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Who do we hate most?

Caius		15%

Downing		53%

LMBC		32%

Total: 34 members' votes

by RTT - Mon 17th Jan 2005, 10:33am

Since this is Lent term, and given the positions in the bumps and likely threat, I hate Caius most. But my default answer would have been Downing. Hating Caius in the Mays is stupid - the boats they have been putting out recently have been extremely impressive and worthy of respect, plus they don't affect our results.

by Erica - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 2:26pm

can't we have an option for Magdalene?

by mjb - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 3:14pm

Got to be Downing

by jo - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 3:39pm

but magdalene are the club with all the love! they can't be an option on this poll!

by Lilie - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 3:53pm

Um..? Surely this is a prime opportunity for some unfounded Maggie hating? Or some slagging off of the 'other place'? The real debate is: which is worse - scum or filth?

by Tom C - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 4:49pm

Surely this is a prime opportunity for some unfounded Maggie hating?

Nah, well-founded hatred, such as that felt towards downing, should definitely take priority.

by Erica - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 5:12pm

Maybe maggie is short for Magdalene as well, both being scum, if different shades of rotting-tomato.

by jo - Tue 18th Jan 2005, 5:37pm

I can't believe my eyes! the horror! unfair victimisation of a sterling college i think!

by Dubya - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 11:52am

Lilie said: The real debate is: which is worse - scum or filth?

Ideal topic for a song, don't you think

by Mike - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 2:43pm

In the spirit of the grammatical pedantry that occasionally arises on this website, should the title of this poll not be "Whom do we hate most?"?

by mjb - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 2:54pm

Mike said: "Whom do we hate most?"?

What about "Whom do we most hate?"?

by Ingers - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 6:52pm

I simply refer you to one of Fisher's finest quotes: "We hate Maggie because it's tradition, but we hate Downing because they're...."

by Dubya - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 7:07pm

Is the quotes page searchable, Martin?

by mjb - Wed 19th Jan 2005, 8:33pm

Dubya said: Is the quotes page searchable, Martin?

Doesn't your browser have a search function ?
And that quote doesn't seem to be there (yet)

by Richard - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 12:06am

Ingers said: I simply refer you to one of Fisher's finest quotes: "We hate Maggie because it's tradition, but we hate Downing because they're...."

I think Mr. Fisher told me that one in the crew room just before we bumped Downing on the last day of the Mays 2003. Classic.

by Tom C - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 1:53am

the only word i can think of to finish that is "hermitian".

by Richard - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 9:20am

Tom C said: the only word i can think of to finish that is "hermitian".

It doesn't rhyme, Tom

by Martin - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 11:31am

Dubya said: Is the quotes page searchable, Martin?

No, you know it isn't.

Am itching to get the site search function working again now that there is soooo much content... (I just had a look - there are 3552 race+regatta results, 1296 race reports, 5573 message board posts, 3813 photos - not sure how many other pages.)

I'd also like to add the facility to add comments (i.e. message board type posts) to photos.

And then there's some improvements to bumps charts I'd also like to get done (.e.g. multiple year charts, crew specific charts)....

Time is a problem (maybe around Lents when I have some time off!), so if anyone has any views on relative priority...

by Simon - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 12:23pm

Martin said:so if anyone has any views on relative priority...

I think you once said that rowing is the first priority...

by gf - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 3:32pm

Simon said: I think you once said that rowing is the first priority...

Surely prioritising is the first priority...?

by Martin - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 3:34pm

gf said: Surely prioritising is the first priority...?

No, rowing is the first priority. Because it's always the first priority you don't have to prioritise prioritising it.

by Mike - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 3:37pm

Martin said: No, rowing is the first priority. Because it's always the first priority you don't have to prioritise prioritising it.

But if that's the case, someone must have done some prioritising in the past to make it happen. Maybe that was some kind of meta-prioritising that doesn't get ranked in the normal scheme of prioritising.

by gf - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 3:39pm

Mike said: meta-prioritising

This is merely prior prioritising...

by Martin - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 3:40pm

gf said: This is merely prior prioritising...

And getting far too philosophical.

by gf - Thu 20th Jan 2005, 5:11pm

Martin said: And getting far too philosophical.

So philosophising is not a high priority for you?