diff --git a/dr_botzo/seen/ircplugin.py b/dr_botzo/seen/ircplugin.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import logging
+
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+import irc.client
+
+from ircbot.lib import Plugin
+from seen.models import SeenNick
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger('seen.ircplugin')
+
+
+class Seen(Plugin):
+
+    """Track when people say things in public channels, and report on it."""
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Hook handler functions into the IRC library."""
+
+        self.connection.add_global_handler('pubmsg', handle_seeing)
+        self.connection.add_global_handler('privmsg', handle_seeing)
+
+        self.connection.reactor.add_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], r'^!seen\s+(\S+)$', self.handle_seen)
+
+        super(Seen, self).start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Unhook handler functions into the IRC library."""
+
+        self.connection.remove_global_handler('pubmsg', handle_seeing)
+        self.connection.remove_global_handler('privmsg', handle_seeing)
+
+        self.connection.reactor.remove_global_regex_handler(['pubmsg', 'privmsg'], self.handle_seen)
+
+        super(Seen, self).stop()
+
+    def handle_seen(self, connection, event, match):
+        """Report on when a nick was last seen in a channel."""
+
+        query_nick = match.group(1)
+        source = event.target
+
+        log.debug("query nick %s, source %s", query_nick, source)
+
+        try:
+            seen_nick = SeenNick.objects.get(nick=query_nick, channel=source)
+            local_time = timezone.localtime(seen_nick.seen_time).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z')
+            return self.bot.reply(event, "last saw {0:s} in {1:s} at {2:s} saying '{3:s}'."
+                                  "".format(seen_nick.nick, seen_nick.channel,
+                                            local_time, seen_nick.what))
+        except SeenNick.DoesNotExist:
+            return self.bot.reply(event, "i have not seen {0:s} in {1:s}.".format(query_nick, source))
+
+
+def handle_seeing(connection, event):
+        """Track pubmsg/privmsg events."""
+
+        userhost = event.source
+        nick = irc.client.NickMask(event.source).nick
+        where = event.target
+        what = event.arguments[0]
+
+        log.debug("userhost %s, nick %s, where %s, what '%s'", userhost, nick, where, what)
+
+        # store the event. only learn events with real wheres
+        if where:
+            seen_nick, c = SeenNick.objects.get_or_create(nick=nick, channel=where)
+            seen_nick.host = userhost
+            seen_nick.what = what
+            seen_nick.seen_time = timezone.now()
+            seen_nick.save()
+
+
+plugin = Seen