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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...)

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

How many training sessions/week have you averaged since the Lents?

A training session must be at least 30 minutes long to count.

ten or more (dedication's what you need)		7%

seven, eight or nine (ahead of the game)		11%

four, five or six (most days, but not if I'm tired)		33%

two or three (some days, and only if it's sunny)		22%

one (just couldn't be arsed, really)		11%

zero (training during holidays is pointless)		15%

Total: 27 members' votes (8 comments...)

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...)

Are you happy to be given unsolicited coaching during outings?

Yes		67%

No		17%

Only if it also involves fisticuffs		17%

Total: 18 members' votes (1 comment...)

Fastest 2k on a rowing lake?

What is the fastest you have covered 2000m on a still rowing lake?

< 5:30		4%

5:30 - 5:40		0%

5:40 - 5:50		4%

5:50 - 6:00		8%

6:00 - 6:10		8%

6:10 - 6:20		8%

6:20 - 6:30		0%

6:30 - 6:40		8%

6:40 - 6:50		0%

6:50 - 7:00		0%

7:00 - 7:10		4%

7:10 - 7:20		0%

7:20 - 7:30		0%

> 7:30		0%

Never done one		56%

Total: 25 members' votes (13 comments...)

Best rowing related computer game?

BumpIt		63%

Bumpsdaq 2003		13%

Bumpsdaq 2004/5		4%

Cambridge coxing game		0%

Su-ro		4%

Weight / Height / Boat type adjustment of 2k scores in Excel		0%

Tetris		17%

Total: 24 members' votes (8 comments...)

Best Lents photo?

Martin has captured some great moments these Lents, but which was the best?

M1 narrowly miss out on the headship - At the railings		10%

W1 bump Jesus in their hardest-earned bump to date - Pushing for the Bump		0%

M2 undertake Downing around Ditton - Substantially overlapping Downing		3%

M3 get the 3rd VIII headship - Bumping LMBC for the 3rd boat Headship!		5%

W2 sink Downing - Downing girls in the water		65%

M4 win their blades - Overjoyed at getting the 4th bump		13%

M5 are the only 5th VIII in the Lents - Racing gets underway at the Foot of the River		5%

Total: 40 members' votes (2 comments...)

Who will be the next FaT crew to go Head of the Lents?

M1		58%

W1		43%

Total: 40 members' votes

At what temperature should the red wine be served at Lents dinner?

Just below boiling point		12%

Body temperature		4%

Room temperature		31%

Fridge temperature		15%

Frozen		38%

Total: 26 members' votes (10 comments...)

WAP?

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		26%

No, my phone definitely doesn't have WAP		17%

WAPTF?		17%

Total: 35 members' votes (36 comments...)

What is your favourite ice-based event NOT in the Winter Olympics?

Add your own below.

Giant Snowball Rolling		28%

Ice Cricket		16%

Ice Fishing		0%

Ice Hockey (car)		3%

Luge (car)		9%

Luge (vodka)		16%

Ski Jumping (car)		16%

Tea Tray Sliding		3%

Climbing Mount Washington		9%

Total: 32 members' votes (4 comments...)

Which of these Winter Olympic sports is your favourite?

To do or to watch, it's up to you.

Ice Dancing		22%

Luge		19%

Downhill (skiing)		32%

Skeleton		5%

Slalom (skiing)		5%

Super-G (skiing)		3%

Ski Jumping		5%

Curling		8%

Total: 37 members' votes (26 comments...)

What next?

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?

Primal Quest		9%

Arctic Team Challenge		9%

Yukon Quest		9%

Global Challenge		0%

Gumball 3000		4%

Great Britain rowing squad at Beijing 2008		13%

Trinity Bruces		57%

Total: 23 members' votes (9 comments...)

Are you a giver or a taker?

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?

Snapped rudder strings		13%

The Harbour Master		0%

The Black Buoy		13%

Fulham Flats		17%

Gastroenteritis		13%

Sofas		9%

Acer Nethercott		0%

Donald Legget		26%

Whales		9%

Total: 23 members' votes (5 comments...)

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.)		18%

Total: 22 members' votes (2 comments...)

Deal or No Deal

Deal		7%

No deal		26%

I calcuate (total prize fund left / boxes remaining) while Edmonds is talking to the bank and if it's lower than the offer then it's Deal		22%

I have no idea what you're talking about		44%

Total: 27 members' votes (10 comments...)

First and Third 2005 Fashion Awards

Vote for your top three fashion innovations of 2005

Coxing t-shirt from Boston		16%

Amelia's blue and gold headband		12%

Novice hoodies		20%

Awful novice t-shirt		4%

CULRC's new kit		20%

Rich and Dan's free and easy clothing policy - water obscuring lower bodies, luckily		16%

First & Third's golf style		12%

3rd May VIII reinvent the '3rd boat wears yellow' tradition from the mid 1990s		60%

4th May VIII's 'classic' look		12%

Magnus' personal style		12%

Dilini's personal style		4%

Matching club underwear		16%

Andrew's personal style		4%

FaT Duck, the fastest duck on the Cam		12%

1st Lent VIII's stripes		40%

'Towpath mud' look		24%

Total: 25 members' votes (3 comments...)

New Year's Resolutions

train more		66%

train less		16%

win blades		31%

qualify for/row at Henley		19%

beat Oxford		6%

take a break from rowing		22%

take up rowing again		19%

do all the stretches my physio tells me to do		25%

row (across/on) the English Channel		19%

wash my kit		56%

spend less time on this website		34%

spend more time on this website		19%

get on a Boat Club committee		9%

stomp		56%

get a (new) job		34%

buft		31%

win the fancy dress prize at Cardinals		3%

drink more (alcohol)		16%

drink less (alcohol)		34%

get more blue and gold clothes		31%

trial for GB/CU		9%

not make any resolutions		16%

Total: 32 members' votes (2 comments...)

Which of these did you eat/drink on Christmas Day?

This isn't ordinary Christmas food; this is First and Third Christmas food...

Smoked salmon & scrambled egg		8%

(Home cooked) ham		28%

Full English fry-up		3%

Bucks Fizz		18%

Champagne/Cava/similar		46%

Alcohol before 11am local time (does not include Communion)		36%

Crisps		44%

Some sort of chocolate snack/bar		64%

Shortbread		8%

Turkey		72%

Gammon		0%

Game		0%

Duck		5%

Goose		5%

Vegetarian alternative		8%

A non-poultry alternative (let us know below)		10%

Sausagemeat		56%

Potatoes		92%

Sprouts		62%

Parsnips		49%

Carotts		77%

Peas		33%

Yorkshire Puds		15%

Other vegetables		51%

Stuffing		72%

Bread Sauce		31%

Cranberry sauce		54%

Gravy		92%

Some sort of BBQ or similar because you're in the Southern hemisphere		5%

Red wine		59%

White wine		67%

Port		18%

Brandy		13%

Whisky		13%

Other spirit		33%

Mince pie		46%

Christmas Pudding		49%

The coin from the Christmas Pudding		0%

Other pudding		49%

Cream		36%

Ice cream		15%

Brandy Butter		31%

Sugar		28%

Cold turkey (e.g. in sandwich)		18%

Other sandwich		3%

Cup of tea		49%

Bubble & Squeak		0%

Second helpings of any of the above		79%

Any of the above repeated at seperate meals or doubling up as a snack		49%

Tree decorations		18%

Chestnuts (open fire optional)		10%

Riveta		3%

Water		82%

None of the above		3%

Total: 39 members' votes (3 comments...)

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?

Father Christmas		69%

Santa Claus		14%

My parents		17%

Total: 36 members' votes

Rich and Dan

Now they're off, you can be honest. They're:

Barking		77%

Brave		74%

Brilliant		74%

Total: 31 members' votes (5 comments...)

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		4%

Me, a boatie?! I don't think so!		9%

Total: 47 members' votes (8 comments...)

Do different pasta shapes taste different?

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?

Yes		57%

No		43%

Total: 42 members' votes (19 comments...)

Which club will do best in the Clare Novice Regatta?

Based on
Rounds Won divided by Crews Entered

First and Third Trinity BC		51%

Caius BC		0%

Christ's College BC		3%

Churchill College BC		0%

Clare BC		0%

Clare Hall BC		0%

Corpus Christi College BC		0%

Darwin College BC		0%

Downing College BC		0%

Emmanuel College BC		0%

Fitzwilliam College BC		3%

Girton College BC		0%

Homerton College BC		0%

Hughes Hall BC		3%

Jesus College BC		3%

King's College BC		0%

LMBC		15%

Lucy Cavendish BC		0%

Magdalene BC		0%

New Hall BC		3%

Newnham College BC		0%

Pembroke College BC		0%

Peterhouse BC		3%

Queens' College BC		0%

Robinson College BC		0%

St Catharine's College BC		0%

St Edmund's College BC		0%

Selwyn College BC		0%

Sidney Sussex College BC		0%

Trinity Hall BC		0%

Wolfson College BC		0%

CULRC		18%

Total: 39 members' votes (19 comments...)

Which is sweeter?

Winning men's and women's fours in the space of 30 minutes		71%

Beating LMBC four times in a week		26%

Chocolate		3%

Total: 31 members' votes

Who is the most comedy selfish bastard?

Edmund Blackadder		63%

Basil Fawlty		0%

Homer Simpson		7%

Alan Partridge		23%

Steve Stiffler		0%

Withnail		3%

Oscar Schindler		3%

Total: 30 members' votes (1 comment...)

What's the best exercise for when you're stuck in a queue?

Bear in mind ability to get moving quickly if needed, and effects of stream and wind and constrained spaces.

Roll ups		12%

Frontstops tapping		8%

Backstops tapping		4%

Standing up in the boat (i.e. by taking a stroke)		4%

Cutting the cake		0%

Swapping blades between sides		4%

Pausing on the recovery		8%

Everyone swap seats		62%

Total: 26 members' votes (14 comments...)

What is/was your favourite VIII

Everyone has a favourite boat, past or present.

BP1		26%

Denys Lawrence		12%

BP2		21%

Margot		3%

BP3 [Karlische]		18%

BP4 [Aylings]		0%

BP5 [the wooden thing]		6%

Peter Brandt		9%

Titan		0%

Conqueror		3%

Fair Maid of Kent		0%

Henry		3%

Total: 34 members' votes (23 comments...)

I remember when...

you could walk past Sainsbury's without noticing it was there		33%

everything in the Bridge Street accommodation was wonky, leaking, or live		45%

Burrell's Field only had the big houses		3%

half the computers in the computer room would have blue screens which you couldn't unlock		35%

the first model C ergs arrived at the boathouse		13%

the rising bollards in Trinity Street were put in		18%

the bar was in the corner of Great Court		25%

the dining hall went through the phase of putting banana on everything (e.g. Salmon Caprice)		48%

the bop involved a live DJ, not a computer		33%

all the furniture in College rooms was like the stuff in the boathouse now		35%

no one had swipe cards		10%

Cindy's was Cindy's		8%

Cindy's was 5th Avenue		58%

Eden Lily was more than a photography shop		33%

The Baron of Beef and the Mitre were dingy pubs		58%

The maths department was in town		38%

BP2 (Janousek) was BP1		20%

BP4 (Aylings) was BP1		0%

BP3 was BP1		3%

the river flooded		55%

the river froze		13%

the river was covered with green scum (and I mean the whole river, not just the odd patch)		18%

there was a NatWest at Great Gate		45%

Formal Hall cost three pounds or less		38%

you paid for meals with little tickets with the number of courses written on them		53%

there was a Z Blue Boar		40%

novices rowed 15 minutes after the seniors		35%

none of the above		30%

Total: 40 members' votes (18 comments...)

How often do you check the website?

Every minute		3%

Every hour		10%

Three or four times a day		50%

Daily		23%

Weekly		10%

Monthly		0%

Annually		0%

I have never checked the website		3%

Total: 30 members' votes (7 comments...)

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

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...)

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...)

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...)

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

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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)

Daddy or Chips?

Daddy		23%

Chips		77%

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

Which of the following will we see first?

I'm sure all of these events will occur at some point in the future, but which will be first?

FaT win Uni M4+		8%

FaT win Uni W4+		8%

FaT actually beats an inferior LMBC in the Uni LM4-		8%

Lents Headship		31%

Mays Headship		0%

Women's Lents Headship		4%

Women back in 1st May Division		31%

BPBC don't win Fairbairns category		8%

RTT drops below 72kg again		4%

Total: 26 members' votes (19 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

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...)

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