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August 31, 2009

Follow Giles Coren’s every, er, movement on Twitter

By Axegrinder

Potty-mouthed hack and TV tart Giles Coren has discovered Twitter, and readers of his Times columns might find his language a little shocking (although Times subs will be used to it, of course)

Here’s a selection from his first fortnight’s tweets:

‘Who the fuck’s fucked up ipod is this?”

‘fuck I hate computers. No they hate me.”

‘trying to tweet a photo. Is it fucked or is it me?”

‘fuck me what an absolute cunt”

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‘Sofra in Mayfair, full of hedgefund fools forking down fuckawful bland, ugly, totally unTurkish chain food.”

‘man, that stinky lambstick repeats on a fellow. like i swallowed a weasel. i’m burping shit and fur.”

‘A bowl of punishment muesli: aquarium grit and birdseed. Goes you through you like a plunger. Should bring on 2nd poo of morning around 11.”

‘it seems my scatalogical approach has actually lost me 2 followers. Probably old people. Jealous cos they can’t poo.”

‘desperately pumping poo stories in hope of upturn”

Axegrinder understands Coren is now working on a programme for BBC1, his output having previously been seen on BBC2 and Channel 4. Perhaps going mainstream will make him clean up his act … and his mouth.

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