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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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...) |
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| What's the best Christmas #1 ever? | |
By the time you read this, it will probably have been confirmed that this year's Christmas #1 is another atrocious offering from the latest winner of X-Factor. But it wasn't always like this: once upon a time, when Snickers were Marathons and a shag was a common cormorant, Christmas #1 records were enduring classics. What's your all-time favourite? | Here In My Heart (Al Martino, 1952) | | 0% | | | Answer Me (Frankie Laine, 1953) | | 0% | | | Let's Have Another Party (Winifred Atwell, 1954) | | 0% | | | Christmas Alphabet (Dickie Valentine, 1955) | | 0% | | | Just Walkin' In The Rain (Johnnie Ray, 1956) | | 0% | | | Mary's Boy Child (Harry Belafonte, 1957) | | 0% | | | It's Only Make Believe (Conway Twitty, 1958) | | 0% | | | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (Emile Ford & The Checkmates, 1959) | | 0% | | | I Love You (Cliff Richard & The Shadows, 1960) | | 0% | | | Moon River (Danny Williams, 1961) | | 0% | | | Return To Sender (Elvis Presley, 1962) | | 0% | | | I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles, 1963) | | 0% | | | I Feel Fine (The Beatles, 1964) | | 0% | | | Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (The Beatles, 1965) | | 0% | | | The Green Grass Of Home (Tom Jones, 1966) | | 0% | | | Hello Goodbye (The Beatles, 1967) | | 4% | | | Lily The Pink (Scaffold, 1968) | | 0% | | | Two Little Boys (Rolf Harris, 1969) | | 4% | | | I Hear You Knockin' (Dave Edmunds, 1970) | | 0% | | | Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (Benny Hill, 1971) | | 0% | | | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (Little Jimmy Osmond, 1972) | | 0% | | | Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade, 1973) | | 11% | | | Lonely This Christmas (Mud, 1974) | | 0% | | | Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen, 1975) | | 36% | | | When A Child Is Born (Soleado) (Johnny Mathis, 1976) | | 0% | | | Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School (Wings, 1977) | | 0% | | | Mary's Boy Child-Oh My Lord (Boney M, 1978) | | 0% | | | Another Brick In The Wall (Pink Floyd, 1979) | | 7% | | | There's No One Quite Like Grandma (St Winifred's School Choir, 1980) | | 0% | | | Don't You Want Me (The Human League, 1981) | | 4% | | | Save Your Love (Renee & Renato, 1982) | | 0% | | | Only You (The Flying Pickets, 1983) | | 0% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid, 1984) | | 4% | | | Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens, 1985) | | 0% | | | Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson, 1986) | | 0% | | | Always On My Mind (The Pet Shop Boys, 1987) | | 4% | | | Mistletoe & Wine (Cliff Richard, 1988) | | 0% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid II, 1989) | | 0% | | | Saviour's Day (Cliff Richard, 1990) | | 0% | | | Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Queen, 1991) | | 4% | | | I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston, 1992) | | 0% | | | Mr Blobby (Mr Blobby, 1993) | | 4% | | | Stay Another Day (East 17, 1994) | | 11% | | | Earth Song (Michael Jackson, 1995) | | 0% | | | 2 Become 1 (Spice Girls, 1996) | | 0% | | | Too Much (Spice Girls, 1997) | | 0% | | | Goodbye (Spice Girls, 1998) | | 0% | | | I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun (Westlife, 1999) | | 0% | | | Can We Fix It? (Bob The Builder, 2000) | | 0% | | | Somethin' Stupid (Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman, 2001) | | 0% | | | Sound Of The Underground (Girls Aloud, 2002) | | 4% | | | Mad World (Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules, 2003) | | 4% | | | Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20, 2004) | | 4% | | | That's My Goal (Shayne Ward, 2005) | | 0% |
Total: 28 members' votes |
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| The lycra debate: it rumbles on | |
Last week's poll caused more conversation than the usual. Let's have some in depth analysis. | All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look sexy | | 29% | | | All lycra-based clothing makes rowers of the opposite sex look wrong | | 4% | | | Tech tops and leggings are one thing, it's all in ones I have a problem with | | 36% | | | It's not the material, it's the design: hoops make me look FaT | | 11% | | | I won the Fairbairn Cup in 1956 in my single scull wearing cotton slacks and a zephyr | | 25% | | | Sod lycra, I want to do the Lents in PVC | | 46% |
Total: 28 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Rowers of the opposite sex wearing lycra (generally) look... | |
| Sexy | | 68% | | | Minging | | 23% | | | Like gigolos/whores | | 10% |
Total: 31 members' votes (24 comments...) |
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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...) |
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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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| 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...) |
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| How will England fare in the World Cup? | |
The 2006 World Cup starts on June 9th. England have their best chance to win it since 1966, if you believe the hype. But do you? | Group stage humiliation | | 11% | | | Second-round knock-out | | 16% | | | Hung, drawn and Quartered | | 26% | | | Semi-final agony | | 32% | | | Fall at the Final hurdle | | 3% | | | The World's at our feet | | 8% | | | Thrown out for hooliganism | | 5% |
Total: 38 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| New bumps rules | |
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 |
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| Should the Grads row in those really, really, nasty looking yellowey-orange too-tight tops again? | |
Here's a picture of last year's crew in all their glory. | Yes! It's incredible sexy, and I would wear it in Cindies. | | 65% | | | No! I'd rather be at Oxford... | | 35% |
Total: 34 members' votes (15 comments...) |
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| 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 | | 23% |
Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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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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| What should be the next FaT international campaign? | |
After the successful raid on Berlin, what should the club try next? | Banyoles training camp | | 6% | | | Head of the Charles | | 13% | | | Royal Canadian Henley | | 3% | | | Trinity College Dublin Regatta | | 29% | | | Sulkava Rowing Race | | 3% | | | Beijing 2008 | | 6% | | | Bomb France | | 32% | | | Invade Poland (bet the captain starts this one) | | 6% |
Total: 31 members' votes |
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| In how many different countries have you rowed? | |
| One | | 33% | | | Two | | 33% | | | Three | | 6% | | | Four | | 9% | | | Five | | 3% | | | Six | | 3% | | | Seven or more | | 12% | | | None | | 0% |
Total: 33 members' votes (2 comments...) |
