Hitch-hiking round Ireland with a fridge...

eowyn144 · 07-12-2002, 05:39 PM

This is a bit of a long shot but has anyone read Hitch-hiking round Ireland with a fridge by Tony Hawks?
Its quite a rare book i suppose but someone out there must have read it!
It's about this man called Tony Hawks who was betted to hitch-hike around ireland with a fridge. and he did, and its basically a story written by him abut his travels. its all completely true and absolutely hilarious! as in "laugh out loud so hard that people think you may be in actual pain" kind of funny.
So i'd definetly recommend it.
am i the only one who's read it though?

eowyn144 · 07-15-2002, 11:56 AM

oh come on! someone must have read it!!!

Faramir · 07-15-2002, 12:57 PM

It's title betrays itself.

eowyn144 · 07-15-2002, 01:47 PM

how do you mean "betrays"? i don't think i understand what you're trying to say.

Faramir · 07-15-2002, 03:21 PM

The title sounds kind of dumb, so not many people are gonna want to read it probably. I believe that it's good, but the title is just plain wierd. Sorry ifI've insulted you.

eowyn144 · 07-15-2002, 04:29 PM

you haven't offended me. i found the title to be quite appropriate actually.simple yet effective.
so does this mean you've actually read the book? you mean i'm not the only one?
have you read Playing the Maldovans at Tennis as well?

Faramir · 07-15-2002, 05:11 PM

No I haven't read the either of those, but I may check them out. Are they appropriate though?

eowyn144 · 07-15-2002, 05:15 PM

appropriate meaning the content?as in language and things? there's a bit of bad language and one brief mention of a sexual incounter but apart from that its fine.
i would definetly recommend them though.

sun-star · 07-17-2002, 01:18 PM

I think I've heard of it... was the fridge full of Guinness or something like that?

eowyn144 · 07-17-2002, 01:35 PM

err...nope. it was just a fridge. just a plain old boring, empty fridge

sun-star · 07-17-2002, 01:43 PM

I must be thinking of something else. Tony Hawks is funny though - I've heard him on the radio a few times.

eowyn144 · 07-17-2002, 02:24 PM

wow. someone's actually heard of him! i'm not the only one! hurrah!
well if you think he's funny, this book is him at his funniest.

mirrille · 07-17-2002, 09:42 PM

I've never heard of this, but it sounds cute. I'll keep my eye out for it.

Menelvagor · 07-19-2002, 11:09 PM

I've heard of the book, but I never read it. I think it came up in conversation when my dad was telling hitch-hiking stories about Newfoundland.

Or no, maybe it was in that book... *runs to check shelfs* The Boat that Wouldn't Float, Farley Mowatt (that's a really funny book, too, but now I'm getting off topic... ). From what I've heard, it sounds like a good book.

07-12-2002, 05:39 PM	#1
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	Hitch-hiking round Ireland with a fridge... This is a bit of a long shot but has anyone read Hitch-hiking round Ireland with a fridge by Tony Hawks? Its quite a rare book i suppose but someone out there must have read it! It's about this man called Tony Hawks who was betted to hitch-hike around ireland with a fridge. and he did, and its basically a story written by him abut his travels. its all completely true and absolutely hilarious! as in "laugh out loud so hard that people think you may be in actual pain" kind of funny. So i'd definetly recommend it. am i the only one who's read it though? __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-15-2002, 11:56 AM	#2
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	oh come on! someone must have read it!!! __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-15-2002, 12:57 PM	#3
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	It's title betrays itself. __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

07-15-2002, 01:47 PM	#4
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	how do you mean "betrays"? i don't think i understand what you're trying to say. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-15-2002, 03:21 PM	#5
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	The title sounds kind of dumb, so not many people are gonna want to read it probably. I believe that it's good, but the title is just plain wierd. Sorry ifI've insulted you. __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

07-15-2002, 04:29 PM	#6
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	you haven't offended me. i found the title to be quite appropriate actually.simple yet effective. so does this mean you've actually read the book? you mean i'm not the only one? have you read Playing the Maldovans at Tennis as well? __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-15-2002, 05:11 PM	#7
Faramir Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ithilien Posts: 353	No I haven't read the either of those, but I may check them out. Are they appropriate though? __________________ This is the Window of the Sunset, Henneth Annun, fairest of all the falls of Ithilien, land of many fountains."-Faramir, Chapter IV, The Two Towers ========================== FRODO LIVES!!! ========================== YODA IS DA MAN!!! ========================== I Love Jesus!

07-15-2002, 05:15 PM	#8
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	appropriate meaning the content?as in language and things? there's a bit of bad language and one brief mention of a sexual incounter but apart from that its fine. i would definetly recommend them though. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-17-2002, 01:18 PM	#9
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I think I've heard of it... was the fridge full of Guinness or something like that? __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

07-17-2002, 01:35 PM	#10
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	err...nope. it was just a fridge. just a plain old boring, empty fridge __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-17-2002, 01:43 PM	#11
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I must be thinking of something else. Tony Hawks is funny though - I've heard him on the radio a few times. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

07-17-2002, 02:24 PM	#12
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	wow. someone's actually heard of him! i'm not the only one! hurrah! well if you think he's funny, this book is him at his funniest. __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

07-17-2002, 09:42 PM	#13
mirrille Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 479	I've never heard of this, but it sounds cute. I'll keep my eye out for it.

07-19-2002, 11:09 PM	#14
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I've heard of the book, but I never read it. I think it came up in conversation when my dad was telling hitch-hiking stories about Newfoundland. Or no, maybe it was in that book... runs to check shelfs The Boat that Wouldn't Float, Farley Mowatt (that's a really funny book, too, but now I'm getting off topic... ). From what I've heard, it sounds like a good book.