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		The recorded name was deliberately distorted for the LP adapation of the radio series and subsequently changed to "'''Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings''' of ''' ''Wasp'' Villas, ''Green''bridge, Essex, England'''" in all later versions.
		It was the inclusion of his then address (Beehive Court, Redbridge) in the first edition that annoyed him." Johnstone attended Brentwood School (Brentwood, England) Brentwood School, Essex with Adams, and received an award for English the same year as him.
		According to M.J. Simpson who wrote a biography of Adams, David Thomas (a mutual friend of Adams and Johnstone) once said "Although Paul was miffed by Douglas' epithet he was also amused.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Paul_Neil_Milne_Johnstone.html (341 words)

	[minstrels] Mrs. Thatcher -- Sue Townsend
		Douglas Adams fell into this trap, for instance, with his Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings poem about the dead swans, which definitely detracted from it.
		Luckily, Townsend makes no such mistake; her Adrian Mole poems are uniformly brilliant, the kind of bad poetry that gets written by your angsty high school classmate, except that they somehow manage to be hilariously funny as well.
		There's a great review here: http://www.epinions.com/content_87144566404 Biography of Townsend: http://www.adrianmole.com/Sue/biography.html [this poem is archived, accessible and awaiting your comments at] http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1610.html To subscribe, send a blank mail to .
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1610.html (360 words)

	Colgate Kicks Out Fraternity for Hazing (for reading poetry to hazees?!)
		The absolute worst poetry was written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings.
		The third worst poetry in the universe is written by Vogons, and frequently used as a form of torture.
		I remember poetry being a part of my college fraternity experience - but the poetry was all in the form of limericks chanted out loud at drinking parties.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1026413/posts (1507 words)

	...all these worlds...
		Famously, he objected to being named in HHGG and his character was thinly disguised in the subsequent book and TV series as ‘Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings.’ David Thomas, a friend of both men, told me: “Although Paul was miffed by Douglas’ epithet he was also amused.
		News has just reached me that Paul Neil Milne Johnstone, immortalised in the radio series of Hitchhiker’s Guide as ‘the worst poet in the universe’ sadly died earlier this month (from pancreatic failure).
		Johnstone shared a dormitory with Douglas Adams at Brentwood school— you can see a photograph of them together in my book — where he developed a reputation for writing slightly pretentious poetry.
	hatbag.net /2004_04_01_archive.html (4415 words)

	The alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ
		Hence the original programmes have Paul Neil Milne Johnstone, whereas the later works have Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings.
		Paul Neil Milne Johnstone is a real person, who wrote some appalling poetry.
		The bit about monkeys was a reference to a probability theory that if you were to put an infinite number of monkeys at typewriters, pressing keys randomly at a steady rate, eventually one will bash out the script to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
	www.zootle.net /afda/faq/e.shtml (1827 words)

	Comments on 2264 MetaFilter
		Adams having some fun, but the poor Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (aka Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings) does exist, according to the FAQ (scroll down to section 4.3).
		Recent discussion of this site in the wonderful Ethel the Blog including the text of the "worst poem ever written in the English language." Well worth a read, if only to scare you badly enough to make your hair turn white.
		Well, the bit by "Grunthos the Flatulent" is certainly Mr.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/2264 (229 words)

	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The : Worst poetry in the Universe
		In chapter 7 Adams mentions the worst poetry in the Universe to be created by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings.
		In the original radio series it referred to Paul Neil Milne Johnstone, but Adams was forced to retract the name for later recordings and for the book.
		Johnstone is a real person, a sample of his poetry can be found at http://www.pictographics.com/poetry.html
	www.eeggs.com /items/22584.html (419 words)

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