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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.

OP posts:
milkysallgone · 18/05/2009 12:14

So agree:

John Torode, for example, is a twat.

Joggler · 18/05/2009 12:08

no i like the cooks.

and i dont know who nick ferrari IS

does he inhabit louche winebars somewhere?

ra29needsabettername · 18/05/2009 12:04

nick ferrari, for example, is a self satisfied twat.

MissM · 18/05/2009 11:56

Keep popping back to boost my serotonin. If we're getting low down and dirty with children's characters then how about Little Cook of BCLC fame? I really do think he is a twat.

ronshar · 18/05/2009 11:39

Oops caps lock!

ronshar · 18/05/2009 11:38

Dora the Explora, she is an annoying idiotic Twat. And her mate.

Hannah Montana. TWAT.

Leave Dr Tanya alone. I love her and her "stop fussing over your children" APPROACH.

purplemonkeydishwasher · 18/05/2009 11:33

Jamie Oliver, for example, is a fat-tongued twat.

northernrefugee39 · 18/05/2009 11:32

Polk- there are those who disagree with us about Jeremy.....

Trudy Styler is a massive massive twat

PolkSaladLucie · 18/05/2009 11:21

Jeremy Vine is an uber-twat.

Joggler · 18/05/2009 11:13

and a yearnign to be a french peasant

LadeezMan · 18/05/2009 11:13

boco u iz a well funy ladeee.

Boco · 18/05/2009 11:12

YY banned yoghurt and explained to the parents that it was their own shockingly low self esteem that was causing their children to eat too much petit filous.

MissM · 18/05/2009 11:10

Do you know, I've been feeling really low today, what with work being crap n'all, and this has really really cheered me up. Hurrah for twats. They should be prescribed instead of happy pills

Joggler · 18/05/2009 11:09

Boco my chipmunk you are right. There was. i think it was a Yoghurt Issue.

that is all PRofessortanyabyron did on there, make kids NOT eat yoghurts!

MissM · 18/05/2009 11:07

God yes, bloody Woodhead. And definitely Alexander Chancellor.

Charlie Brooker, on the other hand, is a god.

The Guardian DIY disasters are like Viz's old 'Middle class accidents' (I think it was Viz and I think that's what they were called). My brother reminded me of this when I complained that the lid had got stuck on the container we keep the coffee in and when it popped open coffee grounds flew everywhere.

Boco · 18/05/2009 11:03

Wasnt' there someone from the house of tiny tearaways or something like that too? With an older dh?

Joggler · 18/05/2009 10:54

and she was called Debbie - think the thread was removed.on another thread yuo can see Enid and Malory howling NO DONT SEND HIM

arf

policywonk · 18/05/2009 10:54

Hmm I was feeling a bit reluctant to call someone a twat. But Woodhead - jeez louise. (That's me being nice cos he's just been diagnosed with MND.)

Joggler · 18/05/2009 10:51

AH NOW
It was child of our time

OlympedeGouges · 18/05/2009 10:51

oh well there was a different thread when SJ just popped up to basically say 'Hello! I'm not pissed off but I can hear you!' in a slightly over bright tone.

Boco · 18/05/2009 10:49

I mean it's just a middle class ponce version of getting your head stuck in a toilet training seat.

Boco · 18/05/2009 10:47

LOL at le creuset disaster.

If you'd been dumb enough to get them stuck, you'd probably not broadcast in guardian would you?

Joggler · 18/05/2009 10:47

i loathe woody too.
who else do i.
all the royal family - guillotine the lot of 'em

LadeezMan · 18/05/2009 10:46

Tim Dowling is well twatty, innit.

He makes me look stupid, man, in his Permachat column.

slug · 18/05/2009 10:46

Chris Woodhead, he of the "Middle class children have better genes" fame is the king rat of twatness.