putting events on the event queue does not send them back to the server. it was just going to get ignored the next time around cuz the window wouldnt be in our list of clients

openbox/event.c

@@ -1352,10 +1352,6 @@ static void event_handle_client(ObClient *client, XEvent *e)
           to an already unmapped window.
         */
 
-        /* we don't want the reparent event, put it back on the stack for the
-           X server to deal with after we unmanage the window */
-        XPutBackEvent(obt_display, e);
-
         ob_debug("ReparentNotify for window 0x%x", client->window);
         client_unmanage(client);
         break;