# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/561 "2007-01-05T10:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] **Giraffe** , I like how your prehensile tongue just kind of lies there. [/QUOTE] Kinda like you, really. I know this wasn’t the “previous post” but it’s too good to pass up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/562 "2007-01-05T10:40:20Z")
Malacandra should be forgiven for not wanting to take on Shai’tan, even though Shai’tan is not actually as scary as he looks. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/563 "2007-01-05T13:50:11Z")
**Sturmhauke** , I like the way your potbelly balances out your humpback. ---
**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 5, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/564 "2007-01-05T14:07:38Z")
**gigi** hasn’t murdered anyone that I’ve ever heard of. ---
**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 5, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/565 "2007-01-05T16:16:11Z")
Whether or not it’s necessary, **Elendil’s Heir** changes his/her underwear every Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/566 "2007-01-05T16:34:33Z")
**Uncommon Sense** is coherent more than 1/4 of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/567 "2007-01-05T16:53:33Z")
gigi can be proud of the fact that her encyclopedic knowledge of adult bladder dysfunction comes from cold hard experience ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/568 "2007-01-05T17:41:27Z")
Hugh Jass can be proud that his encyclopedic knowledge of erectile dysfunction comes from warm soft experience. ---
**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 5, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/569 "2007-01-05T17:44:36Z")
HUAC records indicate that **gigi** is not now, nor has she ever been, a member of the Communist Party. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/570 "2007-01-05T17:56:46Z")
I can say with reasonable confidence that **Elendil’s Heir** has never kicked my puppy. ---
**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 5, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/571 "2007-01-05T18:42:48Z")
As far as I know, \*\*fachverwirrt \*\* has never been charged with a hate crime against a Franchman. ---
**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 5, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/572 "2007-01-05T18:44:09Z")
Or even a Fr **e** nchman. :smack: ---
**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 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/573 "2007-01-05T19:33:55Z")
Despite occasionally dodgy spelling, **Dr. Rieux** has never, as far as I know, violated the Prime Directive. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/574 "2007-01-05T22:13:21Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** falls down a lot less often than you’d expect for someone with his looks. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/575 "2007-01-05T23:25:24Z")
A **Giraffe** doesn’t have too far to go if he ever wants to stick his head up his ass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/576 "2007-01-05T23:54:31Z")
Jelymag’s lej isn’t _that_ gamy. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/577 "2007-01-06T00:16:14Z")
**gigi** has the best spelling of any person with only a fourth-grade education, bar none. ---
**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 6, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/578 "2007-01-06T00:23:40Z")
Despite his name, **Giraffe** is almost _twice_ as smart as an actual giraffe. Almost. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/579 "2007-01-06T01:12:14Z")
And **Der Trihs** is almost as smart as Giraffe. Almost. ---
**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 6, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/580 "2007-01-06T03:19:08Z")
**The New and Improved Superman** has never been picked out of a police lineup. Yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=30)