The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub

First topic message reminder :

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?

Yes Munsty there is a need I suppose. Could have been handled far better.

Nottins its not an English thing. Swanny, Hound or PcPete don't end up in these types of conversations.

Sorry regs. Really. In a real Pub, I could sort this out. But not here. You are right. Mea culpa.

Cymroglan wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWIdUHF2lUU

I think we forget this isn't a real Pub sometimes. Its a written forum and though we know each other we forget ourselves. People can't pick up on your body language and place over emphasis on the power of the written word. When we'd be listening as well as talking in real life, there's nothing to stop your typing and typing, rambling away (like I'm doing now ) to your hearts content.

Gibbo

WillyGilly wrote:

Cymroglan wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWIdUHF2lUU

+1!

red_stag wrote:I think we forget this isn't a real Pub sometimes. Its a written forum and though we know each other we forget ourselves. People can't pick up on your body language and place over emphasis on the power of the written word. When we'd be listening as well as talking in real life, there's nothing to stop your typing and typing, rambling away (like I'm doing now ) to your hearts content.

Plus, most don't have the balls to say the things they do on a forum in real life.

MBTGOG wrote:

red_stag wrote:I think we forget this isn't a real Pub sometimes. Its a written forum and though we know each other we forget ourselves. People can't pick up on your body language and place over emphasis on the power of the written word. When we'd be listening as well as talking in real life, there's nothing to stop your typing and typing, rambling away (like I'm doing now ) to your hearts content.

Plus, most don't have the balls to say the things they do on a forum in real life.

Dare you to say that to my face...

WillyGilly wrote:

MBTGOG wrote:

red_stag wrote:I think we forget this isn't a real Pub sometimes. Its a written forum and though we know each other we forget ourselves. People can't pick up on your body language and place over emphasis on the power of the written word. When we'd be listening as well as talking in real life, there's nothing to stop your typing and typing, rambling away (like I'm doing now ) to your hearts content.

Plus, most don't have the balls to say the things they do on a forum in real life.

Dare you to say that to my face...

MBTGOG wrote:

red_stag wrote:I think we forget this isn't a real Pub sometimes. Its a written forum and though we know each other we forget ourselves. People can't pick up on your body language and place over emphasis on the power of the written word. When we'd be listening as well as talking in real life, there's nothing to stop your typing and typing, rambling away (like I'm doing now ) to your hearts content.

Plus, most don't have the balls to say the things they do on a forum in real life.

I do have the balls to say in real life what I said on here earlier and have done several times.

I had a full on Scotland/England/Great Britain argument in Scotland with a Scottish woman a few years ago. I asked my full on Scottish girlfriend the following morning if I'd been out of line, she said I was fine and the woman was an bum. She (the now ex girlfriend) didn't hate England rugby players, just England

Oh terrific here we go again

Anyway. Rugby, rugby, rugby. Looking forward to the RWC warm ups. Half considering going to the Wales v England game as there are apparently loads of tickets still available.

red_stag wrote:Oh terrific here we go again

Night fishing......

red_stag wrote:Oh terrific here we go again

Sorry Nottins

Forgot you like posts to be translated:


Translation: Ó mo Dhia! Agus arís
Translation: Mein Gott! Nochmal

. . . . .

I rest my case. One bad apple...

If you need to ask if you have been out of line it usually means you have.

red_stag wrote:

red_stag wrote:Oh terrific here we go again

. . . . .

Cymroglan wrote:If you need to ask if you have been out of line it usually means you have.

No, it just means you need clarification from an independant source.

Cymroglan wrote:If you need to ask if you have been out of line it usually means you have.

Agreed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_OsEISBGo

'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'

Very loose interpretation of the rules. What's next? Oh Jaysus what've they done to Tommy's photograph... Where does it end?

Hardly relevant but since everyone was at it earlier...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VElFWpNH5GM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Oh wait it is relevant. My Ed Balls comment kicked things off. Apologies.

Interesting factoid at 2:04 and various other points in y'on video you can clearly see BJ has a prompter laptop presumably for the words. There are a lot of them...

Willy,

You didn't kick anything off. If that makes you feel good or bad... I dunno. It's sorted now.

Please don't tell the children. They will understand it - when they grow up.

Howya, Gibbo

Long time not been in here and I walk into the middle of this one ...

Howya gorgeous?
Nae bodder. I'd love to offer you an emoticon of a red wine - but I cant.


So. This is for you Kia Rose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/rugby/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport?mobile-redirect=false
http://sport.scotsman.com/rugby
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/rugby

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=80
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union

And as requested on a Wednesday by rava

http://www.ballymoneytimes.co.uk/




Lads, I agree with certain things said here last night.


Day five in a row on earlys and two more to go, them off for two weeks

Bore da Pawb Hope everyone's well.

My last day at work and then one more sleep til Dublin!! Looks like the weather may be kind to me too. I hope so, then I can look out the window on the plane. I liked doing that last time.

Mickado - I couldn't see that doco you were on about last night (obviously), but they might stick it on the International iPlayer at some point so I'll keep an eye out for it.

Morning all,

How's everyone? To say I'm tired is an understatement.

Need to get my project work for college done today for my presentation tomorrow.

But with practice from 7-10 again. I may need to do some of this on work time.

Too lazy to go for a swim today.

Morning all. Sure I've the doc recorded Cari. You can watch it at the weekend!

The weather is supposed to be cracking this weekend!

What documentary was it mick??

It was all about the fields of athenry as a sporting anthem Hughie. It was very good.

Ah tidy job Mickado! I like stuff like that.

Morning Micky T - strong I don't care if you don't normally drink coffee you look like you need some. Good luck with the presentation. What's it about?

Cari – btw, we get the keys for the new place on Friday (hopefully!) but I’ll obviously still be in Eoin’s until the end of next week. That just means on Friday there might be a bit of running around hither and t’ither to sign the lease collect the keys etc.

I was thinking, how about this for a rough plan.

Thursday – I’ll collect you, we head back to mine, have a cuppa/bite to eat, head to the quiz.
Friday – I’ll meet you after work in town, how would you feel about a Stone Roses tribute gig in town? I saw them before and they’re class!
Saturday – we can do the croker tour and/or the Guinness storehouse
Sunday – watch all the games!
Monday – help me pack up!

Mickado - that's sounds perfick! And the Stone Roses gig sounds like good craic. I saw a Manics tribute band once and they were class.
As I said if you need help about the place, packing and things, I really don't mind helping and I'm good at organising things

I was going to add actually - on Saturday morning I think there's a Tri-Nations game? How do you fancy watching that over a cooked brekkie (done by mois!) first?

Cari what dates are you over?

Just handed in notice - finishing here on 10th August. Starting new job 15th August

Gonna be hard motivate myself for next 2 weeks

Morning all/Bore da pawb.

Hughie, Cari - tis nice that you've both got time off really soon, and Cari your trip to Dublin should be amazing! Hope you both have lovely times.

Just over 2 weeks to go for me before I get my 3 days off work and head off to a festival, tis my equivalent of a summer holiday so am praying for good weather

Morning all! Managed to get in early again today so i can finish at 4 for squash. Meeting mr penfro at lunchtime too to collect sparring gloves for our rugby training See the tunnels are still shut....best be open Friday as I gots to get to Brizzol

Nice one on the notice Staggy! Just try and behave for two weeks...

I'm arriving in Dub tomorrow and then back in Wales on the 1st of August.

Cari wrote:Mickado - that's sounds perfick! And the Stone Roses gig sounds like good craic. I saw a Manics tribute band once and they were class.
As I said if you need help about the place, packing and things, I really don't mind helping and I'm good at organising things

I was going to add actually - on Saturday morning I think there's a Tri-Nations game? How do you fancy watching that over a cooked brekkie (done by mois!) first?

Great stuff. It’s a good pub for a gig too, scene of my first date with Amanda < >

Forgot about the trinations, and it looks like it’ll be the last game I watch on sky before the big move. Sounds great, but the only condition is that I cook brekkie. I’m a rubbish cook, but I make a special brekkie sandwich that has gained praise from all over the world. Well, Ballymoney and Limerick, but you know what I mean.

Mickado - awww So, it's a good pub to pull in then?
OK I'll try the Mickado Brekkie Sanga...as long as I'm not on the loo all day afterwards!!

Mickado wrote:

Great stuff. It’s a good pub for a gig too, scene of my first date with Amanda < >

Forgot about the trinations, and it looks like it’ll be the last game I watch on sky before the big move. Sounds great, but the only condition is that I cook brekkie. I’m a rubbish cook, but I make a special brekkie sandwich that has gained praise from all over the world. Well, Ballymoney and Limerick, but you know what I mean.

I actually ready that as Balamory then!!! Ah the Welsh national anthem being played on Radio 2 boom!!

First date locations are weird. I had my first date with Natalia in this bar thats basically a haunt for confirmed bachelors

Prop - yeah it's class isn't it? They're doing the national anthems cause didn't Lewis hamilton say that the UK needs a different one?

Staggy!

I didn't know it was Cari. Basically I was serving her at work in my bookshop and we were making small talk and she asked if I wanted to go out sometime. I suggested a drink and we arranged a meeting point (outside the police stataion) and we'd find a pub then. One of the nearer pub is next to the theatre and is apparanty a haunt for the thespians who prefer male company.

The second place sounds more interesting!

Ah it's going to be fun. Looking forward to my trip.

Second place? Thats the place we went. Our second date we went to a trendier bar to watch a football game.

red_stag wrote:First date locations are weird. I had my first date with Natalia in this bar thats basically a haunt for confirmed bachelors

As in gay people?

This place - The academy - isn't a good pulling bar as such. I didn't meet her there, but when i finally got the courage up to asking her out i took her to the only place i knew for sure she'd enjoy the music. On Saturday night's the place is called "propaganda", which is an indie club basically, i think they have them in the UK.

Prop, if you're driving, i urge you not to stand up for the anthem! If i remember correctly you don't have a sunroof!

nottins wrote:

Notch wrote:They are eejits. But they are our eejits.

I just hate being ruled over from overseas tbh.

I'd seriously like to see Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland try and go their own way without the financial support of English taxpayers. I don't think it would be pretty, worse than Greece I suspect.

They'd probably fair better than Wakefield would without the support of London taxpayers.

Yea basically a gay place. But not a gay bar. The kind of place where there are lots of closet gay patrons. Kinda like the worst kept secret in Limerick. Very into the arts and that. Very linked to poetry and drama and that. But it is a nice enough bar if not a bit cramped.

red_stag wrote:Second place? Thats the place we went. Our second date we went to a trendier bar to watch a football game.

Sorry I read the post wrong...I need another coffee I think..

Rodders, can we leave that convo back there please?