Tim Dowling, for example, is a twat

[Robespierre]

..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.

dully, you old fiend

Codster, I know it is YOU!!!!

the swans he made only once and the googling is ongoing

Hmm.. Frustrating lack of detail in your response. Are you really Mrs D? Or just Dave the Plumber pretending to be someone you're not?

It is MrsD. I can vouch for her. She's just a really shit typist.

i'm new to this - all the questions are upside down. dullwitch i'm ignoring you . ponymum what kind of details do you need?

Tom Cruise, for example, is a twat.
John Leslie, for example, is a twat.
Chris Tarrant, for example, is a twat.
Blake Fielder-Civil, for example, is a twat.
Amy Winehouse, for example, is a twat.
Pete Doherty, for example, is a twat.
Peaches Geldof, for example, is a twat.

Mrs D, sorry to question your identity. I hadn't seen your above response and cross posted. Reasonably satisfied with the level of detail. I no long think you Dave the Plumber.

But it would be nice if you could answer Dullwitch's question about the portrayal of your character in Mr TD's columns. I mean, that's what we really want to know.

Doesn't anyone else have a question for Mrs Tim Dowling?

but i thought this thread was about how much of a twat he is, not me?

I haev a quick fire round mrs d
no hesitating and no googing the answers.

right.. its about Timmy

bath or shower?

cat or dog?

coffee or tea?

Jordan or Katona

off oyu go

< looks at watch>

are things this slow at chateau D'Owling?

Boxers or briefs?

Don't get us wrong, Mrs D. I think we are definitely on your side here. You represent the collective Mumsnet zeitgeist of competent female coupled to slightly ridiculous male who bumbles his way through life when things would go a lot more smoothly if he just asked us in the first place. (I hope Mr Pony doesn't read this . You do an excellent job, darling.)

The question is, are you annoyed at how he portrays you?

Behind every succesful male is a rather suprised woman.

tis true.

bath, shower broken, dog, cat is mine, coffee, he's american, dont know last question....

dullwitch u still there? i got to go in a minute

very disppaointing result.
I fear her heart is not in it.

mrsdowling> yes, I am. Don't tell me you're going to work...

Did you really grass him to the head about making ds3's entry for the best egg competition?

ponymum - don't mind how i'm protrayed - i'm thick skinned and it pays the mortgage - also dont really mind that everyone thinks he's a twat.

jersey shorts

To confirm the identity of therealmrsd, please would Tim Dowling slip one of those details (re bath/shower, dog, coffee, jersey shorts) into a future column. If she is a fraud, please use the codeword bakelite.

pardon me, but has anyone seen my...oh there you are. We're out of clean towels.

Is it really you Tim?
If so please give us the recipe for the meringue swans.

joggler - sorry to disappoint - just goes to show tims amazing ability to turn sows ear into silk purse. or is it the other way round dullwitch. i like the icons

bakelite