Tim Dowling, for example, is a twat

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..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.

Jon Ronson is a limone...

well the OLDIES( shudder) here will remember when Sarah Jayne from cebebies mate came on.

she was NOT pleased.

adn ahem

ONE of us was the greeter to a certain childcare expert whose initials also conjure up a kissing disease.

OH OH adn we had the heartless mum of one of the kids off 7 up who sent her kid off to boarding school at about 3 weeks old.

she wasnt pleased.

God yes MissM, Simon Hoggart is a HUGE twat. And that Alexander 'Tuscany...red wine...recession..we're all suffering' Chancellor is a twat too.

I dislike any columnist who talks about education as if they knwo about it as they once went to school

ALice Miles i think in that case,was , for exmaple, a twat.

If you really want to despair in Saturday issues of the Guardian take a look at the Karen Brady cartoon/column in the "work" section.

I must admit I haven't looked at Saturdays one yet but, my God, talk about stating the obvious. Its not rocket science.

I'm looking forward to reading TD's column now

Julie Myerson, for example, is a twat.

Julie Myerson's husband, for example, is a twat.

I remember Sarah Jayne. I thought she was quite gracious in light of the slagging off that had gone off, no?

It is quite funny how neurotic all these male journalists are though, writing stuff fr the public and then being horrified if the public
don't lap it up...

LOL what did Sarah Jaynes mate have to say?

Always PMSL when reading the Q&A home / DIY page in the Saturday Guardian magazine where people write in with queries like 'I can't get a red wine stain out of my carpet' and the insightful reply is 'lots of retailers sell stain removers. Try Asda'.

oh god she was cross.
that sarah Jayne does stuff for charity or somethign.

I htink the quote that DREW her here was that someone would rahter eat their own head than listen to her.
It was googleable for a long while after.

But the crux of it is that we are all nice to someone but basically MOST peopel are annoying and get in your way in supermarkets.

I have a good chuckle at that too Rolo - did you see last weeks when some poor middleclass numpty had got one Le Creuset casserole stuck inside another one?

lol King ROlo

the bint in the times just says "go to lakeland" with a certain ennui coupled with backhander

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

Tim Dowling is well twatty, innit.

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

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

LOL at le creuset disaster.

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

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

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.

AH NOW
It was child of our time

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.)

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

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

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 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!