The Dew Drop Inn Virtual Rugby Pub, Ealing Broadway

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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 back to London where the victorious British & Irish Lions squad will start their 25 day open bus journey across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland -  being greeted by millions of happy, proud, delirious, tipsy and slightly sunburned rugby fans.

So grab a beer, cider, whiskey or wine.... or a warm beverage and sit back and enjoy their well-earned procession through the streets where it all began.

                     

The only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no tampering with the pictures of the legendary
Warren Gatland, Sam Warburton, Alex Corbisiero, Jonathan Sexton, George North, Jamie Roberts and Richie Gray. 

last Pawb: https://www.606v2.com/t44519-the-dew-drop-inn-virtual-rugby-pub-ballycastle-bar-hong-kong

So it starts...

Eating Goldfish as an initiation rite? The French really are weird.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/jonathan-sexton-up-and-running-for-racing-metro-1.1489830

Don't be rude to your neighbours.

Gibson wrote:So it starts...

Eating Goldfish as an initiation rite? The French really are weird.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/jonathan-sexton-up-and-running-for-racing-metro-1.1489830

It could have been worse if Ozzy Osbourne was their head coach.

Gibson wrote:So it starts...

Eating Goldfish as an initiation rite? The French really are weird.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/jonathan-sexton-up-and-running-for-racing-metro-1.1489830

I usually dont post here but couldnt resist to post a picture of ROG first challenge at racing

What's the joke, whocares?

(That sounds wrong)


I'll be watching the hurling sf in a bit (Dublin v Cork) mainly to escape the footy fans returning from Wembley.

Is that a large hamster ROG has been made to take for walk? Could be a wabbit also.  As I said... the French are really weird. But I love em or it.

Reminds me of the time DOC took his pet-halibut for a walk on a Lions Tour. When a fellow player  asked what the hell he was doing, he told them  and strolled on, unphased, with his halibut on a lead. Brilliant.

I see it now - a lop eared rabbit. I thought it was a bit of rubbish.

Yes sorry it wasnt clear...ROG as the other new coaches of racing has to take care of a rabbit... Guess it makes the goldfish a slightly better option.

Ha ha. Great idea.

This hurling sf is a belter folks. Cork 0 15 Dublin 1 11.

Great game. Cork 1 24 to Dublin 1 19.

Commisserations Gibbo & Cari, but my dad was from Cork.

Well done  and Thomond. It was a cracking final I have to say (despite the result). Good couple of hours spent in O'Neills watching it on a proper telly too. I wandered up to the supermarket this morning wearing my Dubs shirt and was walking passed the pub. A bloke outside shouts to me "Scuse me young lady, is that a Cardiff Blues shirt you're wearing?" I says "No, it's a Dublin Gaelic games shirt" and he cherrily calls, "YAY MUNSTER!!!" Wasn't sure if he was taking the pish or if his Irish geography was bad...

I saw you posted on the GAA board Cari. I'm in Daly's in Wealdstone★. Good craic with my Irish friends.


★ Every pub in Wealdstone High St. is Irish. I quite often find myself there on a Fri or Sat night, when my usual haunt gets taken over by the louder elements of de yoof.

Plus I can walk home in a few minutes.

Hound of Harrow wrote:Great game. Cork 1 24 to Dublin 1 19.

Commisserations Gibbo & Cari, but my dad was from Cork.

That explains an awful lot.

Goddamn corksuckers!

Fair play to them. It was a great game. visualy like the munster leinster semi in the same venue in 09. Patches of red and blue all round the ground.

Cari wrote:Well done  and Thomond.  It was a cracking final I have to say (despite the result).  Good couple of hours spent in O'Neills watching it on a proper telly too.   I wandered up to the supermarket this morning wearing my Dubs shirt and was walking passed the pub.  A bloke outside shouts to me "Scuse me young lady, is that a Cardiff Blues shirt you're wearing?"  I says "No, it's a Dublin Gaelic games shirt" and he cherrily calls, "YAY MUNSTER!!!" Wasn't sure if he was taking the pish or if his Irish geography was bad...

Probably not taking de pish. If you're not a rugby fan in Wales, I doubt you could totally differentiate between the two. Not many GAA fans in Wales surely?

It doesn't even help a rugby fan when somebody loike de lurker can switch allegiances freely between top performing provinces

Up the Corkneys!

Bore da pawb / good morning all. I think I have tonsillitis. Or what's the dangly bit called, is it the uvula? That's really inflamed. I was heaving this morning because it felt like I was going to swallow it.

If only one of the regs was a medic of some sort...

Risca Rev wrote:

Cari wrote:Well done  and Thomond.  It was a cracking final I have to say (despite the result).  Good couple of hours spent in O'Neills watching it on a proper telly too.   I wandered up to the supermarket this morning wearing my Dubs shirt and was walking passed the pub.  A bloke outside shouts to me "Scuse me young lady, is that a Cardiff Blues shirt you're wearing?"  I says "No, it's a Dublin Gaelic games shirt" and he cherrily calls, "YAY MUNSTER!!!" Wasn't sure if he was taking the pish or if his Irish geography was bad...

Probably not taking de pish. If you're not a rugby fan in Wales, I doubt you could totally differentiate between the two. Not many GAA fans in Wales surely?

It doesn't even help a rugby fan when somebody loike de lurker can switch allegiances freely between top performing provinces

 

I thought Hughie swapped between Munster and Leinster????

Lucky,

Do you have Hayfever?

I get a really itchy palate when the pollen count is high and then my uvula gets swollen.

I've never had hay fever, MrsP. I don't really feel ill, I just have a really sore throat and a swollen uvula.

Some folks say gargling with soluble aspirin helps so long as you can take aspirin.

Otherwise cold drinks and painkillers.

It's not as painful now as it was first thing, so hopefully it won't develop into anything.

Who do Ulster play in their pre-season warm-ups, MrsP? Looking forward to the new season? I can't wait for it now.  

We are doing the Dyslexia Double in Pre-season this year.

Leinster at Ravenhill 23rd and Leicester at Welford Road 31st.

We might have another away friendly too but I can't remember who.

The home game will be the first with the new stands which will be great as those 2 provinces have a lot of first/last fixtures between them in their histories.

Pretty sure Ulster are playing Leinster in a friendly/warm-up to mark the opening of the revamped Ravenhill at the end of the month, Lucky. 24th?

Two potentially tough matches there, but then you don't really want walkovers either because they don't really test you.

It is even more interesting since we have the Tigers in the HEC again this year.

Our only home friendly is against Bath, who we've drawn in the Amlin. We have a couple of away friendlies, but I don't know who we're playing.

Leinster have Ulster away and Northampton at home on the last 2 Fridays of the month.

I have had hayfever. Got it bad as a youngster. Rarely troubled by it now.

Strangely enough I have a sore throat and a swolen vulva though..........

I swear by Vagisil, Jen.

Sorry Uvula..... what did I say?

Something about having a dicky flange.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Something about having a dicky flange.

Most Ladyboys do in fairness

Handbags and ballbags.

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Handbags and ballbags.

That your grandad had to sweat so he could buy you.

Brings a tear to the eye...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3yN0JvG5co

Defo brings a tear to mine. Joking aside.

They told me you missed school today. So I sugest you just throw away...the handbags and....

Luckless Pedestrian wrote:Our only home friendly is against Bath, who we've drawn in the Amlin. We have a couple of away friendlies, but I don't know who we're playing.

We don't have another friendly now. Lyn has said in the Argus how we might be a bit undercooked for Ulster, as USAP cancelled our friendly.

Yeah, I had a look at the fixture list on the Dragons website earlier - just the one friendly it is. Hmm.

Sh1t. Wish we had dragons away first instead of Scarlets.....

We have them in November wben we will be resting our intls for the AIs. bugger.

Actually, it's good that we're only playing one friendly. It means we'll be fresher.

Back to the lady's personal hygiene products...

Ok quick question for all those in the know:

We're meant to have exchanged contracts today (we signed everything last week and gave deposit). However, our solicitor hasn't rung to give us an update. We are looking for a completion of the 16th August and the other party are too.

On saturday we got a text from our mortgage lenders saying that they are releasing funds for a completion date of 15/08/13.

Does this mean we are definately completing on the 15th or 16th? Kind of need to know to book a van and plan my time off work!

Prop - I think that means that the funds will be released to the seller's bank on the 15th, then you collect the keys on 16th.

I seem to remember that's how it worked when I bought my place. The money will clear overnight then you pick the keys up.

For peace of mind I got the locks changed immediately.

Evening All.  

Went to the quacks earlier. I spent more time on Cardiff Bus trying to get there on time (I made it with a minute to spare) than in the doctor's room.  Still, I have some industrial strength antihistamines to hopefully make me look something close to normal...if I ever did

I can't wait for the new season either, but in the interim my new Lions DVD arrived today (woo hoo!) and there's The (was Tri-Nations) Championship to keep me amused.

Here, I read today that Jonny Wilko's on £48K a month! Gives you an idea of the sort of wage bills down in France eh?

ok cool cheers Hound! So hopefully I'll hear off the solicitor tomorrow morning so I can buy the van hire and the furniture we have ready to go!

Good to read that you seem to be on the road to recovery, Cari. I imagine you have unwrapped your DVD and slotted it into your player immediately. Would be interested in your verdict - these things can be a bit disappointing.

prop_lyd wrote:Ok quick question for all those in the know:

We're meant to have exchanged contracts today (we signed everything last week and gave deposit). However, our solicitor hasn't rung to give us an update. We are looking for a completion of the 16th August and the other party are too.

On saturday we got a text from our mortgage lenders saying that they are releasing funds for a completion date of 15/08/13.

Does this mean we are definately completing on the 15th or 16th? Kind of need to know to book a van and plan my time off work!

Exchange of contracts means that the contracts become binding. Until that point either side can walk away without penalty. How did you pay the funds in? Cheques and bankers drafts take 8 days to clear, card payments, free internet transfers and BACS payments 3 days and CHAPS and enhanced Internet transfers the same day. Is there a chain? If so it's not only the sellers that have to agree Friday with you, but every link in the chain, which leads to things taking longer. Get hold of your solicitor first thing tomorrow. Any queries my number is in the Fookbase pub

Ta for that Glas. I transfered the money and it went in on friday. Luckily they are buying an empty property so only 2 in the chain and we both want the 16th. Just need the confirmation today! Left 3 messages and mrsprop is going to try tomorrow!