Whathello Paris
 

A sad farewell... we will miss you.

I still have hopes we will meet again at a GTG in October or November.......

Perhaps not the WhatHello name, but he is still lurking.

Not sure about the lounge, but definitely on the Europe board.

Keep posting Traviata for your GTG.

WhatHello was never in the Lounge.

pariswat lives or hibernates!

What happened?

They quit. Announced it on a thread over in Forum Help section.

here:

http://www.fodors.com/community/foru...iate-posts.cfm

I have enjoyed Whathello's posts. He can get lively, yes, but he is a wealth of information. I had the pleasure of meeting him in person too. He is lovely.

Another sad loss to this forum.

Pariswat; What about our GTG next May/June??

Hopefully people planning GTG have exchanged emails? Or Facebook or something?

Is Woinparis still an active account? Is Pariswat still alive?

<Is Pariswat still alive?> Yes.

On Fodor's, there <b> is </b> life after death.

This guy resurrects himself all the time.

Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff.

You get the idea.

Agree with Leely. It is mad.

I agree with Leely2. The worst example of troll behavior I have ever experienced on a board. I can't believe it was tolerated here. I pity the poor folks who are entertained by this behavior. Life has to be pretty dull to find his narcissism tolerable.

I have always had decent back and forth with him.

I hope you will come back, Whathello - under whatever name!

He was fun but often posted nonsense. I don't mean stuff that I disagreed with, I mean stuff that was probably meant to be funny but didn't make much sense. Too bad, though. Have a feeling he's a great guy to get a beer with.

Don't really agree with his reasoning, though. If you don't want to post about travel, why post on fodors? I actually like the travel only rule. The off topic subforums of other travel are generally stupid game threads or politics or oversharing personal life stuff. No value in it.

And his thing about moronic posts...well, stupidity is not limited to fodors, sadly. Nor is it limited to the virtual world. The novel I picked up last weekend is a sad testament to that fact...I'd like to think the author was a monkey but that's probably an insult to monkeys. No doubt they write better than that.

Maybe his humor was lost in translation. Marvelousmouse refers to his moronic posts. I for one did not appreciate him calling me a "moron".

I think he needs a break. Nobody forces him to answer questions. He seemed to find it a real chore. The people who lost out where the novices who show up here with questions and either get bad info or insults.

I think he is a marketing genius.

He's Belgian. Enough said.

More entrances & farewells than Nellie Melba.

Belgian genius, but what will be the new name ? (see what I did there) :-)

Whathello is not a troll. bvh and Leely2. Now about you two, I'm not too sure.

I read more than I post in this forum, and with the exception of one poster, I have always found the name changes that some affect with regularity to be very confusing. Regardless of language, something is always lost in translation before I figure it out the 'voice'.

Lots of people have either taken breaks or left over the years, some return, some don't, some are missed, some not. Announcing one's departure seems like a bid for drama that some here--like the OP, who is only stirring the pot--enjoy.

>>Announcing one's departure seems like a bid for drama that some here<<

Amen.

>>Whathello is not a troll.<<

Maybe not. But I'm not sure what you call someone whose singular response is to berate an OP's grammatical errors(s) or who drags out tired anti-America-isms.

Oh, wait. I know the word. It's as... Never mind.

His posts are a mix of useful information (especially about hotels and restaurants in Paris) given in an amusing style, and hostile rants. It seems as though his own anger drove him off the boards, as, again, in my observation, frequent flyers on the Europe board took him in stride. I'm sure he will be back.

Of course he'll be back. He's addicted and no other board will tolerate his behavior.

"like the OP, who is only stirring the pot"

I thought that threads directed at specific members were not allowed in the TOS. Some people are too selfish to care about the TOS. They do what they want for their own entertainment. Revealing and transparent.

I left once in disgust, deleted my account and know no one noticed. I don't even remember what my name was. This seems to be something else. I, for one, can use the rest. Until next time.

Since the exit announcement was made in Forums Help (a branch few people read) I thought the Europe board posters might be mildly interested in this. No "pot stirring" involved.

Of course denial. Nothing new here. Totally predictable. I don't recall a need to bring focus to all the other previous tantrums and exits, especially on the Europe board. No "pot stir?" Sure. I almost believe that. Total disrespect for the board.

Has it been tweeted?

He did say on at least one other thread that the post on the Help board would be his last.

I'm sure he is reading this thread with great interest and basking in the "love".

(Hijack comment)

Belinda, you recommended a restaurant with truffles in Paris. I can't find the thread. Could you tell me the name? TIA

"This guy resurrects himself all the time.

Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff. Gets a new screen name. Posts like mad. Quits in a huff.

You get the idea."

He can't stay away, his ego will not let him.

Truffes Folie 7eme. Book on thefork.com and you can usually get up to a 50% discount.

I think they just opened a second one on rue de Berri in the 8eme.

Have the oeuf cocotte a la truffe noir.. ooh la la!

Merci!