to think that mumsnet are a bunch of Guardian-reading, laptop-wielding harpies

[lordtobyyoung]

here

I do so love that description. might add it to my facebook profile

I reckon the OP is actually Toby Young himself, wanting to get as many clicks on his article as possible, then he looks good for his bossy wossy.

[Apologies if wrong]

If right-sod off!

Well I would click on the link but I am too busy readin the Guardian and attacking random people with my laptop.
And also hoiking up my extra large maternity judgy pants.

I read the Guardian most days, one has to have a laugh sometimes. CIF is an absolute scream!

I read the Guardian on my iPad.. How do I fit???

Yep I read the guardian and I have a laptop.
That's about it. I'm working class but do not work as I care for my three disbled children, not mid thirties quite yet I have a few years to go, didn't go to university, live in a newbuild and only my forearm would fit in skinny jeans.

Oh and I forgot to confess I once went to a Milliband birthday party - I think it was probably Ed on age grounds (we were born in the same year, David is older) - our parents were friends and it was probably about his 7th birthday - I'm sure he would have no idea who I am.

Who cares, he is not important so his viewpoint is irrelevant to me. He made some sharp observations though, not totally untrue across the board!

But I don't live in London and am posting from my phone. Certainly don't have a 'multipla' either...

Guardian? Yawn. I prefer Look magazine. And who is toby young exactly? I will google + find out..

Apart from owning a laptop I can only tick one of those boxes (and it isn't wearing skinny jeans before some smartarse says otherwise!).

SAHM?

Lives in North London?

And as for The Guardian, I wouldn't use it in the cat's litter tray. I'm a Times, Telegraph or Independent-reading harpie.

TY is very behind the times; I'm a Guardian-reading iPhone wielding harpy - that's why my proofreadjnf has deteriorated so much recently.

"proofreadjnf"

Is that how the Guardian spell it?

It is if they're typesetting on an iPhone (actually it was a legitimate typo which I noticed but chose not to correct for dramatic effect).

I thought so.

Honestly, what a tool. Almost as bad as that marketing twunt the other week.

SAHM - no
Floating voter - no (and neither Labour, LibDem or Green to boot )
Laptop-wielding harpy - well, I have a laptop but am I a harpy? But for the purposes of this exercise, I'll say yes
University-educated - yes.
Upper-middle-class - possibly (depends on your definition)
Mid-30s - no - late 40s
Two children - No
Victorian house in North London - no: House might be Victorian but it is in the sticks Glasgow
Weekends in the country - Absolutely not
Fiat Multipla - no
Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - no (don't they even do Scotland - but don't like Internet grocery shopping anyway)
Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - maybe - but only the Butterscotch one (and have been on a diet so haven't had one in 6 months )
Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - No
Skinny jeans - Never

So out of 15, there are 2 definite "yes" respones with a further 2 "possibles", so a maximum score of 4/15.

Definite fail

Toby Young doesn't have a clue. This is not news.

He's sooooooo got a complex about the free schools thing.

I've heard him interviewed and he had the same petulant air about him then.

He seems to have hit the nail on the head.

I feel dirty about being associated with The Guardian though.

'it?s peopled almost exclusively by university-educated, upper-middle-class women who are only ?swing voters? in the sense that they swing between voting Labour, Lib Dem and Green. You know the type. She?s in her mid-30s, has two children at the local primary called Felix and Tallulah, lives in a Victorian house in North London, spends weekends in the country, drives a Fiat Multipla, gets her weekly shop delivered by Ocado, has a fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate and knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband. The closest she gets to the ?squeezed middle? is when she tries to wriggle into a pair of skinny jeans'

I've got two children and a degree...that's about it.
I'm obviously the one who forces him to qualify his response with 'almost'

I'm not a Guardian wielding harpie, but a little bit of me wants to be one now...

SAHM - no
Floating voter - no
Laptop - no
University-educated - yes
Upper-middle-class - no
Mid-30s - yes
Two children - No, three
Victorian house in North London - no, newbuild in Wales
Weekends in the country - yes, and midweek in the country too!
Fiat Multipla - no
Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - no, I live too far out in the sticks for any supermarkets to deliver
Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - yes

Oh, and I read the Indy and not the Grauniad

Well now i have googled him and read the link. I should have read my mum's Take a Break instead, more interesting.

Mid thirties - younger
predominantly SAHMs - no, self-employed
university educeted - yes
upper middle class - no, middle class
has two children at the local primary - not yet
called Felix and Tallulah - no
victorian house - no, modern house
in North London - no
spends weekends in the country - lives in country
drives a Fiat multipla - no, golf
weekly shop delivered by Ocado - no, drive to Tescos
"has a fondnessfor green and blacks chocolate" - I dont like chocolate (I know I'm weird)
and knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - no, I dont have any friends that mix in those sort of circles
Skinny jeans - no, bootleg

Laptop - no
Guardian - no

Can anybody answer yes to most of Toby's generalisations?