# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/641 "2007-01-11T16:23:02Z")
Elendil’s Heir is ranked #47 among dopers who’ve had the most positive horoscopes in a row, with a full 11. (Eve is #1 with 3143) His most recent was “Today is a good day to eat french onion soup. Avoid sprouts of all kinds. Lucky numbers 8, 67, 3.2” ---
**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 11, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/642 "2007-01-11T17:04:21Z")
Well, I guess I know what _my_ lunch is going to be. **photopat** ’s enormous Internet kiddy-porn empire will surely draw attention at the highest levels of the U.S. Justice Department. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/643 "2007-01-11T19:56:27Z")
Look, **Elendil’s Heir** , I know you obsess about it, but your butt isn’t too small. It just isn’t. ---
**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 11, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/644 "2007-01-11T20:14:36Z")
**gigi** , bless her, is so concerned with helping other Dopers feel good about their butts, she’s completely unaware of how gawdawful her own looks. ---
**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 12, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/645 "2007-01-12T03:18:00Z")
Folks, give it up for **Elendil’s Heir** –the man, the legend, the medical case-study! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/646 "2007-01-12T03:24:59Z")
**Dr. Rieux** , you may not know how to pronounce it, but by god it contains an “X.” ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/647 "2007-01-12T03:48:19Z")
**photopat** thankfully knows it’s not the end result that counts, but the journey to get there. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/648 "2007-01-12T04:48:12Z")
Most people would be bored having nothing to do; not **threnodyangelfire** though, he/she is happy as a peach. ---
**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 12, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/649 "2007-01-12T07:07:12Z")
What can I say about \*\*bigbabysweets2000 \*\* that hasn’t already appeared in the _Weekly World News_? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/650 "2007-01-12T14:32:30Z")
**Dr. Rieux** , when people say you’re generally nice to be around, I am the first to leap to your defense. ---
**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 12, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/651 "2007-01-12T15:16:52Z")
After this long, **gigi** at least knows enough to wipe her fingerprints from weapons before she leaves crime scenes. ---
**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 16, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/652 "2007-01-16T18:10:08Z")
Four days past… crickets chirping… I win! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/653 "2007-01-16T18:56:52Z")
Congratulations! As usual, you come in second to last. ---
**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 16, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/654 "2007-01-16T19:30:58Z")
=Sigh= And so the thread continues… 😉 **gigi** , you have a real talent for robbing others of their petty little triumphs. ---
**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 29, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/655 "2007-01-29T17:56:53Z")
Thirteen days past… still more crickets chirping. I win again! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/656 "2007-01-29T18:08:17Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** ’s childlike delight at “winning” a thread could charitably be described as charming. His insistence on flogging this particular dead horse could not. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/657 "2007-01-29T19:57:10Z")
**fachverwirrt** , you’re excellent at coming in second to last! ---
**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 29, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/658 "2007-01-29T21:02:05Z")
_Damn_ it! **gigi** is less irritating than everyone had warned me she could be. But not by much. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/659 "2007-01-29T21:44:21Z")
Elendil’s Heir is apparent. In the shower drain at least ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/660 "2007-01-30T14:58:40Z")
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