# Anyone seen Colibri lately? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161 "2021-10-08T18:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/21 "2021-10-13T00:32:25Z")
Can I chime in to say I also miss Colibri? He has always been cool and is good at explaining things without making you feel like an idiot (which is not a common skill). ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/22 "2021-10-13T04:49:30Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > From my perspective, we don’t have any new mods in GQ I guess I just don’t understand this. New mods doing mod stuff in GQ, when they hadn’t been doing it before, would seem to be modding. Is there something wrong with the way I phrase it? It’s not like I’m saying anything bad about **Colibri**. He is easily at the top end of the best mods list. > [@Atamasama](#): > > Can I chime in to say I also miss Colibri? He has always been cool and is good at explaining things without making you feel like an idiot (which is not a common skill). Especially the explaining things bit. I was used to seeing a lot of his posts, that’s why I noticed so quickly that he had cut back on his participation. Noticing other mods in GQ was secondary. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/23 "2021-10-13T04:55:26Z")
I really wasn’t expecting this to turn into a mod rating thread. Mods, it won’t hurt my feelings if you decide to close this. Question has been asked and answered. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/24 "2021-10-13T06:09:21Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I guess I just don’t understand this. New mods doing mod stuff in GQ, when they hadn’t been doing it before, would seem to be modding. That’s what I tried to explain. The stuff you are talking about is the general housekeeping stuff. The mods have always been able do to that in any forum. We just didn’t notice them doing it much in GQ because Colibri was usually around to get to it first. It makes sense to me that the mods don’t see this general housekeeping to be the same thing as “moderating GQ.” To them it was just doing what they’ve always done. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/25 "2021-10-13T13:42:14Z")
Colibri sighting. He’s been busy. > [@](#): > > **The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived safely at Pariacabo harbor in French Guiana** … Webb arrived from California on board the MN **Colibri** which sailed the Panama Canal to French Guiana. (from [$10 Billion Webb Space Telescope Arrives at Europe’s Spaceport](https://scitechdaily.com/10-billion-webb-space-telescope-arrives-at-europes-spaceport)) (Yes, just kidding.) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/26 "2021-10-13T18:10:25Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > I really wasn’t expecting this to turn into a mod rating thread. Sorry about that. I really didn’t think my comment would be controversial. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/27 "2021-10-14T02:01:42Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sadly, he was carried off by hummingbirds. 50,000 of the little monsters, each with a piece of his clothing in its beak. [It could grip it by the husk!](https://youtu.be/JHFXG3r_0B8?t=78) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/28 "2021-10-14T16:44:17Z")
I bet he’s out exploring the Darien gap again. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/29 "2021-10-23T05:35:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sadly, he was carried off by hummingbirds. 50,000 of the little monsters, each with a piece of his clothing in its beak. Up into the sky and over the jungle. Quite a spectacle, really. > [@mordecaiB](#): > > And a legend was born… > [@susan](#): > > It was magical realism in the style of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A legend is more potent than a photo. More in the style of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, actually, who also provided us with actual visual evidence of **Colibri** ’s journey. (IIRC, St.-Exupéry said they were starlings.) [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0923/6150/products/00280ebff4794dffc1963e00b4da988013608773_1024x1024.jpg) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0923/6150/products/00280ebff4794dffc1963e00b4da988013608773_1024x1024.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/30 "2021-10-23T15:27:31Z")
^ That’s Photoshopped; Colibri isn’t blond! 🤪 > [@mordecaiB](#): > > all of those people left their cellphones at home, just like with Bigfoot and UFOs! I suspect the time is coming when all photographic evidence will be suspect. I saw a YouTube clip a while back of the original series USS Enterprise flying over some downtown city. It looked scary real. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/31 "2021-10-24T04:59:24Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > That’s Photoshopped; Colibri isn’t blond! Not only that, he wouldn’t be caught dead in bell bottoms. And who in Panama wears a scarf? > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I suspect the time is coming when all photographic evidence will be suspect. I suspect you are right. Good for movies, not for real life. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/32 "2021-10-24T14:11:35Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Not only that, he wouldn’t be caught dead in bell bottoms. And who in Panama wears a scarf? Well, “if you will be birding in open areas, and particularly if you will be spending time in a boat, it’s a good idea to wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and a broad-brimmed hat…A **bandana** can be handy for shading the back of your neck.” That’s on page 54 (really!). ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/33 "2021-10-25T18:43:50Z")
He’s been on Facebook in the past day or so with a couple of interesting posts that I missed. I didn’t realize he wasn’t showing up in my FB notifications so I need to fix that. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/34 "2021-11-25T06:52:16Z")
[I am updating this thread. Colibri has passed away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921) RIP. You were a good 'un. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/35 "2021-11-25T12:31:27Z")
Oh, that’s terrible news. My deepest condolences to his family, friends, colleagues, and avian acquaintances. > **[Dr. George R. Angehr (1951-2021)](http://www.pangeaworld.com/core-team/dr-george-r-angehr/)** ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/36 "2021-11-25T16:54:23Z")
Should someone update the “In Memoriam” sticky in MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/37 "2021-11-25T18:26:54Z")
It hasn’t been updated since last December. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/38 "2021-11-25T18:27:15Z")
What terrible news. He was a good guy. My condolences to his family and many friends. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/39 "2021-11-25T18:28:53Z")
Yeah, I know. That was why I asked ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161/40 "2021-11-25T19:27:34Z")
Damn, this is a loss for the board for sure. RIP man, I’ll miss you. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161.md?page=3)