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What the hell? pow wow got deleted?!?

Did pow wow get deleted?

What happened?

By pedro on Jul 29, 2007, 12:49 in Friendly Talkzone.

pedro says on Jul 29, 2007, 12:50:

que nota!

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Simon says on Jul 29, 2007, 15:40:

Good Riddance!!

HERE'S SIMON!!!!

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Man Tequila says on Jul 29, 2007, 17:14:

Damn, no such user. I give him two days before he's back. Have any trolls EVER stayed away?

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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gringoloid says on Jul 29, 2007, 18:40:

TRIBUTE TO POW WOW!!

He was more than just a plain old ordinary troll; he was an eccentric troll and that is a big difference!

This is a very sad day for me as I found him highly entertaining.

I hope that the mods will reconsider and allow this pbh ruffian to return. His staggering intellect and learned writing style will be sorely missed.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 29, 2007, 18:41:

C'mon, Simon,,,,tell us what you really think about Pow wow......=)

i think he is already back....=)

"I would rather die living life, than to live a dying life."........ Oh, and my PM is always ON. Great Bumper Sticker: "Home of the Free, Because of the Brave"

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christobeldawg says on Jul 29, 2007, 19:39:

Here I am suckers, reincarnated as Fred Couples the golfer dude

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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christobeldawg says on Jul 29, 2007, 19:41:

ok I don't even know who the troll was but thought I'd jump in

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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slguy says on Jul 29, 2007, 19:44:

pow wow is certainly capable of becoming terminal whiny, but he sure makes me laugh, sometimes!

Before you throw me out, make sure I pay my bar tab

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scotty says on Jul 29, 2007, 21:18:

oh no not pow wow...again.

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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Man Tequila says on Jul 29, 2007, 21:37:

I can't imagine he was booted off for no reason whatsoever.

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Aaron21 says on Jul 29, 2007, 21:50:

I imagine he was removed because every one of his posts were about something he did/said/thought/believed and then weakly linked to an irrelevant Colombian entity (or non-entity as most believed). In his last post, when I pointed out that the post was really about him, he commented that I was trying to hijack his post. In my opinion, his posts were wasted time and space.

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goin_south says on Jul 30, 2007, 00:43:

Acuerdo, Aaron (not Hank).... 21.... his posts need to be taken 'outta da park'.

'what does it mean, when one of you (colombians) tell another: YOU WERE NOT/ARE NOT. 'COLOMBIAN ENOUGH'?? jejeje..a mixture, I think, of stupidity mixed with a false sense of arrogance.. How 'colombian' do you have to be? to be 'colombian enough

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goin_south says on Jul 30, 2007, 00:45:

this is one of those posts that need taken out.....of de PBH Park.

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gringolondinense says on Jul 30, 2007, 02:16:

What a shame. Powwow had a unique writing style with the though processes of a 4 year old, combined with his turbulent marriage to a psychotic colombiana. Bring him back!!

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jinksmiester says on Jul 30, 2007, 07:40:

He was always good for some laughs.You never knew what kind of story he would post,but it was sure to be entertaining.I liked his posts more for entertainment value than bieng related to anything of value concerning colombia....But hey...nothing wrong with having a laugh.

A man is not old until regret takes the place of dreams

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Man Tequila says on Jul 30, 2007, 08:16:

I agree with Podborski's assessment of the man. University professors studying his life and works will one day tut-tut at the thought of PBH ;)

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podborski says on Jul 30, 2007, 09:06:

anyone who has tried to imitate his posts is aware of his eccentric genius. And really not too many people anywhere can make me laugh out loud like he did.

But I guess he is a PITA too, oh well. I say vale la pena.

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kalder says on Jul 30, 2007, 16:50:

You're joking! He's been deleted? That's terrible.

But I'm going for a drink with him when I get back to London, so he won't disappear from my life. But what are the rest of you going to do?

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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podborski says on Jul 30, 2007, 17:08:

you could secretly post on PBH for him kalder...if you aren't already writing them you mad genius

uh oh, I might be catching PBH paranoia : )

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slguy says on Jul 30, 2007, 18:24:

Pod- jajajajajajaja!

I've never seen a board so intrigued by "who is that poster really!" etc. You'd think there was a prize here, for best analyst...I've yet to grasp the typical PBH fascination with who wrote what- but it's damned funny watching the Bond types making their guesses!

Before you throw me out, make sure I pay my bar tab

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goin_south says on Jul 31, 2007, 23:12:

kalder wrote: " But what are the rest of you going to do?"

We're going to stand up and cheer :)))

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Man Tequila says on Jul 31, 2007, 23:23:

the bloody scene is bloody sad
the bloody news is bloody bad
the bloody weed is bloody turf
the bloody speed is bloody surf
the bloody folks are bloody daft
don't make me bloody laugh
it bloody hurts to look around
everywhere in chicken town

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Peter (Moderator) says on Aug 1, 2007, 08:25:

"University professors studying his life and works will one day tut-tut at the thought of PBH ;)"

Well, I do have all his past posts archived in the PBH vaults for future study. Of course, I will be accused then of tampering with the original Word of powwow. Such is life.

Poor but snappy

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gringolondinense says on Aug 2, 2007, 05:31:

this is big!! Peter...you have to launch www.thepowwowarchives.com immediately!! complete with an advice page, with info from the man himself!!

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kalder says on Aug 2, 2007, 10:03:

Thank God the pow wow archive is intact (somewhere). Destroying it would be a crime akin to the Burning of the Library of Alexandria.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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gringoloid says on Aug 2, 2007, 10:54:

Exactly kalder, scientists studying the early 21st century a thousand years from now will be intriqued with the staggering intellect of pow wow. Pow wows learned posts may be the basis for some kind of a new religion. Or maybe they'll be used to solve big problems like global warming or the evil empire of central bankers. Or maybe, the great puzzle of, "why don't the mods take anything seriously do they no?", can finally be solved.

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Man Tequila says on Aug 2, 2007, 10:55:

How do you figure?

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gringoloid says on Aug 2, 2007, 15:47:

Well, it says right in the rules that we are not supposed to feed the trolls......and we did........so poor pow wow died for our sins.

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Man Tequila says on Aug 2, 2007, 17:23:

Is any attention bad attention? Is there a difference between feeding trolls Koko Rico or nourishing them with reason and dragging them kicking and screaming into the sunlight? Was the library at Alexandria filled with books that could have furthered our understanding of history and brought science to the Dark Ages? Could the Library of Alexandria have saved acres of rain forest by clicking on a box, taking on Big Pharma, curing cancer with false hope?

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goin_south says on Aug 2, 2007, 22:26:

no..... UNCON.....TROLLable....Clown.... UTC

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Man Tequila says on Aug 2, 2007, 22:58:

Up The Creek

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scotty says on Aug 3, 2007, 03:21:

poor pow wow he was a good man/woman at heart, he chose a path of trolling and it landed him in the PBH troll prison. maybe with good behavior he'll get out in a year or so?

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

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Peter (Moderator) says on Aug 3, 2007, 04:53:

The path of trolling towards the dark side leads, young Scotty!

Poor but snappy

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podborski says on Aug 3, 2007, 05:21:

I think Leeroy should undertake an un-scientific study of troll behaviour on PBH.

He could categorize the posts/comments under headings such as witty/clever (0.2%), utter nonsense (28%), angry at the world (23.6%), I am so much better than you (19.2%), clearly insane (9%), gringos don't belong in colombia (20%). (This survey has an accuracy of plus or minus 32%, based on my sample size of one (UTC/Live free/bueno pues/bigfoot etc))

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gringolondinense says on Aug 3, 2007, 05:25:

Luckily I have carefully preserved, with great care, - including spelling errors, a quote from Mr PowWow, our great leader himself:

"i think my wife is depressed and has a personality disorder as her family are not a happy family. she may also have a throid problem".

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podborski says on Aug 3, 2007, 05:32:

jajajaja! thanks for that gringol

needed a laugh on a cold wet morning

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Man Tequila says on Aug 3, 2007, 08:19:

Damn throids.

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pedro says on Aug 3, 2007, 08:32:

Echoes of the past.

For a limited time, pow wow's oeuvre is still online via cached pages in Google.

Example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:2bSwmjHYYwwJ:poorbuthappy.com/col...

Peter, is there any chance you can bring pow wow back? With the new ignore feature, nobody has to read him. This is because he usually only posts in his own threads. When he is on ignore, none of the threads he originated whould show up.

que nota!

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gringoloid says on Aug 3, 2007, 09:08:

I totally agree with Pedros suggestion; in fact, I'm straining at the leash to get to more of pow wows posts.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 3, 2007, 09:16:

The problem with Pow-Wow (sounds like a book title) is that he's far more of a troll than you know.

His previous aliases go back a year or two: Kerry, LondonMale, LondonMaleisBack (note the deletion and return) and probably a few others. They were all tolerated for a while until the trolling became too much. He was given numerous warnings to stay reasonably on topic, to not insult Colombia and Colombians in every post and to not repeat the same post every week. When he didn't get his way he incessantly complained on the public site and to Peter and the moderators. As recently as two weeks ago, he had the same post deleted six to eight times in one hour. That's trolling. If he knows what he put up is not permitted, and continues to do it half a dozen times, he knows damn well he's making trouble.

He's had a lot of second chances already.

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vicshere says on Aug 3, 2007, 09:34:

good going tinto

listo

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gringoloid says on Aug 3, 2007, 09:50:

Tinto has said many times that pow wow was causing some problems; and I believe him. Trolling like that is just like littering in some ones home.

Is there any way we could keep pow wow on a short leash?

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vicshere says on Aug 3, 2007, 09:54:

gringo if you keep your pitbull on a short leash wouldn't eventually bit you in the leg?

listo

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gringoloid says on Aug 3, 2007, 10:09:

vic......not if the noose is tight enough!

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vicshere says on Aug 3, 2007, 10:13:

but you might choke the poor thing and die on you :O

listo

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gringoloid says on Aug 3, 2007, 15:56:

vic......pit bulls and trolls have pretty stiff necks!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Aug 3, 2007, 16:16:

You mean that we overfed him?

Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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gringolondinense says on Aug 6, 2007, 03:36:

i just read that link above. Tinto also mentions powwow could be MaleOrange lol. what a name

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