The long boat game

[salymap]

Did you see it on TV S-A, it was different at least.? Something to watch while eating revolting C......Easter egg. Horrible mock-milk chocolate.

[Mary Chambers]

But saly, it's not Easter yet! You can't eat eggs until tomorrow.

I turned the Boat Race on after Any Answers?. All appeared to be mayhem, and it wasn't at all clear what was happening. (I know now.) Much more interesting than usual, but oh, what a fool the swimmer is.

[Tenor Freak]

I went to see it once. That was enough.

Where's Norwich's boat?

[salymap]

But saly, it's not Easter yet! You can't eat eggs until tomorrow.

I turned the Boat Race on after Any Answers?. All appeared to be mayhem, and it wasn't at all clear what was happening. (I know now.) Much more interesting than usual, but oh, what a fool the swimmer is.

Strictly speaking Mary, I should have kept the egg. But I knew I wouldn't enjoy it so thought I'd get it out of the way

I only remember one other Boat Race as eventful. Cambridge sank some time in the 50/60s. I was there.

[BBMmk2]

I am glad Cambridge won(again!!). I have to support Cambridge. it's in the family!

[vinteuil]

Ihavetosupportambridge. it's in the family!

Good Lord - The Archers have a boat too...

[Nick Armstrong]

boring innit

Well...

Pity that the messy saboteur/broken oar/collapse dramas wrecked what was actually the closest and most interesting race proprement dit I can recall. What a shame.

Hope the swimming tw•t doesn't get any publicity.

[vinteuil]

Hope the swimming tw•t doesn't get any publicity.

... The Times has already provided in extenso his (rambling, incoherent...) "anti-élitism" manifesto.

[Nick Armstrong]

... The Times has already provided in extenso his (rambling, incoherent...) "anti-élitism" manifesto.

One hopes the Thames has infected his gastric system

[Mary Chambers]

Salymap - Fair enough!

I do remember the sinking boat, though I thought it was Oxford.

I am glad Cambridge won(again!!). I have to support Cambridge. it's in the family!

Same here, BBM, though basically I think supporting sides is pretty silly, in any sport - though I suppose it's often the point!

[anotherbob]

I am glad Cambridge won(again!!). I have to support Cambridge. it's in the family!

Greenslade: Don't tell me YOU'RE applying for the position of announcer.

Eccles: Oh yer! And I'll get it too. I'm wearin' a Cambridge tie!

Greenslade: YOU? You were at Cambridge? What were you doing there?

Eccles: Buyin' a tie....

[Nick Armstrong]

Greenslade: Don't tell me YOU'RE applying for the position of announcer.

Eccles: Oh yer! And I'll get it too. I'm wearin' a Cambridge tie!

Greenslade: YOU? You were at Cambridge? What were you doing there?

Eccles: Buyin' a tie....

[vinteuil]

I do remember the sinking boat, though I thought it was Oxford.

•The result has been determined by a sinking on three occasions: Cambridge sank in 1859 and 1978, Oxford in 1925
•In 1912, both boats sank and the race was rescheduled for the following day
•In 1951, Oxford sank and the race was rescheduled for two days later

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well mea culpa mea culpa; as caliban posts it was set to be one of the best actual races for quite some time .... then the tw*t, the collision, the collapse and the BBC lady Clare all over the place with no continuity left at all .... wot larks as mr i might have said ...

[amateur51]

... The Times has already provided in extenso his (rambling, incoherent...) "anti-élitism" manifesto.

Gad Sir, Year of the Olympics, Year of Her Majesty's Jubilee, plucky young feller sees it as his duty to throw a spanner in the works to check the security, y'see? Imagine if some oik had tried that on 06 June - I agree, swimming up the Mall is stretching the point but you catch my drift, what?!

Young feller deserves a medal in my book! Saved the Nation from a lot of embarassment. Why, here he is now, fresh from his ablutions in one of the memsahib's fluffy numbers. Sit yourself down sweetie & tell Uncle Bertie all about it