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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 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...) |
