# 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:** 19
**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 29, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/361 "2006-12-29T14:25:39Z")
**Hey you!** has a point–which is why he ususally wears tall hats. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/362 "2006-12-29T14:28:52Z")
**Dr. Rieux** ’s almost-clever use of a 5th grade playground taunt was so cute! ---
**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 29, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/363 "2006-12-29T15:22:02Z")
**BMalion** certainly knows something about taunting. ---
**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 29, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/364 "2006-12-29T15:26:28Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is a self-made millionaire. Inherited two million and bet half on Red. 😃 ---
**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 29, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/365 "2006-12-29T15:35:39Z")
**According to Pliny** ’s is a cautionary tale that even the least of us can learn from. ---
**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 29, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/366 "2006-12-29T15:35:43Z")
\*\*Acording to Pliny \*\* shows his concern for the environment by recycling old jokes. ---
**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 29, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/367 "2006-12-29T17:41:32Z")
**Hey You!** contributes to the intellect around here in many small ways. **Dr. Rieux** almost always wears matching socks. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/368 "2006-12-29T17:58:38Z")
**Swampbear** has never publically molested a swamp rat. ---
**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 29, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/369 "2006-12-29T18:06:10Z")
**BJMoose** has never publically given a bj to a moose. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/370 "2006-12-29T18:16:20Z")
I kinda expected something like that. . . . ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/371 "2006-12-29T18:18:58Z")
**BJMoose** is so smart that he realizes we all talk about him behind his back. ---
**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 29, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/372 "2006-12-29T18:52:14Z")
In time, **bigbabysweets2000** may figure out the same. ---
**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 29, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/373 "2006-12-29T18:57:32Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] I kinda expected something like that. . . . [/QUOTE] I’m nothing if not predictable… **Elendil’s Heir** has offended fewer people than Michael Richards or Mel Gibson. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/374 "2006-12-29T19:01:25Z")
Many of Dr. Rieux’s patients have NOT died. ---
**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 29, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/375 "2006-12-29T19:14:00Z")
\*\*Eutychus \*\* is the most brilliant intellectual in Rhode Island, now that the Farrelly brothers have gone to Hollywood ---
**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 29, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/376 "2006-12-29T19:21:40Z")
**Dr. Rieux** isn’t a real doctor, and he _doesn’t_ play one on TV. Which is, I think, in the public interest. ---
**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 29, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/377 "2006-12-29T19:27:59Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is the most brilliant heir Elendil has, now that Elendil has only one heir. ---
**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 29, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/378 "2006-12-29T21:08:47Z")
**Chez Guevara** is just smart enough that he ought to know that Elendil has more than one heir nowadays. ---
**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 29, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/379 "2006-12-29T22:16:04Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** is still waiting patiently for Elendil’s will to go through probate. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/380 "2006-12-29T23:45:05Z")
**Dr. Rieux** ’s posts are wonderfully succinct, and therefore less tiresome than they otherwise would be! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=20)