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?

hughie1986 wrote: they get threatened to be banned, how is that fair??

They get asked to stop. If they don't they get warnings. If they don't heed the warnings they can face a ban. Thats how I understand it. As I say if you don't agree with a particular post then alert a mod.

red_stag wrote:

hughie1986 wrote: they get threatened to be banned, how is that fair??

They get asked to stop. If they don't they get warnings. If they don't heed the warnings they can face a ban. Thats how I understand it. As I say if you don't agree with a particular post then alert a mod.

That's completely right.

Not the point stag, you deliberatly went out yesterday to WUM (and freely admitted it) and in my opinion a wum is a wum no matter how you dress it up

I would say that as one of the more respected posters on here Stag, you are a sort of role model. So when people see you doing what you did, they might see that it's alright and maybe push it that little bit further. That's when certain posters will bite and it gets out of hand.

We need to set a good example on here.

Morning all.

To back up what Dreamer said, I'll look at a thread where there's banter going on, and only step in if I think it's getting people pretty het up. I'll add I was in meetings half of yesterday afternoon and missed most of Stag's efforts

And I spent the evening in Regent's Park drinking beer and waving a softball bat about . Didn't get home until past midnight so sleepy today.

red_stag wrote:Dreamer - not once yesterday did the red marker have to come out when I was posting. When things looked to get a bit heated with posters I respect like Asbo and Biltongbek I sent a PM to let them know I was taking the mick.

Trust me, Staggy, the PMs were absolutely not required

I probably shouldn't add, but I felt much better after writing that post yesterday. "Rant mode" is fun sometimes

Watching some ITM Cup. Northland v Bay Of Plenty. Just seems ridiculous sometimes that a player like Lelia Masaga isn't even in the reckoning for the New Zealand squad.

Still doesn't change the fact that although Stag admits hes off Wumming that the admins say its ok, just because its a bit of "banter"


Stinks of double standards and I thought ye were better than that

red_stag wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:What's the difference between Wummers and what stag was doing yesterday?? It seems like their is double standards for some posters on here.

Several things really :

1 - I would stop immediately if asked by any moderator or administrator

2 - I sent PMs to anyone I thought may have been getting overly annoyed to keep things mellow

3 - It generated banter without any swearing, threatening behaviour or calling people vulgar names

4 - Nobody reported any of my posting to a moderator

Wow, you thought Biltong and I might have been getting overly annoyed? Really? i think the differences are fairly simple tbh. If you generally 'get along with' the poster you're debating with, it almost never ends in tears - the worst it can get is an agreement to disagree. It's the other type of poster, the ones that just won't let something go, often pedants, they do ma heid in! But like Kiwi advised, it's deep breath, count to 10, then

MBTGOG wrote:Watching some ITM Cup. Northland v Bay Of Plenty. Just seems ridiculous sometimes that a player like Lelia Masaga isn't even in the reckoning for the New Zealand squad.

Does he have a Scottish granny?

hughie1986 wrote:Still doesn't change the fact that although Stag admits hes off Wumming that the admins say its ok, just because its a bit of "banter"


Stinks of double standards and I thought ye were better than that

Wouldn't it be funny if Hughie was wumming here.

Seriously though, I do agree with him.

Flip you Hughie. Bandwagoning from every team in Europe and you look down your nose at me for having a bit of fun.

hughie1986 wrote:Still doesn't change the fact that although Stag admits hes off Wumming that the admins say its ok, just because its a bit of "banter"


Stinks of double standards and I thought ye were better than that

I guess the issue is that Staggy's wumming yesterday was what I'd call WUMming-lite!! It would have to have escalated way beyond that to be offensive. The real WUMs don't necessarily even realise they are doing it, they are simply so wound up, so dogmatic in their views, and they've lost the heid - I'm with Kiwi and dreamer, just shoot them, we all know who they are

MBTGOG wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:Still doesn't change the fact that although Stag admits hes off Wumming that the admins say its ok, just because its a bit of "banter"


Stinks of double standards and I thought ye were better than that

Wouldn't it be funny if Hughie was wumming here.

Seriously though, I do agree with him.

I assure you I'm not Munsty, it seems to me that because stag has an in-depth knowledge of the game avnd is friends with most of the mod team that he can get away with a hole lot more than he should do, your average poster would at least be on a warning by now

Morning all, this british youth council conference seems like it's going to be a VERY long day, roll on rugby training!

Where would that leave you Hughie and your below average tripe you toss out about cricket and how all of Ireland should be made comepletely Irish speaking. Youd don't even live in the flipping country.

red_stag wrote:Flip you Hughie. Bandwagoning from every team in Europe and you look down your nose at me for having a bit of fun.

Says your man who turns up in a Toulouse jersey to the HC final, yeah good choice of jearsey mate, you had no reason to wear that other than to wind people up, im surprised I didn't read about it in your blog

Will someone buy those kids some sweeties or something? Be quiet in the the back of the car... Are we there yet Da? Shutup!

Mornin regs. Glorious day in De Dam. Sieze the day!

hughie1986 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Flip you Hughie. Bandwagoning from every team in Europe and you look down your nose at me for having a bit of fun.

Says your man who turns up in a Toulouse jersey to the HC final, yeah good choice of jearsey mate, you had no reason to wear that other than to wind people up, im surprised I didn't read about it in your blog

Just like a team who plays some real rugby instead of a few chino wearing Dubs who realised its trendy to follow a real mans game. Drafted in a crew of foreigners to teach them to play.

Kiwireddevil wrote:I spent the evening in Regent's Park drinking beer and waving a softball bat about

You had people with you, right? Otherwise that's a bit sad.

Hear hear gibbo!!

Edit: my mistake meant to put gibbo not stag there!

red_stag wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Flip you Hughie. Bandwagoning from every team in Europe and you look down your nose at me for having a bit of fun.

Says your man who turns up in a Toulouse jersey to the HC final, yeah good choice of jearsey mate, you had no reason to wear that other than to wind people up, im surprised I didn't read about it in your blog

Just like a team who plays some real rugby instead of a few chino wearing Dubs who realised its trendy to follow a real mans game. Drafted in a crew of foreigners to teach them to play.

I smell WUMmery

AH but from who Asbo

2x

red_stag wrote:

hughie1986 wrote:

red_stag wrote:Flip you Hughie. Bandwagoning from every team in Europe and you look down your nose at me for having a bit of fun.

Says your man who turns up in a Toulouse jersey to the HC final, yeah good choice of jearsey mate, you had no reason to wear that other than to wind people up, im surprised I didn't read about it in your blog

Just like a team who plays some real rugby instead of a few chino wearing Dubs who realised its trendy to follow a real mans game. Drafted in a crew of foreigners to teach them to play.

Kettle... Black... Pot? With the difference that one side actually plays rugby.

hughie1986 wrote:Still doesn't change the fact that although Stag admits hes off Wumming that the admins say its ok, just because its a bit of "banter"


Stinks of double standards and I thought ye were better than that

Ditto.

Ah look I can't keep going. Leinster v Musnter is a hornets nest that gets stirred too often on this site. You win Hughie I can't keep it up!!

Leinster suck!

Ah ya fuuucckkker, I was just getting into this stag, I had loads lined up

MBTGOG wrote:Leinster suck!

Only cos they can afford lollypops.

About blinking time, I was about to get the red pen out on you both. And this week the ink is running a bit low on that.

red_stag wrote:Ah look I can't keep going. Leinster v Musnter is a hornets nest that gets stirred too often on this site. You win Hughie I can't keep it up!!

So, that's yet another win for Leinster. 6 from 7. Grand.

Gibson wrote:

red_stag wrote:Ah look I can't keep going. Leinster v Musnter is a hornets nest that gets stirred too often on this site. You win Hughie I can't keep it up!!

So, that's yet another win for Leinster. 6 from 7. Grand.

For England I think you mean. He works on the Tube for gods sake. Mr Cockney!!

Cat calling the Rabbit hairy hole is it not Stag with some of your jibes there?

To step back to the original post (and ignore the personal enslaughts being thrown about).

I think Hughie has a point. I just mean sometimes we label someone as an absolute tool because he may WUM and therefore we hate him.

But when one of us do it, we accept that as banter as we know what the person is really like..

Now, I am not saying we are wrong to accept it as banter as I think it's obvious that person is just having a bit of fun.

But why do we presume the guys who we haven't met and don't know aren't also having a bit of fun and banter. simple because we haven't met them..

I think there is other words other than WUM needs to be used to describe some of the "WUMMING" that goes on from time to time. These are just K/N/O/B/S anyway..

that is all

Aawwwwhhhh I want this job, no I want that job, what interview do.I do?? I don't know what to do. Boo fricking hoo, cry me a river will ya, lucky to have a job

Mick my jibes weren't serious. Hughie knows that.

hughie1986 wrote:Aawwwwhhhh I want this job, no I want that job, what interview do.I do?? I don't know what to do. Boo fricking hoo, cry me a river will ya, lucky to have a job

You'd give a brilliant best mans speech Hughie

mickyt wrote:Cat calling the Rabbit hairy hole is it not Stag with some of your jibes there?

To step back to the original post (and ignore the personal enslaughts being thrown about).

I think Hughie has a point. I just mean sometimes we label someone as an absolute tool because he may WUM and therefore we hate him.

But when one of us do it, we accept that as banter as we know what the person is really like..

Now, I am not saying we are wrong to accept it as banter as I think it's obvious that person is just having a bit of fun.

But why do we presume the guys who we haven't met and don't know aren't also having a bit of fun and banter. simple because we haven't met them..

I think there is other words other than WUM needs to be used to describe some of the "WUMMING" that goes on from time to time. These are just K/N/O/B/S anyway..

that is all

I was just taking the pi$$ but yeah that point I was originally making stands and T has just put it perfectly

Bum-lick

Micky T its a good point to be fair.

I rarely think you have a point Hughie other than the one in your pants when the two micks come to stay...

It's completely double standards. Stag stages a wumathon and it's almost encouraged by the mods/admins. Someone else does it and they get written warnings and without having any of their posts being deleted/edited. Seems as if you're in the "in crowd" you can say what you want without sanction as it's just "banter". Poor show.

how about we term them wum's and troll's? There's a distinct difference between the two.

nottins wrote:It's completely double standards. Stag stages a wumathon and it's almost encouraged by the mods/admins. Someone else does it and they get written warnings and without having any of their posts being deleted/edited. Seems as if you're in the "in crowd" you can say what you want without sanction as it's just "banter". Poor show.

friends in high places Notts.. should try it pal. gets you into all the cool places..

they've met Stag so know what he means by his banter.. equally we have meet one or two that we know are just bitter so and so's and therefore know how to treat them.

it's the ones in between I would feel sorry for.

Nottins - I should probably claify things. Basically I'm top dog and I therefore do as I please when I please.

red_stag wrote:Nottins - I should probably claify things. Basically I'm top dog and I therefore do as I please when I please.

That's what you think

mickyt wrote:

nottins wrote:It's completely double standards. Stag stages a wumathon and it's almost encouraged by the mods/admins. Someone else does it and they get written warnings and without having any of their posts being deleted/edited. Seems as if you're in the "in crowd" you can say what you want without sanction as it's just "banter". Poor show.

friends in high places Notts.. should try it pal. gets you into all the cool places..

they've met Stag so know what he means by his banter.. equally we have meet one or two that we know are just bitter so and so's and therefore know how to treat them.

it's the ones in between I would feel sorry for.

No need to call Gibbo an bitter so and so.

mickyt wrote:I rarely think you have a point Hughie other than the one in your pants when the two micks come to stay...

Don't you know it T, guilty as charged

The difference,in my view between what Stag did and what others have done is that others do it a lot. Stag,does it once in a full moon.