Ross O' Carroll Kelly

gsand · 13-07-2005 3:10pm

kool and the asociates my man.

ionapaul · 13-07-2005 3:25pm

Just borrowed the Teenage Dirtbag Years after reading the column in the Tribune a few times in recent months, very humourous. He's not a totally unredeemable or unsympathetic character, though maybe that's just me being nice...

Selik · 13-07-2005 4:06pm

Saw his Orange Mocha Chip Frapuccino Years book in a store in Bangkok and thought it looked funny (in an in-joke sorta way) I bought it coz it was cheap and although I read the first 30 odd pages or so I just got sick of his style of writing especially the way he has to write EVERYTHING in that roight goys any soign of Fiacra and Lorcan etc etc.... it just became tiresome so I gave up (and I don't give up on books easily). Might get back to it at some stage unless I can trade it for something better!

Sleepy · 13-07-2005 4:20pm

I think that's what makes it so funny paul, if he was a complete bastard all the time it'd be a bit boring and wouldn't be able to make the point that it was his upbringing and background that had him turn out the way he did...

The books are pretty funny

Ooly · 13-07-2005 4:26pm

Giles wrote:

Saw his Orange Mocha Chip Frapuccino Years book in a store in Bangkok and thought it looked funny (in an in-joke sorta way) I bought it coz it was cheap and although I read the first 30 odd pages or so I just got sick of his style of writing especially the way he has to write EVERYTHING in that roight goys any soign of Fiacra and Lorcan etc etc.... it just became tiresome so I gave up (and I don't give up on books easily). Might get back to it at some stage unless I can trade it for something better!

hmmmmmm i thought that too when i read the first one about 3 years ago, i got sick of it less than half way thru but a few months later i started reading it again & i couldn't put it down..........Give it another try Giles :rolleyes:

Peteee · 13-07-2005 4:46pm

Read all these in about a week! Focking hilarious. tbh i'm glad I dont know anyone like this (even though i'm, for the time being, living in blackrock)

Some of the funniest books i've read.

'Looks like you'll have to get off at sydney parade' had me in stiches for weeks.

'I wanted to call this book, 'The Guy who went to sleep in a bed, but woke up in a tent' but it wouldnt fit on the cover'

Also had me giggling like a school girl!

andyman · 13-07-2005 5:25pm

Makaveli wrote:

Only 2 in print at the moment though.
Teenage Dirtbag Years and Orange Mocha Chip Frapuccino Years.

Isn't Ps I Scored The Bridesmaid still in print??

ROCK is an Absolute LEGEND

chump · 13-07-2005 5:36pm

Love all the books, pity they're so short!

Makaveli · 13-07-2005 5:36pm

The date of that post was the 15/3/2004.

andyman · 13-07-2005 8:08pm

Oops my bad sorry Makaveli

Selik · 13-07-2005 9:39pm

Ooly wrote:

hmmmmmm i thought that too when i read the first one about 3 years ago, i got sick of it less than half way thru but a few months later i started reading it again & i couldn't put it down..........Give it another try Giles :rolleyes:

Yeah think I will actually... I'm spending too much time on boards anyway and the book is literally only about 5ft away from me right now!

/runs to get book!

babaduck · 14-07-2005 9:18am

Gerry wrote:

Does anyone know where "The Miseducation of Ross O' Carroll Kelly" can be bought? I can't find it anywhere.

Try www.obrien.ie - they're the publishers & might have some kicking around the place that you could buy

I used to date guys just like Ross in my single days, have all the books & almost cry with laughter every time I read them, and the columns in the Trib. The guy is a legend!

Sleepy · 14-07-2005 11:14am

babaduck wrote:

I used to date guys just like Ross in my single days

ROFL, how dumb were you?

Your name's not Sorcha is it?

ionapaul · 14-07-2005 11:23am

How do they pronounce Sorcha in D4?

In Galway, we always pronounced it 'Sir-uh-ka', but I've heard 'Soir-sha' before?

babaduck · 14-07-2005 11:27am

Sleepy wrote:

ROFL, how dumb were you?

Your name's not Sorcha is it?

Nah sweetie... I didn't marry him! Those guys kept me entertained during my single days in Kielys & Annabels till I hooked up with Mr. Duck

melekalikimaka · 14-07-2005 10:21pm

its pronounced SORE - KA

StupidLikeAFox · 14-07-2005 11:04pm

ionapaul wrote:

.....but I've heard 'Soir-sha' before?

That could be the other name, Saoirse, its the irish word for freedom (if ya really want to know)

Nightwish · 14-07-2005 11:16pm

i love ross...

...sigh

gfarnan · 26-09-2005 3:26pm

What order do the books come in

Rb · 26-09-2005 3:32pm

Of all the threads you could of bumped, you had to choose this one

To answer the question,from first to last:
The miseducation years - The Teenage Dirtbage years - The Orange Mocha Chip Frappuccino years and then PS I scored the BridesMaids

Idbatterim · 27-09-2005 6:26pm

Yeah loike the book is all cool and the gang. Gotta give myself some cudos here, its probably loike some of my best work. Cant say i didnt get some help along the way, mostly from loike Fionn the steamer... Oh and btw its Sore - ka, dont worry i wouldnt be able to pronounce it properly if i couldnt read or loike write either! Rock Rules!

Pepe LeFrits · 18-10-2005 11:49pm

There's a new book out soon, roysh?

Ross is a focking legend, and we're talking TOTALLY here. So is Christian, and Fionn (the sneaky focker), and even Oisinn. When Oisinn, like, went on Cilla Black and flashed his knob at Clur, I was like, in stitches, the funny fock. What makes the books for me, like, if this doesn't sound too gay, is that Ross isn't a complete orsehole. You can see that Christian and even, OH! MY! GOD! Sorcha (even though that girl is, like, SO! duhhhhhh!) mean a lot to him, even though he treats them like ****. He's a stor.

Idbatterim · 19-10-2005 12:01am

yeah there is a new book coming out, there was a free maybe 15 page extract of the book with the sunday telegraph or whichever one paul howard writes for, not sure when the full version is out...

namaimo · 19-10-2005 12:58am

New book is called 'The curious incident of the dog in the nightdress' and its out on Nov 3rd...

Idbatterim · 19-10-2005 11:18am

namaimo wrote:

New book is called 'The curious incident of the dog in the nightdress' and its out on Nov 3rd...

That is loike so duh! focking retords!

aidan_walsh · 19-10-2005 8:08pm

Ok, so from what I gather its little more than an Irish Adrian Mole rip-off? No, ta...

hullaballoo · 19-10-2005 8:17pm

aidan_walsh wrote:

Ok, so from what I gather its little more than an Irish Adrian Mole rip-off? No, ta...

Adrian mole rip-off? As in a book that's written in the first-person?

That's around about where the similarities end.

Adrian Mole was a teenage anxt book, Ross O'C-K is anything but anxty!

jonny68 · 19-10-2005 11:19pm

Im sick of reading about this posh southside twat,why cant we have a working class geezer (not a skanger) who has a column in a newspaper

aidan_walsh · 19-10-2005 11:29pm

jonny68 wrote:

why cant we have a working class geezer (not a skanger) who has a column in a newspaper

Kevin Myers?

Ah no, there's several similar style twats that write for the Sunday World, I believe...

jonny68 · 19-10-2005 11:38pm

aidan_walsh wrote:

Kevin Myers?

Ah no, there's several similar style twats that write for the Sunday World, I believe...

Never heard of the geezer don't read the Sunday World either what a rag

hullaballoo · 20-10-2005 12:32pm

jonny68 wrote:

Never heard of the geezer don't read the Sunday World either what a rag

Ye those rags with their Kevin Myers'(!) What poppycock!

I hasten to add that I wonder what rag you do read. Pray tell!

(Click here for: Kevin Myers)

Love · 20-10-2005 12:46pm

Read "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nightdress"...

hehe. hilarious.

Pepe LeFrits · 20-10-2005 7:48pm

jonny68 wrote:

Im sick of reading about this posh southside twat,why cant we have a working class geezer (not a skanger) who has a column in a newspaper

'Cos like, nobody would be interested?

AFFLUENCE!

hullaballoo · 20-10-2005 8:28pm

kaids wrote:

'Cos like, nobody would be interested?

AFFLUENCE!

Kudos

jonny68 · 20-10-2005 8:40pm

hullaballoo wrote:

Ye those rags with their Kevin Myers'(!) What poppycock!

I hasten to add that I wonder what rag you do read. Pray tell!

(Click here for: Kevin Myers)

I would hardly classify the Irish Times as a rag now would you :rolleyes:

jonny68 · 20-10-2005 8:41pm

kaids wrote:

'Cos like, nobody would be interested?

AFFLUENCE!

cos like :rolleyes: im sure there would be many people interested actually old chappy

hullaballoo · 20-10-2005 8:49pm

jonny68 wrote:

I would hardly classify the Irish Times as a rag now would you :rolleyes:

I hate saying this (boards clichés aren't my thing) but:

Sarcasm detectors not working today?

(!) is generally accepted to be indicative of sarcastic comments, but I've noticed people here using [/sarcasm]

maybe i should stick with that

Pepe LeFrits · 20-10-2005 10:37pm

jonny68 wrote:

cos like :rolleyes: im sure there would be many people interested actually old chappy

Yah but they'd be total AJHs, and we're talking TOTAL here.

THE POVERTY TRAP!

Rb · 20-10-2005 10:58pm

This thread is never gonna die is it?

L5 · 09-03-2006 1:06pm

dragging up 6 month old threads makes baby jesus cry

v-deniso · 09-03-2006 1:07pm

Can anyone here tell me what the names of the books are and what order they were released.

Cheers

Blisterman · 09-03-2006 1:52pm

Look at the last page.

Degsy · 09-03-2006 2:14pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

There's a new book out soon, roysh?

Ross is a focking legend, and we're talking TOTALLY here. So is Christian, and Fionn (the sneaky focker), and even Oisinn. When Oisinn, like, went on Cilla Black and flashed his knob at Clur, I was like, in stitches, the funny fock. What makes the books for me, like, if this doesn't sound too gay, is that Ross isn't a complete orsehole. You can see that Christian and even, OH! MY! GOD! Sorcha (even though that girl is, like, SO! duhhhhhh!) mean a lot to him, even though he treats them like ****. He's a stor.

Hillarious.Absolutely side-splittingly funny the way he talks in a southside accent and pads out his bad prose with misspelt words.Get a life.:rolleyes:

Rb · 09-03-2006 2:15pm

Whoever is responsible for this being bumped should be shot.

L5 · 09-03-2006 2:16pm

rb_ie wrote:

Who is responsible for this being bumped?They should be shot.

v-deniso is responsible, i replied, but something funny happened and my post appeared before his!

Rb · 09-03-2006 2:24pm

L5 wrote:

v-deniso is responsible, i replied, but something funny happened and my post appeared before his!

Well, he should be shot so.

The order is as follows:

The Miseducation Years
The Teenage Dirtbag Years
The Orange Mocha-chip Frappuccino Years
PS, I Scored the Bridesmaids
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress

Now, with any hope this thread will be left to die.

Attol · 09-03-2006 2:45pm

I love these! Hilarious reading, especially when you lived in Blackock and saw these kinds of people everyday.

Sleepy · 09-03-2006 3:06pm

For any fans of the series you might be interested to know that RTE have commissioned a pilot for a TV series of ROCK. My flatmate did the sound for it. Whether it gets the go-ahead to become a series or not I've no idea but the pilot has been shot and my flatmate reckoned that it looked like it could be quite good.

Rb · 09-03-2006 3:26pm

Sleepy wrote:

For any fans of the series you might be interested to know that RTE have commissioned a pilot for a TV series of ROCK. My flatmate did the sound for it. Whether it gets the go-ahead to become a series or not I've no idea but the pilot has been shot and my flatmate reckoned that it looked like it could be quite good.

:eek:

As a fan of the book, I sincerely hope this doesn't happen. Look what the books brought about.

Degsy · 09-03-2006 3:28pm

Pure rubbish,if there's a shred of literary talent in this country i've yet to see it.

Ross O' Carroll Kelly

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