To my knowledge George had nothing to do with the thread .
Guess it got banned because
1. It was'nt true
2. Like 13thdfloormonk said it undermined others efforts
we all got taken in to a certain degree – think the author thought it was a bit of light hearted fun but it got a bit out of hand. Certainly made for an interesting morning though.
As far as i know big G is living a very quiet life in Edinburgh and we are missing him. He is still lurking around this forum though – not identified him yet but give it time 🙂