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

[rachel(mumsnet)]

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.

"People who just sit there and bitch are a little bit pathetic, don't you think?"

Did he just launch a broadside at the wit of MN?

People who just sit there and bitch are a little bit pathetic, don't you think?

Only if they aren't getting paid for it. As most tabloid journos know.

Well, I agree with him. It's easy to knock people but hard to do it yourself, and must be horrible to read stuff like that. [sensitive emoticon]

I asked proper questions.

He answered to Carm.

It's all Carm, Carm, Carm on this thread

At last some recognition

[strokes Carm's hair]

Still, I do think that if anyone has a question they should ask it and we should stop knocking people down all the time. It's not naice.

Also, Nick Hornby is really talented, and that should be recognized and he shouldn't dismissed as someone who is horrid and pretends to be working class.

Right.

So.

[bursts into tears]

ahundredtimes I also asked proper questions. He didn't answer me either.

[passes tissues, decorated with soft pink lambs and daffodil heads waving in the breeze]

Perhaps he will tonight Swedes.

Oh Carm, these are just opinions not facts - he's a shleb, he has to have a thick skin to do this. Please don't tell me we are supposed to be polite little ladies for the gentleman caller. MN is about caustic wit! If he wanted slobbering he could have gone to Netmums.

He's not a sleb.

He isn't on here because he's famous for doing fuck all other than appearing in a reality television show or on the pages of Heat magazine.

He does try to do something, and should be happy to stand by what he does.

There's a difference between ignorant name calling and slobbering.

Also, why should he have a thick skin? Because he tries to do something in the public eye? What - write a newspaper column, review the 'arts', write novels.

Just because someone makes a career doing that, doesn't mean the general public are entitled to be rude or give them a good kicking.

[bizarrely sticking up for Tony Parsons emoticon ]

Well who's saying he isn't happy?

Ignorant name calling? Back to you on that one.

"[bizarrely sticking up for Tony Parsons emoticon ]"

If it doesn't taste right, spit it out

He is vastly superior to Alan Johnson, MP and people were quite nice to him. Vastly.

TonyParsons If I could impose a voice change on my Partner, I would gift him Tom Paulin's voice. Who would you like to hear whispering back at you in the dark?

Message withdrawn

[for gods sake Cod, About a Boy is by Nick Bloody Hornby lolol]

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Look it's easy. We just have to ask what we're expected to ask:

Tony.

What is your new book about?

See? It's easy.

Swedes whispering question by far the best.

Tony, looking back do you not agree The Sex

Pistols were a bit shite?

love 'n' hugz

coco xx

Oooh yes, Mark Ronson live web cam chat.

Nice.

ahundredtimes - he's coming on here because he wants to sell his new book, let's face it. So don't feel too sorry for him.

Ah but you see he wants to sell his book, and so he's doing this. Because he wants to sell his book that doesn't mean he should have his personal life laughed at or be insulted, does it? It's like saying Midnight Express came on Mn because she wanted parenting advice, so it's okay that we all laughed at her. [Not that we did. oh no]

I'm going to stop now. I think I'm turning into UQD.

I lolol at Coco's hugs n kisses though.

Does anyone want a cup of tea? Or something from the shops?

Bugger, I've just realised I'm going to be bored to death a PTA thingy tonight, so I'll miss it.

Someone make sure he answers my Sex Pistols question.

It's important.