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 picture of Maxime Medard* above the bar!


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




Last Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t21314-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub



* While the other suggestion of Owens, Thomas and Hughie had merit, I couldn't face having Hughie's mug on the wall

If I found myself in Toulouse with a ticket to a match at the Ernest Wallon, I'd a) consider myself very lucky, and b) need a very good reason not to go to the game.

Kiwireddevil wrote:

red_stag wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:That's too big a game to miss Stag, pub and the boys in red - has to be.

Half of me is thinking this. Big HEC match could define Munsters season.

prop_lyd wrote:How often would you get to go and watch Toulouse live at home?

The other half of me is thinking this. Why fly all the way to Toulouse and not go to the match.

More information required:
Is the match ticket free?
What's the price of pints (a) at the ground and (b) at the pub?
Can you record the Munster match for later viewing? -Edit - too slow typing, Asbo beat me to that one

The cost and beer quality factors do need to be included in consideration

I can see how you roll KRD.

Match ticket is free, no discernible difference in price of booze. I have Sky+ at home so I can record match.

I think I just made up my mind.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:If I found myself in Toulouse with a ticket to a match at the Ernest Wallon, I'd a) consider myself very lucky, and b) need a very good reason not to go to the game.

Would it extend as far as a name change?

red_stag wrote:Match ticket is free, no discernible difference in price of booze. I have Sky+ at home so I can record match.

I think I just made up my mind.

Another result for the pub consultation service. What with the job decision last year and now this, Staggy's building up quite a bill

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

luckless_pedestrian wrote:If I found myself in Toulouse with a ticket to a match at the Ernest Wallon, I'd a) consider myself very lucky, and b) need a very good reason not to go to the game.

Would it extend as far as a name change?

That's a very big quesiton to but to him.....it's like me changing my name to Hook_Cardiff which really doesn't have the same ring to it!!

rugbydreamer wrote:

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Green Dragon Award, Dreamer? We worked towards that last year and got awarded it the week before Christmas!

I don't want to say it was all down to me, but yeah, it was all down to me.

ha nice one Lucky! We're already level 2, aiming for level 3 this year.

And bore da/good morning all.


Stag - part of me says for you to really go to the Tolouse game but I know if I was in your position and the Scarlets were the one on tv....I'd be very, very tempted to stay in the pub. Maybe go watch Tolouse and make sure you get good updates on your phone??

Yeah don't rely on that flip wit Glas, who will miss the first 20 minutes and then start sending the texts to some other random name on his phone!

Glas a du wrote:

rugbydreamer wrote:

luckless_pedestrian wrote:Green Dragon Award, Dreamer? We worked towards that last year and got awarded it the week before Christmas!

I don't want to say it was all down to me, but yeah, it was all down to me.

ha nice one Lucky! We're already level 2, aiming for level 3 this year.

And bore da/good morning all.


Stag - part of me says for you to really go to the Tolouse game but I know if I was in your position and the Scarlets were the one on tv....I'd be very, very tempted to stay in the pub. Maybe go watch Tolouse and make sure you get good updates on your phone??

Yeah don't rely on that flip wit Glas, who will miss the first 20 minutes and then start sending the texts to some other random name on his phone!

I'd forgotten about that! You were lucky I had Notch texting me updates of the match as well

OK . Couldn’t find any links for our Nige’ ‘advising’ the young Scarlets #9 (Think it was Martin Roberts). Basically it went like this. Roberts had been chopsing, trying to point out things to Nige’ .

Nige’ had had enough and said something along the lines of “Look, I will never be a scrum-half, you will never be a referee. Cut it out and let’s get on with the game”

Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal can expect to hear from the Ligue Nationale de Rugby's disciplinary officials after making some outrageous statements over the weekend.

Boudjellal was fuming after his side's narrow loss in Clermont on Sunday and vented his frustration with some controversial comments aimed at referee Christophe Berdos.

"I had my first refereeing sodomy in the [2010] semi-final against Clermont. I've just had my second tonight," he told journalists after the 25-19 loss at Stade Marcel Michelin.

"It appeared to hurt the first time but it was just as bad this time. We will review the images not on Youtube but on YouPorn. Clermont are a great team. They did not need it."

So that's what refereeing sodomy is

How French can you get?

I have a new screen. It is this wide |
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However, it just highlights the difficulty of trying to do this on a phone when away from the office, and I have to turn my head to look into the corners. The Jury is out

That was sooooooo French I had to redress the balance by eating a large slice of pork pie lathered in English mustard, mmmmmm-mmm.

Who's ya daddy?!

Bar Steward! I'm hungry now as I only had an apple for breakfast

yeah, cheers for that

I wont mention that I'm planning melted goat's cheese and ploughman's chutney on toast for lunch then. Ooops.

Question. Any pub dwellers have any experience or opinions on tablet computers? My Xmas pay check came in today and I'm liking the look of the Samsung Galaxy tablet.

PJHolybloke wrote: I wont mention that I'm planning melted goat's cheese and ploughman's chutney on toast for lunch then. Ooops.

Glas a du wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote: I wont mention that I'm planning melted goat's cheese and ploughman's chutney on toast for lunch then. Ooops.

Filled pasta for me ready for my squash match!!

Good article here about Ian McKinley, an up and coming Leinster outhalf who had to retire last season due to losing the sight in one eye...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ian-mckinley-id-give-anything-to-go-back-but-not-my-right-eye-2982211.html

just had a phonecall, going to Mam's for lunch!

Glas a du wrote:just had a phonecall, going to Mam's for lunch!

You only did that because you were jealous

Always had you pegged as a mammy's boy Glas...

WillyGilly wrote:Always had you pegged as a mammy's boy Glas...

And?

Prop

Cheers, I'd love some tomato's with my pasta!!

have another then

Hello Everyone

Hope you are all ok , not been around due to going back into hospital .

Just wanted to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year

Global moderator! There's posh!

I take it the implication from your post is that you are out now? If so, great.

happy new year to you as well

Mickado wrote:Good article here about Ian McKinley, an up and coming Leinster outhalf who had to retire last season due to losing the sight in one eye...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ian-mckinley-id-give-anything-to-go-back-but-not-my-right-eye-2982211.html

Tragic. Apart from the sadness of a very promising career ending so soon, the thing that really sticks in my throat is the fact that he reckons some players deliberately targeted his damaged eye during his "comeback". That's diabolical, literally.

Good luck to him for his foray into hockey I say, I reached county standard as a youf and loved it, not as much as rugby mind - nothing as much as rugby.

Thanks for that Mick.

Global Moderator??!! Does that make you ruler of all or something?! Hope your out of Hospital ok!

Cheers for the tomato's Glas!!

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Hello Everyone

Hope you are all ok , not been around due to going back into hospital .

Just wanted to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year

Happy New Year KK, all the best. It's almoat first bell in the aft'noon watch, what the hell.

[quote="prop_lyd"]Global Moderator??!! Does that make you ruler of all or something?! Hope your out of Hospital ok!

I think it just means im on here to much

Yes home now feeling ok just need to take things steady for awhile

PJHolybloke wrote:

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Hello Everyone

Hope you are all ok , not been around due to going back into hospital .

Just wanted to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year

Happy New Year KK, all the best. It's almoat first bell in the aft'noon watch, what the hell.

Cheers PJ

is the quiz question answer J L H by the way ?

Afternoon Kenny, hope all is well with you as can be

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Hello Everyone

Hope you are all ok , not been around due to going back into hospital .

Just wanted to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year

Happy New Year KK, all the best. It's almoat first bell in the aft'noon watch, what the hell.

Cheers PJ

is the quiz question answer J L H by the way ?

Welcome back quizmeister!

rugbydreamer wrote:Afternoon Kenny, hope all is well with you as can be

Yes great to be home again thanks Dreamer just taking it day by day

ah well that's good your back home, that's the best place to be to get better

PJHolybloke wrote:

Mickado wrote:Good article here about Ian McKinley, an up and coming Leinster outhalf who had to retire last season due to losing the sight in one eye...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ian-mckinley-id-give-anything-to-go-back-but-not-my-right-eye-2982211.html

Tragic. Apart from the sadness of a very promising career ending so soon, the thing that really sticks in my throat is the fact that he reckons some players deliberately targeted his damaged eye during his "comeback". That's diabolical, literally.

Good luck to him for his foray into hockey I say, I reached county standard as a youf and loved it, not as much as rugby mind - nothing as much as rugby.

Thanks for that Mick.

It’s bad alright. He was really rated highly here, most of us thought he had a much better chance of making it as a pro than Ian Madigan for example. I remember the Treviso game well and I even posted an article on old 606 welcoming him back. shocking stuff about people targeting him alright, scary to think if they had got him he could be blinded completely.

Personally (and very selfishly) I’d love to see him back playing Gaelic football. Great things could be ahead of him yet.

Mmmmmmm, melted goat's cheese on thick slices of fresh baked bread, garnished with ploughman's chutney and fresh-chopped parsley. It's not just a lunch - it's PJ's lunch.

How's your lunch situation Glas?

Sorry Asbo, I missed that. If it ever happened I might consider changing my name to lucky_toulousain for the weekend...

Mickado wrote:

PJHolybloke wrote:

Mickado wrote:Good article here about Ian McKinley, an up and coming Leinster outhalf who had to retire last season due to losing the sight in one eye...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ian-mckinley-id-give-anything-to-go-back-but-not-my-right-eye-2982211.html

Tragic. Apart from the sadness of a very promising career ending so soon, the thing that really sticks in my throat is the fact that he reckons some players deliberately targeted his damaged eye during his "comeback". That's diabolical, literally.

Good luck to him for his foray into hockey I say, I reached county standard as a youf and loved it, not as much as rugby mind - nothing as much as rugby.

Thanks for that Mick.

It’s bad alright. He was really rated highly here, most of us thought he had a much better chance of making it as a pro than Ian Madigan for example. I remember the Treviso game well and I even posted an article on old 606 welcoming him back. shocking stuff about people targeting him alright, scary to think if they had got him he could be blinded completely.

Personally (and very selfishly) I’d love to see him back playing Gaelic football. Great things could be ahead of him yet.

It's hard to imagine how anyone could even think that low let alone act on it.

Do you think it's feasible for him to crack it at the top level? I would have thought it pretty much impossible with such a restricted depth of vision, he must be a pretty special person to give it a lash after what he's been through.

I was just putting my Ploughman's Chutney away (no laughing perlease!) and I read the small print, apparently it's made with cayenne pepper, sultananas and juicy plums

I mean, like, that's not why it's called Ploughman's Chutney, right?

Afternoon all. Busy morning

KK sorry to hear you were back in hospital and glad you are out again and on the mend

I was sent this earlier and thought I should share it with you all -


This farmer has about 200 hens, but no rooster and he wants chicks. So, he goes down the road to the next farmer and asks if he has a rooster. The other farmer says, "Yeah, I've got this great rooster, named Randy; he'll service every chicken you've got. No problem."
Well , Randy the rooster is a lot of money, but the farmer decides he'd be worth it. So , he buys Randy. The farmer takes Randy home and sets him down in the barnyard, giving the rooster a pep talk, " Randy, I want you to pace yourself now. You've got a lot of chickens to service here and you cost me a lot of money and I'll need you to do a good job. So, take your time and have some fun," the farmer said with a chuckle.
Randy seemed to understand, so the farmer points towards the hen house and Randy took off like a shot ~WHAM~ He nails every hen on there THREE or FOUR times and the farmer is just shocked. Randy runs out of the hen house and sees a flock of geese down by the lake ~WHAM~ He gets all the geese. Randy's up in the pigpen. He's in with the cows. Randy is jumping on every animal the farmer owns.
The farmer is distraught, worried that his expensive rooster won't even last the day. Sure enough, the farmer goes to bed and wakes up the next day to find Randy dead as a doorknob in the middle of the yard. Buzzards are circling overhead. The farmer, saddened by the loss of such a colorful animal , shakes his head and says, "Oh, Randy, I told you to pace yourself. I tried to get you to slow down, now look what you've done to yourself." Randy opens one eye, nods towards the sky and say's , "Shhh. They're getting closer...."

Feck me that's funny! A talking chicken!

Love it Rav!

PJ – not sure how far he can go but before I read that article I didn’t know Genaro Gatusso was blind in one eye either. McKinley was a very talented footballer (in the rugby sense of the word) and was part of a GAA team with pedigree at national level (they were all Ireland champs in 2009 and he won lesser medals with them in his time there) so who knows?

For the wall - LINK

PJHolybloke wrote:Mmmmmmm, melted goat's cheese on thick slices of fresh baked bread, garnished with ploughman's chutney and fresh-chopped parsley. It's not just a lunch - it's PJ's lunch.

How's your lunch situation Glas?

Steak stew followed by jelly and ice-cream (Miss G is here)

Afternoon all, the cafe at work today had breaded pork with shallott and mushroom sauce, potato skins and broccoli. Yum!

Yup, she ordered the steak

Mickado wrote:

PJ – not sure how far he can go but before I read that article I didn’t know Genaro Gatusso was blind in one eye either. McKinley was a very talented footballer (in the rugby sense of the word) and was part of a GAA team with pedigree at national level (they were all Ireland champs in 2009 and he won lesser medals with them in his time there) so who knows?

Dean Shiels who plays for Kilmarnock in the SPL lost the sight of his eye when he was eight and has had a fairly successful career to date (Still only 26)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Shiels