# Farewell, peeker! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953 "2014-09-30T11:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gnarlycharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@gnarlycharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarlycharlie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/1 "2014-09-30T11:09:52Z")
i just learned that \*\*peekercpa \*\*has passed away. he was primarily on mafia threads so he may not be familiar to most of you. farewell, peeker! rest in peace. i’m not sure if this is the right board to post this. mods, please move this if necessary. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/2 "2014-09-30T11:20:57Z")
☹ Peeker was an absolute blast to watch play. ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/3 "2014-09-30T11:43:16Z")
RIP peeker ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/4 "2014-09-30T14:32:40Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > ☹ Peeker was an absolute blast to watch play. And I feel **BigT** knows only too well when I say this… I have some big shoes to fill now, given that Peeker won’t be there in our mafia games… Or poker. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/5 "2014-09-30T14:46:04Z")
Damn…I got the sense that he wasn’t entirely healthy, but this comes as a shock. RIP, peeker ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/6 "2014-09-30T15:01:48Z")
Sad news. RIP, peeker. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/7 "2014-09-30T16:39:48Z")
That’s terrible. He was a dedicated and fun mafia player. I remember playing as Town with him in his first (I think) Dope mafia game, where it went down to the wire. He always struck me as a salt-of-the-earth type, good guy. RIP, **peekercpa**. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/8 "2014-09-30T19:00:46Z")
Sad news, indeed. I remember the first Mafia game I played with him where all four of us Mafia were first-time scum. (I think that was his second game.) ---
**Author:** ![Total\_Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Total\_Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Total_Lost)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/9 "2014-09-30T19:20:05Z")
I remember my first game here. Had no idea what he was talking about. I kept thinking my English was rubbish. Then I got to know him - and all of a sudden he made perfect sense. Will miss him so much. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/10 "2014-09-30T19:25:55Z")
Oh no. Way back when, during a game, **peeker** made an offhanded reference during night-time that he had to get to Nordstrom and Brooks Brothers. I made some kind of joke about ho ho, look at the fancy man, and he said give me your address, I’ll get you some ties, too. And I said that’s really nice, but get out of here. So he PMed me and said, and I quote, because I still have it: > [@](#): > > i was told long ago that you have to give back. > > i have been given much. > > so, i am buying a tie. i will leave it on the side of the road if you don’t want the fucker. > > [phone number] Three days later I get not one but two of the nicest ties I’ve ever owned in the mail. He had no way of knowing this - he didn’t know me from a total stranger and his justification was “you seemed young” or something - but I was a public defender for an extremely stingy county at the time, so 1. these were things I could use and 2. these were things I wasn’t buying myself. They’re still my favorites. Every time somebody compliments me on the purple one, especially, which happens all the time, I tell them the whole story. Think about it all the time. Someday somebody’s just going to get some ties in the mail. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/11 "2014-09-30T19:51:03Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > Oh no. > > Way back when, during a game, **peeker** made an offhanded reference during night-time that he had to get to Nordstrom and Brooks Brothers. I made some kind of joke about ho ho, look at the fancy man, and he said give me your address, I’ll get you some ties, too. And I said that’s really nice, but get out of here. > > So he PMed me and said, and I quote, because I still have it: > > Three days later I get not one but two of the nicest ties I’ve ever owned in the mail. He had no way of knowing this - he didn’t know me from a total stranger and his justification was “you seemed young” or something - but I was a public defender for an extremely stingy county at the time, so 1. these were things I could use and 2. these were things I wasn’t buying myself. They’re still my favorites. Every time somebody compliments me on the purple one, especially, which happens all the time, I tell them the whole story. Think about it all the time. > > Someday somebody’s just going to get some ties in the mail. Rest in peace. Amazing. Way to pay it forward, **peeker**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/12 "2014-09-30T20:38:35Z")
**Jimmy** , thank you for that story. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/13 "2014-09-30T20:59:12Z")
I’m sorry to hear that. He was always a lot of fun to play with, and sounds like he was a very goodhearted person to. IIRC every game we played together we were on opposing sides and he always won. In his honor I will say something I never thought would cross my lips:Go Spurs Go! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/14 "2014-09-30T22:01:19Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > I’m sorry to hear that. He was always a lot of fun to play with, and sounds like he was a very goodhearted person to. IIRC every game we played together we were on opposing sides and he always won. In his honor I will say something I never thought would cross my lips:Go Spurs Go! peekercpa used to play in the Straight Dope Poker League. He was great fun. RIP Peeker. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/15 "2014-09-30T22:23:52Z")
Peeker was one of my favorite mafia players and one player I would call a friend. Very sad today. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/16 "2014-09-30T22:25:56Z")
If you are curious about his name, I asked him in 2010 and got this response. > [@Lord of the Rings Mafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-mafia/549867/1793): > > \ > > not unexpected. > > i am a cpa and i have a collection of curious george dolls as a result of an incident that happened when i was really rolling. > > a buddy and i won an auction where we got a private plane flight to houston to see the spurs play the rockets. so we load up the wives and use basically the whole day getting hammered beyond belief. so we get in this six seater which is stocked with all sorts of cordials which i freely engaged in. and he let smoking occur in his plane so i am basically in heaven. we are about 15 minutes into the flight when i notice this button on the window that i am sitting next to that says “do not push during flight”. my buddies wife is about 7 months preggers and my wife is really kind of just basically tolerating this nonsense. but this button is really bugging me. so, of course, i had to push it. well fuck i didn’t know what happens when a window opens about 4 - 6 inches when you are around 20k feet. fuck, sucked my beer and cig out the window. the pilot was kind of cool. he basically told us to hold on because we were going to make a rapid descent. and the whole time that we were making the blitzkreig dive towards columbus my buddy and wife are leaning over me trying to pull the damn window shut. and i was just like whoooaaaa this is a trip. i think the buddie’s wife was just trying to not go into labor. > > fucking limo picked us up at the airport, we had courtside seats and the spurs won. > > the pregger wife rode in front with the pilot on the way back and i did not get a window seat. > > the next monday at work i had a collection of curious george dolls and memorabilia on my desk (apparantly the story had made the rounds at work). i have been peekercpa ever since. > > woot woot. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/17 "2014-09-30T22:56:21Z")
Peeker was a riot. RIP you crazy fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/18 "2014-10-01T00:10:06Z")
Anyone have a link to an obituary or any “real world” information? I’d appreciate it. PM it to me if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/19 "2014-10-01T01:48:29Z")
Damn. He hadn’t played poker in a while but he was fun to have in the games. RIP **peeker**. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953/20 "2014-10-01T16:47:21Z")
Sorry to see him go. He was great to play Mafia with, even though I never could really understand what he was saying. I didn’t Vig him this time. 😉 Vaya con Dios. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-peeker/699953.md?page=2)