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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 |
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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 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...) |
