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.

Big Cook and Little Cook, for example, are twats
Prince Charles, for example, is a twat
Daisy Goodwin, for example, is a twat
Gillian McKeith, for example, is a twat

I quite like Tim Dowling, he makes me laugh, but I suppose he is a bit of a twat all the same. I feel bad for his wife. I like Chris Cleave, but Lucy Mangan is the best, I can't beleive they cut her colum!

Mumtoapickle - Big Cook Little Cook are a comedy double act. They do very very rude stand-up

lol @ Flo

Can I just go on record as the first person to have nominated Little Cook? Am so glad I have back up.

And how about Sporticus? God what a twat.

I fancy Sportacus.

Cliff Richard is a twat of the highest order. Oh, how I hate him and his immobile upper lip and stupid Christmas dirges.

Bono has ascended effortlessly to No. 1 in my personal twat-parade following his risible 'Elvis' poem, as fawningly plugged on Radio 4.

Biggest load of twat you ever did hear

Have we done Amanda Holden? With the Botox?

Amanda Holden is a twat with Botox

Jeremy Vine is so NOT a twat.

I wuv him....

Wiggletastic is nomber one Jeremy Vine fan.

You're famous now - at least on Google!!!

I'm coming very late to the party with an Alain de Botton, for example, is a twat. A not-half-as-clever-as-he-thinks-he-is twat at that.

Simon Cowell, for example is a twat. Not sure if we'd done him yet....

I like Tim Dowling. But the basic brief for his Guardian column does appear to be 'describe incidents in which you have behaved like a twat', which may account for it.

No you can't have Simon Cowell and Jonothan Ross, or even Tim Dowling for that matter because they are not twats. They have a sense of humour and a certain self-awareness and they are just acting like twats. Apparently they make a lot of money (maybe not Tim Dowling on that last one.)

They make me laugh anyway.

Nick knowles, for example, is a twat. Makes my skin crawl. Twat.

I think that Jonathan Ross behaves like a twat sometimes on his TV show - a little creepy with the ladies - but he is brilliant on the radio.

Ooooh, Bella, do you think he might have noticed? Probably not, I'm sure Jeremy would never Google himself, as unlike Tim Dowling, he is not a twat.

Tim Dowling wrote a piece about his dog and cat following him around the house all day, just staring at him, that made me SNORT with laughter. Coz I have a dog that does that. Why does he do that? What does he WANT from me?

Are we allowed to do women?

Coz that Carol Voldermort Vorderman, for example....

Oh, I meant to start a thread with this title as well when I read it. Or just incorporate this phrase in lots of threads randomly. Ha ha

I think Kerry Katona is a twat.
And Morrissey.
Oh, and Hawkwind (I'm not sure where that came from, but they are)

I like Tim Dowling very much.

I have got a couple of cutting from his articles pinned on my magnetic board in the kitchen: one about the wife having been nice to everybody at work and feel the need to rant the minute she walks through the door and another about the wife again complaining the place was a shamble for a piece of lego on the floor or smthing. Very much this family albeit role reversed.
If it wasn't for his articles and the family section I wouldn't bother buying the sat guradian anymore tbh.

lol @ "Hawkwind"

I have to disagree about Kerry Katona. She is jut very vulnerable and ill-advised