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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 |
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| Favourite ice cream/lolly | |
| Fab | | 0% | | | Mini Milk | | 4% | | | Solero | | 4% | | | Mars Bar Ice cream | | 8% | | | Other chocolate bar turned into ice cream | | 0% | | | Mivvi | | 4% | | | Cornetto | | 8% | | | Magnum | | 15% | | | Solero | | 0% | | | Feast | | 19% | | | Calippo | | 4% | | | Sparkle | | 0% | | | (Tangle) Twister | | 12% | | | Fruit Pastilles lolly | | 8% | | | Rocket | | 4% | | | 2l tub of vanilla | | 12% |
Total: 26 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| How do you cope in this heat? | |
It's on the warm side at the moment (no doubt by the time you read this it will be raining though) - which of these are part of your strategy for beating the heat? | I don't feel it | | 5% | | | I feel it but can we stop all this nambypammby worrying about it | | 38% | | | My place of work has air conditioning so ha ha ha ha ha! | | 29% | | | I love it and am sunbathing everyday right now | | 19% | | | I just take my tie off/dress down | | 29% | | | I carry water and/or a fan everywhere | | 14% | | | I am carrying ice bricks with me | | 5% | | | I'm lounging in front of the tv with the curtains drawn | | 19% | | | It's a bit cooler on the river so am spending more time rowing | | 19% | | | Other strategy (below) | | 19% |
Total: 21 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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| What's your favourite bop song? | |
We all know the bop represents a distorted view of | The Way - Divine Inspiration | | 6% | | | Blue - Eiffel65 | | 0% | | | Gold - Spandau Ballet | | 6% | | | Macarena - Los Del Rio | | 6% | | | Saturday Night - Whigfield | | 17% | | | Top Gun Theme - Miami Sound Machine | | 17% | | | The One and Only - Chesney Hawks | | 39% | | | Rupert the Bear Theme - Rupert the Bear | | 0% | | | Other (post below) | | 11% |
Total: 18 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Furthest you've made it at Henley? | |
| Never entered | | 32% | | | Didn't qualify | | 14% | | | Fastest non-qualifier | | 14% | | | Wednesday | | 5% | | | Thursday pre-5pm | | 14% | | | Thursday post-5pm | | 0% | | | Friday | | 5% | | | Saturday | | 0% | | | Sunday but I lost | | 0% | | | I've won it | | 0% | | | Made it into Stewards | | 18% | | | Made third base in Stewards | | 0% |
Total: 22 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Guiltiest Pleasure? | |
Now that the Mays are over, May week has just happened, and FaT aren't rowing at Henley (again...), there is plenty of time to revive those vices that you gave up whilst training. Which of them makes you feel most guilty about your hedonistic lifestyle and the way you are treating your finely tuned body? | Wining | | 37% | | | Dining | | 32% | | | Sharking | | 16% | | | Shagging | | 0% | | | Shopping | | 0% | | | Websurfing | | 5% | | | Watching daytime TV | | 5% | | | Watching Kiddystare | | 5% |
Total: 19 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Best T-shirt: part 1 | |
Limited to 1st & 3rd t-shirts only, pre Year 2000. Based only on memory and this site's photo archives; apologies for errors. | The meek may inherit the earth, but they can stay the hell off the river | | 27% | | | We are better than you | | 42% | | | Think you're a bit tasty do you? COME ON THEN! (2nd Men, May 1997) | | 12% | | | Beat Me! (children's sized t-shirt) (3rd Men, May 1997) | | 15% | | | The A-Team (Novice Men, 1997) | | 4% | | | Chomp (2nd Men, Lent 1998) | | 0% | | | Gold Sox: Way out of your league baby (2nd Women, Lent 1998) | | 0% | | | BoatShift (parody of CICCU campaign) (4th Men, Lent 1998) | | 0% | | | The Full Boaty (The Full Monty parody) (3rd Men, May 1998) | | 0% | | | Boat Crawl (Novice Men, 1998) | | 0% | | | Trinity Mermaids (2nd Women, May 1999) | | 0% |
Total: 26 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Run run run little rower | |
A few more First and Third/BPBC members completed a marathon last week. What's your view on the distance event? | I think they're great and we should do one each training camp | | 10% | | | I've run one and will run another | | 7% | | | I've run one and if you ever see me starting another one then you have my permission to shoot me | | 7% | | | Rowing a marathon - maybe, but I can't see the appeal of running one | | 10% | | | I'm a sprinter | | 10% | | | I thought they were called Snickers now? | | 55% |
Total: 29 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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 |
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| 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...) |
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| 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 |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
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| 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...) |
