Pat Ingolsby - what's he doing now ?

Capt'n Midnight · 23-08-2007 12:27pm #1

does he still sell his poetry on the street ?

Pighead · 23-08-2007 12:30pm

He sure does, see him around Westmoreland St quite a bit. He seems to have got quite cranky in his old age. Probably from all teh fcukers pointing and giggling when they see him and ignoring his sublime works of poetry.

xzanti · 23-08-2007 12:32pm

I always feel really depressed when I see him

Tha Gopher · 23-08-2007 12:32pm

Who?

annoying sh1t #99- people talking about obscure people without introduction as if they were more known than George Bush.....

The Mad Hatter · 23-08-2007 12:32pm

Yes. And Ingoldsby.

Karoma · 23-08-2007 12:33pm

Allow me to jump straight to it: Pat Ingoldsby - Google. No, it won't go in the Dublin forum. Die.

(Not @ OP)

admiralofthefleet · 23-08-2007 12:34pm

yeah saw him on saturday walking down westmoreland street pulling all the books behind him, has anyone ever bought/seen him selling a book?

Pighead · 23-08-2007 12:37pm

xzanti wrote:

I always feel really depressed when I see him

Why? Were you once in a relationship with him which ended very badly? He probably wrote a poem about you. Could have went a little like this.

Making love, both day and night
to a girl called xzanti,
she was so special, a piece of art,
just like the works of dante

Then I went and rode her friend,
behind sweet xzantis back,
because she had much nicer boobs,
and was better in the sack.

Where are you now my sweet sweet xzanti?

Borzoi · 23-08-2007 12:38pm

Pighead wrote:

Why? Were you once in a relationship with him which ended very badly? He probably wrote a poem about you. Could have went a little like this.

Making love, both day and night
to a girl called xzanti,
she was so special, a piece of art,
just like the works of dante

Then I went and rode her friend,
behind sweet xzantis back,
because she had much nicer boobs,
and was better in the sack.

Where are you now my sweet sweet xzanti?

LOLS

Tha Gopher · 23-08-2007 12:39pm

Karoma wrote:

Allow me to jump straight to it: Pat Ingolsby - Google.

Google...pfft, please. It aint 1998 man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Ingoldsby

passive · 23-08-2007 1:02pm

Google...pfft, please. It aint 1998 man.

ooh... Karoma got SERVED.

23-08-2007 1:14pm

admiralofthefleet wrote:

yeah saw him on saturday walking down westmoreland street pulling all the books behind him, has anyone ever bought/seen him selling a book?

I have 5 or 6 of his books, they're absolutely class. He writes some really funny ones, and a few nostalgic "remember my childhood in Malahide" type ones that aren't the best.

Here's one of my favourites (from memory, Pat, so i hope i do it justice)

Silence

The lift was full of people
The lift was full of silence
The lift was full of people who would have said something,
if only they could think of something to say.

A man spoke loudly.
"My doctor"..he said,
"My Doctor has assured me that,
provided i take my medication on time,
I will no longer feel like swinging an axe around crowded lifts"

The man looked at his watch and said "Oh Sh1t"

You have never heard a silence like it.

/\/\/\/\/\/\.........quality stuff altogether.

He also has a poem entitled

"Fair play to the man who painted the railings around Merrion Square, for as far as i can tell, he didn't spill a drop"

super_furry · 23-08-2007 1:21pm

I was on Pat's Chat once. I mentioned this fact to Pat himself while buying a couple of books from him and I thought he was going to cry.

blah · 23-08-2007 1:24pm

Cry from fond memories, or cry from "I can't believe I presented a kids TV show where we told the kids to shout into the telly to make their name come up on screen*"?

*I used to do this.

Degsy · 23-08-2007 1:25pm

xzanti wrote:

I always feel really depressed when I see him

Why's that,my pretty?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 23-08-2007 1:56pm

Pighead wrote:

Why? Were you once in a relationship with him which ended very badly? He probably wrote a poem about you. Could have went a little like this.

Making love, both day and night
to a girl called xzanti,
she was so special, a piece of art,
just like the works of dante

Then I went and rode her friend,
behind sweet xzantis back,
because she had much nicer boobs,
and was better in the sack.

Where are you now my sweet sweet xzanti?

LOL, oh you absolute assO... The lads here in work are wondering why I'm breaking my bollox laughing

impr0v · 23-08-2007 2:01pm

He's on Westmoreland St. as I type, with his books laid out around him, and a sign saying 'Irish writer, sorry not dead yet', which gets lets funny every time you see it. Or at least he was when I walked past him to get the bus home. He was braying with sycophantic laughter with a guy who'd stopped to talk to him. That's the first time I've seen anyone talking to him or paying him any attention and I've walked past him every day this week.

passive · 23-08-2007 2:13pm

That's the first time I've seen anyone talking to him or paying him any attention and I've walked past him every day this week.

Surely you must have been paying attention to take note of that, thus making it untrue?

edit: this is me suggesting that Improv is posting badly... ^_^

Pighead · 23-08-2007 2:17pm

passive wrote:

Surely you must have been paying attention to take note of that, thus making it untrue?

Are you suggesting that Improv was Posting Badly? Because if you were, that would be a weird and wonderful coincidence seeing as Posting Badly is an anagram of Pat Ingoldsby.

The circle is complete. Thread Locked.

WindSock · 23-08-2007 2:20pm

Is he still in the wax museum? I think I mentioned this before, but he reminds me of earwax.

Dyr · 23-08-2007 2:38pm

the wax museum isnt still in the wax museum ffs

RefulgentGnomon · 23-08-2007 3:20pm

Pighead wrote:

Are you suggesting that Improv was Posting Badly? Because if you were, that would be a weird and wonderful coincidence seeing as Posting Badly is an anagram of Pat Ingoldsby.

The circle is complete. Thread Locked.

Nod Stably, Pig.

(which is akin to taking a bow.)

WindSock · 23-08-2007 3:26pm

Bambi wrote:

the wax museum isnt still in the wax museum ffs

Isn't it. Aww

when did that happen?

WindSock · 23-08-2007 3:30pm

oh right. Few years ago. Just googled it now

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-07-30-wax-ireland_N.htm

Hehe. Naked Fascists.

Dyr · 23-08-2007 3:33pm

boreds wrote:

Isn't it. Aww when did that happen?

When they decided dublin needed another hotel :mad:

AlanG · 23-08-2007 4:11pm

i have bought lots of books from him on the street - all really good and funny. I would recommend "half a hug" if you want to get a good one.

CherieAmour · 23-08-2007 4:55pm

boreds wrote:

Is he still in the wax museum? I think I mentioned this before, but he reminds me of earwax.

I hope not - it was flattened!:(

I feel sorry for him too. I'm sure some day they'll do a programme on him for RTE akin to the Aidan Walsh one where people that couldnt give two fu(ks about him (and still dont) queued up to appear on the documentary singing his praises! Makes me sick I tells ya!

...not that I'm a fan of Aidan Walsh or compare him to Pat for a second, I just hate the way these brown nosers sniff around when the time is right. I'm glad to see he's out there every day and publishing his own books. LOVED Pat's Chat as a kid.... whatever happened that they kicked him off it??

Pat Ingolsby - what's he doing now ?

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