Re. the reference to Thribb's age, might it be a reference to Adrian Mole (who had a habit of writing similarly awful poetry)? I'm not sure how long the column has been going.

Luke Parks 20:15, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Having looked into it, it would appear not.

Luke Parks 18:30, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thribb was signing with his age long before Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole - can't find a quick reference to first publishing date but I read Private Eye before Mole was published

[edit] Thribb reads Wikipedia

His latest oeuvre (Eye 1175, page 23) includes:

Marmaduke Hussey,

Former Chairman

Of the BBC.

Sadly, there is very little

About you on

Wikipedia.

And the same goes for

Frank Johnson.

The thing of it is, he's right. Sam Blacketer 22:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)