The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Belfast

by Guest Wed 18 Apr 2012, 9:44 am

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 pub has ventured to Belfast, as Red Stag is still struggling to come to terms with Munsters QF loss to Ulster Wink

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the pictures of Brian McLaughlin, John Hart, Duncan Bell, Michael Lynagh, Mick O'Driscoll, Deiniol Jones and Shane Williams.

Get well "Noddy" Lynagh - our thoughts are with you. Hug

Old Pub: https://www.606v2.com/t27620-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-beach-leileifiafiafale-samoa

by Gibson Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:35 pm

Thomond wrote:Gibbo, it isn't that good, watch it. It has two super clubs and two or three other decent clubs. Der Bundesliga ist die best in der Welt

I don't think the English clubs were too bothered by thew Europa league but that's another debate.

If you don't think Roy Keane was good then you're a moron. The Dutch knew about him in 2001 anyway.

Woooo! Touched that Cork nerve have I bud? He was a knacker. An obnoxious running-machine with no skill. A man who's only skill was attempting to break peoples legs and laugh about it.

Really despise him. He walked away from his country in their hour of need. He never comes back from that.

by Gibson Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:41 pm

WillyGilly wrote:Apprentice.

How on earth did Phoenix pull that out of the bag.

Lost interest since de smert Irish burd was shafted.

So. What happened then Willser?

by prop_lyd Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:41 pm

Get in Chelsea (yes I am a fan, moved away from them when Abramovich came in but now Di Matteo's in i'm a fan again!!)

Just had some cider

with a mate i haven't seen in 2 years....awesome catch up.....ear's getting blacker (for those of fbk a photo will be up tomorrow again!)

by Thomond Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:41 pm

Without getting into the Saipan debate ( I wouldn't have done it but someone needed to take a stand against the FAI, the players are a lot better off for it and have admitted that). Watch the 99 CL semi final second leg against Juve, the 02 world cup qualifiers against Portugal and Holland in Lansdowne and tell me he has no skill. Like John Giles (or similar from what little I have seen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMuCelpK-dk&feature=relmfu

I suspect you're on the wind but I'm going to bite

by perthshirepuma Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:41 pm

Roy Keane - OK footballer, nasty person. (chucks cat amongst pigeons)

Gibbo, had to disconnect all Av stuff when the contractors installed woodburner - I got it all to work previously by a process of random and totally unscientific scart allocation, sooner or later I will achieve the status quo ante.

Am cheering myself up by watching Eng v Ire 2006 - heh, heh. Love it.

by Gibson Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:50 pm

Shaggy. Shaggy. Shaggy. Oi Oi Oi. The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Belfast - Page 5 346548009

by Gibson Wed 18 Apr 2012, 10:58 pm

Thomond wrote:Without getting into the Saipan debate ( I wouldn't have done it but someone needed to take a stand against the FAI, the players are a lot better off for it and have admitted that). Watch the 99 CL semi final second leg against Juve, the 02 world cup qualifiers against Portugal and Holland in Lansdowne and tell me he has no skill. Like John Giles (or similar from what little I have seen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMuCelpK-dk&feature=relmfu

I suspect you're on the wind but I'm going to bite

John Giles was hard. Very hard. But he was a far more skilfull player than Keane could ever even dream to be. Brady was better again.

NOT on a WUM. I cant even stand to see a picture of him. When he speaks... I want to puke.

BTW. Have to say, I cheered from the rooftops when he scared the Poopie out of Ned in 2001 and won us the game. I just loved winding the oh so self-superior Clog football fans up then. Ive grown up since. Ive seen the Light. A leetle bit...

Just my feeling ja?

Love you btw. Your knowledge of Sport is superlative... The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Belfast - Page 5 2055835545

The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Belfast - Page 5 2055835545

by Thomond Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:03 pm

Fair enough, I can understand where you're coming from. He mighn't have been incrdibly skillful but there is no denying he wasn't a great player. I haven't seen many players win so many games single-handedly including Messi/Ronaldo et al. He could be skillful when he wanted to be and he bossed games. That's what makes a great midfielder, in that era when you only had 2 in the middle in particular.

There is a reason he is the only Irish player to have made the FIFA top 100 players list (was an all time list made in 2004)

by Gibson Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:28 pm

T. Just looking at the highlights of the 2 x CL SF's. How did Bayern not win that by 3 or 4? And how did CFC actually survive not getting beat by the same score? Unreal.

Cant see past a Barca v Bayern Final after that.

Bayern will play in their own stadium too.

by littleswannygirl Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:42 pm

Dress chosen, shoes polished, card and present sorted: wedding preparations complete Smile

Won't be on here for a few days so enjoy the rest of your week people and have a loverly weekend all Hug

by **rodders** Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:54 pm

Thomond wrote:If you don't think Roy Keane was good then you're a moron. The Dutch knew about him in 2001 anyway.

I'm with you Thomond. Roy Keane was an awesome footballer, one of the best midfielders of his generation, maybe the best.

Balls to Saipan he gave Irish sport a monumental kick up the arse the same way Simon Geoghegan and Keith Wood did before him and Brian O'Driscoll did after. A giant amongst ants. The man is a feicin legend guinness

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by **Notch** Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:56 pm

Wasn't there a musical written about the Saipan thing? Called I, Keano if I remember correctly.

Yeah, google reveals I was right. It was a mock Roman tragedy send up of the Saipan incident about a Roman legion preparing for a war. Featuring Keano as the legions greatest warrior and their General, Macartacus.

by **rodders** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 12:01 am

Yeah think so Notch.

American history X on now. Brutal movie man. Haven't seen it in yonks.

by **Notch** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 12:02 am

That is an excellent film, bit tough to watch though. I'm falling asleep. Night pub, slaap lekker.

by Rory_Gallagher Thu 19 Apr 2012, 12:06 am

roddersm wrote:Yeah think so Notch.

American history X on now. Brutal movie man. Haven't seen it in yonks.

Edward Norton is one of my favourite actors thumbsup

by **rodders** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 12:13 am

Great actor Rory, great movie guinness

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 19 Apr 2012, 6:51 am

Morning all, usual for me pls: mug

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by Suspicious lurker Thu 19 Apr 2012, 7:16 am

Morning all,

Gutted, had a perfect opportunity to help a damsel in distress this morning when she had no money on her oyster but I only had 56p in my pocket and couldn't pay for her Crying or Very sad

Could have been the start of something special. Ah well there is always tomorrow

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 7:45 am

Morning all. Making my long awaited rugby comeback on Saturday. The town of Risca is buzzing.

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:09 am

Bore da pawb / good morning all. Just had my first week's pay since my pay rise kicked in. Not too shabby at all! Smile

Plenty more fish in London, Hughie!

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:10 am

It'll make the Argus I bet, Rev!

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:31 am

Highlights on Scrum V aye Smile

Watching the first two School of Hard Knocks now. Mrs L watched it while I was away and is now a massive fan of it. She particularly loves "The big Welsh guy" (Scott Quinnell) and his speeches.

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:40 am

Risca Rev wrote:Highlights on Scrum V aye

Watching the first two School of Hard Knocks now. Mrs L watched it while I was away and is now a massive fan of it. She particularly loves "The big Welsh guy" (Scott Quinnell) and his speeches.

He gives good speech!

I remember rewatching the HC final from last year and at half time Quinnell and Greenwood are pitch side giving their view on things. Lazenby asks the lads what would they say to each of the teams if they were in the dressing rooms right now, Quinnell (taking the Leinster dressing room) gives a hairs on the back of the neck epic speech, nearly brought a tear to my eye, then Greenwood (taking the NH dressing room) says “ehhhh, just keep doing what you’re doing…???”

The camera goes back to the studio, awkward silence and dead air time for a couple of seconds, then Lazenby just says “I know which dressing room I’d rather be in!” Laugh

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:41 am

I've never watched School of Hard Knocks. I've heard it's good.

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:43 am

Haha. That's brilliant Kado.

I've only watched the last series and it is very good.

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:44 am

ha, that's brilliant Mick!

And bore da/morning all, hope everyone's well?

Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me Smile

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:44 am

On an unrelated topic, I went to a dog training class yesterday (the first session was just for the owners). It was a good session, but I had to stifle a laugh when the trainer said, 'I've got a bowl of dog food here, which I'll come into in a minute.' That would have been deeply inappropriate.

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:45 am

I saw the first series of SOHK, I think it’s all on youtube. Thought it was really good. But I don’t have sky sports so I can’t watch it no more…

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:49 am

rugbydreamer wrote:ha, that's brilliant Mick!

And bore da/morning all, hope everyone's well?

Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me

Ah, the old commuter crush. I read 4 of them in the papers this morning.

Ha, Lucky that would have made me cough laugh right into the trainers face. I'm bad at stifling laughter, particularly when someone who's very serious inadvertantly drops a bit of innuendo.

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:50 am

rugbydreamer wrote:ha, that's brilliant Mick!

And bore da/morning all, hope everyone's well?

Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me

Aye, 'twas good to see you, cheered my day up too

by **rodders** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:50 am

Morning folks. Only watched one episode of SOHK, isn't it on ITV4?

Scott Quinnell comes across as a top bloke, didn't realise he couldn't read until he was an adult.

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:55 am

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:
rugbydreamer wrote:ha, that's brilliant Mick!

And bore da/morning all, hope everyone's well?

Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me
Aye, 'twas good to see you, cheered my day up too

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 8:57 am

Rodders - aye, it's an amazing story for Scott really, and what he's had to overcome. A complete gent and legend of our game. I love him.

And a question, who do you think is the bigger loss: ROG for Munster, or Foxy for Scarlets?

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:02 am

Have any of you ever seen the documentary called Derek Tastes of Earwax? I know the title is very odd, and i suppose the documentary is too, it's about a medical condition called synaesthesia, here's the jist of it, defo worth checking out:

Aired in 2004 Imagine if every time you saw someone called Derek you got a strong taste of earwax in your mouth. It happens to James Wannerton, who runs a pub. Derek is one of his regulars. Another regular's name gives him the taste of wet nappies. For some puzzling reason, James's sense of sound and taste are intermingled. Dorothy Latham sees words as colours. Whenever she reads a black and white text, she sees each letter tinged in the shade of her own multi-coloured alphabet - even though she knows the reality of the text is black and white. Spoken words have an even stranger effect. She sees them, spelled out letter by letter, on a colourful tickertape in front of her head. Both James and Dorothy have a mysterious condition called synaesthesia, in which their senses have become linked. For years scientists dismissed it, putting it in the same category as séances and spoon-bending. But now, synaesthesia is sparking a revolution in our understanding of the human mind. More documentaries: http://atheistmedia.blogspot.com

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:05 am

Definitely interested in finding out more about that Mick. I didn't know senses could get linked like that! Amazing.

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:11 am

Yeah, they talk about a savant fella who can see numbers in front of his face when he’s doing calculations. Asking him arithmetic questions is quicker than typing it into a calculator.

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:12 am

They think Jimi Hendrix had synaesthesia. When he was in the studio he would say things like, 'I want the guitar to sound yellow'. Some people have it naturally but it's one of the effects of LSD and psilocybin. So I've been told.

by Mickado Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:15 am

luckless_pedestrian wrote:They think Jimi Hendrix had synaesthesia. When he was in the studio he would say things like, 'I want the guitar to sound yellow'. Some people have it naturally but it's one of the effects of LSD and psilocybin. So I've been told.

I think Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys had it too. although that was probably the LSD too.

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 9:43 am

I read Brian Wilson's autobiography last year, it's such a sad story. It became sadder when I listened to the Smile Sessions album and got an idea of how phenomenal that album would have sounded.

by Luckless Pedestrian Thu 19 Apr 2012, 10:34 am

Quiet in here this morning. I think I'll start on the absinthe.

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 10:51 am

well if you're having the absinthe, I may as well start on the jagermeister...

by **Pal Joey** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:07 am

Unicum Zwack for me please....

Rocky is going to come off the bench for the match against the Rebels.
I don't think he's played since the RWC. I hope he's raring to go!

by **Pal Joey** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:21 am

Oh no... more sad news.

Greg Ham, the flautist/saxophone player from Men At Work has been found dead at his home in Melbourne.

http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/greg-ham-found-dead-in-house-20120419-1x93x.html

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:32 am

oh

that's horrible.

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:35 am

Linebreaker wrote:Oh no... more sad news.

Greg Ham, the flautist/saxophone player from Men At Work has been found dead at his home in Melbourne.

http://www.smh.com.au/victoria/greg-ham-found-dead-in-house-20120419-1x93x.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeG-hNXXy6I&feature=related

by **Pal Joey** Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:35 am

yes dreamer... Crying or Very sad

He was a decent talent and it's a huge loss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmJdvjM6yHE&feature=related

by PenfroPete Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:36 am

rugbydreamer wrote: Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me

Jebus Dreamer - if I'd seen you I'd have said hello Whistle

by Guest Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:39 am

PenfroPete wrote:
rugbydreamer wrote: Beautiful guy who I usually walk past every morning on the way to work, but who has not been around for the last week or so was back this morning. random bit of info that, but it did make me

Jebus Dreamer - if I'd seen you I'd have said hello

awwww man, doesn't look like crazylegs is going to be fit for Saturday. Shame coz he's been in great form. Still, I know of one person who will be happy at that news.....

by MrsP Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:43 am

Just posted a wee article.

https://www.606v2.com/t27949-keeping-the-faith#1148898

by AsLongAsBut100ofUs Thu 19 Apr 2012, 11:47 am

MrsP wrote:Just posted a wee article.

https://www.606v2.com/t27949-keeping-the-faith#1148898

Lovely read, MrsP, brought a tear to the eye, I'm not embarrassed to say! Perhaps one of the mods might move it to the Club section tho, where I suspect it will be better read and receive more comments - jeez, I'm such a bandwaggoner!! Wink

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