Reviving Gay Drinks at the Rye

[mattindulwich18]

Are the gay drinks still happening at the Rye?

It will soon be my local so I was wondering if anybody is up for reviving the gay drinks at the Rye?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

A tautology surely - drinks are always merry!

[James]

I am up for that one time! Bright and gay drinks, yes please.

[SeanMacGabhann]

I may not qualify - but as this is the first week-day pleasant evening in a while I was half tempted to drop into the Rye on the way home anyway... That garden just says "summer" in a way that nowhere on the Strip does

[mikese22]

having failed miserably as organiser (I blame the rain) - I'd love to come along as simply an attendee! When were you thinking of?

[James]

Yes Matt, tell us when! How about next Monday?

[mattindulwich18]

Why dont we do it from Mon August 13th at 8.30pm?

[mikese22]

sounds good to me

[mattindulwich18]

How do we go about publicising this or indeed recognising each other?

[James]

Coloured hankies in back pockets?

[James]

Unless someone is brave enough to put a picture of him/herself on here... go on!!!

[newsummer]

Oh yeah!! that would be great! please count me in!! we should have something local, sick of going to Clapham...

[char1ie]

Isn't every drinks night at the Rye Hotel gay drinks? Scott's a woopsie, the staff are woopsies, it's a woopsie hangout! Didn't they once have a pub quiz that revolved around musicals, showtunes and kylie?

Lovely place. Is it gay drinks tomorrow?

Charlie

[James]

A "whoopsie"? Not heard that one before! I thought a "whoopsie" was a name for an accident in the toilet department.

[char1ie]

Woopsies. A fun word. Best used in the collective form: "a load of us woopsies are going on a coach trip to Bournemouth"

No H by the way.

Charlie

[James]

Ah right. I was probably confusing it with a whoopie cushion!

[char1ie]

No, I think "I've done a woopsie" uttered by a very small child does mean they've had an accident.

Charlie

[mattindulwich18]

Well I think we should do it...

[James]

Do what? A woopsie?

[DaCoffee]

So is next monday on or not?

[boosboss]

So it's tomorrow at 8.30 then?

I'll be in the marquee area with a couple of others. Don't be shy! Just ask for Joe :)-D

[Narnia]

Please clarify what 'gay drinks are'?

[boosboss]

Declan Wrote:

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> Please clarify what 'gay drinks are'?

Just an excuse to go to the pub really

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,24329,31788#msg-31788

[Narnia]

And you need one? If you are gay i.e. homosexual why have an evening that excludes others? I'm new to this forum but I don't understand the need to exclude people from anything. I could suggest an evening of drinks for left handed ginger haired people with a twitch in their right eye and at least one wooden leg. But why would I do that? I don't know. As it's a 'gay' event then presumably it's because you want to meet other gays with the prospect of a relationship. Don't mean to be harsh but i don't get it. There must be gay forums i presume.

[boosboss]

Declan Wrote:

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> And you need one? If you are gay i.e. homosexual

> why have an evening that excludes others? I'm new

> to this forum but I don't understand the need to

> exclude people from anything. I could suggest an

> evening of drinks for left handed ginger haired

> people with a twitch in their right eye and at

> least one wooden leg. But why would I do that? I

> don't know. As it's a 'gay' event then presumably

> it's because you want to meet other gays with the

> prospect of a relationship. Don't mean to be harsh

> but i don't get it. There must be gay forums i

> presume.

Declan, No-one is excluded with the obvious exception of homophobes! and only then because I'm sure most peoples idea of a pleasant evening having drinks with new friends wouldn't include trying to either defend themselves or swap pleasantries with a bigot.

Having a common interest isn't monopolised by gays when organising such events, single parents (Gingerbread), women (WI), men (lads night out) etc. None of which are generally intended for meeting prospective partners (within the group), that's not saying it couldn't happen.

I'll be going to have a laugh with a lesbian friend and my ever so heterosexual faghag, both of whom I've no intention of having a relationship with other than as friends (and bloody good ones at that).

Yes there are 'gay forums', but does that mean that gays should be restricted to those or that EDF should be for straights only ? Come along, have a laugh and if you can find a left handed ginger haired person with a twitch in their right eye and at least one wooden leg, bring them too. :)-D