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...Bumping races, devised long ago because of the narrowness of the Isis (Oxford's own stretch of the Thames), are just what the term implies. Crews start two lengths behind one another, try to overtake and bump the boat ahead. During Eights Week, the college that finished Head of the River the previous year starts first; the others follow in order of their finish the year before...
Those who were unable to watch the races followed them in the newspapers. The London Times published the daily bumps in chart form that, to the uninitiated, looked like sabotage in a wire factory. Each bump was minutely described, with a recording of the exact spot where it occurred-such as Haystack Corners, Free Ferry, The Willows or The Gut -instead of fractional times or distances. Not uncommon were such headlines as "Jesus bumped St. John...
...Bump Suppers. So it went for six hectic days. Then, in an orgiastic climax, the victorious colleges staged bump suppers, an occasion for all-night revelry that always ended with the climbing of college roofs and a colossal bonfire. Elated crewmen were affectionately dragged in & out of rooms, up & down stairs, until they could tilt no more...
...backs of a couple of envelopes. But sometimes apparent trouble is easy to solve. While working on George Abbott's Best Foot Forward, Walker was approached by Gene Kelly, who staged the dances for the show. Kelly had definite ideas. Roared he: "The orchestra should go de-bump-bump-bump, wha-ah, crash, zip, bang, de-bump, de-bump, bzzzz, wham!" It's got to be terrific, an earthquake, a tidal wave, the end of the world!" Walker nodded quietly, went back to his office and came up with the Paramount-Public-Fox finish. Kelly was beside himself...
...forging stood up, they could expect to run off only about ten gears before the die was worn out. Then they thought of burying the die in solid steel so that it could not stretch, of doing the job in five successive squeezes instead of a single bump...