# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/281 "2006-12-26T03:58:52Z")
You may be mighty, but not as mighty as [this girl.](http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/images/musclegirl2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/282 "2006-12-26T04:52:31Z")
I don’t care what other people say, I think you’re an OK guy, **Rysdad**! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/283 "2006-12-26T06:25:51Z")
Chanteuse does not utterly destroy my Christmas, leaving a vile stain on my family history for seven generations as yet unborn. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/284 "2006-12-26T23:13:26Z")
\*\*sturmhauke \*\*would never make this thread die. Not after, well, he just wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/285 "2006-12-26T23:48:44Z")
**bigbabysweets2000** isn’t nearly as big a baby nor as sweet as his posts might otherwise indicate. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/286 "2006-12-26T23:52:10Z")
It’s good to see **Godfrey Daniels** being so coherent! ---
**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 27, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/287 "2006-12-27T01:09:19Z")
**Sunshine and Smiles** is as likely as anyone to be named to the Cabinet before January 20, 2009. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/288 "2006-12-27T01:34:54Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is actually quite a cool dude for a Tolkien fan. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/289 "2006-12-27T01:40:41Z")
I haven’t returned the Christmas gift **BrainGlutton** got for me this year yet. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/290 "2006-12-27T03:11:04Z")
I’m sure the gifts from bigbabysweets2000 were…well…meant well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/291 "2006-12-27T03:39:14Z")
If Malacandra did get a flame thrower for Christmas and did use it on betenoir, I wouldn’t be the last person to grab a fire extinguisher. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/292 "2006-12-27T05:21:43Z")
\*\*Sunrazor \*\* is more compassionate than Castro, Saddam, Bin Laden and Pinochet _combined_. ---
**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 27, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/293 "2006-12-27T06:42:51Z")
**Dr. Rieux** has had very few malpractice convictions. ---
**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 27, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/294 "2006-12-27T10:08:24Z")
**featherlou** has had very few malfeasance convictions. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/295 "2006-12-27T10:34:24Z")
**Chez** was once mistaken for that famous Hollywood actor, the actual name of him escapes me but I can recall several demeaning nicknames. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/296 "2006-12-27T10:40:13Z")
bigbabysweets2000 is pleasant enough to be around, despite his failing memory. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/297 "2006-12-27T10:49:18Z")
It’s not at _all_ true that **sturmhauke** is a cannibal. As a Spawn of the Elder Gods, it’s not actually cannibalism for it to eat human flesh. Besides, if you’re nice to it, **sturmhauke** will make sure you get Eaten First. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/298 "2006-12-27T11:40:44Z")
I will most likely get to Der Trihs sooner rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/299 "2006-12-27T14:59:01Z")
I don’t really notice the smell anymore, sturmhauke. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/300 "2006-12-27T16:16:41Z")
and **Jali** ’s body odor doesn’t carry near as far as you would think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=16)