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Summary: You need cheering up, then read this!
Review: To everyone out there who really wants to have a laugh. This book is probably the funniest thing I have ever read. It took me only a few days which is a miracle as normally it takes me about 6 months to read a book (I'd much rather watch TV).This book is based on a true story. Tony makes a bet to travel around Ireland with a fridge. He decides that he doesn't want to wake up in 20 years time and wish he had done it. The whole book is hilarious, so of my favourites are when he takes the fridge surfing and how he gets misunderstood in a loud nightclub - it has happened to us all. If you want a book which makes you smile, cringe and cry (when you have no more to read), then this is most definitely a 5* rating book. I have a copy and will get it out from time to time to cheer me up when I have the grumps.
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Summary: A delightful and humorous read
Review: Tony Hanks is a parttime standup comic and it shows in this humorous book which has as its premise a drunken bet to hitchhike around Ireland with a fridge. Hanks makes it with the help of a radio disc jockey (Ireland has a national radio station.)It must be fun to live in Ireland as apparently most evenings are spent in a pub drinking and singing. Hanks ends up in a pub most evenings. I rate this book slightly below Bryson's a Walk in the Woods and Helen Fields Bridget Jones Diary in terms of laughter intensity.
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Summary: It lives up to it's title
Review: Tony Hawks is quite entertaining, this story of his trip toting a refrigerator around Ireland is a fun read. It shares his journey and introduces the people he meets along the way. My favorite aspect of the book was that this was a true story, the poeple were real. The included pictures made me feel like I was right there with Tony all along the way.
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Summary: It lives up to it's title
Review: Tony Hawks is quite entertaining, this story of his trip toting a refrigerator around Ireland is a fun read. It shares his journey and introduces the people he meets along the way. My favorite aspect of the book was that this was a true story, the poeple were real. The included pictures made me feel like I was right there with Tony all along the way.
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Summary: Pretty funny
Review: Tony Hawks writes with that typical British wry ironic wit. And traveling thru the backroads of Ireland meeting quirky pub-goers suits his style. Sometimes he tries too hard for a laugh, like he's doing his on-stage schtick, but most of the time the hilarity of the situations themselves are the real fun.
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Summary: Wish I had been with him for this VERY FUNNY romp!
Review: Undoubtedly, one of the funniest books I have ever read.....should be made into a movie! So well written that you could truly picture the situations and the people......water skiing with a fridge-absolutely laugh out loud funny! If I were younger and less sane....I would somehow, haul something, somewhere to see if I could duplicate this wonderful experience! (Naked in the room is hysterical!) Don't miss this super funny book!
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Summary: Wish I had been with him for this VERY FUNNY romp!
Review: Undoubtedly, one of the funniest books I have ever read.....should be made into a movie! So well written that you could truly picture the situations and the people......water skiing with a fridge-absolutely laugh out loud funny! If I were younger and less sane....I would somehow, haul something, somewhere to see if I could duplicate this wonderful experience! (Naked in the room is hysterical!) Don't miss this super funny book!
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Summary: Eejit
Review: What a simple idea. Tony Hawks accepted a bet to travel around the island of Ireland in one month. With a fridge. The book is a brilliant travelogue in the finest traditions of Bill Bryson, but funnier. Hawks readily admits the plain daftness of the idea but on his travels realises that Ireland still is one of the friendliest, most beautiful countries in the world. Fuelled by Guinness and Irish breakfasts and with an eye for the ladies Hawks manages to cram the book with great anecdotes and humour. Read it but be careful where, there are several "huge belly laughs that won't be contained" episodes.
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Summary: Love that Hawk!
Review: What a whimisical tale!!
I throughly enjoyed Tony Hawks writing style.
His easy-going approach to writing about his journey through Ireland was written on such a personal level, it made me want to visit the folks he met, while on my journey through Ireland as well!
His insight into the human psyche (esp. the Irish kind!) was right on the money!
How making something out of something that's not (his size of his fridge for example!), the huge involvement by everyone around, just goes to show the great and loving sense of humour the Irish have. Great 'craic', no?!
It was somewhat daunting to hear of all the partying, everywhere, all the time, but his fall-down-drunk-and-get-up-and-do-it-again tales were comical.
I also thought he was cute! By the time I got to his photo, I wanted to meet him too!
Great Easy Read!
Take it on the plane over to Ireland, leave it for the next Traveler to read!!
Slante'
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Summary: Most fun I've had in a while
Review: What happens when a drunken British comedian bets his buddy he can circumnavigate Ireland with a fridge? You get a hilarious story of Tony Hawks and his travels across the green Isle. Although the topic sounds contrived, you'll find yourself laughing as Tony takes the fridge surfing, sleeps in the (literal) doghouse, and gets adopted by a local radio station. The humor is light, self-depracating (like all good travel stories) and quick to give you a smile. Some sections may even make you spit milk through your nose. Enjoy for some good laughs!
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