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I've just seen Will Hutton speak today. Clever and strangely sexy. Methinks we need him on to explain all things economic and worky to us. He was very excellently deferring to his vv clever female assistant.
Oooh.. can we get a sound feature with Alvin? Part of the joy is listening to his voice - could he BE any more bubbly. I'd like to talk to him about art too, not just money.
Great conspiracy theory too by the way - if only we were that clever .
By carriemumsnet on Thu 19-Jun-08 10:43:15
(from MNHQ)
Thanks for all the suggestions - please keep them coming and we'll try to keep up.
A quick update on a few names
Alvin Hall will be coming on to talk money in the next couple of months and we've also got Desmond Morris booked, who should be fun
Beverley Hughes has already done a live chat and we're not sure she'd be too keen on coming back.....
On Mac D's - they approached us and offered their new man to talk about their new menu and image. We approached you and after much robust debate (involving everything from threats of resignations and anxieties about litigation) the decision was to say no on this occasion.
We have some concern that Basil Brush's typing may not be speedy enough to keep up with you all, but we promise, of course, to look into it
Today has been one of those moments when I am so proud of mumsnet <<clasps left nork in appreciative gesture of sisterly solidarity, wit, wisdom and the detection of bullshit>>
On the subject of PS all I can say is that I think there is a conspiracy theory here and that I have jumped lemming-like into the throng thinking mistakenly that my intelligence outranked plankton while all the time I danced unconsciously to the tune of the all-powerful mumsnet HQ drum
<<<<tucks into large portion of cleansing & protective garlic bread, seemingly unguided by hidden hands>>>>
I think someone mentioned about McD's earlier. I actually think they'd do it if you approached them (I know a wee bit about them from the work front) - I believe they're trying to be open and honest etc
I find mumsnetters far more interesting and entertaining than rich/famous birds - we could ask for volunteer mumsnetters who want to discuss a particular subject they know about and ignore slebs
Well the HQ did let the thread run and run without any comment and only pulled the live chat at the final moment - thus collecting as many comments as possible for the entertainment of PS (Poor Sheherezade)'s PR.
Also none of the more challenging but still fair questions were actually submitter to PS eg whether the many toilets in their houses are actually cleaned with rock salt, who does this task and how they really feel about the method used etc etc
Well I hypothesise that mumsnet HQ had perhaps felt slighted by poor Sheherezade due to some unpublicised minor incident a few weeks back, and that the HQ anticipated that advertising a live web chat appointment would avenge the slight
Oh I have the perfect question for Widdecombe, 'How does a 60+ virgin still lioving with her mum get the idea she has useful advice to give to couples...or parents?
Melanie Phillips would be good actually, as long as she wasn't swamped with 'how do you justify israels treatment of the palestinians' type questions. Be great to get a bit deeper than that.
he's the kind of weedy wet gurl who tracks people down who might have said slightly mean things about him on the internet and sends them emails to the effect that 'you didn't think when you wrote that i woudl hear aobut it it from my pal and email you to ask you whhyyyyyy, did you?'
er, no, i didn't. because while i thought you were a twat i couldn't have foreseen just how much of a twat you are, Ronson...
UQD - did you see the time that Jon Ronson's wife came onto mn and told us all off? So actually that conversation would go 'Elaine, I'm going on mumsnet to do a live chat' Elaine - 'WHAT! That bunch of bitches! They all sit around like they're in ...institutions!' etc. (I think that's what she accused us of)
Oh and we're also going to try George Monbiot because appart from being very clever green person apparently he and his mrs really do split the childcare/family responsibilities 50-50 - would you like him?
Boris, JKR and Gok - we'll keep trying Germaine and Janet Street P - we'll have a crack at (failing them Naomi Wolf/Rebecca Wade) Ann Widdecombe - wouldn't be good for my karma
Let's hope no one's been put off!
ps Sorry Pruners for late announcement - we posted as soon as we could, honest.
God, can you imagine if Jon Ronson did it? It would appear in his column:
I have been invited to do a live chat on Mumsnet. I say to Elaine, "Hey, I have been invited to do a live chat on Mumsnet." Elaine says: "Really?" I say: "What do you mean, 'really'?" There is something about the way Elaine says "really?" which makes me worried. Joel says, "Cool, dad." I am now worried about doing a live chat on Mumsnet.
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