Reply to: boat race

[Bacchus]

They are two very different events.

That's like saying you'd be more impressed with Usain Bolt if he was a marathon runner instead of a sprinter.

Or more impressed with Kevin Pieterson if he was a bowler instead of a batsman.

Meh it's hardly the Devises to Westminster race, win that and I'd be more impressed

But then thats 125 miles, so obviously a walk in the park compared to the boat race

Completely different sports; more like saying you'd be more impressed with Usain Bolt if he won the Tour de France...

That said I am just watching the Devizes to Westminster kayakers going through Staines right now and they look pretty tired! It is a hell of an achievement to even do it; more power to your paddles boys and girls!

[Doggy Styles]

Meh it's hardly the Devises to Westminster race, win that and I'd be more impressed

But then thats 125 miles, so obviously a walk in the park compared to the boat race

They are two very different events.

That's like saying you'd be more impressed with Usain Bolt if he was a marathon runner instead of a sprinter.

Or more impressed with Kevin Pieterson if he was a bowler instead of a batsman.

[amcdonald]

Meh it's hardly the Devises to Westminster race, win that and I'd be more impressed

But then thats 125 miles, so obviously a walk in the park compared to the boat race

[Sysman]

Why should he? It's a boat race between a couple of universities. It doesn't matter in the slightest.

Precisely.

When was the last time anyone on this forum took a student protest seriously?

One could argue from the sportsman's point of view that the Boat Race is a complete waste of time and money.

After all the training and effort that goes into it, they break the teams up after the event.

[Sysman]

Wasting of taxpayer money - reminds me that "Up the Creek" movie

What taxpayer money? It's a privately funded event.

[Bacchus]

Missed opportunity

It's a shame that the Oxford man broke his blade on the Cambridge boat and not the swimmers head

May have knocked some sense into him!

[realityhack]

The Sun's headline today: "Shock and Oar"

[BrilloPad]

He's been arrested on suspicion of committing a section 5 public order offence: behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

So when are the police going after MF and sas?

[pjclarke]

There's a bigger issue here. The so-called University Boat Race is blatently rigged. Every year the same two teams make it through to the final....

[pacharan]

Oh he's Australian.

WTF do they have to come over here and do their protesting?

It's bad enough with Greer and Tatchell. We don't need any more.

[mudskipper]

The dose of the trots and the nasty skin condition he'll get from swimming in the Thames will probably be punishment enough.

[pacharan]

He should go down for it, I am not boat race fan but it is a part of Britain, a slice of heritage. Once you start saying it is fair game to disrupt it then it is a free for all.

Yes, quite. Disgraceful behaviour.

[minestrone]

He's been arrested on suspicion of committing a section 5 public order offence: behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

Nail him, 3 months I expect.

[Freamon]

He's been arrested on suspicion of committing a section 5 public order offence: behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

[MrMark]

If you are a taxi driver can you take the passenger the slowest possible and most expensive route?

Could it be that all this time London taxi drivers have been secret activists?