Guildford to Bere Regis | | 0% | | | A32 Alton to Gosport | | 0% | | | A33 Southampton to Reading | | 4% | | | A34 Winchester to Salford | | 0% | | | A35 Southampton to Honiton | | 0% | | | A36 Southampton to Bath | | 0% | | | A37 Dorchester to Bristol | | 0% | | | A38 Bodmin to Mansfield | | 4% | | | A39 Bath to Falmouth | | 0% | | | A40 London to Fishguard | | 0% | | | A41 London to Birkenhead | | 0% | | | A42 Appleby Magna (M42) to Kegworth(M1) (Originally Reading to Birmingham: taken over by A34) | | 0% | | | A43 Cherwell Valley to Stamford (formerly Oxford to Market Deeping) | | 0% | | | A44 Oxford to Aberystwyth | | 0% | | | A45 Birmingham to Thrapston (Originally to Felixstowe, but eastern section taken over by A14) | | 4% | | | A46 Bath to Cleethorpes | | 0% | | | A47 Birmingham to Great Yarmouth | | 0% | | | A48 Highnam to Carmarthen | | 0% | | | A49 Ross-on-Wye to Bamber Bridge near Preston | | 0% | | | A50 Leicester to M1 Junction 22 and Kegworth (M1 Junction 24) to Warrington (formerly Northampton to Warrington) | | 0% | | | A51 Kingsbury to Chester | | 0% | | | A52 Newcastle-under-Lyme to Mablethorpe | | 4% | | | A53 Shrewsbury to Buxton | | 0% | | | A54 Chester to Buxton | | 0% | | | A55 Holyhead to Chester (The North Wales Expressway) | | 0% | | | A56 Chester to Broughton (A59) | | 0% | | | A57 Liverpool to Lincoln | | 4% | | | A58 Prescot to Wetherby | | 0% | | | A59 Liverpool to York | | 0% | | | A60 Loughborough to Doncaster | | 0% | | | A61 Derby to Thirsk | | 0% | | | A62 Manchester to Leeds | | 0% | | | A63 Leeds to Hull | | 0% | | | A64 Leeds to Scarborough | | 4% | | | A65 Leeds to Kendal | | 0% | | | A66 Workington to Grangetown | | 13% | | | A67 Bowes (A66) to Crathorne (A19) | | 0% | | | A68 Darlington to Edinburgh | | 0% | | | A69 Carlisle to Blaydon | | 0% | | | A70 Edinburgh to Ayr | | 0% | | | A71 Edinburgh to Irvine | | 0% | | | A72 Galashiels to Hamilton | | 0% | | | A73 Abington to Cumbernauld | | 0% | | | A74 Carlisle to Glasgow | | 0% | | | A75 Gretna to Stranraer | | 4% | | | A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock | | 4% | | | A77 Glasgow to Portpatrick | | 0% | | | A78 Prestwick to Greenock | | 0% | | | A79 Prestwick to Doonholm | | 0% | | | A80 Glasgow to Bonnybridge | | 0% | | | A81 Glasgow to Callander | | 4% | | | A82 Glasgow to Inverness | | 4% | | | A83 Campbeltown to Tarbet | | 4% | | | A84 Stirling to Lochearnhead | | 4% | | | A85 Oban to Dundee | | 0% | | | A86 Spean Bridge to Kingussie | | 0% | | | A87 Invergarry to Uig | | 4% | | | A88 Larbert to Stenhousemuir (Originally what is now the A9 past Inverness: this explains the rarity of A9xxx numbers in the Highlands) | | 0% | | | A89 Newbridge to Glasgow | | 0% | | | A90 Edinburgh to Fraserburgh | | 0% | | | A91 Bannockburn to St Andrews | | 0% | | | A92 Dunfermline to Stonehaven | | 0% | | | A93 Perth to Aberdeen | | 0% |
Total: 24 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Favourite British motorway | |
| M1 (and M10, M45, M621) | | 0% | | | M2 | | 0% | | | M3 | | 0% | | | M4 (and M32, M48, M49) | | 14% | | | M5 (and M50) | | 7% | | | M6 (and M54, M55, M58, M61, M65) | | 10% | | | M6 Toll | | 28% | | | M8 (and M77, M80, M876, M898) | | 7% | | | M9 | | 0% | | | M11 | | 0% | | | M18 (and M180, M181) | | 0% | | | M20 (and M26) | | 3% | | | M23 | | 3% | | | M25 | | 7% | | | M27 (and M271, M275) | | 7% | | | M40 & M42 | | 3% | | | M53 | | 0% | | | M56 | | 3% | | | M60 (and M66, M67) | | 0% | | | M62 (and M57, M602, M606) | | 3% | | | M69 | | 3% | | | M74 (and M73) | | 0% | | | M90 | | 0% | | | M96 | | 0% |
Total: 29 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| Who have you done? | |
Boat Club ≡ Incest | Jane Allison | | 4% | | | Tom Andrews | | 4% | | | Narelle Baker | | 4% | | | Charley Bates | | 4% | | | Ulrike Bauer | | 4% | | | Adam Blacklay | | 4% | | | Jonathan Blazek | | 0% | | | Harriet Booker | | 4% | | | Abigail Breary | | 4% | | | Richard Bullock | | 70% | | | Lorry Carr | | 4% | | | Charles Chapin | | 0% | | | Ji-Jian Chow | | 0% | | | Ming Chung | | 0% | | | Tom Coker | | 0% | | | Rachel Croft | | 4% | | | Adam Csenki | | 0% | | | Damilola Dauda | | 4% | | | Jon Davies | | 9% | | | Will Dean | | 0% | | | Chris Dunleavy | | 0% | | | Richard Fletcher | | 0% | | | Abigail Fox | | 4% | | | Rachel Frigot | | 4% | | | Bryn Garrod | | 4% | | | Julijana Gjorgjieva | | 4% | | | Stu Gooch | | 0% | | | Joanna Heath | | 9% | | | Nicola Henshall | | 13% | | | Amy Hewer | | 13% | | | Sarah Hickey | | 4% | | | Liz Hill | | 4% | | | Dominic Hockley | | 4% | | | Phil Horler | | 0% | | | Hannah Jackson | | 9% | | | Dan Jane | | 4% | | | Magnus Jones | | 4% | | | John Kiely | | 4% | | | Konstantin Kisil | | 0% | | | Will Laffan | | 9% | | | Emma Leadbetter | | 9% | | | Andrew Lewis | | 9% | | | Sam Lings | | 9% | | | Sorcha McGinn | | 9% | | | Tristan Melen | | 0% | | | Christian Mertes | | 0% | | | Thomas O'Neill | | 0% | | | Kristina Ooi | | 9% | | | Igor Ostrowski | | 9% | | | Sebastian Pancratz | | 17% | | | Robert Patterson | | 9% | | | Sarah Pitt | | 9% | | | Lynsey Porter | | 17% | | | Philipp Preiss | | 0% | | | Helen Ralston | | 4% | | | Fran Rawlins | | 9% | | | Pedro Salgard-Cunha | | 4% | | | Matthew Sargeant | | 4% | | | Emma Smith | | 4% | | | Sarah Stoneman | | 4% | | | James Strawson | | 4% | | | Andrew Sugden | | 13% | | | Julia Summers | | 4% | | | Alex Sye | | 4% | | | Erica Thompson | | 4% | | | Corinne Vannatta | | 4% | | | Lilie Weaver | | 4% | | | P-J White | | 0% | | | Henry Wood | | 4% | | | Martin Yarr | | 4% | | | Sam Zhang | | 4% |
Total: 23 members' votes (12 comments...) |
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| Bumps Predictions | |
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) | | 77% |
Total: 44 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| We row in order to... | |
| ...win | | 79% | | | ...have fun | | 21% |
Total: 39 members' votes (40 comments...) |
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| Who should trial lightweights next year? | |
| Andrew Lewis | | 38% | | | Will Laffan | | 44% | | | Richard Fletcher | | 44% | | | Martin Yarr | | 18% | | | John Kiely | | 28% | | | Philipp Preiss | | 41% | | | Lorry Carr | | 28% | | | Sam Lings | | 21% | | | Mohammad Dehabadi | | 18% | | | Tom O'Neill | | 23% | | | Seb Pancratz | | 44% | | | Christian Mertes | | 21% | | | Adam Blacklay | | 21% | | | James Strawson | | 23% | | | Tom Coker | | 26% | | | Hannah Jackson | | 15% | | | Fran Rawlins | | 59% | | | Julia Summers | | 51% | | | Rachel Croft | | 18% | | | Joanna Heath | | 18% | | | Amy Hewer | | 15% | | | Lilie Weaver | | 49% | | | Toby Garnett | | 38% |
Total: 39 members' votes (17 comments...) |
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| Who will be next year's Men's Captain? | |
Because we know its just a popularity contest anyway ;) | Tom ''El Presidente'' Coker | | 3% | | | Ming ''The Merciless'' Chung | | 41% | | | Sebastian ''I Only Scull'' Pancratz | | 3% | | | Will ''Shortest Headship Winner'' Laffan | | 3% | | | Emma ''Brian Is So Awesome'' Leadbetter | | 12% | | | Pedro ''How Can I Copy Erica After She's Gone'' Cunha | | 3% | | | Bryn ''Will Only Coach Novice Girls'' Garrod | | 18% | | | Martin ''Must Do Bigger Weights'' Yarr | | 3% | | | Chris ''Doing a PhD to Row'' Dunleavy | | 9% | | | Lorry ''Can't Look Forward'' Carr | | 0% | | | Adam ''Very Ordinary'' Blacklay | | 6% |
Total: 34 members' votes |
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| How to tan? | |
The second most important thing about Mays rowing (after bumps)... bronzing. | Stay completely covered at all times to avoid any chance of a tan (see A. Lea-Cox) | | 15% | | | Wear an all-in-one and get strap marks (see people too busy rowing to care about looks) | | 48% | | | Wear only one strap and then switch at the lock to avoid too much of a strap mark whilst still being able to row well (see T. Coker) | | 6% | | | Push both straps down to avoid strap marks and (if female) hope it holds and (if male) hope it doesn't (see Women's hour) | | 12% | | | Go topless and just take the fines for indecent exposure on the chin (see the bank balance decrease) | | 18% |
Total: 33 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Blue and gold bikinis? | |
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? | Yes please! | | 63% | | | No thanks! | | 37% |
Total: 43 members' votes (2 comments...) |
