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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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| 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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| 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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| 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 |
