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Mary, mother of God, how does it get any more smug and up its own arse than Cassandra Jardine interviewing 'super PR' Julia Frogspawn in Torygraph on the 'work life balance' (in other words, flogging a book full of glaringly obvious shit to numpties)

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moondog · 06/01/2009 13:55

Enjoy in a sick sorta way

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NomDePlume · 06/01/2009 13:56

I have no idea what this thread is about but I fucking love the title

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moondog · 06/01/2009 13:57

We have had loads of outraged discussions about smug women telling other women how to 'juggle'

F-f-f-f-uck off I tell ya (in manner of Father Ted's mate)

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Iklboo · 06/01/2009 13:59

Ooh get off the fence sweetie - why not tell us how you really feel

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moondog · 06/01/2009 13:59

Picture of her taken in Wales too so must have been swanning around near me!
Aaaargh!!!!

F-f--f-f-f-uck off back to London y'hear!

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Hassled · 06/01/2009 14:01

"A manicurist comes to her house so she can see the children while having her nails gelled."

That really is the biggest problem facing working mothers, isn't it ? So glad she's managed to find a way around this potential clash of vital appointments.

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MrsBadger · 06/01/2009 14:01

[reaches for bucket]

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smallorange · 06/01/2009 14:02

I don't get it. Her husband is at home caring for the children full time. She is at work. Fair enough. Where does the 'juggling' come in?
It's not like she's waiting for her husband to get home from his day shift so she can work a back shift and trying ti get the kids fed/bathed/and in bed while handing over to hubby?

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moondog · 06/01/2009 14:02

If I had manicurists and wotnot coming to t'house I'd look a helluva lot better than that.



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NomDePlume · 06/01/2009 14:03

" As for her husband, she feels bad that he dislikes attending social events because after a day at home he has nothing to talk about, but what can she do about it? "

TRANSLATION - She couldn't give a shit what her DH thinks/feels

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breadandroses · 06/01/2009 14:04

Eric Hobsbawm must be fucking weeping with shame.

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NomDePlume · 06/01/2009 14:04

"A manicurist comes to her house so she can see the children while having her nails gelled."

Ok, if she's such an uberchic, groomed superwoman goddess why does she look like a ruddy faced hippy on the photo ?

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breadandroses · 06/01/2009 14:05

Actually, isn't this shite exactly what you can expect from the Telegraph?

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Iklboo · 06/01/2009 14:07

Can imagine her bawling to her poor DH "Have the children dressed and brought before me while I am pampered like the Queen of Sheba. And peel me an orgasm while you're at it"

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TippytheTipsyTurkeychick · 06/01/2009 14:07

tee hee, isn't she a horror! Imagine the inconvenience of having a parent's evening in the evening, once EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Of course she couldn't attend. Note she wouldn't meet the journo at Chez Frogspawn, am not surprised. It's either hock deep in takeaway containers or full of staff and boarding school brochures .
If she is getting a weekly manicure she's been had, they look fairly average in the pic.

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foxytocin · 06/01/2009 14:09

rubbish, innit.

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ShauntheSheep · 06/01/2009 14:12

gosh poor women My heart bleeds Its so tough havign to juggle kids and the manicurist esp as she ONLY has hubby to rely on at home who insists on doing all the housework. and of course softplay si such a bondign experience too.

what a wierd article.

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TheCrackFox · 06/01/2009 14:13

If she is so good at juggling why does she not know how to work a hair-brush?

Why is there never a book about ambling through life? Why is always about the bloody juggling?

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MrsBadger · 06/01/2009 14:14

for ambling try Libby Purves

very good

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SixSpot · 06/01/2009 14:15

"As for her husband, she feels bad that he dislikes attending social events because after a day at home he has nothing to talk about, but what can she do about it?"

What an unbelievable sentence. Poor guy.

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lalalonglegs · 06/01/2009 14:19

Lay off CJ, she's a nice woman. It's not her fault she gets commanded to write this sort of eyewash.

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PuppyMonkey · 06/01/2009 14:25

"She wants to be the perfect mother, never missing a child's assembly, but also a major player in public life. She wants to look immaculate and earn lots of money, while being a relaxed, cosy mummy who won't in years to come be accused by screwball children of having neglected them."

I just wanted to say to that. Thanks

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Mooseheart · 06/01/2009 14:25

Yep, you're not alone in your disgust Moondog!

enjoy

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PortBlacksandResident · 06/01/2009 14:25

LOLLOLLOL at "carving 150 hours out of her schedule"

Priceless!

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choosyfloosy · 06/01/2009 14:25

I think she looks nice (though not particularly manicured - perhaps that's a good thing).

I do admire her for having avoided allowing the journalist to take the angle that the only form of household that 'works' is one where one partner is at home full time (Note: this is NOT my opinion, it is a statement about the kind of angle I expect from many papers).

It is not a pleasant article otherwise. Glad I don't read this paper.

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smallorange · 06/01/2009 14:26

"instead of reading to her children, she listens to them."

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