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
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
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
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?
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
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
The electronic flag on the CUCBC website may well override/replace the physical flag at Goldie in the near future. It'll be accessible by internet or WAP. Given that the internet isn't yet available in the boat house, will we still be able to find out what colour the flag is?
I have a WAP phone and I'm not afraid to use it!
40%
I think I have a WAP phone but I don't know how it works
Rich and Dan have rowed across the Atlantic and are surely deserving a well-earned break. But once they've rested and feel like doing something extreme again, which of these events or teams should they compete in/for?
As requested a couple of weeks ago in the Deal or No Deal poll.
Giver
77%
Taker
23%
Total: 26 members' votes
What is your greatest fear when rowing on the Thames?
I believe all of these have been encountered by FaT / CU members at some point (with the possible exception of the CowboyNeal option). Which one gives you most nightmares?
When should we schedule the pre-Boat Race pub crawl?
Recent years have seen members of First & Third and Black Prince tour the 10 pubs that overlook the Championship course on one of the days before the Boat Race. There are several possible dates for this in 2006, each with pros and cons. Which should go in the diary?
Saturday 25 March (pro: day of the men's 8s Head so more people than usual in London, with some working up a thirst. Race is at 11:30 so enough drinking time afterwards - just. And no work tomorrow. Con: Lots of other rowers getting in the way)
14%
Sunday 26 March (pro: nothing else going on that day. Con: work the next day, plus will people still be in SW London after watching the race yesterday?)
23%
Saturday 1 April (pro: eve of Boat Race, lie-in tomorrow. Con: clashes with Henley races - Henley lacks sufficient pubs to replicate crawl.)
45%
Sunday 2 April (pro: day of boat race, so lots of people there. Race is late afternoon so could be a crawl with Race in the middle, and bonus pints at the boat club bars. Con: lots of people in SW London. Work the next day.)
Who fills your stocking; Father Christmas, or Santa Claus?
What do you reckon the guy in red with the white beard and the reindeer and the sleigh who comes down the chimney and eats the mince pies and sherry is called?
After how much rowing would you have classified yourself a boatie rather than just a rower?
Are you in a boatie relationship? Do you spend more than two hours a day at the boathouse? Have you ever worn lycra for anything except rowing? Are more than fifty percent of your friends rowers? Do you arrive (late) at lectures in your splashtop? Come to think of it, do you miss most of your lectures/supervisions because you're still at the boathouse? If the answer to more than two of these questions is yes, you are a boatie. But how long did it take for this addiction to creep up on you?
I was a boatie before I arrived at Trinity
6%
They got me at the Chaplains Squash and it's been downhill ever since
26%
As soon as I'd been tubbing
2%
By midway through my novice term
30%
After I'd done Clare Novices
0%
After novice Fairbairns
2%
Once I'd experienced my first Bumps
21%
Once I'd experienced Bumps, in the warm sunshine, with Pimms afterwards
Macaroni goes with a cheesy sauce. Fusilli goes with a tomatoey sauce. Spaghetti was invented to go with bolognese, and you can't have cannelloni without spinach and ricotta. All of these shapes have their merits, but do they actually taste different from one another?
