The Zone Virtual Sports Bar, Hamilton.

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Hello and welcome to the Zone Sports Bar, 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.

This week the pub has set up in Sky City Hamilton, where the Crusaders take on the Chiefs in the Super XV semi final.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Bradley Wiggins, Ernie Els, Irene van Dyk, Sonny Bill Williams and his newly capped All Black team mate Sam Cane.



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Rava wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Kiwireddevil wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Jandles?

Jandals actually

When they 1st came out they were marketed in NZ as "Japanese Sandals". The contraction stuck. But at least we're not as bad as the Aussies - for them Durex is a generic name for adhesive tape used in wrapping presents

Shoite, is that not what they are for?! No wonder other kids' parents look at me weird

That would only be one of the reasons mate. There are many others

Waw, he's on

rodders, I'm just being pedantic

Kiwi - I want a :jealous: emoticon.

No no you're spot on hound.

Imagine the uproar if Greenpeace had have read that inaccurately phrased comment.

rodders wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:

rodders –they can’t eat 90% of the world’s seaweed. Maybe 90% of the seaweed consumed by humans. Good news for Donegal though, even if I can't see the locals bowing when the Japanese factory owner passes by.

No you are quite right that is what I meant...sorry for the confusion.....

Rodders is right- Greenpeace has to stop these Japanese menaces before they destroy our fragile ecosystem

Kiwireddevil wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Jandles?

Jandals actually

When they 1st came out they were marketed in NZ as "Japanese Sandals". The contraction stuck. But at least we're not as bad as the Aussies - for them Durex is a generic name for adhesive tape used in wrapping presents

That's the most unheard of thing I've ever heard of! Enough of this Aussie bashing! Now pass him a Fourex & slip that down ya!

On a similar matter to the seaweed contamination thing. They've started growing Japanese rice varieties here in Qld - they filmed a Japanese family giving it the ... or maybe they were just being very polite for the cameras?

Notch wrote:

rodders wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:

rodders –they can’t eat 90% of the world’s seaweed. Maybe 90% of the seaweed consumed by humans. Good news for Donegal though, even if I can't see the locals bowing when the Japanese factory owner passes by.

No you are quite right that is what I meant...sorry for the confusion.....

Rodders is right- Greenpeace has to stop these Japanese menaces before they destroy our fragile ecosystem

Not to mention the future of electricity generation: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100413121336.htm - must look into getting this at home

Need to be careful - give the Japanese seaweed farming permits and soon there'll be whaling fleets parked off the Donegal coast.

rodders wrote:

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:

rodders –they can’t eat 90% of the world’s seaweed. Maybe 90% of the seaweed consumed by humans. Good news for Donegal though, even if I can't see the locals bowing when the Japanese factory owner passes by.

No you are quite right that is what I meant...sorry for the confusion.....

The other ten percent being eaten by the good people of Swansea.

Linebreaker wrote:Need to be careful - give the Japanese seaweed farming permits and soon there'll be whaling fleets parked off the Donegal coast.

It's ok there aren't any whales around here any more. They might bump off the odd porpoise.

You know what they do with pods of them? Horrific stuff.
I'm surprised 'word' hasn't got around the porpoise world. They're such trusting and human friendly animals.

A couple of years back I was in the live studio audience for a TV comedy show, and since then I've been on the company organising's mailing list.

I just got sent the email below!

GAMES INC.
What do we do at Games Inc.? We play games!
Join us for a screening of Games Inc., the extraordinary new BBC1 Saturday night showbiz extravaganza from BBC Entertainment and the Jim Henson Company, in which a cast of hilarious puppet characters pit two big name celebrities against each other in a series of outlandish games.

Find out whether it's Charlotte Church or Dara O'Briain who wins the title of Most Winning Celebrity - and get a laugh-packed insight into the backstage world of the muppet characters who've put the show together.

It's celebrity gameshow meets puppet comedy and it's fun for all the family - it's Games Inc.!

The screening will take place at BBC TV Centre on Wednesday 25th July 2012, so if you'd like to be the first to see this hilarious new show, then apply now ...

That show sounds quite intriguing. Incredibly strange but intriguing!

What about Japanese knotweed, is there any money in that?

A whole industry involved in getting rid of it. It's the new "damp and timber" racket.

While this pub may be lacking in experts on rugby , it does have a lot of novel readers, so has anyone in here read Foe by J.M. Coetzee?

'fraid not. Just spent 50 quid I don't have on books, and not even the ones I planned to buy! Then another 20 odd quid on Mum's birthday present, and I have to get Lauren one in a few weeks. Not going to have any cash left

There's a book section though, someone there will know it

I've just noticed something missing. We are no longer The Dew Drop, and we've 'downgradeded' from and Inn to a bar.

Have we become more Antipodes centric?

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:I've just noticed something missing. We are no longer The Dew Drop, and we've 'downgradeded' from and Inn to a bar.

Have we become more Antipodes centric?

These things happen in Hamilton

The 'Tron is Bogan heartland

(and "bogan" is now in the OED! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan )

I've heard the term 'Bogan' - a kind of Auz/NZ chav

Hound_of_Harrow wrote:I've just noticed something missing. We are no longer The Dew Drop, and we've 'downgradeded' from and Inn to a bar.

Have we become more Antipodes centric?

It's all my fault. I thought I'll be sharp this morning and open the new pub.

So if there is a fine payable cause of licensing issues, you can send it to me.

Just make sure there's on the bar and I'll get used to the place.

First three rounds are on me.

Sluuurrrp.



And congrats on the cricket result. Never known our bowlers to be so ineffective, but Amla


And Kallis is a legend.

They'll be better next match though, it was just a freak test.

Evening again folks.

Munsty, you cheeky feicer

Evening all. Still warm here in Newport - but that's not a complaint!

Biltong, I'd like to think it was just a freak Test, but considering how consistently we bowled wide of off stump, I'm more inclined to think it was intentional. Stupid bowling in my book. You have to make the batsman play - as your bowlers did in our second innings.

It didn't help that we seemed keen to give our wickets away (Ravi Bopara and Matt Prior, I'm looking at you). It could be that they play too much limited-overs cricket, but some of our batsmen doesn't seem to have the patience you need to build a Test innings.

I'm sure T2 will be different. The Innings defeat hurt though

Army/p.t instructor just took us for an hour before 20mins of ball skills.....I am pretty fooked to be honest!!! Squash league match tomorrow this could hurt!! Been to kettlebells yet again Lucky?!

I went to my second class yesterday, Prop. It's hard work - but that's the whole point, and I felt fit as a fiddle this morning!

No need to be diplomatic biltong; we were munched.

The only good player England have is Morgan and an Irish fella being good at whacking a small ball with a stick is nothin new!

I read enough comments of negativity on the cricket thread to last the whole series, I think England shouldn't make any changes and give the same guys the opportunity to correct their failures of the first test.

I agree the win was comprehensive, and the reality is I haven't seen the Proteas be that clinical for a very long time.

Doubt it will happen again, England won't allow it.

i do hope that we win the next one though.

Evening all. Obviously had such a lovely time in Skopje the other day, that I'm off back again. Only a flying visit there though.

I'll be honest though, as much as I love helping people get home from war, it does totally get on my wick that I'm getting pinged at such short notice to do it. Then again, who really needs to plan their life or get a suit fitting done for their brother's wedding anyway?

Excuse the whine

A bar's the best place for a whine, Rev.

Whine, wine, get it?

You're wasted on here Lucky

That's what you're meant to do in a pub right? Be wasted?

Rev

Allez those Dragons next season.

Risca Rev wrote:Evening all. Obviously had such a lovely time in Skopje the other day, that I'm off back again. Only a flying visit there though.

I'll be honest though, as much as I love helping people get home from war, it does totally get on my wick that I'm getting pinged at such short notice to do it. Then again, who really needs to plan their life or get a suit fitting done for their brother's wedding anyway?

Excuse the whine

Well, it's no where near as valid as your whine Rev, but in for a penny...

Did my good deed for the day first thing this morning, pulled over a poor old dear who was running on a flat, when I say running on a flat, you could smell the burning rubber at 40mph and her rim looked like a 50p piece. Thought I was set up for the day after my Knight in shining armour trick, how wrong can you be?

Finished my job off today and dropped out the invoice for £1500, cash was agreed at the start of the job, but at 6.30pm after cleaning down and sweeping out the garage, I found myself the proud recipient of a Gregory - majestic, thanks so much.

I'm going away for three days tomorrow and am going to have a significantly less enjoyable time now on a much smaller budget, and they knew it.

Now, now PJ, it's immoral to pay tradesmen in Arthur.

I never do these, but it seems apt:

"the moment when you check the pan and almost have a heart attack only to remember you ate the first beetroot of the season last night..."

Morning folks,


Shepperton is again basking in glorious sunshine this morning, but what I forgot yesterday was how fricking hot these trains get in good weather, I was sweating like a dyslexic on countdown, and I'm in for worse today

Great to finally have some good weather though

Bore da pawb / good morning all. The other thing about weather like this is that it stays warm at night, even with the windows open. I woke up three or four times last night, sweating buckets (of sweat). I must have slept on my arm for part of the night because I can't straighten it this morning. No, it's not w@nker's cramp.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:I went to my second class yesterday, Prop. It's hard work - but that's the whole point, and I felt fit as a fiddle this morning!

It'll get better!! Somehow that beasting has improved my shoulder....very odd!!

Morning Prop - my next class is this evening. Looking forward to it!

Morning all.
Still no heat wave here although it is a bit brighter this morning. Looking forward to some rays at the end of next week in France.

Lucky I'm not sure I believe you.

I mean there's an awful lot of sweat in ONE bucket, never mind multiple

Well I'm not saying I don't indulge in a spot of self-congratulation every now and then, but no more than the average pervert.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote: Well I'm not saying I don't indulge in a spot of self-congratulation every now and then, but no more than the average pervert.

Glas a du wrote:Now, now PJ, it's immoral to pay tradesmen in Arthur.

Yeah, I know, I saw that on the news last night too.. I had a phone call 36 minutes ago to tell me that she had no idea that having the cash meant so much to me, therefore she's going to cancel the cheque and give me cash on Monday - provided of course that I go there first to pick it up instead of going to start the job I'm supposed to be doing.

I wonder where the Government would put that kind of behaviour on the morality scale?

Picking up cash for a job is actually being paid for it, picking up a cheque doesn't mean a damn for at least 3 days.

Space travel has been a reality for well over 40 years, we live in the age of the information super-highway where you can electronically transfer money around the world in seconds... but it still takes at least 72 hours to validate a promise written on a piece of paper?

Trust me, some of the people I end up working with? You wouldn't spit on their promises.

Aaaaaaanyhoo, I'm off to Chester for a bit of shopping and Romanic culture, oh, and when I say a bit of shopping, I mean a TINY bit.

Thanks Bhopinder, living proof that money buys you neither class nor manners.