hehehe, it is true though,
See here for proof
b3ta.com/board/242216
NobbyNobody is the user in question (scroll down a bit)
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 16:56, archived)

he's still on the board every now and again
and he's from ipswich.
( mnb098mnb used to be here, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 17:00, archived)

nice to know he still
dips his oar in :)
( Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 1 Apr 2003, 17:09, archived)