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Tim Dowling, for example, is a twat

488 replies

Robespierre · 17/05/2009 16:28

..who writes moderately entertaining columns about his personal life in The Guardian. Yesterday's was about the perils of self-googling, and in particular of an episode of self-googling which returned the text 'Tim Dowling for example is a twat'

Where did he find that humbling line?? On mumsnet of course!

In the article he claims to have given up self-googling, but we know that isn't true, don't we.

Shall we give him a few more personal insights? I think he is less of a twat than Jon Ronson and he doesn't have a whiney voice.

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BrendaandEddie · 31/08/2015 13:03

ITS A FUCKING CLASSIC!!

MNHQ would delete this now for not being in teh bloody spirit

TheOneWiththeNicestSmile · 04/05/2015 21:43

this is the band, anne, if you want to research Smile

www.policedoghogan.com/gigs/

FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 04/05/2015 21:42

Gosh. You waited 6 years to stand up for Tim?!

annelawrence43 · 04/05/2015 21:39

Tim Dowling is great and every Saturday I read his column in the Guardian. It is gently humorous and gives me an insight to his week which includes his wife, three children and dogs. I do find his home life a bit chaotic but there is a definite warmth within his family which makes a change from reading about horrible dysfunctional families. Doom and gloom seems to be the order of the day. His column cheers me up and I would like to see him playing his banjo in his band.

Blumerz · 29/06/2013 22:31

Has anyone ever looked up the word "twat"? After hearing "twat" repeatedly on a brief outing into the town centre today I came home and looked it up. I was horrified to think females are sharing this part of their anatomy in association with rather despicable types, both male and female. Wonder how it gets used in the playground, simply because it sounds less ugly and harmful than other derogatory terms...

MisterUdagawa · 06/04/2013 11:37

now look

monkeytrousers · 25/05/2009 07:02

doh - shed - I know you toss all over threads all the time.

monkeytrousers · 25/05/2009 07:02

MP, you tossed glitter on your thread? What does one eat before-um-hand to achieve this...?

muffinmonster · 24/05/2009 22:56

"The episode concerns a couple who some years ago bought two boxers, Daisy and Duke."

Surely that's a coded reference to his jersey underwear? A PAIR of boxers, geddit?

Hassled · 23/05/2009 20:29

Blick, it was a great column. I love his wife - I do that premature washing up thing as well.

I was so hoping for an MN mention though

DamonBradleylovesPippi · 23/05/2009 20:27

yup. sometimes I think Tim Dowling must have a cmaera in our house.

DamonBradleylovesPippi · 23/05/2009 20:27

yup. sometimes I think Tim Dowling must have a cmaera in our house.

Blick · 23/05/2009 06:27

Tim Dowling, for example, has a spat. Good column this week.

Tinker · 20/05/2009 17:30

Rachel Cook, for example, is a twat. She was the child-hater going on about how little time there is to read all teh books she wanted.

Apologies if she's already been twatted. Similarly, the next one but not reason not to twat her again:

Polly Vernon, for example, is a twat.

MissM · 20/05/2009 11:43

Yep, that's her.

ronshar · 20/05/2009 10:02

Is Zoe Williams the Guardian writer who was bitching about children being pulled from private school and joining the local state school? She even listed the order in which they should be made to go to the bottom of the lists. Lovely lady. Especially when she went to some of the most exclusive private schools in the country.
Isnt that called pulling the ladder up behind you???
If that was her then I def think she is a Twat.
If it wasnt then I apologise.

AnybodyHomeMcFly · 19/05/2009 22:32

Like the Freudian post HostChris2

MissM · 19/05/2009 22:28

I agree with Cyteen. Especially that 'oopsy, guess what, I'm pregnant again! I thought the gym wasn't making a difference. Silly me' column.

smee · 19/05/2009 21:43

'some sort of dead cattle' - that means you've debated options. Do I detect black eye liner? Just a smattering amidst the glitter...?

morningpaper · 19/05/2009 20:22

No if I was a goth I would keep some sort of dead cattle in there

I have painted the shed floor a second time and left a light dusting of glitter

no so you'd notice, just a teeny glimmer

smee · 19/05/2009 20:14

Is MP a goth then? Cerise in a coal cellar

smee · 19/05/2009 20:13

Zoe Williams hasn't yet sunk to twatdom, but she's not as good since having a child. Maybe the madness of a second will lurch her back to form

Latootle · 19/05/2009 16:43

surely it is easier to say who isn't one these days?

Maiakins · 19/05/2009 15:51

I don't think Tim Dowling is that much of a twat ... certainly not the twat I'd name if I needed an example. And definitely not any much more of a twat than my DH! A harmless, lovable twat, if anything. I like his columns and I think his wife comes across well. I'm sure I would like her if I met her!

cyteen · 19/05/2009 15:37

Sorry, not read all thread but must simply add

Zoe Williams, for example, is a twat.

You're also a hack of the highest (lowest?) order, if you're reading