Mahmood’s Den Scapegoat of the Moment >> Peter Kaliaropoulos!

Peter Kaliaropoulos - CE of BatelcoYep, it’s that time again. I’ve leaving for a quick business trip to Dubai this evening, coming back Wednesday afternoon. So until then, and in keeping with the traditions of the Den, the MtvSM is non other than:

Peter Kaliaropoulos

The Chief Executive of Batelco, the very one who should be blamed for all ills of the world until I come back from the trip. I’m sure a couple of days are not enough to bestow the pleasures of MtvSM on him, but it’s better than nothing.

Rules of the game: We do NOT hold Peter personally responsible for the Batelco fiasco regarding the recently announced unfair ADSL packages, we also are not and shall not take things personally. Our mission is to show Batelco, the legal entity, the money-making empire, the sole monopolistic creativity throttling entity, not its respected and honourable workers, managers, executives nor even the members of its board.

Keeping all of that in mind, Peter is to be blamed for all the ills of the world; be that another tidal wave, the situation in Iraq, if it doesn’t rain when rain-prayers are called, the thriving devil worshipping culture in Bahrain, your flat tyre, your plants dying, you wanting to kill your sibling because of something stupid s/he has done… ALL of that is due to Peter directly!

So have at him guys and gals, you only have about 48 hours to vent your spleens! :D

70 Responses to “Mahmood’s Den Scapegoat of the Moment >> Peter Kaliaropoulos!”

  1. Anonymous
    23.May.'06 at 22:55 #

    I (Anonymous @ 10.31 pm) just forgot:

    Peter is ALSO responsible for the fact that my local DVD store never has the DVDs that I request on that particular night..

    !!! IMAGINE!!

    It is truly outrageous!!

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  2. JJ
    23.May.'06 at 23:30 #

    omg anonymous, i have the same problem…i’m still waiting for the Napoleon Dynamite DVD…Peter must be stopped!

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  3. Ingrid
    24.May.'06 at 5:24 #

    Sid…

    Peeterpatterchatter.com?
    Peetpwahpechwhatwasthatinmymouth.com

    Ok..it’s bedtime, my imagination ran out.. (and you know who’s fault is that!)

    oh, how about… peterwe’resonotliable.com??

    Ingrid

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  4. Ingrid
    24.May.'06 at 5:26 #

    BTW…wouldn’t it be funny if Peter would actually comment and blame himself for something…ya think that employee of his would blow the whistle?

    sorry, just had something in my mouth again (oh Pee-terr!!)

    Ingrid

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  5. tooners
    24.May.'06 at 10:22 #

    MoClippa –

    “Peter stole my soul after cheating in a fiddling contest”

    now, that’s funny !!! :)

    the devil went down to georgia, he was lookin’ for a soul to steal…

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  6. Bubz
    24.May.'06 at 11:22 #

    Peter is the reason batteries run out.

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  7. Fubar
    24.May.'06 at 14:23 #

    JJ you can get Napoleon Dynamie at Empire Video in East Riffa souq, awesome, incredible, gosh….

    Peter came into my hosue at xmas and stole my kids toys. He also controls my wife’s nagging mouth, who is really pissing me off at the moment. He keeps hiding the remote control to the TV, even though I cant afford the ART World Cup package so whats the point? And I saw him cleaning the rim of the toliet with my electric toothbrush.

    He must be stopped….

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  8. Indecisive
    24.May.'06 at 15:14 #

    I get my stuff from dvdzone aali. Their series collection is amazing. Speaking of series, I blame Peter for my addiction to Lost and Alias.

    Also blame Peter for the controvery behind Da Vinci Code and the fact that it hasn’t aired here yet.

    Finally, I blame Peter K because he simply is: Peter K.

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  9. mahmood
    24.May.'06 at 18:45 #

    Wow, this must have been one of the best MtvSMs we’ve had ever! THANK you Peter for being such a good sport!

    You will be happy to know and in accordance with the MtvSM rules and regulations that you are officially OFF the MtvSM and you can return back to your regular life and pay attention to the huge outpouring of frustration by the people commenting at http://boycottbatelco.com and that in the few days since the BIS seminar, you have had time to re-evaluate the situation with the thresheld ADSL packages.

    So no more blaming Peter guys… and thanks to everyone for taking part in this tradition.

    Thanks again for being a good sport!

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  10. j
    25.May.'06 at 21:54 #

    I hope it’s not too late to blame Peter for the dreadful traffic congestion here in Seattle.

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  11. sadferret
    26.May.'06 at 1:58 #

    This stream is petering out. I blame Peter.

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  12. Jared in NYC
    26.May.'06 at 2:16 #

    He’s doing it through mind control. Remember he’s responsible for toxoplasmosis:

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577565/posts

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  13. Mash
    12.Jun.'06 at 0:02 #

    Ok, I have no idea who this guy is, but I would like to blame him for this headache I have right now. Oh, and, I’d like to blame him for the weeds that are growing in my garden that I now have to go pull.

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  14. mandy
    12.Jun.'06 at 7:02 #

    argh just seen this had problems with my puter for a couplo weeks. Peter is to blame for that.

    I am in Western Australia and think that Peter is to blame for the ruddy big dint in my car when i came out of the supermarket the other day.

    Peter is also responsible for that big turd on my front lawn.

    darn you Peter

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