diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 795ed4e..2dd38f1 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -523,6 +523,84 @@ irc_on_005() {
   log_debug "received inotify specs"
 }
 
+irc_on_250() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_251() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_252() {
+  log_info "There are %d operators online" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_253() {
+  log_info "There are %d unknown connections" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_254() {
+  log_info "There are %d channels formed" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_255() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_265() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[3]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_266() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[3]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_315() {
+  log_debug "end of WHO for %s" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_332() {
+  log_info "topic for %s is %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[2]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_333() {
+  local date
+  printf -v date '%(%c)T' "${msg_args[3]}"
+  log_info "topic for %s set by %s at %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[2]}" "$date"
+}
+
+irc_on_353() {
+  log_info "members of %s: %s" "${msg_args[2]}" "${msg_args[3]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_366() {
+  log_debug "%s: end of NAMES list" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_372() {
+  log_info %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_375() {
+  log_debug %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_376() {
+  log_debug %s "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_433() {
+  log_info "somebody is already using %s" "${msg_args[1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_438() {
+  log_error "%s couldn't change their nick to %s: %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[2]}" "${msg_args[-1]}"
+}
+
+irc_on_473() {
+  log_error "%s: %s" "${msg_args[1]}" "${msg_args[2]}"
+}
+
 ###
 # irc send handlers
 ###