I think I love David Mitchell. Look at this article he wrote on pole dancing in the Cambridge Union

[HerBeatitude]

he's got the point hasn't he?

very very very good. especially on politicians' wives - long been a bug bear of mine

I knew I was right to like him

He wrote another scathing and beautifully moral article which I have bookmarked: Spare me that rubbish about your "rights".

Will read the pole dancing article now. Thanks, HerBeatitude!

yep, he has it

I'm quite desperately in love with him.

Genius.

Just wish he was a bit sexier...

gomez..ya see, if he was sexier, it just wouldn't work would it ?

he is a geek, like your best male mate

you wouldn't shag him...but you love him

yes ?

Excellent David. Good for him. It's extremely refreshing to hear a well known man say, 'Lapdancing is grim'.

I totally agree about the politicians wives and Sarah's toe.

Aye okay I'll give you that one.

But I certainly wouldn't give him one

he's a smug git though

David Mitchell is lovely. And right.

dittany, you can hear him can't you? Raging nicely.

I'm afraid I find him v attractive. Tried to convince another MNer of this when she stayed for a few days this week. She accused him of looking like he has thyroid issues. We agreed to disagree.

lol @ thyroid issues

this quote is from the wheelie bin article, but works well for the "PC gone mad" thing:

"Our evolution into apex individualists has superbly attuned us to injustices against us while atrophying our awareness of the vastly greater number that work in our favour."

I don't get that last quote < thicko >

Oh I love this! I love it!
DH read it and said "He's wonderful! He's right!"
We're sitting here and swooning together over his wondrousness

he writes so well he makes me squirm with delight.
and the content!

What a lovely and fantastic article

I especially liked his line "So far, so undergraduate."

LOL

I agree, great writing. But, folks, this thing about him being sexy or not. Isn't it a bit ironic - are we not reducing ourselves to the level of those who write about Sarah Brown's feet? It's not really relevant, is it?

Agree with spider - it's horribly rare to see/hear/read a man saying this stuff. Thank god for Mitchell.

I'm just waiting for someone to pop up on this thread accusing David Mitchell of being a man-hater or attempting to curtail women's right to choose pole dancing as a route to empowerment ...

Excellent article! Thanks for posting.

He's very funny on the page. You can certainly hear that 'tone' he has.

Brilliant!

That one about the bins is hilarious too.

LOL at "I can almost hear the oxfam advert."

Oh, he is just too good.

that wheelie bins one is just fantastic. I too, it would seem, am warming to this man. (he has the same approach to clothing as dh)