The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

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Welcome to the virtual rugby pub - a place where you can come in for a sly beverage and discuss whatever's on your mind, or just eavesdrop on the regulars if you fancy a break from all the rugby chat.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the Tommy Bowe photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?

MBTGOG wrote:Rava,

Maybe if South Africa had a full side but not with the group they have now.

Munsty, I might be tempted to have a wager on it. Not with you though (advice received from Micky T )

ha. lads, it will be more Mickado that will take offense to your blantent wumming against your Nations Capital.. as I haven't been a big GAA fan the last 4-5 years.

However, yeh Munsty we will go with that original bet..

Thom, I will shy away from that bet if you don't mind. it would be a tough ask

MBTGOG wrote:Thomond,

I'd do that. Dublin will never win the Sam again. Easy money.

I would give you odds of 1/100 on that bet.
If we win, I win.
If we don’t win, then you win when one of us dies.

Rava wrote:

MBTGOG wrote:Rava,

Maybe if South Africa had a full side but not with the group they have now.

Munsty, I might be tempted to have a wager on it. Not with you though (advice received from Micky T )

Yeh Rava, that munsty fella will be from the valleys when it comes to paying up. The Welcher..

Was the original bet a tenner? I'm certainly not giving you a tenor anyway.

Rava,

A pint on it for the next time we meet?

Mickado wrote:

MBTGOG wrote:Thomond,

I'd do that. Dublin will never win the Sam again. Easy money.

I would give you odds of 1/100 on that bet.
If we win, I win.
If we don’t win, then you win when one of us dies.

Did you have a similar bet with Sparky on Lady Gaga?

MBTGOG wrote:Was the original bet a tenner? I'm certainly not giving you a tenor anyway.

Rava,

A pint on it for the next time we meet?

not giving me a tenner? even if I win? or are you just that confident

I remember paying you my man. there is a pic of facebook. I honoured that bet and you ate like a prince that night.

sorry typo, you ate like a pig

Cari wrote:Is there a Tri Nations match on this weekend? What day/time?.

How long have you been on these boards ? Forget about links to "Live Sport on TV", "Sky Sports" ..etc you know I''ll see you right

Just for you SKY coverage of NZ v RSA starts at 08:00 on Saturday morning, kick off is 08:35 (not 08:30 as shown on the SKY site ) Ther's plenty of other stuff on this weekend ITM Cup, Currie Cup. The Guide will be updated nearer the time

Check the difference between a tenner and a tenor.

I WANT A TENNER.... I have kids to put through college.

Dublin will win Sam again,just not this year,or next year ,or the year after thst and the year after that.

Micky everyone knows that Cork's the real capital. The only reason why we're arrogant langers is because we're the biggest and the best.

Munsty, you must be getting worried about that Tennor bet we had on the hurling?

Alright alright, I'll stick with a tenner.

A tenner is worth 10 euro.
A tenor is a singer who’s probably worth a lot more.

Yep Mick, I had that bet on with sparks alright. And he lost because she admitted that she was a man, but then took it back. But the bet was just that she’d admit publicly she had a knob, not that it had to be true. He didn’t pay up though. shockin.

Gibbo, Portnoy.

Kudos to ye both on this weekends SportsGuru!!

tut tut.. shame on him.

Thom, yeh you Corky's do like to scream and shout about yourselves.. noisey gits.

Mickado wrote:A tenner is worth 10 euro.
A tenor is a singer who’s probably worth a lot more.

Yep Mick, I had that bet on with sparks alright. And he lost because she admitted that she was a man, but then took it back. But the bet was just that she’d admit publicly she had a knob, not that it had to be true. He didn’t pay up though. shockin.

BUT

mickyt wrote: Yeh Rava, that munsty fella will be from the valleys when it comes to paying up. The Welcher..

As for the term to 'Welsh/Welch on a debt/bet' there are 2 trains of thought on it's origin
A) people the other side of the border ran away to Wales in the 18th and early 19th centrury to escape the debtors prison. Wales, at that time, being predominently rural - to go Welsh on a debt
C) the then Prince of Wales (sic), who became George IV, had an extravagant lifestyle which at times meant he could not pay debtors

PenfroPete wrote:

mickyt wrote: Yeh Rava, that munsty fella will be from the valleys when it comes to paying up. The Welcher..

As for the term to 'Welsh/Welch on a debt/bet' there are 2 trains of thought on it's origin
A) people the other side of the border ran away to Wales in the 18th and early 19th centrury to escape the debtors prison. Wales, at that time, being predominently rural - to go Welsh on a debt
C) the then Prince of Wales (sic), who became George IV, had an extravagant lifestyle which at times meant he could not pay debtors

I didn't want to use that particular term just in case!

Interesting Penfro. I didn't know that.

we do have a mate of ours that we nickname Welch Willy..

the guy never pays his bets..

Rava – (s)he confuses us all!

Afternoon all,

Happy days today, the sun is shining, I got a lot of the morning off work waiting for my new laptop to arrive, and I've just had a brilliant weekend.

The new restaurant in Llanelli, Sospan, as set up by Dwayne Peel and Stephen Jones is really, really brilliant. You can tell a lot of money and work has been put into it.The building is a redeveloped old pump house in the North Docks of Llanelli, stunning building.

Got some lovely beers on tap (including this ale from Ponty, but stupid my didn't get the name of it ).

The food is gorgeous, and ALL the meat used is from Wales (as it should be!). It's just really lovely there.

And one thing that made me smile is that the toilets aren't labelled Ladies and Gents, but Meri-Ann and Johni Bach (the names from in the song Sospan Fach that the Scarlets sing).

I loved it, would recommend it to anyone, even if it is a bit out of the way!

Micky T,we're loud and proud in Cork!

Isn't there a certain other group that call themselves loud and proud?

Munsty,reading back it sounded straighter in my head.

PenfroPete wrote:

Cari wrote:Is there a Tri Nations match on this weekend? What day/time?.

How long have you been on these boards ? Forget about links to "Live Sport on TV", "Sky Sports" ..etc you know I''ll see you right

Just for you SKY coverage of NZ v RSA starts at 08:00 on Saturday morning, kick off is 08:35 (not 08:30 as shown on the SKY site ) Ther's plenty of other stuff on this weekend ITM Cup, Currie Cup. The Guide will be updated nearer the time

P. I won't be on the boards after Wednesday anyway so

Dreamer the new place sounds fab and I am pleased you had a great time.

"The food is gorgeous, and ALL the meat used is from Wales (as it should be!). It's just really lovely there."

I love Welsh lamb but Irish beef is simply the best.

I think that other group like langers as well

I could add a crude comment here about Irish beef but I won't...

Munsty,you can't use the word Langer. It's a Cork thing,brother.. It's like black people using that word.

Rava wrote:Dreamer the new place sounds fab and I am pleased you had a great time.

"The food is gorgeous, and ALL the meat used is from Wales (as it should be!). It's just really lovely there."

I love Welsh lamb but Irish beef is simply the best.

+1

That's why all the places over in England have 100% Irish beef.

Ah but you don't realise Tho that I said it in a Cork accent while typing it so that's okay.

This is a cool story but such a clumsy headline:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-14272122

You didn't say it in a Cork accent as "like" was only used once. D'you no wha I mean like?

Lucky - were they trying to do a pun on "mammoth" or was it just a lazy headline?

Irish and Scottish Beef rock my world.

argentinian is the only one that I have tasted as well that makes me want to add that to my list of top beef

Cari, if it read 'Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant's Monmouth local hall concert' it would be a bit better, but still not great.

I'm glad today's going quickly. Seriously glad.

Thomond wrote:You didn't say it in a Cork accent as "like" was only used once. D'you no wha I mean like?

I don't think that is indigenous to Cork.

mickyt wrote:Irish and Scottish Beef rock my world.

argentinian is the only one that I have tasted as well that makes me want to add that to my list of top beef

Had it in Amsterdam when I was over with Gibbo. Well it was an Argentine restaurant anyway. Absolutely beautiful and turned a tired Munsty in a revitalised one.

Cari wrote:I could add a crude comment here about Irish beef but I won't...

No worries, Cari. I can read your mind

There is a place in Swallow Street just off Regent Street in London called Gaucho.

All Argentine steak in there. It was amazing. it was also there where I decided not to have well done Steak any more.

Medium or Medium Rare it's at.

or as my mate likes his by Just cutting legs off it and wipe it's bum.

MBTGOG wrote:

mickyt wrote:Irish and Scottish Beef rock my world.

argentinian is the only one that I have tasted as well that makes me want to add that to my list of top beef

Had it in Amsterdam when I was over with Gibbo. Well it was an Argentine restaurant anyway. Absolutely beautiful and turned a tired Munsty in a revitalised one.

Would LOVE to taste a proper Kobe steak!!!

OnASideNote wrote:

MBTGOG wrote:

mickyt wrote:Irish and Scottish Beef rock my world.

argentinian is the only one that I have tasted as well that makes me want to add that to my list of top beef

Had it in Amsterdam when I was over with Gibbo. Well it was an Argentine restaurant anyway. Absolutely beautiful and turned a tired Munsty in a revitalised one.

Would LOVE to taste a proper Kobe steak!!!

Oh yeah. If I win the lotto that’s all I’d dine on. Looks phookin delish!

It is amazing Ona.. I had an amuse bouche of one in place in Las Vegas.

it was the nicest thing I have tasted in a long time.. Couldn't afford one of course. as it was we had stumbled into an expensive place and 4 steak and chips with 2 bottles of heniken and 2 glasses of water and the whole lot cost $570. Now it was amazing and we were all dressed fancy as we were going to see Cirque de Soliel but still that was silly money for 4 mains courses

$570 for a meal for four?!!

Second wicket down this morning. Tendulkar coming in now. India 131 for 3.

mickyt wrote:It is amazing Ona.. I had an amuse bouche of one in place in Las Vegas.

it was the nicest thing I have tasted in a long time.. Couldn't afford one of course. as it was we had stumbled into an expensive place and 4 steak and chips with 2 bottles of heniken and 2 glasses of water and the whole lot cost $570. Now it was amazing and we were all dressed fancy as we were going to see Cirque de Soliel but still that was silly money for 4 mains courses

It wasn't Kobe beef I had but the Australian equivalent. I had it in Switzerland when I went to stay with this family in Gstaad. There was nothing else on the menu that I liked and this comfortably the most expensive but the father said it wasn't a problem. It cost something like €275. Absolutely gorgeous. Couldn't finish it either as they gave loads and it was really filling. The father told me not to hurt my stomach and leave it be. Also had caviar at that meal. Think the whole meal cost around €700.

Interesting to enter that world but I don't think it would be somewhere I feel overly comfortable in.

mickyt wrote:There is a place in Swallow Street just off Regent Street in London called Gaucho.

All Argentine steak in there. It was amazing. it was also there where I decided not to have well done Steak any more.

Medium or Medium Rare it's at.

or as my mate likes his by Just cutting legs off it and wipe it's bum.

I think he means this:

"Oh, just knock off it's horns, wipe it's aarse...and bung it on a plate!"

Bazza in Paris

Rava wrote:Second wicket down this morning. Tendulkar coming in now. India 131 for 3.

Another wicket down now. 135 for 4.

http://www.ulsterrugby.com/news/9528.php

Some of our boys should consider a calendar girls/stade francais tribute calendar for charity. Might be worth advertising with a few of these photos to give the xx chromosome population a bit of a boost at Ravenhill next season.

Munsty,like isn't just a Cork thing but it happens a lot more in Cork than in Dublin or most other places in Ireland. Listen to Sean Óg talk and you will see what I'm on about.