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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 - At the railings		10%

W1 bump Jesus in their hardest-earned bump to date - Pushing for the Bump		0%

M2 undertake Downing around Ditton - Substantially overlapping Downing		3%

M3 get the 3rd VIII headship - Bumping LMBC for the 3rd boat Headship!		5%

W2 sink Downing - Downing girls in the water		65%

M4 win their blades - Overjoyed at getting the 4th bump		13%

M5 are the only 5th VIII in the Lents - Racing gets underway at the Foot of the River		5%

Total: 40 members' votes (2 comments...)

Who will be the next FaT crew to go Head of the Lents?

M1		58%

W1		43%

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?

Primal Quest		9%

Arctic Team Challenge		9%

Yukon Quest		9%

Global Challenge		0%

Gumball 3000		4%

Great Britain rowing squad at Beijing 2008		13%

Trinity Bruces		57%

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.

Giver		77%

Taker		23%

Total: 26 members' votes

What is your greatest fear when rowing on the Thames?

I believe all of these have been encountered by FaT / CU members at some point (with the possible exception of the CowboyNeal option). Which one gives you most nightmares?

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...)

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