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Who would make the best dominatrix?

Catherine Aiken		38%

Emily Booker		22%

Honey Duan		16%

Anna McCreadie		6%

Rachel Munro		9%

Pia Schaefer		0%

Sarah Taylor		0%

Bron		9%

Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...)

Flintoff: Could you? Have you?

I have drunk as much as Flintoff is reported to have done in one session.		5%

I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did.		33%

I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did - but I plan to try.		48%

I have not drunk as much as Flintoff did in my life.		14%

Total: 21 members' votes

The stuff of nightmares

Many people have bad dreams. Some people dream about rowing. Sometimes people have bad dreams about rowing. But which of these thoughts is most likely to have you waking up in a cold sweat?

Dreaming about...

being bumped by LMBC		48%

losing to Oxford		36%

forgetting the lifejacket while coxing in bumps		4%

being moved to the three seat		28%

last 30 seconds of a 2k erg test		40%

being single at the bop		20%

an alcohol ban at Formal Hall		16%

a worldwide shortage of malt loaf		32%

being fastest non-qualifier at HRR		12%

only having 7 riggers in Putney		20%

Dan and Rich's anti-chafing measures		40%

Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...)

Favourite sport to watch?

Could be live or on TV / Radio. Or even a combination.

Cricket		29%

Cycling		0%

Football		21%

Golf		4%

Rowing		4%

Rugby		13%

Tennis		4%

Women's Nude Mud Wrestling		25%

Total: 24 members' votes

What training techniques/aids do you normally use?

Most of the below are used by professional athletes to keep up with the competition. Which are most used at First and Third?

N.B. to select an option you should use it regularly - so buying lucozade occasionally from the lard cupboard doesn't count for Sports drink.

Sports drinks		41%

Vitamin/mineral supplements		22%

Protein supplements		7%

Heart rate monitor		48%

Training diary		44%

Stretching sessions		59%

Core stability work outs		63%

Alexander technique training		4%

Visualisation		15%

Other specialised training technique(s) - elaborate below		0%

None of the above		15%

Total: 27 members' votes (3 comments...)

What will the final score be in the Ashes?

England's score first.

3-1		18%

2-1		41%

2-2		23%

1-1		0%

1-2		0%

1-3		0%

5-0		18%

Total: 22 members' votes (1 comment...)

Internships

Summer time, and the living certainly isn't easy. Several members of this website are either slogging their guts out in the City on a summer placement, or know what it's like, having done so in the past. What's the point?

I'm gaining a valuable insight into the industry that I want to work for		29%

I'm gaining a valuable insight and I realise it's not an industry I want to work for		21%

I now realise student life is so cushy and I may well do a masters to avoid this for as long as possible		93%

How do people put up with commuting? It sucks		29%

I love commuting... there's a train and it goes underground and everything!		7%

I'm being given interesting work and contributing to the company		43%

I have menial tasks and do not feel valued		21%

They keep taking me out for drinks etc		43%

There are no social activities in the evening because I'm still working		0%

Everything seems so expensive here		29%

I'm not doing an internship because I'm working in the pub at home		0%

I'm not doing an internship because I'd rather have a long summer holiday		29%

The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv		21%

The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv once I've hyped it up a bit		36%

Now I realise why the bufties keep coming up to Cambridge		64%

Total: 14 members' votes (4 comments...)

Can you be bothered to vote?

Yes		69%

No		31%

Total: 29 members' votes (7 comments...)

Is the web poll getting stale?

This week's original poll was a repeat of an earlier poll. Is the poll getting stale? Turn out rates suggest that voter apathy is not a problem. Have the old coffin dodgers who used to contribute run out of ideas? Or have they retired, leaving a void yet to be filled by those still in statu pupillare? The main question again: is the web poll getting stale? Vote and discuss.

Yes		13%

No		87%

Total: 23 members' votes (24 comments...)

Who is/was the greatest oar of all time?

Abbagnale (brothers, any of them)		0%

Ned Hanlan		0%

Sir Matthew Pinsent		29%

Sir Steve Redgrave		48%

James Tomkins		5%

Rob Waddell		14%

Dreissigacker (brothers, inventors of the ergo)		5%

Total: 21 members' votes (16 comments...)

Daddy or Chips?

Daddy		23%

Chips		77%

Total: 13 members' votes (2 comments...)

What next?

After rowing across the Channel, what will the club do next?

Boston Marathon		50%

Great River Race		5%

Record attempt on rowing the length of the Cam/Ouse		5%

Row to Lincoln		5%

Beat BPBC in the Fairbairn Cup		9%

Mays Headship		14%

Successfully enter a 1x into the GoR		14%

Total: 22 members' votes

Your favourite Bumps

The Lents & Mays are quite different experiences through the contrasting weather, number of crews, different spectators, work and social distractions etc... Which do you prefer?

Lents		24%

Mays		76%

Oxford City		0%

Total: 29 members' votes

At which sport do Black Prince have the best chance of beating FaT (other than rowing)?

Cricket		0%

Golf		0%

Triathlon		65%

Atlantic Rowing		92%

Earning More Money		85%

Drinking		35%

Chess		4%

Total: 26 members' votes (18 comments...)

What was your favourite Bumps race report?

Everyone knows that the real purpose of racing is to write a good report afterwards. Which of this year's May Bumps reports was your favourite?

M1 - Describing Maggie as 'hench'		6%

W1 - Haikus and Limericks		10%

M3 - Smiley Mark's blacksmith metaphor		16%

M3 - Christoph's tale of Icarus		13%

W3 - Counting strokes until the bump		3%

M4 - Top Gun quotes		16%

Caius M2 describing FaT M2 - 'I swear they had a rocket launcher on their stern!'		32%

Other		3%

Total: 31 members' votes

Which boat performed best in the Bumps?

Not mathematically but achievementally

1st Men		10%

1st Women		10%

2nd Men		77%

2nd Women		0%

3rd Men		0%

3rd Women		0%

4th Men		0%

4th Women		0%

5th Men		0%

Atlantic Prince		3%

Total: 39 members' votes (11 comments...)

Bumps is all about...

...one or more of the following...

Good technique		20%

Hyper-fitness		20%

Mental strength		58%

Sheer teeth-gritting tenacity		70%

Core stability		13%

Matching kit		40%

Blades		50%

Spoons		15%

Boat damage		30%

The thrill of the chase		55%

Mays dinner		63%

The bop		45%

A pint at the plough in the early evening		18%

M1		35%

W1		25%

Marshalling		5%

Those few seconds of silence before the gun		48%

The weeks of training beforehand		23%

The alcohol bans		13%

The start		48%

The rating		15%

Grassy		18%

The quick bump		28%

The satisfying 'reach' bump		25%

The slow grind and just before the line bump		8%

Hitting Maggie		55%

The stomp		75%

Crew pastas		35%

The race reports		43%

The FaT mobile update system		25%

Being a DU/SU		18%

The callouses		5%

The glory		45%

The pain		45%

Crew showers		15%

Having fun (?!)		40%

Blood, sweat and tears		30%

Total: 40 members' votes (8 comments...)

Will the 2nd VIII or the women get into the 1st division first?

The women are surely far too low in the rankings, starting 1st in division 2, but after holding off Queens they will be hard pushed to take a fast Darwin crew before the Darwin crew bumps out. The 2nd VIII could also move into the top flight on day one if they can manage the extraordinary and take down Caius II in Div 2 followed by Peterhouse in Div 1 as sandwich boat. Who will do it first?

Men II		19%

Women I		45%

both manage it on same day		19%

neither manage it all week		5%

Men III		12%

Total: 42 members' votes (2 comments...)

What should Smiley Mark wear on University Challenge?

Our Sec is captaining the Trinity side in the challenge of challenges... how should he make his allegiances known?

Boatclub Tie		46%

Boatclub bow tie		15%

Boatclub boxers		37%

Boatclub boxers (only)		12%

Boatclub Blazer		22%

All-in-One		17%

Zephyr		7%

Stripeys		22%

Stripey antipodean kit		2%

Gold Socks		71%

Other (please specify!)		12%

Total: 41 members' votes (66 comments...)

Suicide Sunday - What's it to be?

Any or all (you'll be lucky) of the following...

Punting race v Johns		39%

Punting regatta - FaT takes on the world		16%

Punt to Granchester		45%

BBQ		50%

Invade another clubs Garden Party		21%

Health Spa		8%

Childish and immature games on Jesus Green		11%

Childish and immature games on the backs		24%

Childish and immature games on punts		42%

Bridge jumping		21%

Treasure hunt		26%

Drinking tennis		5%

Drinking football		3%

Drinking rock/paper/scissors		5%

Wet T-shirt competition		53%

Water fight		34%

Rounders (I have a bat and ball)		18%

Other (please specify)		5%

Total: 38 members' votes (4 comments...)

Chin Up Chicken

With Bread		79%

Without Bread		21%

Total: 24 members' votes

Would you bed your bedder?

I already do		3%

Yes - she's well fit		7%

Yes - it's the only way I'd get any		3%

Only if I was drunk		7%

Only if someone paid me		14%

No - she reminds me of my grandma		66%

Total: 29 members' votes (5 comments...)

What should the club have as its 3 letter ARA code?

All clubs soon have to have a 3 letter ARA code for their boats, which is used at eg. the Nat. Champs. and on the Tideway. Currently ours is FTT, but we have an option to change it. What should we have?

FTT		7%

FTR (easy to add to existing TR numbers)		0%

CTR (Cambridge, Trinity - similar)		2%

FAT		81%

CAT		0%

BUN		0%

RTT		10%

XXX		0%

Total: 42 members' votes (18 comments...)

Opinion Poll

If there was a general election tomorrow, for whom would you vote?

Conservative		27%

Green		2%

Labour		7%

Liberal Democrat		46%

a national party in Wales/Scotland/Ireland		2%

Monster Raving Looney		7%

Respect		0%

UKIP		0%

Veritas		0%

Other		0%

Spoil ballot		0%

Deliberate abstention		7%

Don't Know		0%

Total: 41 members' votes (19 comments...)

Handles

Following on from the recent Club Money message board thread, what's your favourite kind of handle?

Wooden (Smooth)		3%

Wooden (Rough)		50%

Plastic		12%

Foam		18%

Synthetic Suede		3%

Messiah		9%

Water Music		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments...)

Favourite Blackadder Episode?

A year on from the Cornwall training camp, where I suspect we watched at least 80% of all the Blackadder ever produced, I wonder which episode is most beloved by all? Full scripts can be found here. Feel free to ask

1.1: The Foretelling		0%

1.2: The Queen of Spain's Beard		0%

1.3: The Archbishop		5%

1.4: Born to be a King		9%

1.5: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant		0%

1.6: The Black Seal		0%

2.1: Head		0%

2.2: Bell		0%

2.3: Potato		0%

2.4: Money		5%

2.5: Beer		5%

2.6: Chains		9%

3.1: Dish and Dishonesty		0%

3.2: Ink and Incapability		14%

3.3: Nob and Nobility		0%

3.4: Sense and Senility		0%

3.5: Amy and Amiability		0%

3.6: Duel and Duality		5%

4.1: Corporal Punishment		5%

4.2: Captain Cook		0%

4.3: Major Star		0%

4.4: Private Plane		0%

4.5: General Hospital		27%

4.6: Goodbyeee		18%

Total: 22 members' votes (8 comments...)

Favourite outing type?

UT2		19%

Fartlek		6%

2x19' pyramids		10%

Power water work		16%

3 courses		32%

6 x 3'		3%

6 x 500m		13%

Row to Ely		0%

Swapping blades over		0%

Total: 31 members' votes (22 comments...)

Optimal Easter vac training?

What mix of the following will give you the edge for May Term crew selection?

Lots of sculling (added benefit of tanning)		38%

Lots of pairs rowing (also tanning)		56%

Numb bum ergo sessions		53%

Beach weights		31%

Maxim		9%

Swimming		22%

Rowing diet (it's all about food - sod the exercise)		47%

Steroids		19%

Tubbing		9%

Running		50%

Lunges		22%

Analysis of 2005 Boat Race technique		28%

Shiny new lycra		34%

Cox press-ups (2004 2nd May VIII special)		16%

Holiday job as a labourer		6%

Holiday job in the sporting arena		9%

Plenty of fluids...		50%

Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...)

Where will you be on Boat Race day?

Last year I watched the Boat Race on television, which had the advantage of me being able to see the whole race (although sadly not the Goldie/Isis race), but the disadvantage of missing out on the brilliant atmosphere on the bank. This year, ITV have the television rights, so I'll probably head down to London. What will everyone else be doing?

On Boat Race day, I will be...

On the bank at Hammersmith watching the action live		32%

In a pub along the course		9%

Watching on the big screens		15%

In the launch		0%

Listening on the radio		6%

Watching on television		56%

Supporting Cambridge		94%

Supporting Oxford		0%

Wearing an item of Cambridge Blue clothing		29%

Drunk		26%

Revising :(		15%

Not watching the boat race, I have better things to do with my time		0%

Total: 34 members' votes (7 comments...)

BOAT CLUB

We all know there are lots of rules about Boat Club, but with which of them do you agree?

1st RULE: You do not talk about BOAT CLUB.		39%

2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about BOAT CLUB.		43%

3rd RULE: If someone says _stop_ or goes limp, taps out the outing is over.		21%

4th RULE: Only eight guys to a boat.		32%

5th RULE: One boat at a time.		25%

6th RULE: No shirts, no shoes.		50%

7th RULE: Outings will go on as long as they have to.		96%

8th RULE: If this is your first night at BOAT CLUB, you HAVE to row.		57%

Total: 28 members' votes

Will the women's boat club gain the Lents Headship within the next 3 years?

After their fantastic performance this Lents, it's not that far away. Can they do it in 3 years?

Yes		57%

No		43%

Total: 37 members' votes (16 comments...)

Name the new novice VIII

Something eye-catching, flash, witty. Something like...

Ricardo		26%

Camilla		3%

Will Thorne		3%

kss@firstandthird.org for formals		10%

Break bows here (with a dotted line around the bow section)		23%

Nimbus 5000		3%

GO ON BRYN!		3%

Eat my bows		0%

Nick Kingsbury		0%

David Jones		0%

The Munro (welcomes freshers 8/9 at a time)		3%

Penetrator		0%

Nothing, it will have to be replaced within a year		0%

The Bathtub		0%

Log		0%

Sir Martin Rees		15%

FiT FaT VIII		0%

Crab Central		0%

We don't need sponsors		3%

No name but a comical face with sharks teeth and evil eyes		10%

Total: 39 members' votes (9 comments...)

For Valentine's Day I gave...

Tick all that apply.

Card		81%

Chocolates		42%

Dinner		50%

Flowers		15%

Maxim		15%

Underwear		19%

Head		35%

Total: 26 members' votes (7 comments...)

Where's Ditton?

Some people refer to the Ditton end of the reach as the

Top of the reach		32%

Bottom of the reach		68%

Total: 37 members' votes (35 comments...)

Rampant boaties - what inter/intra-boatclub carnage have you been involved in?

We've all been to formal hall lots of times. I'm sure most of us have tried it on with an unsuspecting member of the opposition. But with members (past or present) of how many boatclubs have you actually been successful?

First and Third Trinity BC		84%

Caius BC		31%

Christ's College BC		28%

Churchill College BC		9%

Clare BC		34%

Clare Hall BC		3%

Corpus Christi College BC		13%

Darwin College BC		6%

Downing College BC (shame on you)		9%

Emmanuel College BC		16%

Fitzwilliam College BC		6%

Girton College BC		16%

Homerton College BC		34%

Hughes Hall BC		3%

Jesus College BC		25%

King's College BC		3%

LMBC (tut tut)		31%

Lucy Cavendish BC (?!)		3%

Magdalene BC		13%

New Hall BC		19%

Newnham College BC		22%

Pembroke College BC		41%

Peterhouse BC		25%

Queens' College BC		16%

Robinson College BC		9%

St Catharine's College BC		19%

St Edmund's College BC		3%

Selwyn College BC		19%

Sidney Sussex College BC		9%

Trinity Hall BC		13%

Wolfson College BC		6%

Black Prince BC		50%

CUBC		13%

CULRC		16%

CUWBC		22%

Leander		3%

Rob Roy BC		16%

Any other town club		13%

Any Oxford club		22%

Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...)

In which boat will the first men race the Lent Bumps?

So far they've taken out BP2 and BP3...

Black Prince 1		31%

Any one of the other Black Princes		6%

A novice shell		17%

A different boat every day		11%

Fair Maid of Kent		36%

Total: 36 members' votes

What constitutes 'cooperation' in the incest chart?

A line == a pull. But what is a pull?

Touching		4%

Kissing		4%

Kissing with tongue (sometimes called 'French kissing', but not by me)		54%

Shagging		11%

Marriage		4%

Mixed double outing		21%

A stroke		4%

Total: 28 members' votes (1 comment...)

Who do we hate most?

Caius		15%

Downing		53%

LMBC		32%

Total: 34 members' votes (25 comments...)

What's the highest rate you've ever clocked?

Bonus points for small boats

less than 40		14%

40-45		18%

46-48		32%

49		0%

50		0%

51		0%

52		9%

53		0%

54		5%

55		5%

56+		18%

Total: 22 members' votes (9 comments...)

New Year's Resolutions

This year, I resolve to

train more		73%

train less		3%

win blades		27%

qualify for/row at Henley		27%

take a break from rowing		3%

take up rowing again		23%

do all the stretches my physio tells me to do		37%

wash my kit		40%

spend less time on this website		30%

spend more time on this website		10%

stomp		40%

get a (new) job		33%

smile more		30%

buft		40%

win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals		3%

drink more (alcohol)		17%

drink less (alcohol)		27%

not make any resolutions		10%

Total: 30 members' votes

Who delivered more Christmas presents this year ?

Father Christmas		33%

St. Nicholas		6%

Santa Claus		11%

Kriss Kringle		0%

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer		11%

Royal Mail		39%

Total: 18 members' votes

Which of these have you experienced on an ergo?

Following on from our discussion of personal worsts, which of these have you done on an ergo?

Thrown up		48%

Got buttock cramp		72%

Shat your pants (preferable to rowing for LMBC)		4%

Had sex		20%

Passed out		4%

Given up		72%

Total: 25 members' votes (4 comments...)

I won the Fairbairn Cup...

In 1956		10%

In 2004		19%

For second boats		24%

For novices		5%

For Fours		10%

In my single scull		67%

Total: 21 members' votes

What is your 2k PW?

That's Personal Worst if it's not obvious - only counting pieces you started with the intention of doing a flat out 2k, and discounting any you didn't finish

10:00+		0%

9:40-9:59		0%

9:20-9:39		0%

9:00-9:19		4%

8:50-8:59		4%

8:40-8:49		4%

8:30-8:39		4%

8:20-8:29		7%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		7%

7:40-7:49		14%

7:30-7:39		11%

7:20-7:29		4%

7:10-7:19		21%

7:00-7:09		11%

6:50-6:59		7%

6:40-6:49		0%

6:30-6:39		4%

6:20-6:29		0%

6:10-6:19		0%

6:00-6:09		0%

<6:00		0%

Total: 28 members' votes (29 comments...)

How often do you wash your kit?

More than once a week		29%

Once a week		24%

Once a fortnight		29%

Once a month		9%

Once a term		3%

When it rains		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (11 comments...)

What is your 2k PB?

>8:20		6%

8:10-8:19		0%

8:00-8:09		0%

7:50-7:59		12%

7:40-7:49		3%

7:30-7:39		3%

7:20-7:29		0%

7:10-7:19		0%

7:00-7:09		6%

6:50-6:59		12%

6:40-6:49		9%

6:30-6:39		15%

6:20-6:29		18%

6:10-6:19		9%

6:00-6:09		3%

5:50-5:59		0%

5:40-5:49		0%

<5:39		3%

Total: 33 members' votes (37 comments...)

Allegiance?

Black Prince BC		44%

First and Third Trinity BC		56%

Total: 50 members' votes (6 comments...)

HoR4s. Select all the options that you think will occur

FaT Men beat BPBC Men		10%

FaT Women beat BPBC women		20%

FaT Men finish higher than they start		65%

FaT Women finish higher than they start		75%

FaT Men have a positive net overtaking record		55%

FaT Women have a positive net overtaking record		45%

FaT men overtaken by BPBC Men		15%

FaT Women overtaken by BPBC Women		5%

FaT Men best college crew		25%

FaT Women best college crew		10%

FaT Men get under the 2nd Lamppost		60%

FaT Women get under the 2nd Lamppost		45%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash		45%

FaT Women have a huge blade clash		50%

FaT Men have a huge blade clash with FaT Women		10%

Total: 20 members' votes (7 comments...)

Which rowing term made you snigger most as a novice?

Stroke		38%

Cox box		0%

Entry		8%

Rack		0%

Pull		0%

Shaft		46%

Scull		0%

Rudder		8%

Total: 13 members' votes (9 comments...)

It is rumoured that most rowers are scientists. Are you?

You need not base this entirely on your degree although I think it will be clear for most

Scientist		65%

Artist		18%

Both		12%

Neither		6%

Total: 34 members' votes (13 comments...)

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