# Damn the previous poster with faint praise **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207 "2006-12-22T10:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/1 "2006-12-22T10:39:07Z")
[Definition](http://www.answers.com/topic/damn-with-faint-praise). OK, so there isn’t a previous poster at this time, so I’ll damn **Polycarp** with faint praise: It would truly be no exaggeration to describe his contribution to the discussion of religion and metaphysics as _‘quite useful’_. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/2 "2006-12-22T10:45:44Z")
**Mangetout** , I don’t care what everyone else says. I like you. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/3 "2006-12-22T10:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Martha] **Mangetout** , I don’t care what everyone else says. I like you. [/QUOTE] **Martha** manages on a regular basis not to offend most people with her bodily odour. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/4 "2006-12-22T11:09:57Z")
**Malacandra** has more teeth than anyone else in Norfolk. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/5 "2006-12-22T11:14:07Z")
When I think of festering sores on a lemurs ass, I don’t _normally_ think of **Kal**. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/6 "2006-12-22T11:16:32Z")
**Tristan** is okay, I guess, when you compare him against everyone else in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/7 "2006-12-22T11:17:30Z")
It is good to see Eutychus compose an intelligible post. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/8 "2006-12-22T11:22:30Z")
If Santa brought me a flamethrower, **Liberal** wouldn’t be the first person I’d try it out on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/9 "2006-12-22T11:24:41Z")
If Santa brought **Malacandra** a flamethrower, **Liberal** wouldn’t be the first person he’d try it out on. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/10 "2006-12-22T11:33:23Z")
Of all the people I know of in the world, **The King of Soup** is one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/11 "2006-12-22T11:35:47Z")
I think it’s admirable that **Eutychus** is willing to have another try at a witty post. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/12 "2006-12-22T11:50:07Z")
The qualities of **Revenant Threshold** can only be described. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/13 "2006-12-22T11:52:54Z")
I am not usually unwilling to read one of **Chez Guevara** ’s posts. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/14 "2006-12-22T11:53:55Z")
I’d rather spend time with **Chez Guevara** than with the finest people in the world. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/15 "2006-12-22T11:54:13Z")
**twickster** is actually quite bright. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/16 "2006-12-22T12:04:21Z")
I lose no time in reading **TheLoadedDog** ’s posts. ---
**Author:** ![footbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c5a1d2/32.png) [@footbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footbag)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/17 "2006-12-22T12:05:35Z")
Don’t get me wrong TheLoadedDogs’ post wasn’t shite. It was no Mangetouts’ post but hey, give it a read anyway. Who knows maybe you will get something out of it. Not AIDS though, probably. Although don’t quote me on that, I am not a Dr and stranger thngs have happend before, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/18 "2006-12-22T12:09:33Z")
footbag is OK, for a guest ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/19 "2006-12-22T12:16:23Z")
I see no reason to hate **betenoir** , today. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/20 "2006-12-22T12:22:15Z")
**Mangetout** managed to spell all the words in his post correctly. This time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=2)