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Live web-chat with Tony Parsons, 9pm-10pm, 6 October

721 replies

rachel(mumsnet) · 01/10/2008 15:59

Columnist and author Tony Parsons will be joining us here on Monday 6th October from 9-10pm for a live chat. Tony's sixth novel, 'My Favourite Wife' has just been published and is described by The Independent as 'a much bigger, more ambitious book' than million-selling 'Man and Boy'. If you can't make the chat you can post your questions in advance here.
Hope to see you here on Monday.

OP posts:
ScummyMummy · 06/10/2008 22:11

What kind of accent is that, jimjams?

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:11

jrhartley

CheesyHawkes · 06/10/2008 22:11

ChesneyHawkes not available. This'll have to do.

davegahan · 06/10/2008 22:11

This one too....

TonyHawkes · 06/10/2008 22:11

Minky what did you say?

davegahan · 06/10/2008 22:12

That's probably quite west country (ooh arrghhh) Scummy. I'm in the west country so am allowed to say get orf moi laaaaand

kNickHornby · 06/10/2008 22:13
BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:13

oh yeah im only messing.
i only have one dd.

i've not seen ch on here before though.

IorekByrnison · 06/10/2008 22:14

Bollocks I missed it. He seemed very nice. Swedes, when are you going on your hot date with Tom Paulin?

ScummyMummy · 06/10/2008 22:14

Minky accurately said he was a cunt avoiding the question.

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:14

why the feck would we want chesney hawkes on here?

who else would you like to see on here?

ScummyMummy · 06/10/2008 22:14

Read it quick before it's deleted!

davegahan · 06/10/2008 22:14

nickhorny has gone....

TonyHawkes · 06/10/2008 22:15

lol

MinkyBorage · 06/10/2008 22:15

Something in response to this
"Dear Scummy Mummy - I am very happy with the woman I have, thanks. Don't worry about what my daughter will think of me when she grows up - i will do my best to make her love me and make her proud of me. I HAVE NO DOUBT SHE WILL MAKE UP HER OWN MIND - I SHALL LET YOU KNOW IF I NEED A BABY SITTER If you want to rifle my cuttings to prove I am a bad boy, and have been even worse in the past, you will not have to look very far. But please PLEASE don't worry about what my daughter will think of me - worry about what your children will think of you. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST ANY. TONY XXXOOO " pathetic answer, may have mentioned that he didn't answer the question ScummyMummy posed, and suggested that he was too far up his own arse to understand ,........ blah blah I don't know, might have sais I didn't fancy buying his sentimental bollocks book. Nothing OTT imho!

MrNickHornby · 06/10/2008 22:16

lol

MinkyBorage · 06/10/2008 22:17

ScummyMummy! How could you! You misquoted me! I clearly stated he was twunt! .....ah yes, I said that I thought he was a twunt before, and think he's even more of a twunt now!

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:20

minky what did you say?

JustineMumsnet · 06/10/2008 22:20

We only have about 2 rules Minky and one of them is no personal attacks.
Telling someone they are so far up their own arse and a twunt breaks the rules. We might strongly disagree with others' opinions, we might be a vipers' nest (am I'm not for a moment admitting any sort of liability here) but we still have standards even for, no, especially for, our guests. Don't you think?

CheesyHawkes · 06/10/2008 22:23

Why not, Bigwads? He wrote some a very catchy tunes

bran · 06/10/2008 22:26

Actually, I think Tony Hawkes would be a great webchat person to have on. I bet he would too, he strikes me as the type who would turn up to the opening of an envelope. Possibly a bit light-weight for MN though.

(BTW Minky was clearly correct in her post, but at the same time clearly breaking the rules. Perhaps it could be restated in an acceptable, less insulting way because it was a good point.)

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:27

justine, can we pleaseeeeeee have tony hawkes the writer on next, he might be willing as he was plugging his book on the wrightstuff this am?
why don't one of you lot call his agent in the am cheeky

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:28

chessyhawkes i have actually met ch before
i'm not kidding this time.
he was at the same holiday resort as us singing in the bar lol

BIGwads · 06/10/2008 22:29

yeah bran, i bet her would be really funny.

we want tony hawkes on
we want tony hawkes on
we want tony hawkes on
we want tony hawkes on
we want tony hawkes on !!!!!!!

NickHornby9448 · 06/10/2008 22:30

Did someone mention my name?