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?

You'll get huge benefits from it in the winter Pete, it's definitely something more people should do!

Just sent off to my service manager to get approval for them to get funding for me to do a Welsh course in classes after work. It costs quite a lot this year but fingers crossed they give the go ahead, it seems to be the only thing that has any sort of funding available this year, and I'd rather do that then nothing.

Morning all.

how are we? haven't been in too much of late what with practice and what not. bit of a normal week this week and only back in work today so hopefully at least the week will go through quickly.

what have I missed over the last week or so?

We used to only see Superted in Irish. Hilarious stuff.

Think he might have been called SúperTeid though

wotcha,

Seeing Pembro's pics made me remember of a Council of herons that took place over a couple of days two springtimes ago;7 heron standing in a circle,each about 5 metres apart, all looking towards the centre.They were there in the afternoon, and a couple must have had a phone call cos the next morning there were only 5,who left in the afternoon.

OK, back to tent erecting,melon storing and beer drinking;my mate Terry arrives on foot from Bergerac this afternoon;taken him 5 days-must consider that option the next time I take the plane

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Pleased for Ross Rennie that he'll win his first cap on Saturday. He'd have won it sooner if it hadn't been for injury.

Lucky, I think he's got 6 caps already, altho mostly as a sub? But you are right, it will be good to see him playing, fully recovered from his horrendous injuries.

Mick(TEFC) wrote:wotcha,

Seeing Pembro's pics made me remember of a Council of herons that took place over a couple of days two springtimes ago;7 heron standing in a circle,each about 5 metres apart, all looking towards the centre.They were there in the afternoon, and a couple must have had a phone call cos the next morning there were only 5,who left in the afternoon.

OK, back to tent erecting,melon storing and beer drinking;my mate Terry arrives on foot from Bergerac this afternoon;taken him 5 days-must consider that option the next time I take the plane

Mick , aren't we celebrating your Tel's 60th too? Good man for hiking in Did you check Loupa for feathers after the 2 herons disappeared?!

Penfro, I'll see your heron and raise you a

Spoiler:

Breadvan wrote:

prop_lyd wrote:I'm watching citys of gold still with my housemates!! 10 episodes our of 39 down!

The 80's cartoon?

That's the one!! We're all pretty addicted to it too!

Morning all, got my interview session with the young people later: invited 6, expecting 3! Then it's off to squash, can't wait for Saturday to hurry up now

Esteban! That one's quite surreal. Have you seen the bit with the aliens yet?

Nah not yet...don't give it away glas!! They're just about to walk over the mountain to the city! We've been picking who's which character in our house and i've ended up as the rotund chef!!

Superted's a Welsh cartoon - made in Wales, that is. He was SiwperTed on S4C. Remember that road safety advert he did?

Glas a du wrote:Penfro, I'll see your heron and raise you a

Spoiler:

The National Bird - a beautiful sight. Saw about a dozen of them near Llandeusant the other weekend

Saw loads of them at a centre where they feed them and they seem to come from everywhere!

Superted was one of my favourites...we're moving onto Family Ness, Transformers and Charlie Chalk after cities of gold.

The Family Ness was great! I was jealous of Angus and Elspeth and their Thistle Whistles

Does anyone remember Alias the Jester? I can't remember much about it apart from the fact that I liked it.

Victor and Hugo. Class.

I never really watched Charlie Chalk, but that was made by the people who made Bertha.

Glas, do you remember a cartoon on S4C called Fflacheulyn?

Huxley pig!

I still catch myself singing:

"What are you going to do today Huxley Pig? groink, groink
Who are you going to be today Huxley Pig? groink, groink
A suitcase full of clothes,
everybody knows,
when you're in your Sunday Best,
Anything goes!"

Even as a 12 year old, I admired his 1920's style bohemianism and sense of sexual adventure. The cartoon never lived up to (or even reflected) the theme tune though.

Glas, do you remember a cartoon on S4C called Fflacheulyn?

No, sorry.

I don't remember much about it myself, Glas. I just remember the baddie used to say, 'gwylia dy step, Fflacheulyn!'

Charlie Chalke is an Irish business man who own’s a chain of bars and hotels, he had his leg blown off in a botched raid a few years ago. I knew I recognized his name from my youth though!

Jace and the wheelwarriors anyone?

Glas/Lucky - you must remember Ffalabalam!!

Free curry for lunch!!!!

Ffalabalam was great! It's where Sian Lloyd cut her teeth - not literally of course.

Cari wrote:Glas/Lucky - you must remember Ffalabalam!!

Of course I do. My brothers used to call me Huwcyn.

Right this might make me sound a bit insane but do any of the Welsh folks in here remember a character from an S4C children's progamme who was called Madam Fflur? I only have a vague recolatcion of this but for some reason I see her as a dog with long fur, who lived in a caravan?

Ah man even writing that out looks crazy.

One of my favourite things from on S4C wasn't a programme, but a "presenter" on one of the kids shows - he was a bird, who wore a leather jacket and had his beak peirced. And all he used to say was "wwcuu" something like that anyway! (which again just sounds a bit crazy....)

I also remember Wil Cwac Cwac. Cwwwwwwaaaaaaaac!

Ah, that was Wcw'r Gwcw! He was cool.

I don't remember that Madam Fflur, though.

Wil Cwac Cwac was good. I liked that his dad was called Wmffra.

You know they show Sali Mali on English Channel 4 narrated by Rhys Ifans?

Sorry, can't help you much dreamer, you're a fair bit younger than me.

I'm now being reintroduced to kids telly though via my nieces and nephews and of course Miss G, both Cyw and Cbeebies. I am partial to a bit of Gigglebits. "Hello I'm Arthur Sleep. In Yorkshire today all of the toilet seats have been stolen, Police say they have nothing to go on! Over now to our reporter Gail Force..." Horrible histories is also a very good program for older kids on CBBC.

Glas - Horrible Histories is great, so is Shaun The Sheep.

My nieces used to love Razzledazzle (so did I!) and Thomas the Tank Engine, but they're into Dora the Explorer now, which is rubbish.

I've done a quick google search but there's only a vagure reference to a book on amazon, with Madam Flur and something to do with Carafan Parablu. I'm going to have to ask my brother and sister about it I think, otherwise tis just going to keep bothering me.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Top Cat was good too, although the BBC used to call it Boss Cat.

Hughie, what's 'the knack?' I don't mean the band.

It's when you go drinking in a field with mates, shortened version of Knacker Drinking, and its great hadn't done it in ages and it was great

Shaun the sheep is the new version of Wallace and Gromit.

Just remembered another Welsh cartoon i used to watch (mainly in Welsh classes) called Muzzy Mawr. I used to really like that one.

Sounds decent enough, Hughie!

I remember we used to watch a programme in primary school called Ffenestri. It was an educational programme and it was okay from what I remember.

Okay, not a TV show, but what was that music show with Caryl Pari Jones? Sain a Chan or something.

EDIT: I just remembered - it was called Sioe Gerdd.

Dreamer,we had an Irish versions of that except the Mawr was Mór(Irish for big)

ah really Thom? I thought it was just a Welsh thing!

I used to really like it, even though I can't remember too much of it now.

Hughie,
You have a whole weekend of knack lined up;even got a ball

As long as we got the ball thats all that matters, show all you old guys how its done

one for 'twall.

https://www.606v2.com/t10780-summer-rugby#335734

Afternoon. Obviously still jetlagged as I'm just up and didn't get too sleep till late last night. Wasting my leave really trying to get back into a sleeping pattern.

Just watching the NZ V SA game back.

I've had some great news today, that the International Rugby League double header doesn't clash with the Dragons v Blues game around my birthday. So delighted I can do both (work permitting on the Friday of course).

Anyway, there are the Robocop fixtures up till Christmas if you haven't seen them. So you can now plan your trips or know how your Friday or Saturday viewing will go.

http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/fixtures.php

Nice one on being able to make both of them Rev (well fingers crossed anyway!)

Cheers for the fixtures as well, need to plan what home Scarlet games I can get to carefully, depending on times, might need to get my lovely dad to come to the match with me/pick me up after.

I was going to go to Parc y Scarlets for the Dragons' visit, but I'm going down west for the Heineken in November anyway. I still haven't been to the Liberty or the CSS yet, so I'll try to get to those away games.

Rev, I presume there are buses that go to the away games, do you know any more about that?

Just having a look at the fixtures there, some crabby conflicts in my calendar, my mate is getting married on the day of the Leinster v Aironi match which is the night before the Ireland Italy game in the WC. That'll be some session!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14387836

He does make a good point...

Paul Flynn usually makes good points. He's my MP and he's a good egg.

Is it fair to say that Stag is being pretty controversial on the WC Semi Final thread? I think he's in one of his mischievous moods. I'm just finishing off reading that.

Lucky, I'd imagine there'll be a bus to most away games aye. I think a lot of people drove themselves to Llanelli last year though, so they could stay the night. That's what I did anyway.

It's handy that they are out properly now though. I need to sit down with my planning board and see what time off I need to book before I go away.

Zac Guldford's 1st try was sweet on the weekend wasn't it.

Cracking set of eyebrows.