# 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:** 20
**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 30, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/381 "2006-12-30T00:43:05Z")
**spoke-** has really improved his dental hygiene as of late. ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/382 "2006-12-30T01:00:28Z")
The best things about **swampbear’s** posts are their brevity and rarity. ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/383 "2006-12-30T01:04:47Z")
**Scribble** is well noted for his macaroni art creations. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/384 "2006-12-30T01:06:13Z")
Fortunately for \*\*Scribble \*\* he/she (?) is clearly understood because everything on these boards is typed. ---
**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 30, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/385 "2006-12-30T02:08:15Z")
If **Largo62** were a member of the Spanish Inquisition, he would be only somewhat expected. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/386 "2006-12-30T03:55:06Z")
As far as \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\* goes, at least Cleveland rocks. ---
**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 30, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/387 "2006-12-30T04:21:27Z")
The postings of \*\*bigbabysweets2000 \*\* tell us that the beans aren’t all that’s baked in Boston. ---
**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 30, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/388 "2006-12-30T06:57:25Z")
Dr Rieux is proof that only the very good die young. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/389 "2006-12-30T08:28:19Z")
**Cicero** - that’s an interesting scent you’re wearing. Tell me, do you just get into a bath full of it and splash around to save time in the mornings, or do you have to use a paintbrush? ---
**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 30, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/390 "2006-12-30T08:44:44Z")
Illumanitiprimus, Your post reminds me that all are like good parking spots. All the best are taken. ---
**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 30, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/391 "2006-12-30T08:44:45Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] **Chez Guevara** is just smart enough that he ought to know that Elendil has more than one heir nowadays. [/QUOTE] Elendil may have more than one heir but no matter how many heirs Elendil has you’ll always be one of Elendil’s heirs to me. Why can’t you be more like Illuminatiprimus, a poster whose contributions to this board are immeasurable? ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/392 "2006-12-30T08:57:45Z")
**Chez Guevara** - what a lovely compliment. You know you do quite well for someone who died in 1967. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/393 "2006-12-30T12:05:41Z")
Illuminatiprimus does in fact realize that it’s not normal for a corpse 39 years dead to to anything but decompose. He should be praised for attempting to make a rudimentary rhetorical point. ---
**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 30, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/394 "2006-12-30T12:45:12Z")
**sturmhauke’s** personal hygiene is matched only by that of a hog farm. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/395 "2006-12-30T13:07:03Z")
**swampbear** doesn’t owe me as much money as **sturmhauke** does. ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/396 "2006-12-30T13:13:52Z")
**bigbabysweets2000** isn’t afraid to engage in a battle of wits, even when unarmed. ---
**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 30, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/397 "2006-12-30T14:45:40Z")
If it’s a battle of wits **Dr. Rieux** should be a Conscientious Objector. ---
**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 30, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/398 "2006-12-30T16:28:50Z")
\*\*Chez Guevara \*\* thinks his username would also be a good name for a Cuban restaurant in Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/399 "2006-12-30T19:34:41Z")
**Dr. Rieux** is a great lover of animals. ---
**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 30, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/400 "2006-12-30T20:53:07Z")
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