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Tim Dowling, for example, is a twat

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Robespierre · 17/05/2009 16:28

..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.

OP posts:
Blick · 23/05/2009 06:27

Tim Dowling, for example, has a spat. Good column this week.

DamonBradleylovesPippi · 23/05/2009 20:27

yup. sometimes I think Tim Dowling must have a cmaera in our house.

DamonBradleylovesPippi · 23/05/2009 20:27

yup. sometimes I think Tim Dowling must have a cmaera in our house.

Hassled · 23/05/2009 20:29

Blick, it was a great column. I love his wife - I do that premature washing up thing as well.

I was so hoping for an MN mention though

muffinmonster · 24/05/2009 22:56

"The episode concerns a couple who some years ago bought two boxers, Daisy and Duke."

Surely that's a coded reference to his jersey underwear? A PAIR of boxers, geddit?

monkeytrousers · 25/05/2009 07:02

MP, you tossed glitter on your thread? What does one eat before-um-hand to achieve this...?

monkeytrousers · 25/05/2009 07:02

doh - shed - I know you toss all over threads all the time.

MisterUdagawa · 06/04/2013 11:37

now look

Blumerz · 29/06/2013 22:31

Has anyone ever looked up the word "twat"? After hearing "twat" repeatedly on a brief outing into the town centre today I came home and looked it up. I was horrified to think females are sharing this part of their anatomy in association with rather despicable types, both male and female. Wonder how it gets used in the playground, simply because it sounds less ugly and harmful than other derogatory terms...

annelawrence43 · 04/05/2015 21:39

Tim Dowling is great and every Saturday I read his column in the Guardian. It is gently humorous and gives me an insight to his week which includes his wife, three children and dogs. I do find his home life a bit chaotic but there is a definite warmth within his family which makes a change from reading about horrible dysfunctional families. Doom and gloom seems to be the order of the day. His column cheers me up and I would like to see him playing his banjo in his band.

FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 04/05/2015 21:42

Gosh. You waited 6 years to stand up for Tim?!

TheOneWiththeNicestSmile · 04/05/2015 21:43

this is the band, anne, if you want to research Smile

www.policedoghogan.com/gigs/

BrendaandEddie · 31/08/2015 13:03

ITS A FUCKING CLASSIC!!

MNHQ would delete this now for not being in teh bloody spirit

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