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The Boat Race



gregbrighton

gregbrighton

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Aug 10, 2014
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Brighton
Haven't watched the Boat Race on the telly for many years.

Switched over at 2.30 expecting a race but had half an hour of boring chat and interviews. Why are the BBC trying to stretch out what is a student boat race?

What a loada sh*t... :shrug:
 




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Soulman

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Oct 22, 2012
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Sompting
gregbrighton said:
Haven't watched the Boat Race on the telly for many years.

Switched over at 2.30 expecting a race but had half an hour of boring chat and interviews. Why are the BBC trying to stretch out what is a student boat race?

What a loada sh*t... :shrug:
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Try other channels.
 


CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
8,316
Boring By Sea
I seem to recall as a kid The Boat Race being on the same day as The Grand National and starting much earlier in the day than it does now.
 


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Pogue Mahone

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Apr 30, 2011
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CorgiRegisteredFriend said:
I seem to recall as a kid The Boat Race being on the same day as The Grand National and starting much earlier in the day than it does now.
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I thought that it wàs always the week before The Grand National, and it's start time was determined by tide times in the Thames, so sometimes it was late afternoon.

Can't be bothered to find out whose memory is more accurate, though.
 


Worried Man Blues

Worried Man Blues

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Feb 28, 2009
6,612
Swansea
Due to this thread just started looking and it's the women's, have the men's finished? Women seem to have trouble with the steering!
 




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Ladies in wet t-shirts, maybe entertaining this year.
 








CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
8,316
Boring By Sea
Brilliant commentary 'They have been through hell and high water'
 


CorgiRegisteredFriend

CorgiRegisteredFriend

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May 29, 2011
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Boring By Sea
Pogue Mahone said:
I thought that it wàs always the week before The Grand National, and it's start time was determined by tide times in the Thames, so sometimes it was late afternoon.

Can't be bothered to find out whose memory is more accurate, though.
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Indeed. I still recall a lunchtime start- around 12.00p.m
 


DavidinSouthampton

DavidinSouthampton

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Jan 3, 2012
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gregbrighton said:
Haven't watched the Boat Race on the telly for many years.

Switched over at 2.30 expecting a race but had half an hour of boring chat and interviews. Why are the BBC trying to stretch out what is a student boat race?

What a loada sh*t... :shrug:
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Plenty of people don't like football. Each to their own. I thought it (the owner's race) was fascinating. Tides and tactics and nearly sinking.
 








studio150

studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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On the Border
It still amazes me why this is shown live on tv. Its a bunch of privileged students rowing down the Thames where most of the tv audience watching couldnt care less about who won having not attended a university in either city.
 




JC Footy Genius

JC Footy Genius

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Jun 9, 2015
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To be fair it's quite an interesting watch.

If they both sink is it first person who swims to the finish line wins?
 


Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
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Beside the seaside, beside the sea
studio150 said:
It still amazes me why this is shown live on tv. Its a bunch of privileged students rowing down the Thames where most of the tv audience watching couldnt care less about who won having not attended a university in either city.
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It's one of the traditional British events, which has happened for 162 years. No one is forced to watch it, either on tv or live, but plenty do.
 








Superphil

Superphil

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Jul 7, 2003
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In a pile of football shirts
studio150 said:
It still amazes me why this is shown live on tv. Its a bunch of privileged students rowing down the Thames where most of the tv audience watching couldnt care less about who won having not attended a university in either city.
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House!
 




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