The Corso Marauders Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Amsterdam

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Hello and 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 made its way to Amsterdam in honour of original publican Gibson who is finally back in gainful employment. One small step for man ...

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of former Corso Marauder Lawrence Dallaglio or young ice hockey prize winner (thanks to the v2ers) Chris Boyd.



Old pub https://www.606v2.com/t34157p950-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-sea-of-tranquility-luna#1518392

Spoiler:

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:'Flushign Meadwos'?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/19556000

Just round the corner from Wombledin

...So she rattled my stansion till it stood to attention,
and I walked through her flushing meadows...

Glas

Never mind Hugbert and Gibbo. The shirt you both own is far far greater than that and was worn by a true legend of the game.

Afternoon peeps.

I just read back and the latest odds on SPOTY are:-

Wiggins 6/5
Murray* and Farah 5/1
Ennis 10/1
McIlroy is way out at 150/1

* Murray, possibly at those odds because his win is the latest event.

And the Lions' coaching are scheduled to be announced next month.

Another thread wrote:Post Today at 4:54 pm
There's the rugby pub - don't know if you know about that?

But I'm not so certain it's a General Chat Area or just a ...well, it seems more like very much a close batch of friends chatting to each other about things the casual drinkers who might only enter once or twice a week or month just wouldn't be up to speed on - think most of them have met in real life and stuff.

I seldom go there because it seems to be very much a 'Local' and I ain't

Post Today at 4:55 pm
Posters host the 'pub threads' for that. They contain all the same people and are usually quite dull conversations. I think the rugby forum is fine.

Post Today at 5:10 pm
I dipped into one of them 'pub threads' once, by accident. Didn't have a clue what the hell was going on. Made one rather witty comment (hypocrites/booing/penalty kicks) and got set upon by two Welsh birds and a bunch of Irish.

Was far too much like real life for my liking.

I always wondered what went on in here.

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:

Another thread wrote:Post Today at 4:54 pm
There's the rugby pub - don't know if you know about that?

But I'm not so certain it's a General Chat Area or just a ...well, it seems more like very much a close batch of friends chatting to each other about things the casual drinkers who might only enter once or twice a week or month just wouldn't be up to speed on - think most of them have met in real life and stuff.

I seldom go there because it seems to be very much a 'Local' and I ain't

Post Today at 4:55 pm
Posters host the 'pub threads' for that. They contain all the same people and are usually quite dull conversations. I think the rugby forum is fine.

Post Today at 5:10 pm
I dipped into one of them 'pub threads' once, by accident. Didn't have a clue what the hell was going on. Made one rather witty comment (hypocrites/booing/penalty kicks) and got set upon by two Welsh birds and a bunch of Irish.

Was far too much like real life for my liking.

I always wondered what went on in here.

Jen, the highlighted bit made me giggle!

I suspect that often the conversations in the pub threads are between folks that have met in real life, so might well appear a little "real life" - however, I hope that any new bods that stop in for a drink ( ) are always made to feel welcome. So pull up a bar stool, Jen

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I hope that any new bods that stop in for a drink ( ) are always made to feel welcome. So pull up a bar stool, Jen

So I don't have to join the masons or anything?

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I hope that any new bods that stop in for a drink ( ) are always made to feel welcome. So pull up a bar stool, Jen

So I don't have to join the masons or anything?

Oh aye, did I not mention the initiation ceremony?!

1950s Joke alert!!!

Woman in her 40s comes back to cottage in Donegal to see her aul mammy after years in London.

Comes up the dirt track in her Rolls Royce and has the Chauffeur open the door for her etc.

After the pleasantries the mammy askes her how she has made all her money and done so well etc.

The woman tells her and she blesses herself and faints.

An hour later she comes round, has a cup of tea and sits quietly on a chair and says.

"So, tell me again what it is you did for a living?"

The woman tells her again......

The mammy says "Oooooh that's all right then, I thought you said you became a protestant"

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I hope that any new bods that stop in for a drink ( ) are always made to feel welcome. So pull up a bar stool, Jen

So I don't have to join the masons or anything?

Oh aye, did I not mention the initiation ceremony?!

Gah!!! To late. I've already told a joke.

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:1950s Joke alert!!!

Woman in her 40s comes back to cottage in Donegal to see her aul mammy after years in London.

Comes up the dirt track in her Rolls Royce and has the Chauffeur open the door for her etc.

After the pleasantries the mammy askes her how she has made all her money and done so well etc.

The woman tells her and she blesses herself and faints.

An hour later she comes round, has a cup of tea and sits quietly on a chair and says.

"So, tell me again what it is you did for a living?"

The woman tells her again......

The mammy says "Oooooh that's all right then, I thought you said you became a protestant"

V good

Time to crank the jukebox up while i get dinner sorted for my littlies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhmuGUaf2aY

thats a craicer! Bout ye Jen?

prop_lyd wrote:Being a munster car does that mean that it'll do well in congested traffic (maul) but when it tries to open up it'll be passed by a shinier, newer, blue version and have the white version edging ahead of it too?!

Jen, you've already met a few of the Regs. I'm not sure of your lasting impressions though
If you want to stick around I'm sure we'll protect you from the two Welsh birds

Rava wrote:Jen, you've already met a few of the Regs. I'm not sure of your lasting impressions though
If you want to stick around I'm sure we'll protect you from the two Welsh birds

Speak for yersel, no way am I that brave - anyhew, there's three of them at least, its like a feicing army

Rava wrote:Jen, you've already met a few of the Regs. I'm not sure of your lasting impressions though
If you want to stick around I'm sure we'll protect you from the two Welsh birds

Two welsh birds? Every man's fantasy

Its interesting to see how other posters view the Pub. Man, it kinda pishes me off. Its OPEN to all. That's what its all about.

I suppose we do rabbit a bit between us. But, its banal enough for anyone to join in. So, if any of ye are reading this, stop lookin through the window and come in and have a pint.

P.S. Watch out for de Welsh Burds mind.

For Jen.

Do we need another Ladyboy though?

He's got a point about the myth of "respect for the kicker". See Parks last minute winning touch line conversion in 2010 and Halfpenny's kick to win the grand slam decider this year.

Rava wrote:Do we need another Ladyboy though?

Yesh, for sure. Cant have enough class in this Inn. I even have spare gear an all.

Glas a du wrote:He's got a point about the myth of "respect for the kicker". See Parks last minute winning touch line conversion in 2010 and Halfpenny's kick to win the grand slam decider this year.

Evening all.

When Barkley was interviewed after the opener at Wuss, he was asked how he felt about all the jeering for his last minute, match winning penalty, he said it was fine and if anything he preferred the noise, he said that when an entire ground goes totally silent it can be quite off-putting as it's so "eerie".

Double-bluff or straight up? I'm not sure myself.

I don't know what that poster was moaning about regarding the "two Welsh birds", it couldn't have been all that, he got out alive for starters.

If anybody asks whether it's worth going to the match to see it live, I'll put forward this year's match in Dublin. If I was at home if have been floating, but seeing the look on the Irish fan's faces added a poignancy that at once elevated it to an almost literary experience, but at the same time earthed any surplus electricity. The handshakes were warmly given and gratefully received. You can't get that on the telly.

Eloquently put Glas, watching on TV is a very poor relation to the real thing.

PEEJAY - you have a PM (not very exciting)

In craVen cottage T the Ireland game, not much more to be said about that really

PenfroPete wrote:PEEJAY - you have a PM (not very exciting)

Back at ya Pierre de Penfro.

30 - 15

what's all this talk about Welsh birds?

Sure Cari and MrsPenfro don't set upon anybody!


And evening all/noswaith dda pawb, hope everyone's well?

And hello to Jen

Evening pub, 'scuse me while I help myself to a

Just spent the last hour looking at pictures from Peppa Pig's Muddy Puddles story for cake inspiration think I know what I'm going to do... I think... 2 days to firmly and finally make my mind up.

littleswannygirl wrote:Evening pub, 'scuse me while I help myself to a

Just spent the last hour looking at pictures from Peppa Pig's Muddy Puddles story for cake inspiration think I know what I'm going to do... I think... 2 days to firmly and finally make my mind up.

Just go for the Mince Pies, Swanny

I don't fancy telling a 4 years old tomorrow little that she's got them instead of Peppa Pig! She really would my ears!

I have just caught a glimpse of the footy score and there's still 10+ mins to go. Horrible.

oh god, that was a delayed update that i saw. Just seen the score now with injury time to come - even worse!

I dunno Dreamer, a 4-1 away win in Hungary is not to be sniffed at. Nice football too.

Fair play to the Dutch.

Radio 4 man asks Dutchman if a single European state has a future:

"not with Spain. They have siestas. 4 hour naps in the afternoon. That's very nice but we're not paying for them to have siestas..."

1-6 (I really hope that's the FT score now, I can't bring myself to look at another update)

Awful, just awful.

Nice on your team though Gibbo

God that's an awful result Dreamer. Sorry, I wasn't being funny. Hadn't seen the score. Was watching Van Gaal change this team. He wont allow divisions in the side. If the stars don't do as they're told - they are dust. And they know it. It shows.

Was just thinking of Gary Speed there. He wouldn't have let that result happen. He was such a lovely, gracious, intelligent man. Good manager and a great player. What an awful waste of a sweet life.

Glas a du wrote:Fair play to the Dutch.

Radio 4 man asks Dutchman if a single European state has a future:

"not with Spain. They have siestas. 4 hour naps in the afternoon. That's very nice but we're not paying for them to have siestas..."

The Dutch have had it with Spain, Greece & Portugal. Fed up paying for their corrupt & feckless ways. Ireland are escaping it, because it is paying its bills and towing the line now. But there is a Calvinistic backlash going down here. Their once famous tolerance is wearing thin. They will not budge on Greece, Spain or Portugal. NO more geld, until they show they are sorting it out. The Germans feel the same way.

Aye Gibbo, it's not even been a year since it happened. Such a waste He was the man for Wales too, although football doesn't have the slightest importance compared to everything else he left behind.

Coleman doesn't cut the mustard...

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:

Another thread wrote:Post Today at 4:54 pm
There's the rugby pub - don't know if you know about that?

But I'm not so certain it's a General Chat Area or just a ...well, it seems more like very much a close batch of friends chatting to each other about things the casual drinkers who might only enter once or twice a week or month just wouldn't be up to speed on - think most of them have met in real life and stuff.

I seldom go there because it seems to be very much a 'Local' and I ain't

Post Today at 4:55 pm
Posters host the 'pub threads' for that. They contain all the same people and are usually quite dull conversations. I think the rugby forum is fine.

Post Today at 5:10 pm
I dipped into one of them 'pub threads' once, by accident. Didn't have a clue what the hell was going on. Made one rather witty comment (hypocrites/booing/penalty kicks) and got set upon by two Welsh birds and a bunch of Irish.

Was far too much like real life for my liking.

I always wondered what went on in here.

Well "Another Thread" is right about the first bit i.e "a close batch of friends chatting...most of them have met in real life and stuff...", and to be fair, depending on when you read the pub threads and how much of it and how often, it must appear rather cliquey - it does to me sometimes, so maybe that's why it appears "local" to someone who doesn't know the individuals behind the posts. It does also generally tend to be the same people posting because most people post at particular times - so there are some who'll post when they're in work only cause they're busy in the evenings, and vice versa but that's good because it keeps it going. As for dull conversations, well maybe this person (who I think is an old familiar wummer in disguise to be honest) could make more of an effort and steer the conversation in the less dull direction instead of b!tching about it elsewhere? Afterall this whole forum is what the posters make it. You can't leave it all up to everyone else.

As far as I'm aware no one's ever been told where to go or given a hard time on these threads, quite the opposite. I personally can't recall the incident AT's referring to about the "two Welsh birds and a bunch of Irish". Perhaps the "one rather witty comment" was more of a WUM and upset a few people, or AT just didn't get the response they wanted? I don't know because like I said, I can't remember it.

To you Jennifer I'd say, stick around and see for yourself. I'm sure you're more than capable of making your own decisions and judgements.

Hard to believe it's been a year since Gary Speed's passing, what a terrible, terrible shame.




Rava, if you're out there, I've tried to PM you twice but they're just queued in my outbox, something digital has gone analogue on me... again.

Progress is being made but I've been working stupid hours again so it's a bit slower than I thought.

Spoiler:

I've tried rotating the feckin thing 4 times, but it keeps turning back to landscape, just turn your monitor on it's side.

Peej - the emails stay in your Outbox until the receiver has opened them

Duh! Like I didn't know that already.

Rav! Open ya feckin PM's then y'Ulster bollix.

Cari wrote:Peej - the emails stay in your Outbox until the receiver has opened them

Just between me an thee Cari, one was sent on 28th August, do they really stay in there till they're opened?

As far as I know they move to your sent items once the receiver has opened them. Maybe Rava's got so many emails in his inbox now that it's moved to the bottom of the list and he hasn't seen it? Unless there was a problem with the emails at the time and it's not arrived. You'll have to ask him.

Meh, digital smigital. I don't think I'll ever understand it, but thanks for the heads-up.

PJ sorry mate. I had a job to get out so wasn't paying attention. I have now read your PM and responded. Thank you so much.

I fell off the feicin' desk looking at that picture

Cari . If only I did get lots of PM's I would be delighted.

Morning all, it feels like a bacon sambo today, so I've got those burning, plus some & - help yourselves