"Oh please, you lard-butt British frumps have got off too lightly"

[AwayInAMunker]

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Oh he was on R4 doing an interview last week. I don't think we should dignify him with a response. He's just a tosser looking to stir up trouble in order to make a name and some money for himself.

Sort of like a troll ...

we shouldn't feed him ...

Oh he's a keeper. NOB.

He's trying really, really hard, I feel like I should be offended just to make him feel better. But just can't summon the will.

Wanker.

Obviously he's been dumped.

I'm sorry, but the line about Toblerones had me sniggering - I recognised myself!

Bless him.

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/beauty/article3029451.ece

Guess what? He's still single. Erm, no surprises there ...

Quattro - i heard that on R4 too, was it on Woman's Hour or something? didn't the woman who was on there (can't remember who she was! ) rip him to shreds? it was great!!

I got bored half-way through the article.

Is the toblerone comment worth me going and having another look?

Well. That's fine.

Women should ensure they make themselves look pretty and keep themselves slender.

Fair enough.

So men will do the same yes?

No more beer belly, kebab breath or lager burps? No more lighting your own farts? A 6pack on your chest instead of in your fridge? pedicure instead of sitting on the sofa biting your toenails off?

Men will be dying their hair, will they? Embarking on a rigorous regime of cleanse, tone and moisturise?

They'll be wearing the right sort of underwear from now on - something that enhances their crown jewels, not something with skid marks?

I saw the pic of that guy who wrote the article.

His eyebrows are dodgy, his skin badly needs exfoliating and he has what appears to be a tidemark around his neck.

Tbh, I think he's really let himself go.

He's such a bum-chinned wonky-nosed dweeb, isn't he?

Oh. And he really ought to have a nose job.

His eyebrows need shaping and he needs some work doing on his eyelids - touch of the old St Bernards happening there. His teeth are clearly dodgy too. He's had quite a bad dye-job on his hair - needs to go to a better salon - maybe if he can stir up enough outrage with his book - he'd be able to afford it?

I read the article in Sunday Times and thought he did have a point about personality not being linked to being a size 16 etc. Can you not be well groomed and have a nice personality?

But English men have to shape up too if they want us to do same.

"An informal poll of my US female friends revealed that they spend roughly $700 (£350) a month on what they consider standard obligatory beauty maintenance."

We know he hasn't got (m)any female friends - it's impossible - but I'm interested to know how much mumsnetters spend on "obligatory beauty maintenance"?

He can't possibly mean me, DP tells me I look beautiful in my baggy out of shape tracky pj pants and mismatched vest, he likes the fact that I eat toblerone and watch eastenders, makes him feel better about beer and top gear.

See, the thing is, what exactly does he mean? really?

I don't know many people who don't take personal grroming seriously, it doesn't consume them, but they keep their hair cut and clean and they dry and straighten/curl it, they do their make-up every morning, they take care about what they wear, they are generally conscious of their weight, but that's not the same as overplucked, overbleached, orange tanned, fake nails and living off lettuce leaves.

I'd say the former were generally a lot prettier though, they allow themselves to laugh for one, which makes everyone more beautiful, rather than keep a tight frown for fear of a few laughter lines.

Started reading it and couldn't be arsed after about half way through.

Hunker - why DID you give the tosser space???

Because he'd not had any decent insults lately, clearly. His ego's too intact

And where better to come for insults than MN?

Made me think: why don t all the neurotic appearance-crazy Americans just shag each other and leave us to grind our flabby british together and have a laugh afterwards.

Well reading though the active convos on MN I know exactly why we aren't up to scratch.
Our sons have pinched our dresses, We have children hanging off our boobs, we're running around after cats/dogs/father christmas and there are too many people wanting recipes.

Oh god I have an American friend who is appearance obsessed, it's terribly wearing. SHe is no barbie doll, she's just perky and says "Well, why would anyone want to let themselves go?"...
The best one was when she and her husband were talking about a woman (some random person). "Is she pretty?" asked my friend.
"Umm...English pretty," he replied.
"Ohhhhhh."

LOL at Americans complaining the British are flabby. If he wants to have a go at fat people then he should look a little closer to home.

(Not svelte myself - relieved as this means even if I do bump into Mr Dork Brain I won't have to fend off his advances.)

Crap, why did I follow that link Not feeling overly positive about body at mo. bollocks.

It makes me me so cross that he can bang on about women making an effort - twit. I bet he doesn't expect to put on three stone in in six-nine months then have people moan that he's not making a sodding effort when he hasn't lost it immediately.

arrrgh.