# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/221 "2006-12-24T02:59:38Z")
**Scribble** meets most of the generally-accepted criteria for sentience. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/222 "2006-12-24T03:02:06Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** would probably pass the Turing test. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/223 "2006-12-24T03:07:19Z")
No person in his right mind would think of Scribble as \*the \*worst person in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/224 "2006-12-24T03:19:47Z")
You’ve got to hand it to **Scribble** - he’s actually got near-complete control of his excretory functions. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/225 "2006-12-24T09:06:53Z")
Have a nice Christmas Elendil’s Heir. I hope you get that dictionary you need. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/226 "2006-12-24T09:18:39Z")
Anyone who knows **Cicero** will usually admit it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/227 "2006-12-24T11:41:17Z")
It’s said that Rhubarb makes a perfectly acceptable pie. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/228 "2006-12-24T11:57:43Z")
Do you know how it’s said that someone is “all that and a bag of chips?” **sturmhauke** is that bag of chips. ---
**Author:** ![Smooth\_Jack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Smooth\_Jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smooth_Jack)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/229 "2006-12-24T12:20:38Z")
**Eutychus** sure helps us new guys know it’s okay to make a boring post. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/230 "2006-12-24T13:12:41Z")
I’ll never forget **Smooth Jack**. She was the first woman I didn’t have to pay for. What? You’re shitting me, right? I though it was a nickname. Ya know? Smooth Jack. Get it? Damn! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/231 "2006-12-24T14:20:58Z")
**Contrapuntal** ’s \*nom-de-plume \* cleverly spins his utter tone-deafness into something positive-sounding. No Doper mangles a tune like our **Contrapuntal**! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/232 "2006-12-24T15:19:21Z")
**Scrivener** , I’ve polled my fellow Dopers, and we’ve decided - although by a narrow majority - that you’re deserving of further existence. So we won’t be taking out a contract on you after all. Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/233 "2006-12-24T17:12:49Z")
\*_Elendil’s Heir_ is being generous. Uncharacteristically 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/234 "2006-12-24T17:51:44Z")
I am pleased to report that **According to Pliny** can correctly identify colors, recite the alphabet and spell the numbers from 1 to 10. He has also demonstrated acceptable personal hygiene in the past month. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/235 "2006-12-24T20:23:29Z")
**Rhubarb** may not be the thread-killer here, for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/236 "2006-12-24T22:15:00Z")
If I had to either sleep with **featherlou** or eat a bullet, the bullet would be by no means a foregone conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/237 "2006-12-24T22:18:23Z")
Kudos to Malacandra for that valiant attempt at faint praise. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/238 "2006-12-24T22:38:26Z")
As I gather my thoughts with an aim to praise **Liberal** , I am seized by a sense of _deja vu_… much as I feel when I read his opinioned posts in GD! Okay, here’s the praise: **Liberal** ’s words go down easier than the fishbone I just swallowed, which stuck in my craw and ultimately had to be dislodged with a small rolled-up ball of bread. ---
**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 24, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/239 "2006-12-24T23:23:12Z")
I find **The Scrivener** ’s posts 10 times more interesting now than I did when they were 10 times less interesting than they are now. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/240 "2006-12-24T23:46:31Z")
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