A brief history of Dr E Vibenstein¹

All facts² verified by someone whose mother's friend's cousin's ex-husband's milkman was once on the same train as the late Norris McWhirter³.

Dr E Vibenstein⁴ was born, through no fault of his own, in the week that Amazing Grace by the Pipes And Drums Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was the number one single, a trauma from which he never quite recovered.

The seeds of his literary career were sown when, at the tender age of seven, he received perhaps the ultimate accolade - the joke he sent to The Beano was chosen as "Joke Of The Week".

Having comprehensively failed to become a rich and successful rock star, EV was bitten by the Internet bug in 1997, and after a course of painful injections, inaugurated a website of his very own, which has attracted enthusiastic e-mails from all over the world, not all of which have been "get rich quick" schemes or invitations to websites containing pornographic material.

	John Peel 1939-2004

Since discovering h2g2 in the late 20th century, EV has had numerous guide entries accepted, encompassing such diverse subjects as John Peel, cake, and the tact and diplomacy of Prince Philip. He retired from a long and rewarding career as an ACE in 2004, although he remains a Guru and a Scotsman, and is now married⁵ to fords with a gorgeous screaming dervish of a daughter. All correspondence regarding Nigerian money laundering schemes should be sent here.

Now That's What I Call Dr E Vibenstein-----------------a-haAdam AntBad NewsBand Aid and Live AidBBC Radio OneCakeJim ClarkCulture ClubIvor CutlerLes DawsonFalkirkFrankie Goes To HollywoodThe Human LeagueThe Jesus and Mary ChainThe KLFNot The Nine O'Clock NewsJohn PeelPet Shop BoysPop MusicPublic Information FilmsKevin Rowland's 'My Beauty'Spandau BalletSpeak-Your-Weight MachinesThe Tact and Diplomacy of Prince PhilipTiswasFrank Zappa

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Get out more!

The Scottish Researchers Group⁶ invites you to HAMSTER in Glasgow on November 1st. If you couldn't make that one, keep an eye on the other upcoming community events⁷.

Wondering what a real life h2g2 meet looks like? Edited highlights from previous meets can be found at EV's Rogues Gallery. Careful now.

Let's get ready to grumble.

Tetchy? Irritable? Or just plain miserable? Join P.U.D.D.I.N.G.⁸ and say it loud: I'm grumpy and proud!

I have too many badge(r)s now.

What are you talking about?

I wonder what does.

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¹ Dr E Vibenstein is keen to point out that he is not a doctor of medicine.
² Except this one.
³ He wasn't dead at the time, obviously, but he may well have been late, as he was on a train after all.
⁴ "EV" to his friends, enemies, and people who have never met him.
⁵ Sorry ladies.
⁶ Judean People's Front? We're the People's Front of Judea! etc.
⁷ Some of which may not be entirely alcohol-related.
⁸ People United in Defence of Depression, Irritability and Natural Grumpiness.