# 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:** 17
**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, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/321 "2006-12-28T14:08:11Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **VunderBob** doesn’t start nearly as many accidental fires as he used to. [/QUOTE] **Swampbear** is doing much better mopping up problems in his workplace. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/322 "2006-12-28T14:33:35Z")
**VunderBob’s** rabid, obsessive compulsion with the letter V is rather quaint. ---
**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, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/323 "2006-12-28T15:05:01Z")
**Uncommon Sense** is one doper who lives up to his/her user 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, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/324 "2006-12-28T16:39:59Z")
\*\*swampbear \*\* only came in third in a Chewbacca look-alike contest. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/325 "2006-12-28T16:47:41Z")
Did you all know that **Dr. Rieux** finished high school in the lower ten percent of his class? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/326 "2006-12-28T17:00:44Z")
That was a good effort, Swampbear. ---
**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 28, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/327 "2006-12-28T18:17:41Z")
Reading **Liberal** ’s posts is better than having long steel needles plunged into my eyeballs, at least. ---
**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, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/328 "2006-12-28T18:24:10Z")
**Elendeil’s Heir’s** mother sure is dressing him better these days. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/329 "2006-12-28T18:53:43Z")
It’s clear that **swambear** is at a comfortable point in his career when he can post to a message board all day long. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/330 "2006-12-28T19:26:21Z")
I’d like to thank **Uncommon Sense** for making me feel so smart. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/331 "2006-12-28T19:39:56Z")
We just took a vote and it was nearly unanimous that \*\*Hey you! \*\*was better than sub-human. ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/332 "2006-12-28T19:41:25Z")
**ASAKMOTSD** I swear you can hardly tell that’s a combover. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/333 "2006-12-28T19:52:41Z")
If **swambear’s** posts are any indication, his intellignence is not less than Webster’s definition of imbecile. ---
**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 28, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/334 "2006-12-28T20:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **Elendeil’s Heir’s** mother sure is dressing him better these days. [/QUOTE] Actually, somebody already said that about me upthread. I’d tell **Elendil’s Heir’s Mom** , but she’s bound to take it the wrong way… :dubious: ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/335 "2006-12-28T21:00:22Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** can guess which is shit and which is Shinola eight out of ten times. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/336 "2006-12-28T21:25:46Z")
Hey, **swampbear** , your shirt really goes with your face! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/337 "2006-12-28T21:32:43Z")
The amount of time **Beadalin** spends on this message board do not indicate a lack of real life social skills, not completely anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/338 "2006-12-28T21:38:15Z")
No one on this board can deny that **bigbabysweets2000** has excellent penmanship. ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/339 "2006-12-28T21:47:41Z")
As far as we know, **spoke-** is not a \*registered \* sex offender. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/340 "2006-12-28T23:47:29Z")
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