# 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:** 26
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/501 "2007-01-03T11:28:45Z")
I would like **Der Trihs** to speak at my funeral, since I’m looking forward to speaking at his. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/502 "2007-01-03T11:53:20Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **Chez Guevara** is a well-known paint-by-the-numbers artist. [/QUOTE] Please. The word you are looking for is _artiste_. Of all the posters whose names comprise 13 characters and a space, and which begin with ‘Unc’ and end with ‘nse’, **Uncommon Sense** is one of my favourites. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/503 "2007-01-03T12:46:53Z")
**Chez Guevara** has mastered chewing gum without getting it in his hair. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/504 "2007-01-03T12:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] **Chez Guevara** has mastered chewing gum without getting it in his hair. [/QUOTE] **Swampbear** has not - but at least he’s _trying_. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/505 "2007-01-03T13:00:21Z")
Many of **Der Trihs** ’s posts do not read as if there were spittle all over the inside of the monitor. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/506 "2007-01-03T13:08:41Z")
**Malacandra** has never been my least favorite poster. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/507 "2007-01-03T13:55:33Z")
**fachverwirrt** has an IQ of nearly 100. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/508 "2007-01-03T14:30:31Z")
**JThunder** ’s username does not, I believe, refer to any medically-diagnosed condition of explosive flatulence. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/509 "2007-01-03T19:11:53Z")
\*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\* is living proof that evolution does sometimes work in reverse. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/510 "2007-01-03T19:22:59Z")
Dr. Rieux’s scent and bedside manner are both pleasant. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/511 "2007-01-03T19:48:21Z")
Lucasfilms has not yet seen fit to get an injunction against **ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies** ’s username. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/512 "2007-01-03T21:57:06Z")
\*\*Elendil’d Heir \*\* is still hanging in there, despite the threats, the paternity suits, the tabloid articles, the injunctions, the restraining orders … ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/513 "2007-01-03T22:07:16Z")
**Dr. Rieux** inspires a certain _jamais vu_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/514 "2007-01-03T22:27:18Z")
If I was ever stuck in the middle of the desert with virtually no chance of getting back to civilization before the water ran out then **Shoshana** is the person I’d most like to have with me. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/515 "2007-01-03T22:44:08Z")
You’re certainly not quite the dumbest guy in the room. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/516 "2007-01-04T00:53:31Z")
I refuse to believe all of those stories about gigi–especially the one concerning the goat and the Cub Scout pack. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/517 "2007-01-04T03:10:10Z")
If you’re at death’s door, I have it on good authority that Dr. Rieux will pull you through. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/518 "2007-01-04T05:02:23Z")
I really don’t think **Patty O’Furniture** is anti-Irish, despite all the scurrilous rumors. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/519 "2007-01-04T13:52:47Z")
In terms of looks and brains, **Elendil’s Heir** has a great personality. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/520 "2007-01-04T14:01:54Z")
**fachverwirrt** ’s user name doesn’t sound completely vulgar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=27)