Talk:E. J. Thribb

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

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)

Who is it?
The first paragraph states it is actually Barry Fantoni, but the final paragraph states he retired in 2010. So, which is it? --TBM10 (talk) 21:41, 18 March 2017 (UTC)