I am not a tuber...

Posted August 28, 2003 11:33 AM.

The only other thing that I really really feel is important to say about the Guardian article is that the photo they have decided to use alongside it makes me look - at best - like a total drooling inbred. It's like they popped out into their country garden, got the largest, sweatiest tuber they could find, cut a few random shapes into it, poked it a few times with a ball-point pen and slapped my byline next to it! To compensate (and understanding of course that this in no way undermines my image of being a consumate professional) here are some happy pictures of me looking less gross:

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the first one looks like your market testing for lynx deoderant

→ Posted by: flambingo at August 28, 2003 11:52 AM

Gasp, someone has finally discovered my secret arm-pit fetish...

→ Posted by: Tom Coates at August 28, 2003 12:41 PM

Sorry Tom, someone needs to inform you: you are just as ugly in the photos above as you appear in the Guardian image. But it's okay - byline photos ALWAYS make journos look silly, and journos usually look silly anyway. That's fine, because you're not in Girls Aloud, neither are you auditioning for a place in Home and Away any time soon.

→ Posted by: Joe Gibson at August 28, 2003 1:23 PM

Are you going bald? It's looking a bit thin on top ;)

→ Posted by: woody at August 28, 2003 2:31 PM

I've receded a bit, but I comb-over and no one can tell. [Looks pointedly at Woody]

→ Posted by: Tom Coates at August 28, 2003 2:58 PM

Are you saying I look like Hugh Grant?

→ Posted by: Tom Coates at August 28, 2003 7:53 PM

have i told you lately how much i truuuuly love you sweetie?

→ Posted by: cherie matrix at August 29, 2003 12:52 PM

Maybe it's just me, you look terribly Scottish.

→ Posted by: arseblogger at August 29, 2003 10:30 PM

Actually, I think you look fairly younger than your age in some of those photos... well, the first one at least. My opinion? S-H-A-V-E dammit.

→ Posted by: ksquare at August 31, 2003 3:14 PM

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