| The boat race. 16:02 - Mar 24 with 4610 views | connell10 |
Does anyone really watch this crap? |  |
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| The boat race. on 16:33 - Mar 24 with 3692 views | Stanisgod |
Never have. Bunch of now Johnny foreigners having a jolly jape on the Thames. Unless one of them sinks, who cares. |  |
| It's being so happy that keeps me going. |
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| The boat race. on 16:34 - Mar 24 with 3687 views | DeepcutHoop |
I think some people still watch it. |  | | |
| The boat race. on 16:39 - Mar 24 with 3666 views | johncharles |
Russians at Henley ! What's the world coming to. |  |
| Strong and stable my arse. |
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| The boat race. on 17:04 - Mar 24 with 3624 views | Boston |
| The boat race. on 16:39 - Mar 24 by johncharles |
Russians at Henley ! What's the world coming to. |
Henry! Where are we dug in, Maidenhead? | |
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| The boat race. on 17:11 - Mar 24 with 3612 views | colinallcars |
Great business for the riverside pubs from Putney to Mortlake..... |  | | |
| The boat race. on 17:11 - Mar 24 with 3610 views | PinnerPaul |
Used to be bearable when David Coleman presented Grandstand from the tow path - it was put in its proper place - went over to the boats, just before the off and only after updating us on the important stuff, like the latest football scores and racing results.
Today's programme is over 2 hours long!!!!!!!!!!! | | | |
| The boat race. on 17:25 - Mar 24 with 3583 views | francisbowles |
Part of our traditional sporting calendar. | | | |
| The boat race. on 17:30 - Mar 24 with 3566 views | PinnerPaul |
| The boat race. on 17:25 - Mar 24 by francisbowles |
Part of our traditional sporting calendar. |
so is the Henley Regatta, but it doesn't get hours of live coverage on the BBC! | | | |
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| The boat race. on 17:38 - Mar 24 with 3541 views | PinnerPaul |
2 and a half mins Cambridge in front - game over - riveting! | | | |
| The boat race. on 17:52 - Mar 24 with 3520 views | PinnerPaul |
| The boat race. on 17:38 - Mar 24 by PinnerPaul |
2 and a half mins Cambridge in front - game over - riveting! |
Yep they won! | | | |
| The boat race. on 19:06 - Mar 24 with 3462 views | eastside_r |
Did they dip their cox in the Thames afterwards? |  | | |
| The boat race. on 19:17 - Mar 24 with 3439 views | johncharles |
| The boat race. on 17:11 - Mar 24 by colinallcars |
Great business for the riverside pubs from Putney to Mortlake..... |
Well maybe, full of yahoo Henry’s. Pimms and half a lager and as much shouting as poss. I bet the takings are down. | |
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| The boat race. on 19:31 - Mar 24 with 3416 views | smegma |
Was the winning team wearing blue ??? | | | |
| The boat race. on 19:37 - Mar 24 with 3409 views | hubble |
I grew up next to Hammersmith Bridge so watching the boat race was almost compulsory. It's a lot more fun if you're there, the tow path on the Barnes side and the Mall on the Hammersmith packed with people, the pubs overflowing, if it's a nice day it's a laugh. Or it was.... televising it seems a bit pointless though.
I am connected to an infamous event in boat race history though.... A mate of mine, back in the day, inherited a lot of money and consequently became a bit of an arsehole. Well, he was an arsehole already, to be honest, but it made him worse. He bought a flat in Chelsea Harbour, loads of flash cars and a speedboat.
On boat race day, he invited two other friends of mine, a couple and their kid, to join him to watch the boat race from his boat. Naively, they agreed. On the day they motored out into the Thames and sped up the river until they reached the back of the flotilla. Ignoring several warnings from the police and boat race officials via loudhailers, he swerved past and, chased by a police boat, began to catch up with the two crews themselves. As the race neared its climax he overtook the two boats, rocking them in his wake as he went under Chiswick Bridge first, pumping his fist as if he'd won the race himself. My friends were mortified, but I have to admit, it was bloody funny... |  |
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| The boat race. on 20:00 - Mar 24 with 3375 views | smegma |
| The boat race. on 19:37 - Mar 24 by hubble |
I grew up next to Hammersmith Bridge so watching the boat race was almost compulsory. It's a lot more fun if you're there, the tow path on the Barnes side and the Mall on the Hammersmith packed with people, the pubs overflowing, if it's a nice day it's a laugh. Or it was.... televising it seems a bit pointless though.
I am connected to an infamous event in boat race history though.... A mate of mine, back in the day, inherited a lot of money and consequently became a bit of an arsehole. Well, he was an arsehole already, to be honest, but it made him worse. He bought a flat in Chelsea Harbour, loads of flash cars and a speedboat.
On boat race day, he invited two other friends of mine, a couple and their kid, to join him to watch the boat race from his boat. Naively, they agreed. On the day they motored out into the Thames and sped up the river until they reached the back of the flotilla. Ignoring several warnings from the police and boat race officials via loudhailers, he swerved past and, chased by a police boat, began to catch up with the two crews themselves. As the race neared its climax he overtook the two boats, rocking them in his wake as he went under Chiswick Bridge first, pumping his fist as if he'd won the race himself. My friends were mortified, but I have to admit, it was bloody funny... |
Yes, that is the dictionary definition of an arsehole | | | |
| The boat race. on 20:27 - Mar 24 with 3332 views | Boston |
There's less disruption on the roads for a boat race than a marathon. | |
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| The boat race. on 20:42 - Mar 24 with 3309 views | Roller |
There is an excellent book by Andy Miller entitled Tilting at Windmills which has a section on the boat race. The author is trying to "get into sport". He foolishly tries to support QPR for a while, goes to Wimbledon, The Open and finally ends up representing the UK at the European Crazy Golf championships. Genuinely funny book, well worth a read if you can find a copy. |  | | |
| The boat race. on 22:31 - Mar 24 with 3207 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
I watched it last year between Barnes and Hammersmith found a nice quiet spot.
Most impressive thing for me was the Thames itself. |  |
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| The boat race. on 22:53 - Mar 24 with 3173 views | colinallcars |
| The boat race. on 20:42 - Mar 24 by Roller |
There is an excellent book by Andy Miller entitled Tilting at Windmills which has a section on the boat race. The author is trying to "get into sport". He foolishly tries to support QPR for a while, goes to Wimbledon, The Open and finally ends up representing the UK at the European Crazy Golf championships. Genuinely funny book, well worth a read if you can find a copy. |
Just bought it used for a penny plus postage on Amazon......it had better be good for that outlay !😠| | | |
| The boat race. on 23:04 - Mar 24 with 3153 views | MoonshineSteve |
I do. Always enjoyed it on the TV. |  |
| I am still Steve but no longer in Dagenham. |
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| The boat race. on 04:07 - Mar 25 with 3040 views | timcocking |
As far as i'm concerned, although i've probably never watched it, it's an absolutely lovely tradition, part of the very fabric of what makes Britain the best country there ever will be, despite our many issues. The world would be a much, much poorer place without it.
Not to mention the fact our heroic and permanently world's best rowers have won medal after medal after medal for us. They are fcuking awesome.
I can think of so many worse things.
Ps I think perhaps living abroad and seeing the love and admiration most of the foreigners have for Britain and in particular our funny old ways (obviously i'm not talking about Europeans) and princes and queens and stuff, perhaps brings a greater appreciation for that stuff. I'd have probably laughed at myself when i was a young lad, whereas now i'd be bursting with pride if i watched it. Things like the changing of the guard and all that - just brilliant. It's the coolest sh!t and everybody loves the British partially because of all this.
And of course, without Oxford and Cambridge, we'd have lost to Germany in the war. [Post edited 25 Mar 2018 4:18]
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| The boat race. on 09:47 - Mar 25 with 2905 views | BushRanger82 |
Always saw the boat race as being a right load of old bollox, really. |  | | |
| The boat race. on 10:27 - Mar 25 with 2866 views | cyprusmel |
When I was young a long time ago, living on the Goldhawk Road in London everyone used to support one or other of the teams. Street sellers sold little pin on badges of a pair of crossed oars with a ribbon of dark or light blue. | | | |
| The boat race. on 17:34 - Mar 25 with 2764 views | HendonHoop |
Funny why these days they hardly ever mention the reserve teams race as they always seemed to show the final 1/4 mile or so,and now instead,strongly project the Women's Race prior to the main event. Strange that. | | | |
| The boat race. on 17:49 - Mar 25 with 2728 views | colinallcars |
Some posters have portrayed the race as something watched only by Hooray Henries but on the occasions I have been down to the river to watch it's been a mixed bag of people. My old Mum Used to tell me that before the war the whole street ( she lived in Fulham ) would more or less go and watch with, as a previous poster said, rosettes or ‘favourites’ on their coats in dark of light blue. | | | |
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