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| What's the best Christmas #1 ever? | |
By the time you read this, it will probably have been confirmed that this year's Christmas #1 is another atrocious offering from the latest winner of X-Factor. But it wasn't always like this: once upon a time, when Snickers were Marathons and a shag was a common cormorant, Christmas #1 records were enduring classics. What's your all-time favourite? | Here In My Heart (Al Martino, 1952) | | 0% | | | Answer Me (Frankie Laine, 1953) | | 0% | | | Let's Have Another Party (Winifred Atwell, 1954) | | 0% | | | Christmas Alphabet (Dickie Valentine, 1955) | | 0% | | | Just Walkin' In The Rain (Johnnie Ray, 1956) | | 0% | | | Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte, 1957) | | 0% | | | It's Only Make Believe (Conway Twitty, 1958) | | 0% | | | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (Emile Ford & The Checkmates, 1959) | | 0% | | | I Love You (Cliff Richard & The Shadows, 1960) | | 0% | | | Moon River (Danny Williams, 1961) | | 0% | | | Return To Sender (Elvis Presley, 1962) | | 0% | | | I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles, 1963) | | 0% | | | I Feel Fine (The Beatles, 1964) | | 0% | | | Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (The Beatles, 1965) | | 0% | | | The Green Grass Of Home (Tom Jones, 1966) | | 0% | | | Hello Goodbye (The Beatles, 1967) |  | 4% | | | Lily The Pink (Scaffold, 1968) | | 0% | | | Two Little Boys (Rolf Harris, 1969) |  | 4% | | | I Hear You Knockin' (Dave Edmunds, 1970) | | 0% | | | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (Benny Hill, 1971) | | 0% | | | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (Little Jimmy Osmond, 1972) | | 0% | | | Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade, 1973) | | 11% | | | Lonely This Christmas (Mud, 1974) | | 0% | | | Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen, 1975) | | 36% | | | When A Child Is Born (Soleado) (Johnny Mathis, 1976) | | 0% | | | Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School (Wings, 1977) | | 0% | | | Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord (Boney M, 1978) | | 0% | | | Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd, 1979) | | 7% | | | There's No One Quite Like Grandma (St Winifred's School Choir, 1980) | | 0% | | | Don't You Want Me (The Human League, 1981) | | 4% | | | Save Your Love (Renee & Renato, 1982) | | 0% | | | Only You (The Flying Pickets, 1983) | | 0% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid, 1984) | | 4% | | | Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens, 1985) | | 0% | | | Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson, 1986) | | 0% | | | Always On My Mind (The Pet Shop Boys, 1987) | | 4% | | | Mistletoe & Wine (Cliff Richard, 1988) | | 0% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II, 1989) | | 0% | | | Saviour's Day (Cliff Richard, 1990) | | 0% | | | Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen, 1991) | | 4% | | | I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston, 1992) | | 0% | | | Mr Blobby (Mr Blobby, 1993) | | 4% | | | Stay Another Day (East 17, 1994) | | 11% | | | Earth Song (Michael Jackson, 1995) | | 0% | | | 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls, 1996) | | 0% | | | Too Much (Spice Girls, 1997) | | 0% | | | Goodbye (Spice Girls, 1998) | | 0% | | | I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun (Westlife, 1999) | | 0% | | | Can We Fix It? (Bob The Builder, 2000) | | 0% | | | Somethin' Stupid (Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman, 2001) | | 0% | | | Sound Of The Underground (Girls Aloud, 2002) | | 4% | | | Mad World (Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules, 2003) | | 4% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20, 2004) | | 4% | | | That's My Goal (Shayne Ward, 2005) | | 0% |
Total: 28 members' votes |
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| The lycra debate: it rumbles on | |
Last week's poll caused more conversation than the usual. Let's have some in depth analysis. | All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look sexy | | 29% | | | All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look wrong | | 4% | | | Tech tops and leggings are one thing, it's all in ones I have a problem with | | 36% | | | It's not the material, it's the design: hoops make me look FaT | | 11% | | | I won the Fairbairn Cup in 1956 in my single scull wearing cotton slacks and a zephyr | | 25% | | | Sod lycra, I want to do the Lents in PVC | | 46% |
Total: 28 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Rowers of the opposite sex wearing lycra (generally) look... | |
| Sexy | | 68% | | | Minging | | 23% | | | Like gigolos/whores | | 10% |
Total: 31 members' votes (24 comments...) |
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| What shall we call them? | |
We have a lot of new boats in need of names. Two new eights, two new sculls, the Light Four and the Coastal Four. Either pick your favourites from the options below (one for each boat), or suggest another. | Black Prince (men's eight) | | 89% | | | Riccardo (men's eight) | | 3% | | | Other (men's eight) | | 5% | | | The Ladies' Plate (women's eight) | | 0% | | | Henry the Eight (women's eight) | | 32% | | | Valkyrie (women's eight) | | 16% | | | John Pierrepoint Morgan (women's eight) | | 0% | | | Fair Maid of Kent (women's eight) | | 18% | | | Power in the Water (women's eight) | | 3% | | | The Random Buftie (women's eight) | | 16% | | | Other (men's eight) | | 8% | | | Pike and Eel (sculls) | | 37% | | | Cat and Buns (sculls) | | 37% | | | Blue and Gold (sculls) | | 5% | | | Flotsam and Jetsam (sculls) | | 11% | | | Other (sculls) | | 11% | | | Hydra (light four) | | 50% | | | Ariel (light four) | | 18% | | | Martin Rees (light four) | | 18% | | | Other (light four) | | 8% | | | Ursula (coastal) | | 13% | | | Circe (coastal) | | 5% | | | Leviathan (coastal) | | 68% | | | Other (coastal) | | 13% |
Total: 38 members' votes (29 comments...) |
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| IM? | |
Which is your favourite? | ICQ | | 8% | | | Yahoo | | 0% | | | MSN/Windows Live | | 69% | | | Skype | | 8% | | | Google Talk | | 12% | | | Miranda | | 0% | | | Hawaii, if I qualify | | 4% |
Total: 26 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust? | |
| WIN: England 5 - 0 Australia | | 0% | | | WIN: England 4 - 0 Australia | | 0% | | | WIN: England 4 - 1 Australia | | 0% | | | WIN: England 3 - 0 Australia | | 0% | | | WIN: England 3 - 1 Australia | | 4% | | | WIN: England 2 - 0 Australia | | 0% | | | WIN: England 3 - 2 Australia | | 4% | | | WIN: England 2 - 1 Australia | | 19% | | | WIN: England 1 - 0 Australia | | 0% | | | DRAW: England 2 - 2 Australia | | 19% | | | DRAW: England 1 - 1 Australia | | 7% | | | DRAW: England 0 - 0 Australia | | 4% | | | LOSE: England 0 - 1 Australia | | 0% | | | LOSE: England 1 - 2 Australia | | 11% | | | LOSE: England 2 - 3 Australia | | 0% | | | LOSE: England 0 - 2 Australia | | 4% | | | LOSE: England 1 - 3 Australia | | 11% | | | LOSE: England 0 - 3 Australia | | 0% | | | LOSE: England 1 - 4 Australia | | 4% | | | LOSE: England 0 - 4 Australia | | 7% | | | LOSE: England 0 - 5 Australia | | 7% |
Total: 27 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| What injury/illness have you trained/raced through? | |
Real rowers don't listen to their doctors' advice. Which of the following have you refused to prevent you getting in a boat? | Prolapsed disc | | 4% | | | Food poisoning | | 27% | | | Pulled muscle in arse | | 4% | | | (Freshers) 'flu | | 62% | | | Hamstring strain/pull | | 23% | | | Conjunctivitis | | 4% | | | Injury sustained in bike accident while going to the boathouse | | 23% | | | Quinsy | | 4% | | | Hangover | | 77% | | | Blood poisoning from septic blister | | 8% | | | Nasty bug picked up from drinking Tideway water | | 8% | | | Foot and Mouth | | 15% | | | Other (please elaborate below) | | 42% |
Total: 26 members' votes (16 comments...) |
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| Injuries and illnesses | |
Most of the following injuries or diseases have prevented members of the Clubs competing at some point. Which is your favourite? | Prolapsed disc | | 0% | | | Food poisioning | | 14% | | | Pulled muscle in arse | | 18% | | | (Freshers) 'flu | | 5% | | | Hamstring strain/pull | | 0% | | | Conjunctivitis | | 0% | | | Injury sustained in bike accident while going to the boathouse | | 9% | | | Quinsy | | 5% | | | Hangover | | 14% | | | Blood poisioning from septic blister | | 18% | | | Nasty bug picked up from drinking Tideway water | | 5% | | | Foot and Mouth | | 14% |
Total: 22 members' votes (9 comments...) |
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| How many university medals will be won by FaT this week? | |
Medals up for grabs in (Men's) Light IVs and Men's and Women's 1st Coxed IVs divisions. | 0 | | 19% | | | 4 | | 19% | | | 5 | | 11% | | | 9 | | 37% | | | 10 | | 0% | | | 14 | | 15% |
Total: 27 members' votes |
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| Skiing... | |
It won't be long before the snow starts to fall and the ski season begins. But which of the below best describes you? | I love skiing | | 67% | | | I hate skiing | | 4% | | | I hit the slopes every year | | 41% | | | I've never been | | 22% | | | It costs too much | | 26% | | | On my salary I only go for chalets with a sauna and hot tub | | 7% | | | Apres rather than ski for me | | 4% | | | I hate getting snow down my trousers and falling on my sore arse all the time | | 4% | | | My knees are so f**ked I can't ski | | 11% | | | I'd be up for a boatie skiing trip! | | 30% |
Total: 27 members' votes |
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| Favourite Bond? | |
| Connery | | 48% | | | Lazenby | | 0% | | | Moore | | 4% | | | Dalton | | 20% | | | Brosnan | | 20% | | | Craig | | 4% | | | Samantha | | 4% |
Total: 25 members' votes (16 comments...) |
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| Have you ever been injured whilst training for rowing? | |
People are always getting injured. It's something that happens a lot and always seems to be at exactly the wrong time. An injured squad member can lose a crew a race (or their replacement win a race...), and it's always devastating to take time out when the club's doing really well. | No, never, I'm an undergrad - you have to be over 20 to start worrying about injuries, right?! | | 8% | | | No, never, I warm up properly, warm down properly, miss sessions if I feel ill and always look after myself - my body is a temple! | | 8% | | | Yes, I've been injured, but I rowed through the pain/broken ankle (and won the Fairbairns, in my single scull) | | 16% | | | Yes, I got injured, but went to the sports injury clinic (Mon, Wed, Fri mornings drop-in clinic at Addenbrooke's physio dept) and they sorted me out | | 12% | | | Yes, I rowed through it and made it much worse, I really f**ked myself over for the sake of a couple of minor events and subsequently missed some important races | | 16% | | | I routinely get admitted to hospital/row whilst on crutches/train against specific doctor's orders/am called Neil Talbott | | 12% | | | I am/was a triallist and we have a squad physio to sort out injuries and everything! | | 4% | | | I'm a cox, training is for wimps | | 4% | | | I row for BPBC, training is for wimps | | 20% |
Total: 25 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| What is your ARA rowing status? | |
Sweep oar - assume the crew averages the number of points you have. | Novice | | 44% | | | Senior 4 | | 17% | | | Senior 3 | | 11% | | | Senior 2 | | 11% | | | Senior 1 | | 6% | | | Elite | | 6% | | | Veteran | | 6% |
Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| How did you cope without the First and Third website? | |
The website went on its annual holiday last week (was it unplugged by a cleaner again?) - what did you do? | I didn't notice because I didn't try to visit while it was down | | 0% | | | I got my fill of rowing websites by looking at the Rowing Service, Tideway Slug, etc. | | 5% | | | I watched the Mythbuster waterskiing behind an eight video on YouTube | | 9% | | | I browsed other websites (non-rowing related)instead | | 32% | | | I did some training | | 23% | | | I did some work | | 23% | | | I joined LMBC | | 9% |
Total: 22 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| The ABC and Channel 4 series 'Lost' is approaching its conclusion. Will you be watching avidly, or couldn't you care less? | |
| It's brilliant | | 18% | | | It's rubbish | | 29% | | | Where am I? | | 53% |
Total: 17 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| What colour blades are you using at the moment? | |
Many FaTties will be training away from the Cam at the moment. Hopefully they are all using respectable kit, but let's make sure.... | Dark blue (with or without a gold band) | | 27% | | | Black with a dark blue tip and a gold cat and buns | | 18% | | | Cambridge blue | | 0% | | | Orange | | 0% | | | Yellow | | 0% | | | Green | | 0% | | | Indigo | | 0% | | | Violet | | 0% | | | Black | | 9% | | | White | | 18% | | | Pink | | 9% | | | Red | | 18% |
Total: 11 members' votes |
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| Are you addicted to rowing? | |
Many of us find there are times in our lives when rowing becomes a little more important than other things. But are you addicted? Use this well known questionaire to guage your addiction.
Score one or more? You ought to think about Rowers Anonymous... | I feel that I ought to cut down | | 24% | | | I get annoyed when people suggest I should cut down | | 71% | | | I feel guilty because of the amount I row | | 12% | | | I need an early morning eye-opener session just to survive | | 18% | | | None of the above | | 35% | | | One of the above | | 29% | | | Two of the above | | 29% | | | Three of the above | | 12% | | | All of the above (u-oh) | | 12% |
Total: 17 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Which of these would you most like to see permamently banned from the boathouse? | |
| non-FaT people | | 17% | | | CU(W)(L) trialists who just cry and cry and CRY | | 28% | | | Gates with less than 36 degree pitch | | 0% | | | Bland lard | | 28% | | | Small boats | | 0% | | | Smelly co-rowers | | 28% | | | All liquids and personal electronic items | | 0% |
Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Which of these would you most like to see permamently banned from aircraft? | |
| Fat people | | 39% | | | Small children who just cry and cry and CRY | | 25% | | | Seats with less than 36 inch pitch | | 18% | | | Bland food | | 4% | | | Small toilets | | 0% | | | Smelly co-travellers | | 7% | | | All liquids and personal electronic items | | 7% |
Total: 28 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Ay caramba, it's the World Rowing Championships | |
The 2006 World Rowing Championships are at Dorney later this month. How will you be involved? | Ignoring | | 17% | | | Reading about it online/in newspapers | | 22% | | | Watching on TV | | 33% | | | Spectating | | 17% | | | Spectating every day | | 0% | | | Streaking & pitch invading | | 6% | | | Volunteering | | 6% | | | Competing | | 0% |
Total: 18 members' votes |
