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How should seating be organised at the Fairbairns Dinner?

By crew		0%

W1 with NM1, M1 with NW1 etc.		9%

W1 with M1, NW1 with NM1 etc.		2%

W1 with NW1, M1 with NM1 etc.		2%

Boy-girl-boy-girl...		2%

Fit-ugly-fit-ugly...		5%

Random selection (genuinely random)		0%

Random selection (rigged for carnage)		7%

Random selection (rigged for incest)		41%

Random selection (rigged for novice retention)		5%

Random selection (rigged for awkwardness)		2%

Alphabetically by surname		0%

By 2K time		14%

First come, first served		2%

Sec's discretion		9%

Total: 44 members' votes

by Tom C - Mon 26th Nov 2007, 3:41pm

Random selection (rigged for incest): 41%
Random selection (rigged for novice retention): 6%

Aren't these options the same? I have two modified suggestions:

-alphabetically by first name, much confusion in those places where everyone is called Tom, Emma, etc

-at Seb's discretion. No-one will disrespect his authority.

by Not quite Jane Austin - Mon 26th Nov 2007, 5:05pm

Random selection (rigged for incest): 39%
Random selection (rigged for awkwardness): 3%
Sec's discretion: 9%

These can also be the same. Once, when HCBC women were invited to Mays Supper, their "1st boat member most likely to pull at a formal" was sat next to Trinity's equivalent. Tragically, they didn't seem to be getting on; the feedback was that they had met each other at a non-rowing formal hall two weeks before and pulled then, and were now embarrassed.

by Pedantry - Mon 26th Nov 2007, 8:25pm

Alas! You have misspelled Jane Austen's name, and will forever more be held in contempt by all women.

by Pedantry - Mon 26th Nov 2007, 10:53pm

Pedantry said: forever more

Oh no.