The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Dubai دبيّ‎

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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 Dubai, host city for the upcoming round of the IRB Rugby World 7s.

Visitors are reminded to dress sensibly and carry their working-'holiday' permit with them at all times and if possible; engage in their sinful drinking habits within the smoky confines of the underground "English Pub". We have more big screens than you could ever dream of...

If you need to go for a swim at the beach - application forms for towels and umbrellas are available at the bar.

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of Ricky Ponting, Bradley Davies, Andrew Hore and Craig Gilroy above the bar.




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I'm quite happy with our draw, tough pool but we know we can beat eng and oz!!

Let's be honest- they're not going out at the group stages whoever they get.

The only teams seeded below them they've lost to, ever, are England and Wales. And Wales was far, far back in the mists of time.

Gibson wrote:NZ get yet another bye in the RWC. How much do they pay for this service?

Oh go on then:

"In any other sport, somebody with that record over their opponents would be handicapped, not the other way around"

prop_lyd wrote:I'm quite happy with our draw, tough pool but we know we can beat eng and oz!!

Likewise.


Lot of rugby between now and then in any case, but games between the three teams will all carry an extra edge now, it's going to be epic!

Evening all, hope everyone is well.

Good Evening (Morning) Pubfolk,

Israel "Issy" Folau has signed with the Waratahs - or will be signing up in about 3 hours.
Amazing player who is simply devastating on the park.

(don't think he's ever played rugby though...)

Same as us Prop - no great threats in our pool either!

Wasn't he meant to sign for a club in Union about 4 years ago breaker?

I presume he will play on the wing?

Evening All

Well I'm not chuffed about the draw but I think could it have been much worse? The only good thing seems to be Wales aren't playing the ABs. I'm still cheesed off with the WRU about Saturday's match and Wales being 3rd tier....grumble....grumble...ah well. The world's supposed to end next week anyway.

Ozzy3213 wrote:Wasn't he meant to sign for a club in Union about 4 years ago breaker?

I presume he will play on the wing?

That was around the time (about 2 years ago) when he signed up for GWS Aussie Rules side. I'd say wing or centre... can also play full back.

How good is he likely to be? Wallabies call up in 2013?

He's a legend of the other code. I bet he will be around the squad for the B&I Lions tour.

I would rate him better than Sailor or Tuquiri - more brutal and a great runner with the ball.

Gibson wrote:Howya PJ. Alles goed met jou bud?

SKYPE is a free way to do online sex. Download it and lets talk like lovers do. Its simple, easy to use and you can talk to anyone on Earth for nowt.

Rava and I use it all the time. So does Cari.

I'll send you a PM with the download link.

Yes Peej, it's just as well it's free and you can go on as long as you like....takes Gibbo an hour just to close the curtains...

Foreplay is very important....

Are you sure you're Australian?

Oh sorry, forgot to mention to leave some mud on the carpet.

Fairly chuffed with our draw. That Oz/English/welsh group is especially tasty though.

http://www.funnychristmasjumpers.co.uk/Christmas-Jumper-Santa-Yellow-Snow

Also have discovered this jumper which has vast amounts of potential to be a favourite this Xmas.

Oh Congrats to k middy and PW also.

Twins?

WillyGilly wrote:Oh Congrats to k middy and PW also.

Sounds like you had doubt as to whether he was involved...

Be awkward if the kid had ginger hair.

James Hewitt hasn't been banging around again has he?

WillyGilly wrote:Oh Congrats to k middy and PW also.

Paddy Bloody Wallace! De durty...

At least he didn't foul up that scoring opportunity #Cardiff2011

That was what I thought when I read it too!!




Not the Cardiff bit!

Evening pub pickers.

There is potential for all the 6N teams to improve massively before the RWC. All of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales have put some faith in young players in the last 12-18 months.

Some more than others mind.

Evening all, nice evening over a mates after rugby meeting for food and

Dare I say it...I'm beginning to feel a bit Christmassy........

Unbelievable amount of clueless bar stewards on social networks tonight talking about this flag business. We get the G8 summit and a few weeks later...

Good morning all

First interview went well. They commended me on addressing all the items in the invitation (unlike the others apparently) and a couple of things I had in there made them Tinkywinky their ears and sit up. There were 6 people on the panel including a bloke from the Gvt transport dpt.

Have to wait for a 'clarification' to be sent out and respond to that but I think I did all I could and they seemed to be very positive about my potential involvement with the project. It will come down to price naturally but they said all 3 had (maybe justifiably) assumed there would be a hell of a lot of more work in a short space of time and heavily loaded that into their 'early' planning stage price.

Not much happening on the rugby scene here except the Izzy Folau thing.
I'm coming down off the loss to SA in the cricket but still feel optimistic about the future. SL tour here next so that should be fun to follow. The Big Bash starts on Friday night and the A-league (summer league) is about quarter way through.

Apart from that, Christmas here is all about the same things but it takes place in the hottest part of the year.

Some years are cold and rainy... but not quite snowing (although it can snow in Jan/Dec in NSW/Vic and Tassie) whilst others are perfect. One needs to be careful after all the Christmas feasting though - so as not to drown in the pool or fall off a cliff or accidentally step on a croc or snake.

If you behave sensibly, stay in the shade, always have a drink and a small bite to eat nearby, keep an eye out for any surprise visitors lurking around... whilst enjoying yourself looking out over a fairly decent scene full of life and colour.... then you should be fine.

Where's Hughie by the way?

Haven't seen nor heard from him in ages. Hope he's fine.

Morning/Evening Breaker, sounds pretty positive on the tender front mate, I'm going to sacrifice a bag of cement to the construction gods today.

On the festive note, it sounds worse than here, not only will you be sweating your nads off after stuffing yourself full of dry turkey, but you'll also have to keep half an eye out to make sure something vile and poisonous doesn't try and kill you... come to think of it, that does sound a bit like our house.

Anyhoo, keep on keepin' on fella, I smell a juicy contract coming Breaker's way, but possibly not the one you're expecting... I have a feeling.

...and a couple of things I had in there made them Tinkywinky their ears and sit up.

Well done LB.

PJ, my own brother asked me yesterday to sell his house "before Christmas". Big construction companies are threatening to pull out of sales if there is no exchange "by the 21st of December at the latest", telling them that our clients don't have a mortgage yet isn't working. They don't have a cue of people for every house but feel the need to shout the odds. Mad month has begun...

It does my head in Glas, I just don't get it, nobody demands projects are completed by the 20-something of any other feckin month, anyone would think the world was going to end... apart from the Mayans of course.

Warm up the sooty puppet mate.

Yeah!

Morning all, hope all are well out there

Thanks for the well wishes fellas.

It is snowing on the peaks as I type apparently (just saw it on the weather update)... but they are about 500km south.

However it's been hot here and in Victoria. Someone stuck a thermometer in the pavement in Melbourne and it was 60.5 to 62 degrees C.

Too hot to sit on.

Hey Culchie... how are ya?

Morning Billy-Bob, . Getting myself set for another day of patronisation from the knobber I'm working for.

(Customer leans over my shoulder) "So, how are we going get rid of that gap there then, have we got something to sort that out?"

"Nope, because unless you've got a set of overalls and a whole bunch of tools, "we" ain't doin schitt about it, I however, will scribe a filler in, like I always feckin do, when you've got the feck out of my space that is!!"

Oh, I'd love to. Just once.

Have a good day/night fellas.

Have a great day PJ

You too breaker

Those feckin 'know all and do nothing types'.
Best to ignore the baastards as much as possible and answer any questions in a few words only.

Stand over tactics only ruffle me up the wrong way. I once worked for this bloated intimidating developer (a few of them actually!) and when I finally snapped and screamed back - the bloke (who looked a bit like Brutus on Popeye) - turned into a little mouse.

He then started grovelling (it was embarrassing!) and begging me to do things my way!

For goodness sake don't encourage PJ to let fly at this bloke!



Morning all. Except LB that is. Evening LB!

Evening... I mean Good Morning MrsP!

Bore da pawb / good morning all, back at my desk for the first time since last Monday. I was expecting to have quite a bit to deal with, but it looks like nothing much has happened while I've been away. I can live with that.

How did the training go, Lucko?

Don't let Lola 'study' the Course Notes. Keep them in a safe place.

Indeed.

Reminds me of the first time we went away after we got our dog. Friends had offered to puppy sit. They have a boy the same age as our lad.

Our rascal (the dog, not the lad) was still at the "chew anything" stage and managed to get the book this child had done his homework in.

He had to go into school and explain that "the dog had eaten his homework" even though they didn't have a dog!

Have anyone of you guys recieved an original painting this Christmas.

I have.

It was great, Breaker. I'd done a First Aid course before when I worked in Bristol, but that was a good four years ago. I'm going to ask to go on the annual refresher courses this time.

Lola's fully clued up on First Aid already.

Reminds me we once went camping at a place called Lake Burrendong and we tied up the border collie pup to a tree overnight... right next to the tents.

In the morning, the rascal had cleverly chewed through the rope and was very obediently sitting/lying in the same spot having found a pair of glasses nearby and was in the process of stripping all the plastic bits off the wire frame.

and for everyone from me today on my 42nd birthday

eirebilly wrote: and for everyone from me today on my 42nd birthday

Happy Birthday Billser!

Cheers rodders, cathing up with Gibbo