# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/301 "2006-12-27T16:25:28Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] and **Jali** ’s body odor doesn’t carry near as far as you would think. [/QUOTE] **BMalion** does have a more than adequate grasp of spelling and grammar. ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/302 "2006-12-27T20:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] **BMalion** does have a more than adequate grasp of spelling and grammar. [/QUOTE] And to be fair, **VunderBob** really _does_ think “Wonder” is spelled “Vunder”. ---
**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, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/303 "2006-12-27T20:39:15Z")
Der Trihs rarely gets caught picking his nose these days. ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/304 "2006-12-27T22:19:18Z")
And **jali** has stopped beating his wife (or her husband - whichever applies). ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/305 "2006-12-27T22:33:19Z")
**featherlou** can make quite coherent posts, especially when she lets her cat walk on the keyboard. ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/306 "2006-12-27T22:42:03Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **featherlou** can make quite coherent posts, especially when she lets her cat walk on the keyboard. [/QUOTE] Ah yes, Shaky Fluffy. She does all my best work. Say, is it a little ripe around here? Kinda swampy smelling? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/307 "2006-12-27T22:45:40Z")
Thanks once again, **Featherlou** , for conforming to my expectations of you. You never let me down. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/308 "2006-12-27T22:45:47Z")
I’m really quite proud of **featherlou**. She was only 75 IQ points short of qualifying for Mensa! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/309 "2006-12-27T22:47:20Z")
**Lemur** seems to be somebody somewhere doesn’t he? ---
**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, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/310 "2006-12-27T22:54:15Z")
**swampbear** is the best possible illustration that everybody’s got to be somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/311 "2006-12-27T22:56:56Z")
Chez Guevara represents all that’s great about the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/312 "2006-12-27T22:57:52Z")
To the best of my current knowledge, which is limited at best, **Liberal** has never raped **Chez Guevara**. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/313 "2006-12-27T22:59:27Z")
I’ve never imagined **Priceguy** ’s face on the pins when I go bowling. ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/314 "2006-12-27T23:04:24Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] To the best of my current knowledge, which is limited at best, **Liberal** has never raped **Chez Guevara**. [/QUOTE] Well if he did, and I find out about it, I’m going to be very, very cross. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/315 "2006-12-27T23:32:00Z")
**Asimovian** rarely makes me think about puking my guts out whenever I see his name. ---
**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 28, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/316 "2006-12-28T11:37:48Z")
\*\*swampbear’s \*\* user name does not just describe his smell. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/317 "2006-12-28T12:01:12Z")
**Dr. Rieux** is not nearly obnoxious as, say, a car alarm going off at three a.m. ---
**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 28, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/318 "2006-12-28T13:46:01Z")
Talking with **swampbear** is certainly more fun than hitting your foot with a hammer. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/319 "2006-12-28T13:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] Talking with **swampbear** is certainly more fun than hitting your foot with a hammer. [/QUOTE] **Scribble** writes better than his/her user name implies. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/320 "2006-12-28T13:59:50Z")
**VunderBob** doesn’t start nearly as many accidental fires as he used to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=17)