Please tell me that there is a MNetter in Royal Wooton Basset

[MmeLindt]

Please!

SAHM - no

Floating voter - no

Laptop-wielding harpy - absolutely

University-educated - no

Upper-middle-class - no

Mid-30s - least said the better.

Two children - yes.

Victorian house in North London - no, I live far far away in the land of cheese and watches. And choc

Weekends in the country - does holidays in ex-council house in Scotland count?

Fiat Multipla - no

Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - would be nice, but doubt if they deliver over here

Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - Lindt or Godiva please

Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - no. My Dad once thought he saw the Beatles in Perth. That any good?

Skinny jeans - erm. No.

So 2/15 if I pretend to be mid30s

Well, we're obviously in the wrong place MmeLindt. Thank goodness Toby has come along to enlighten us.

Ahhh Toby, Toby, Toby, you really haven't been hanging around here enough have you.

So judging from his description then I am one of the very few who haven't been to uni, definitely not upper-middle class, not yet 30, have 5 kids, live outside of London, shops at Asda, can't stand Green & Blacks and have never met anyone who would even admit to going out with Ed Miliband. Oh and I don't need to wriggle to fit into skinny jeans

where is wooton basset, it sounds v wodehousian.

ah Toby, once again hanging on to the coat tails of MN to garner some publicity............

SAHM - no

Floating voter - no, fully paid up member of and canvasser for my party

Laptop-wielding harpy - no

University-educated - yes

Upper-middle-class - no

Mid-30s - 34

Two children - yes.

Victorian house in North London - teeny 30's maisonette in Edinburgh

Weekends in the country - some, but only to see ageing parents

Fiat Multipla - ancient old banger which is making a disturbing noise

Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - no

Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - no

Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - No, but I once served lunch to Willie Whitelaw when I was a waitress

Skinny jeans - Once

also a 2/10 here

to paraphrase Alan Partridge...

STOP GETTING MUMSNET WRONG!!!

I bloody hate Toby Young ever since his tv programme. What a dick. Wonder if his wife's on here?

Aitchtech Wootton Bassett is near ((Whispers)) Swindon...or the Cotswolds as we like to say Toby!!

Contended Little Baby Book?

I'll contend that your research was pitiful.

I'm only 3 out of 15...

Not sure if that means that TY is a sexist, stereotyping waste of webspace, or that I am on MN under false-pretences .

Blobby deserved the sick

I dont like Toby Young.

Toby...or not Toby...that is the question.

Oh no, TY is indisputably and categorically correct. He must be, he's so sure of himself, and what would we women know anyway

SAHM - no

Floating voter - no,

Laptop-wielding harpy - no

University-educated - yes

Upper-middle-class - no idea, is there a class for people who have slaved for years in useful jobs and have now been so screwed over they can only find 21 hours work a week between them?

Mid-30s - cough, no comment

Two children - three

Victorian house in North London - ancient house in Wales

Weekends in the country - I live in the country, does this count?

Fiat Multipla - hangs head in shame, and I agree, they are butt ugly.

Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - as if

Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - uck

Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - I met Willie whitelaw too!

Skinny jeans - Aha, ha hhahahahahah, no.

3/15, not a pass here either.

swindon, eh?
i do think the idea that we are all floating voters is just bonkersly patronising. do the political parties think the top gear forumites are floaters just because they have a shared interest in jeremy clarkson?

SAHM - no way
Floating voter - nope. very firm political views
Laptop-wielding harpy - I have a laptop, but I don't wield it. It stays on the table. As for Harpy, it depends on what mood I'm in.
University-educated - no.
Upper-middle-class - definitely not
Mid-30s - early 30s thank you very much
Two children - none yet, sadly.
Victorian house in North London - so only people who live in the Capital are allowed to have views and opinions are they?
Weekends in the country - occasionally when I visit my mother. It's where I grew up.
Fiat Multipla - I don't drive, adn my DH has a mondeo
Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - very funny. Ocado don't deliver around here. Nor would I pay their prices.
Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - not particularly
Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - again, very funny
Skinny jeans - get real!

Toby Young, for example...

SAHM - no

Floating voter - no

Laptop-wielding harpy - no (I MN from work or iPhone)

University-educated - no

Upper-middle-class - no

Mid-30s - no (almost 40 actually)

Two children - no, just the one

Victorian house in North London - no, rented 60's semi in Oxfordshire

Weekends in the country - no, weekends in a caravan by the beach

Fiat Multipla - Gawd no, I think they are the ugliest car ever!

Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - no, weekend shop in Tesco (or Morrisons if I can be bothered to drive for 40 mins)

Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - no, Mint aero or co-op fairtrade

Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - (who?) no

Skinny jeans - Christ no, not with these thighs

oooh - 0/10 and I've been a member here for years

So 2/15 if I pretend to be mid30s

What a dick. And how insulting to generalise about a million members.

but he is a dick, though, a well-known one. mn hasn't even been in the news recently, so the whole article smacks of 'what the FUCK can i talk about now to cause a stooshie and make the ed think i'm a controversialist?'

i'm rather surprised they published it, you would think it would have gone on the spike until something related to MN is in the media again.

forget the checklist, it's not relevant. comments are a bit bleeeeeergh though. but then most people are informed about mn by the media, i suppose, and therein lies the problem, tobes.

SAHM - I wish

Floating voter - Nope

Laptop-wielding harpy - it has been known

University-educated - Not even A levels

Upper-middle-class - Hardly

Mid-30s - er no

Two children - Until I had a third

Victorian house in North London - Nope, Hants.

Weekends in the country - No chance

Fiat Multipla - diesel VW

Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - nope, basket of stuff every time I stop for diesel.

Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - nope, give me a Mars Bar any day of the week

Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - no. My dad was at school with most of the Who though

Skinny jeans - Really? With this arse?

So I make that 0/10.

Thanks. I would like to thank my parents. My agent. My husband...

Post this in Forces Sweethearts - there are loads of army families living in that area so there may be MNs in Royal Wooton Bassett.

SAHM - No. Run my own business
Floating voter - No
Laptop-wielding harpy - Define harpy?
University-educated - Yes
Upper-middle-class - No
Mid-30s - Early 50s
Two children - Yes
Victorian house in North London - Edwardian in South London
Weekends in the country - No
Fiat Multipla - No
Weekly shop delivered by Ocado - No
Fondness for Green and Black?s chocolate - No
Knows someone who knows someone who once went out with Ed Miliband - No
Skinny jeans - No

2/14

3/15, not a pass here either