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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

by dw229 - Sun 12th Jun 2005, 11:11pm

Where's the 2nd May VIII song? Surely....

by 'We are the second May VIII' - Chesney - Mon 13th Jun 2005, 1:45pm

sorry! knew however much i thought of i would forget something. i vote for 2nd may song too, that makes two.

by Boat Of Legends - Mon 13th Jun 2005, 2:18pm

Three.

by buftie - Mon 13th Jun 2005, 4:42pm

does anyone else share my opinion that the worse the 2nd viii do, then the better their song is? the best song ever was the time they went down 6.

by gf - Mon 13th Jun 2005, 4:54pm

buftie said: does anyone else share my opinion that the worse the 2nd viii do, then the better their song is? the best song ever was the time they went down 6.

Seeing as we've had a poll on the songs, we can compare their popularity to results achieved on the water...

1997: 12% of votes (=3rd); up 4 to 6th in div 2
1998: 3% (6th); up 3 to 3rd in div 2
1999: 12% (=3rd); up 3 to 17th in div 1
2000: 0% (7th); down 3 to 3rd in div 2
2001: 48% (1st); down 6 to 9th in div 2
2002: 6% (5th); up 4 to 5th in div 2
2003: 18% (2nd); up 1 to 4th in div 2

by Martin - Mon 13th Jun 2005, 8:11pm

Dan Newton said: ...one or more of the following...
The race reports: 41%

I imagine that at least the 60% of people who haven't voted for this option were not around in the days of Sherlock Holmes....

Do check out the 4th Lent VIII 2001's bumps archive for I think the finest example firstandthird.org race reporting...!

by Can't see the previous posting of this, apologies if it gets posted twice.... - Tue 14th Jun 2005, 5:22pm

dw229 said: Where's the 2nd May VIII song? Surely....

Four. Also missing a "being 'the one that got away'" option.

Riding a bike into the cam is over-rated in bumps, just like most starts. ;-)

by mjb - Tue 14th Jun 2005, 6:40pm

Martin said:Do check out the 4th Lent VIII 2001's bumps archive for I think the finest example firstandthird.org race reporting...!

They just don't do reports like they used to ...