Does anyone remember if pooch was S rev around E or E rev around S??
The latter.
In the spirit of
De mortuis nil nisi bonum, it is not inappropriate to recall amidst all the jubilation that whatever else might be said about poche, he was never rude, coarse, snide, or insulting in either his comments or his disagreements with anyone. Temperance in discussion and argument might not be the greatest or the most important virtue, but it is indeed a virtue and as such is worthy of remark and imitation, especially as no one here, myself certainly included, is in any way regretful that he has been banned.