# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/161 "2006-12-23T01:28:41Z")
[QUOTE=Barking Dog] And by no means does JThunder’s memory rival that of goldfish. No sir. [/QUOTE] By the definition of ‘faint praise’ given in the link I use the following to give faint praise to the previous poster… Barkiing Dog should enjoy the accolade of being a name I am familiar with on this message board which I visit semi-yearly. Mostly drunk. (I don’t drink often but when I do I visit message boards) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/162 "2006-12-23T01:47:18Z")
You know, Lobsang is a pretty good name for a llama. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/163 "2006-12-23T01:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=devilsknew] You know, Lobsang is a pretty good name for a llama. [/QUOTE] \*\*Devilsknew \*\*is a credit to most of his species, too… ---
**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 23, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/164 "2006-12-23T02:11:07Z")
I suspect that **ASAKMOTSD** has a bright future ahead of him in politics. Why, he’s at least as smart as the incumbent President of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/165 "2006-12-23T02:29:33Z")
It is refreshing to see that **Elendil’s Heir** is using all 26 of his chromosomes. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/166 "2006-12-23T02:33:21Z")
[QUOTE=Rhubarb] It is refreshing to see that **Elendil’s Heir** is using all 26 of his chromosomes. [/QUOTE] :smack: 46 chromosomes. It is fortunate that **Rhubarb** gave up his dreams of being a geneticist. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/167 "2006-12-23T02:39:00Z")
Well Rhubarb has some problems with science but I’ve always been a fan of his pies. ---
**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 23, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/168 "2006-12-23T03:25:53Z")
For that matter, **Rhubarb** would probably make a perfectly adequate Director of FEMA. ---
**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 23, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/169 "2006-12-23T03:40:26Z")
It’s really good to see **Elendil’s Heir** back in this thread. Again. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/170 "2006-12-23T03:53:16Z")
It’s so refresing to see that a mere cottage remains the potent symbol of rebellion and alluring zeal of revolution. Viva! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/171 "2006-12-23T04:09:19Z")
I’m sure elelle has many good qualities, and I’m confident that with practice her wit will be on par with those good qualities-- whatever they happen to be! ---
**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 23, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/172 "2006-12-23T04:33:59Z")
It’s a testament to **Chez Guevara** ’s cunning writing style that he hasn’t been banned for life from the SDMB. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/173 "2006-12-23T05:06:00Z")
That’s such a nice outfit, **Elendil**. I had one just like it back in grade school. ---
**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 23, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/174 "2006-12-23T05:21:13Z")
Oh **featherlou** you are _so_ modest. Your own dress sense is impeccable. You look just like my maid. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/175 "2006-12-23T05:26:48Z")
Ooh, scorch-pow! And we all thought you wouldn’t be able to figure out complicated things like using words… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/176 "2006-12-23T05:28:47Z")
Speaking of words, **featherlou** ’s rather adept with them, for a hockey fan. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/177 "2006-12-23T05:31:53Z")
Ah, **The Scrivener.** If you need anything scrivened, he’s your man. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/178 "2006-12-23T05:33:10Z")
**featherlou** is nowhere near as boorish as everyone says! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/179 "2006-12-23T05:37:48Z")
Of course **matt\_mcl** has many amazing and stellar qualities. Just give me a moment to think… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207/180 "2006-12-23T05:40:38Z")
Whenever I’m in Toronto, I think of Kythereia, and sometimes I even think about sending her an e-mail. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-the-previous-poster-with-faint-praise/385207.md?page=10)