Thread: The boat race
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Old 01-04-2006, 16:56   #3
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Re: The boat race
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Originally Posted by Shabba
No this isn't cockney slang

Has anybody ever cared a monkies about the result? I saw a preview on ITV before and some of the rowers seemed to be American or Australian. In the past races i knew who had won (well it could only be one of two - but y'know what i mean) because the upper class BBC showed the final stretch on the news, but i was never converted.

I can't see the attraction and neither can i see why the cash strapped ITV network would wish to buy the rights?
I thought it was largely an excuse for a booze up with a fiver bet on the side for novelty purposes
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