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| Punting skill | |
How good do you think you are? | I am/was a professional and made things up to tell tourists |  | 10% | | | I am/was a professional | | 0% | | | I can go fast and straight |  | 45% | | | I struggle if it's busy but I'm largely OK | | 16% | | | I may have hit an occasional bridge... | | 3% | | | I'm a danger to myself and others | | 6% | | | The Conservators have banned me | | 0% | | | I'm a lady so I get a burly man to punt me | | 6% | | | Water is for racing over, not drifting down | | 13% |
Total: 31 members' votes (13 comments...) |
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| Favourite test? | |
| 2k | | 7% | | | 5k | | 17% | | | 30 minute | | 3% | | | Max. Power | | 7% | | | Max. Weights | | 10% | | | 5k sculling | | 0% | | | Seat Race | | 13% | | | Rorschach | | 3% | | | Turing | | 7% | | | Edgbaston 2005 | | 33% |
Total: 30 members' votes (6 comments...) |
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| Eights Head | |
| Legends: 88th or better | | 5% | | | Very good: 89th - 118th | | 45% | | | Above Average: 119th - 164th | | 45% | | | Average: 165th - 200th | | 0% | | | Below par for this crew: 201st - 250th | | 0% | | | Below par for any 1st VIII: 251st - 300th | | 0% | | | Disaster: 301st or below | | 0% | | | Failure to finish | | 0% | | | Failure to start | | 0% | | | Event cancelled | | 5% |
Total: 20 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| Website | |
It was suggested on the pub crawl that the site's login page (i.e. the navy blue background with the two large crests) be replaced with an animated lion who walks in from one side before stopping in the right pose. Thoughts? | Yes please | | 42% | | | No thanks | | 58% |
Total: 36 members' votes |
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| Easter training | |
| More than term-time | | 20% | | | Same as term-time | | 12% | | | Slightly less than term-time | | 12% | | | Non-rowing related cross-training (e.g. skiing) | | 32% | | | Very little, I'm off on holidays | | 4% | | | Pub crawl anyone? | | 20% |
Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Grammar Police | |
You know who you are. | They're ensuring that high standards are maintained | | 66% | | | They're standing in the way of an evolving language | | 31% | | | There's no one quite like Grammar... | | 3% |
Total: 35 members' votes |
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| A beautiful game? | |
On Saturday (March 17th), FaTTBC FC will play BPBC FC in the final of the inaugural Football Challenge Pot. You're not a betting (wo)man, but if you were...? | FaT to win easily | | 30% | | | FaT to win narrowly | | 24% | | | FaT to win on penalties | | 8% | | | BPBC to win on penalties | | 8% | | | BPBC to win narrowly | | 14% | | | BPBC to win easily | | 11% | | | Seb to lose easily | | 41% | | | No injuries | | 0% | | | Minor injuries only | | 32% | | | One major injury | | 14% | | | Multiple major injuries | | 8% | | | Multiple major injuries to one person | | 32% | | | No cards | | 8% | | | Yellow cards only | | 24% | | | One red card | | 11% | | | Multiple red cards | | 30% | | | A full-blown fracas leading to FA charges | | 27% | | | FaT to score first | | 46% | | | BPBC to score first | | 30% | | | FaT to fail to score at all | | 3% | | | BPBC to fail to score at all | | 16% | | | FaT to concede a penalty | | 30% | | | BPBC to concede a penalty | | 38% | | | Anyone to score with a header | | 19% | | | Anyone to score with a volley | | 14% | | | Anyone to score from outside the area | | 43% | | | Anyone to score from his own half | | 16% | | | Anyone to score an own goal | | 54% | | | Anyone to score a hat-trick | | 22% | | | Anyone to score at the post-match social | | 49% | | | Streaker (FaT underwear) | | 38% | | | Streaker (inferior underwear) | | 5% | | | Streaker (no underwear) | | 5% | | | No WAGs present | | 11% | | | 1-5 WAGs present | | 46% | | | 6-10 WAGs present | | 11% | | | 11+ WAGs present | | 14% | | | FaT's destructive gambling culture to be exposed in Varsity in the build-up to the game | | 19% | | | BPBC's specially commissioned spyplane and listening devices employed at FaT training sessions to be exposed in The Cambridge Student in the build-up to the game | | 16% | | | Lorry to be seen daydreaming | | 49% | | | Will Laffan to win a header | | 16% | | | Tom Coker to turn up too drunk to play | | 57% | | | James Strawson to turn up on the wrong day | | 43% | | | Richard Fletcher to claim he's 'fed up of not winning anything' after the game | | 22% | | | Mark Sankey to do a fartlek session at half-time while smiling | | 24% | | | Seb to do a fartlek session at half-time while grimacing | | 57% | | | Seb to suffer abuse for being German | | 84% | | | Phil to suffer abuse for being ginger | | 70% | | | QB James Scott to shout 'Red, Red, 72, 72' | | 30% | | | Neil to be accused of sexism for failing to select any girls for BPBC | | 62% | | | Dan Darley to cycle to and from the game from London | | 49% | | | Dan Holland to 'do a Din' (i.e. require hospital treatment for exhaustion) | | 22% | | | Ingers to 'do an Ingers' | | 35% | | | Graham to 'do a Graham' | | 27% | | | Simon Blackburn to attempt to have the game called off for health and safety reasons | | 19% | | | BPBC to attempt to have the game called off because Bryn tries to play his ringer | | 27% | | | Jon Glass to do the 'robot dance' after scoring | | 41% | | | John Earl to provide a half-time 'keepy-uppy' masterclass | | 24% | | | Eton Boy to ask where the Wall is | | 41% | | | Matt Byrne to crown a mazy dribble from his own half with an outrageous left-foot chip over the onrushing goalkeeper | | 11% |
Total: 37 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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| What's the most beautiful piece of sport you've ever seen (live)? | |
*Liu Xiang broke Colin Jackson's 13-year-old 110m hurdles world record this week. That World Championship-winning run of 12.91 from CJ was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in sport. What's your favourite - not the most important or dramatic, but simply the most beautiful? (Ideally you should have watched it live for it to count.)
* denotes a link to a video clip. | *Football: Diego Maradona's second goal, Argentina vs England, World Cup QF, 1986 | | 0% | | | *Football: Marco van Basten's winner, Holland vs USSR, European Championship Final, 1988 | | 0% | | | *Football: Roberto Carlos's goal, Brazil vs France, Le Tournoi, 1997 | | 5% | | | *Football: Michael Owen's goal, England vs Argentina, World Cup Round 2, 1998 | | 0% | | | *Football: Dennis Bergkamp's last-minute winner, Holland vs Argentina, World Cup QF, 1998 | | 0% | | | *Football: Ryan Giggs's extra-time winner, Man United vs Arsenal, FA Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | | *Football: Thierry Henry's winner, Arsenal vs Man United, Premiership, 2000 | | 0% | | | *Football: Zinedine Zidane's winner, Real Madrid vs Bayer Leverkusen, Champions' League Final, 2002 | | 5% | | | *Football: Steven Gerrard's last-minute equaliser, Liverpool vs West Ham, FA Cup Final, 2006 | | 10% | | | *Football: Esteban Cambiasso's goal, Argentina vs Serbia, World Cup Group C, 2006 | | 5% | | | Cricket: Lance Klusener's 31* off 16 balls, South Africa vs Australia, World Cup SF, 1999 | | 0% | | | Cricket: Kevin Pietersen's 91* off 65 balls, England vs Australia, ODI, 1999 | | 0% | | | Cricket: Matthew Hoggard's series-winning 7-61, England vs South Africa, 2005 | | 0% | | | Cricket: England (477) reducing Australia to 99/5, 4th Ashes Test, 2005 | | 0% | | | Rugby: Rob Andrew's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup QF, 1995 | | 0% | | | Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's tackle on Matt Giteau, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 0% | | | *Rugby: Jonny Wilkinson's last-minute match-winning drop goal, England vs Australia, World Cup Final, 2003 | | 15% | | | Rowing: Searle brothers winning Gold in the coxed pair with Gary Herbert, Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Barcelona, 1992 | | 0% | | | Rowing: Redgrave and Pinsent winning Gold in Atlanta, 1996 | | 0% | | | Rowing: Cambridge breaking the course record (16.19) in winning the Boat Race, 1998 | | 0% | | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | | Rowing: British eight winning Gold in Sydney, 2000 | | 5% | | | *Rowing: Oxford winning from behind at Barnes Bridge, Boat Race, 2002 (see next option for video) | | 5% | | | *Rowing: Oxford winning by one foot, Boat Race, 2003 (video) | | 0% | | | Rowing: British coxless four winning Gold in Athens, 2004 | | 5% | | | Athletics: Daley Thompson's decathlon Olympic Gold, Los Angeles, 1984 | | 0% | | | Athletics: Colin Jackson's 110m hurdles world record (12.91), World Championships, Stuttgart, 1993 | | 5% | | | *Athletics: Jonathan Edwards's triple jump world record (18.29m), World Championships, Gothenburg, 1995 | | 0% | | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie breaking the 5000m world record by 11 seconds, Zurich, 1995 | | 0% | | | *Athletics: Michael Johnson's 200m world record (19.32), Olympic Final, Atlanta, 1996 | | 5% | | | Athletics: Haile Gebrselassie winning Olympic 10000m Gold, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | | Swimming: Australia beating the USA to win Gold in the 4x100m relay, Sydney, 2000 | | 0% | | | Hockey: Great Britain going 2-0 up on Germany, Olympic Final, Seoul, 1988 | | 0% | | | Tennis: Goran Ivanisevic beating Pat Rafter in 5 sets, Wimbledon Final, 2001 | | 0% | | | Tennis: Roger Federer beating Andy Roddick, Wimbledon Final, 2005 | | 0% | | | Golf: Constantino Rocca's 60-foot putt on the 18th hole to force a play-off, British Open, 1995 | | 0% | | | Golf: Tiger Woods winning the US Masters by a record 12 shots, aged 21, 1997 | | 0% | | | *Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan's world record fastest 147 in 5min 20sec, 1997 | | 0% | | | *Figure-skating: Torvill and Dean winning Gold with Bolero, Winter Olympics, Sarajevo, 1984 | | 5% | | | Other (please post below, with a link if possible.) | | 30% |
Total: 20 members' votes (30 comments...) |
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| Best of the rest | |
Yeah yeah Lent VIIIs we love you and all, but let's spread that love. In the style of the well known but trademarked movie awards, who should get the 'best supporting crew' award? | 2nd Men | | 39% | | | 2nd Women | | 13% | | | 3rd Men | | 5% | | | 3rd Women | | 29% | | | 4th Men | | 2% | | | 5th Men | | 13% |
Total: 56 members' votes (10 comments...) |
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| How will First and Third fare this week? | |
Estimate the total number of places lost or gained by our crews (in total) this week. We have 8 crews on the River, and could go up a total of 28 places if all crews gain blades with no overbumps. | Down more than 5 places | | 2% | | | Down between 1 and 5 | | 0% | | | Stay level | | 0% | | | Up between 1 and 5 | | 2% | | | Up between 6 and 10 | | 9% | | | Up between 11 and 15 | | 41% | | | Up between 16 and 20 | | 35% | | | Up between 21 and 25 | | 2% | | | Up more than 25 places for the week | | 9% |
Total: 46 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Grammar Police | |
They know who they are... | They're ensuring that high standards are maintained | | 50% | | | They're standing in the way of an evolving language | | 50% | | | There's no one quite like Grammar... | | 0% |
Total: 2 members' votes |
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| The Big One | |
| neither | | 2% | | | men | | 22% | | | women | | 5% | | | both | | 71% |
Total: 41 members' votes |
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| Day tickets | |
The ARA is abolishing day tickets next month and entry into all open regattas and heads will require ARA membership (unless they run dodgy events e.g. CRA only). Which of these do you agree with? | It will have no effect on me whatsoever | | 56% | | | I have regularly used day tickets as I do 1 or 2 open events each year and this will stop me racing | | 6% | | | I fear that there will be less people for me to race at events I go to | | 21% | | | It's good because it will stop people with lots of points cheating by entering on a day ticket with 0 points | | 26% | | | ARA membership is a rip-off | | 29% | | | ARA membership is good value for money | | 21% | | | I predict BPBC will now only enter non-ARA events | | 32% | | | What's a day ticket? | | 29% |
Total: 34 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Best indicator of form? | |
With only two competitions left before the Lents and, more importantly, BumpIT, which is traditionally the best indicator of who's going up and who's going down? Total: 31 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Which club do we hate the most? | |
Over the years it has become traditional to hate some clubs more than others, but which is the worst of the lot? | LMBC | | 22% | | | Downing | | 61% | | | Caius | | 17% | | | 5 iron | | 0% |
Total: 36 members' votes (5 comments...) |
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| The hype starts here | |
It seems you can't have a game of football these days without a load of OTT build-up. We're having a game of football, how can we best hype it up? | Just a note on the blackboard @GG on the day of the game | | 5% | | | Special section of this website | | 14% | | | Kick off is moved to accommodate tv schedules - debate over whether the organisers have sold out | | 23% | | | Richard Keys of SkySports calls it 'the most important game of football that's ever been played' | | 5% | | | Speaking before the game, Neil Talbott is quoted as saying the following when asked about Bryn 'But I'll tell ya - you can tell him now if you're watching it - we're still fighting for this title, and he's got to go to Cramner Road and get something, and. | | 5% | | | Graham Fisher breaks a metatarsal next week, leading to speculation regarding his participation in the game | | 18% | | | This poll is quite enough thank you. | | 32% |
Total: 22 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Security | |
The Glastonbury Festival have announced that the 2007 Festival tickets will be personalised with photos to prevent touting. Another event in June which costs a lot of money and has an issue with security is the May Ball. Which of these security measures should the Ball adopt? | Prescreening of applicants to ensure they are buying tickets for their own use | | 4% | | | Photos on tickets | | 16% | | | Fingerprints | | 4% | | | Iris recognition | | 4% | | | All guests required to wear gold socks | | 52% | | | Replacing tickets with tattos | | 16% | | | Doubling the price to take the floor out of the tout market | | 0% | | | Give up - let the free market take over | | 4% |
Total: 25 members' votes |
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| What's the best Christmas record ever? | |
So 'Best Christmas #1' sees a resounding victory for Bohemian Rhapsody, as made famous by the 2001 2nd May VIII. However, many of the best Christmas singles never made it to #1, being kept off by such abominations as the Pet Shop Boys. Which of the following is your all-time favourite Christmas track (carols etc excluded)? | 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls) (listen) | | 0% | | | 2000 Miles (The Pretenders) (listen) | | 0% | | | All I Want For Christmas (Is You) (Mariah Carey) (listen) | | 15% | | | Always On My Mind (Pet Shop Boys) (listen) | | 8% | | | Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd) (listen) | | 0% | | | A Spaceman Came Travelling (Chris de Burgh) (listen) | | 0% | | | A Winter's Tale (David Essex) (listen) | | 0% | | | A Wonderful Christmas Time (Paul McCartney) (listen) | | 0% | | | Babe (Take That) (listen) | | 0% | | | Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) (listen) | | 4% | | | Caravan Of Love (Housemartins) (listen) | | 0% | | | Chiquitita (ABBA) (listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas (The Who) (listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love/U2) (listen/listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas Day (Dido) (listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas Time (Bryan Adams) (listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas Time (The Darkness) (listen) | | 0% | | | Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses) (listen) | | 0% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid/Band Aid 20) (listen/listen) | | 0% | | | Don't You Want Me (The Human League) (listen) | | 0% | | | Driving Home For Christmas (Chris Rea) (listen) | | 4% | | | Earth Song (Michael Jackson) (listen) | | 0% | | | Especially For You (Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan) (listen) | | 0% | | | Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl) (listen) | | 19% | | | Father Christmas (The Kinks) (listen) | | 0% | | | Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Elmo and Patsy) (listen) | | 8% | | | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon and Yoko Ono) (listen) | | 0% | | | Heal The World (Michael Jackson) (listen) | | 0% | | | Hello Goodbye (The Beatles) (listen) | | 0% | | | I Believe In Father Christmas (Greg Lake) (listen) | | 0% | | | I Have A Dream (ABBA) (listen) | | 0% | | | I'll Find My Way Home (Jon & Vangelis) (listen) | | 0% | | | Imagine (John Lennon) (listen) | | 0% | | | I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) (listen) | | 0% | | | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (Wizzard) (listen) | | 0% | | | JCB Song (Nizlopi) (listen) | | 4% | | | Last Christmas (WHAM!) (listen) | | 4% | | | Little Drummer Boy (Bing Crosby and David Bowie) (listen) | | 0% | | | Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys) (listen) | | 0% | | | Lonely This Christmas (Mud) (listen) | | 0% | | | Mad World (Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules) (listen) | | 4% | | | Mary's Boy Child (Boney M) (listen) | | 0% | | | Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens) (listen) | | 0% | | | Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade) (listen) | | 0% | | | Mistletoe And Wine (Cliff Richard) (listen) | | 0% | | | Mr Blobby (Mr Blobby) (listen) | | 0% | | | Mull Of Kintyre (Wings) (listen) | | 0% | | | New Year's Day (U2) (listen) | | 4% | | | Perfect Day (Various) (listen) | | 0% | | | Pipes Of Peace (Paul McCartney) (listen) | | 0% | | | Please Come Home For Christmas (The Eagles) (listen) | | 0% | | | Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt/Kylie Minogue) (listen/listen) | | 0% | | | Santa Claus You C*n* Where's My F*****g Bike? (Kevin Bloody Wilson) (listen) | | 4% | | | Saving All My Love For You (Whitney Houston) (listen) | | 0% | | | Somethin' Stupid (Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman) (listen) | | 0% | | | Sound Of The Underground (Girls Aloud) (listen) | | 0% | | | Stay Another Day (East 17) (listen) | | 0% | | | Step Into Christmas (Elton John) (listen) | | 0% | | | Stop The Cavalry (Jona Lewie) (listen) | | 12% | | | Thank God It's Christmas (Queen) (listen) | | 0% | | | The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole) (listen) | | 0% | | | The Power Of Love (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) (listen) | | 0% | | | Under The Moon Of Love (Showaddywaddy) (listen) | | 0% | | | Walking In The Air (Peter Auty/Aled Jones) (listen) | | 0% | | | Whatever (Oasis) (listen) | | 0% | | | When A Child Is Born (Johnny Mathis) (listen) | | 4% | | | When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole/Rick Astley) (listen/listen) | | 4% | | | White Christmas (Bing Crosby) (listen) | | 0% | | | YMCA (The Village People) (listen) | | 0% | | | You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Righteous Brothers) (listen) | | 4% | | | Other (please post below, with a link if possible) | | 0% |
Total: 26 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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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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| Happy New Year? | |
New year, new opportunities, new resolutions... but is it all too late? | The best of my rowing career is yet to come | | 60% | | | The best of my rowing career is behind me and I'm now managing the decline | | 30% | | | In life in general, the best is yet to come | | 80% | | | In life in general, I know that, on balance, I've had my best years | | 27% |
Total: 30 members' votes (3 comments...) |
