The Dew Drop Inn

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 only rule in this pub is one of mutual respect for everyone in it, oh and no defacing the Tommy Bowe photo on the bar. That's a banning offence

So pull up a chair....what'll it be?

Kiwi - I wouldn't lock the thread because sometimes people like to ask questions about games being shown or not. The OP will only be edited by Penfro. If he puts a disclaimer on it explaining that each week he'll put the latest TV guide up then date each new TV guide, it should be OK for anyone to follow.

Cari wrote:Kiwi - I wouldn't lock the thread because sometimes people like to ask questions about games being shown or not. The OP will only be edited by Penfro. If he puts a disclaimer on it explaining that each week he'll put the latest TV guide up then date each new TV guide, it should be OK for anyone to follow.

Good call Cari. And the comments will cycle through a lot slower than the Pub so it won't need renewing too often.

Okay - I have stickied it again.

I think the best thing to do is ask Penfro what he wants to do first being as he'll be maintaining it, then just go from there

Howya Gibbo

Thanks Hobo.

Good articles by Peter Fitzsimons in the SMH here and here

(Rugby stuff is mixed in amongst other sport, but worth the read)

"It's all gone quiet" said Custard

"Too quiet" said Roobarb

I'm not feeling good today Can't wait go home from work.

Wossa marra Staggy? Physically ill or just blue?

I had a dream a few years back that I had a golden labrador names Roobarb. It was very strange.

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well Stag, hope it's nothing too bad.

Dreamer - I think Roobarb (the cartoon) was some sort of spaniel-mongrel, so you're not far off.

aye, I guess so Cari. I never watched that when I was younger but I must have picked it up from somewhere!

my head's all over the place today, can't concentrate on anything really so guess it's lucky all I have to do today is send out a load of minutes. Just better make sure I address them to the right people....

I have a short concentration span sometimes. I'm in a giggly mood this afternoon so I don't want to do any work...

ha is that due to the random factor thread? that one is making me chuckle at the moment!

Aye, just pishing about on there...

https://www.606v2.com/t6468-mythbusters#156106

If there's anybody interested.

Why was roobarb yellow and custard dark red/purple?

Roobarb was green.

My tummy is all over the place. Its like a ticking time bomb. Nothing physically has happened but I feel nautous.

I was very young Cari at the time and probably my sensible steak made my memory change his colour.

Stag, go back to Random Factor, you'll get the jokes on there now I'm sure.

I made the discovery, a few years ago, that if you mention Rhubarb and Custard to people of 'a certain age' (such as myself) they absolutely have to sing the signature tune. Try it now - it must be a Law or something...

The 1984 Rhubarb and Custard Act

that's not nice Stag I hope you feel better soon!

Meanie - some of us remember dancing to a remixed version of that theme tune at raves in the early 90s too

Staggy - have you eaten? Sometimes an empty stomach can make you feel nauseous.

Cari - you went to a rave in the 90s... and you can remember it??? You must've been doing something wrong!

Mean - I just tried that in my office, and the 3 ladies I work with said how much they loved it when they were younger but no singing of the tune at all! I confess myself disappointed.

MeanAsCustard wrote:Cari - you went to a rave in the 90s... and you can remember it??? You must've been doing something wrong!

Thankfully I remember quite a few I went to Happy Days...

It's a great theme tune, though. Fuzz guitars on a children's TV show!

luckless_pedestrian wrote:It's a great theme tune, though. Fuzz guitars on a children's TV show!

Not as good as the theme to Jamie & The Magic Torch though. Now that was class.

Cari wrote:Staggy - have you eaten? Sometimes an empty stomach can make you feel nauseous.

I had sandwich and salad at lunch but since this morning its been like this. I had toast, yogurt and banana for breakfast, then an apple and then sandwich and salad so I should be ok. Its not been a physical problem yet just threatening to do something!!

rugbydreamer wrote:Mean - I just tried that in my office, and the 3 ladies I work with said how much they loved it when they were younger but no singing of the tune at all! I confess myself disappointed.

Don't stand for that - contact the authorities - they are in breach of Section 3, Sub Section II of The Rhubarb and Custard Act!

MeanAsCustard wrote:Cari - you went to a rave in the 90s... and you can remember it??? You must've been doing something wrong!

Custard,
Reminds me of one the Status Quo lot, I think it was Rossi - being asked how did he enjoy his Life on the road after all these years. The girls, the drugs, the parties the wealth... Was it a blast?

He said something like: "Well man, I was still at this party. It started in Vegas, in the 70s... then you just asked me that question. What's happened since? "

Other notable TV shows of a certain era include:

Barba Pappa
Hector's House
Mr Ben
Oh, and of course, Bod

Mean/Meanie/Custard - how dare they be in breach of Section 3!

and as an aside, what would you rather be known as on here?

Ok Cari,
You are the one for the Pub nicknames.
Meanie or Custard?

I like Custard.

What do you think Custard?

"Roobaarb!"

Gibson wrote:

MeanAsCustard wrote:Cari - you went to a rave in the 90s... and you can remember it??? You must've been doing something wrong!

Custard,
Reminds me of one the Status Quo lot, I think it was Rossi - being asked how did he enjoy his Life on the road after all these years. The girls, the drugs, the parties the wealth... Was it a blast?

He said something like: "Well man, I was still at this party. It started in Vegas, in the 70s... then you just asked me that question. What's happened since? "

Interviewer: So as a rock legend you've toured on every continent, sold millions or records, had multiple platinum selling singles and albums, slept with countless groupies and taken a copious amount of illegal drugs. What, would you say, was the highlight of your musical career?

Rock Star: Musical career? What, you mean I didn't become a Chartered Surveyor? Christ - what did my Mum say?

Custard will do just fine! I'm not really that mean!

I like Meanie...I could mean Me Knee...do you have problems with your knees? But if it's Custard you want, then it'll be Custie.

Gibbo - that'll explain why the Quo play the same four chords on every song.

Staggy - it could be nerves. Are you stressed/nervous?

Welcome Custard. Like the cut of yer jib.

Who do you support? And before I make another customary gender mistake in here, you are a geezer yeah?
Don't have to be like... half and half would be a bonus.

Custard it is then!

Cari - it looks like you're in charge of nicknames, so you decide - I'll answer to most things 'custard related' - mean or otherwise.

Knee injury ended my serious playing days (hyper-extension and subsequent severe cartilage damage).

Cari wrote:Staggy - it could be nerves. Are you stressed/nervous?

Not really. I've nothing major coming up. I don't know I'll just get a cup of tea after work and relax this evening.

Staggy - Put an extra sugar in your tea. You should be OK. Do you walk a bit when you go home? That'll put some colour in your cheeks as well.

Gibson wrote:Welcome Custard. Like the cut of yer jib.

Who do you support? And before I make another customary gender mistake in here, you are a geezer yeah?
Don't have to be like... half and half would be a bonus.

Most kind Gibson - good to be here.

Am a Saints and England supporter and am a geezer. I will get around to completing my profile at some stage.

Used to post on ScrumV as 'Franklin', but didn't get along with 606 due mostly to Wumming (not as classy as the Scrum V Wums) and constant England/Wales bashing from both sides. Very boring! Really liking 606v2 though - great job by all involved!

Cari wrote:Staggy - Put an extra sugar in your tea. You should be OK. Do you walk a bit when you go home? That'll put some colour in your cheeks as well.

I'll go for a run tonight. Also I don't take sugar in my tea I will tonight.

Go on the Saints! We met a lot of you dudes and dudesess in the Diff. Great fans. You travel well.

It's great to have another English fan in here too. Too many of those bloody Irish and Welsh.

Its true for you Gibbo. We've not many especially since losing Portnoy.

Gibson wrote:Go on the Saints! We met a lot of you dudes and dudesess in the Diff. Great fans. You travel well.

It's great to have another English fan in here too. Too many of those bloody Irish and Welsh.

Wow - being greeted as an English fan - a genuinely new experience for me

We certainly try to travel well! We're a welcoming bunch to visitors too.

My Dad is a Dubliner and my Mum is an Ulsterwoman (Donegal), which made this year's Heinie very interesting! My cousins are all mad Leinster fans (most based around Newbridge and Naas) and haven't let me forget yet (and are not likely to do so)!

Oh yes, my God Father is Welsh. In rugby terms I'm fairly multi-cultural!

Custard, we don't have that many England fans here really. We have a handful but not really that many.

red_stag wrote:

Cari wrote:Staggy - have you eaten? Sometimes an empty stomach can make you feel nauseous.

I had sandwich and salad...

SALAD! ARRRGGGHH! STAG YOU FOOL! SALAD IS BAD FOR YOU!*



*unless you boil it first.

Glas a du wrote:

red_stag wrote:

Cari wrote:Staggy - have you eaten? Sometimes an empty stomach can make you feel nauseous.

I had sandwich and salad...

SALAD! ARRRGGGHH! STAG YOU FOOL! SALAD IS BAD FOR YOU!*



*unless you boil it first.

Salad was a fancy word. I had lettuce and coleslaw beside my sandwich.

Howdy Custard, welcome aboard!