Left-Handed Compliment

It's a back-handed compliment, not a left-handed compliment.

"Your hair really looks great today, Carol."

The implication being that it doesn't normally look great.

"You smell good today, Carol - new perfume?" The implication being that Carol doesn't normally smell good and didn't yesterday.

This Carol chick has got a lot of passive-aggressive people on her life.

“I bet you were really good looking when you were young”

An actual one from my now-late mother: "The lobster is really good this time."

“You scrub up well” is a common backhanded compliment. The implication being that you look like dog shit most of the time.

"I defend you all the time"

Oh…that joke is still funny, no matter HOW many times you tell it….

Those jeans look really nice on a guy your size!

You don't sweat much for a fat girl.

Nice outfit, Carol. I always like it when you wear that.

"You DO have pretty hands, Carol. I always say that EVERYONE has an attractive feature about them!"

You are so much smarter than I expected you to be.

Carol you have such a pretty face.

"Leave her alone, she can't help it if she's poor."

Aren’t you two crowded in that seat? Oh, sorry! It’s just you….

“Counting this week’s loss, I’m down 74 pounds!”

“Well, that’s a good start….”

(Alt. “Well, that’s like a drop in the ocean”)

"You speak so well!"

"You don't look your age"

The chestnut at 4:10 is a pretty good example of what OP is getting at, though the whole clip is a veritable smorgasbord of passive-aggression.

“You’re such charming company when you limit yourself to two drinks, Carol.”

Dear Carol, you were an unforgettable Peter Pan. You must play it again soon.

"Carol looks good for her age."

"You can do it, Carol; it really isn't complicated."

Nice shoes, Carol. I donated a pair just like those a couple years ago.

OP here, Thanks for enlightening me.

“I was wrong about you, Carol. You’re not a cunt all the time!”

“Your hair doesnt look frizzy today.”

Stop putting some lame clarification as the signature. Your sentence should say it all without explanation. If it doesn't, don't post it.

"Look how much weight you've lost! You're close to normal now."

You get so many of those when you lose weight.

[quote] Stop putting some lame clarification as the signature. Your sentence should say it all without explanation. If it doesn't, don't post it.

THE HALL MONITOR, R29, HAS SPOKEN, CUNTS!!

To be fair, r4, she's a bit of a wreck. As you can tell from the thread.

"I'm going to eat that last piece of cake"

"No, don't waste it"

Of course, calling it a left handed compliment has its own built in negativity. At least for us left handed folks. Kind of like red-headed stepchild.

Why Carol, you should smile more often. I had no idea you still had so many of your teeth.

Carol, you always brighten up a room as your leaving.

Carol, I always marvel at your ability to not care what people think of you.

Carol, how sweet you got a rescue cat. Now you'll have someone to dine with.

Carol, so you're not pregnant? But you look due at any moment.

Carol, you're so brave to wear a skirt.

Carol, say what you want about his jowls but he’s a vast improvement over you last date.

R35, I'm two out of the three: a left-handed redhead. Finally, I can be a victim!

Now, where are my reparations?

“Hi, Carol, we were talking about you at the party last week.”

Wow - Carol needs to quit her job and move across country.

“Oh wow, look at you enjoying these fireworks. You’re not a cold fish at all.”

Said to me once. I’m still like - what?

[quote] Wow - Carol needs to quit her job and move across country.

Wherever Carol goes, there she is.

Carol, everyone appreciates how your personal life allows to work late shifts and weekends.

Carol, all the boys say you have a great personality.

I don't care what anybody else says, Carol. Your apple pie is perfectly adequate.

My sister said to me today, "But you're such a young 62!"

My aunt would say the following to my mother whenever mom got a new hair cut or new outfit or new home furnishings, etc:

"Well, as long as you are happy with it."

Carol, I'm astonished by how much you can accomplish with make-up

Carol, everyone appreciates your typos and misfiling records. It takes the pressure off the rest of us.

Carol, don't worry about that personal email you accidentally sent to the whole staff. Most of us have you filtered to spam. Oh, and I hope that anti-fungal cream works.

"They said you weren't fit to eat with pigs, and I defended you and said you were!"

Carol, everyone thinks you're just great at trying.

I like that outfit. For you.

And when Carol climbs into the cab of that Uhaul to drive cross country, someone will say "Wow, finally a vehicle you look in proportion to, Carol!"

As a left hander, I find this entire thread is one huge back handed compliment.

Carol! CAROL! You can be really hot when you want to be!

Remember “clean and articulate”?…

You guys came through with some really good examples for the OP. Not that you had anything important going on in your lives.

"Oh bless you, Carol, you're alright when you're sober!"

Oh Carol, I don't understand why Mary Martin would say that you have a face for radio. Who can see your face on the radio?

You guys are hilarious! Being in vaudeville really paid off for you all.

Carol is simply one of the nicest people on the planet. You can always count on her to make you look good!

Carol, I admire how you'll just wear anything without a second thought.

Carol, that Tuna sandwich you made for lunch smelled heavenly. You, did, have tuna fish, right?

When we were one short for our dinner seating I said to Jim, "Let's invite Carol. She'll be free, I'm sure."

Carol really knows how to stretch a dollar. Why, it hardly shows!

The extra weight really suits you, Carol!

Carol, it is so refreshing nowadays to meet a single woman who isn't all wrapped up in career advancement or worried about time passing.

I envy your single life, Carol. Not tied down to a husband or children and being free to live all alone in your quaint one-bedroom apartment.

Carol is a perfect party guest -she's always so appreciative! And she never complains about the seating arrangements.

Carol, your outfit is just timeless. Even today it looks just as it did when you first bought it 20 years ago.

You're so lucky to be plump, Carol. I bet you never get cold in the winter.

I think Carol should be proud of her virginity -saving herself for marriage.

You're not half as stupid as everyone led me to believe. Good for you.

So, Carol, when's the baby due? Oh wait, you're not pregnant?

The examples of back-handed comments are hilarious, but can we also share our comebacks? Those are usually even funnier.

"Carol, you were so skinny before, I'm so glad you've gained some weight"

"Yes, thank you, I'll soon be your size."

(inspired by Colette)

In response to any new outfit, hairdo, shoes, etc.:

"Carol, that's so you."

Carol's rather pretty for a (blank) woman.... insert minority status, race, or ethnicity other than WASP at blank.

When did you eat corn, Carol?

This thread is the best that Datalounge gets.

Carol, you look just like that Sarah Jessica Parker.

Congratulations to Sunisa Lee, Rebeca Andrade and Nina Derwael who all won gymnastics gold medals in Tokyo after the GOAT Simone Niles withdrew from those finals.

"I don't care what anyone says, I like you."

R73/R74 so we deplore Frauen for being boring subservient breeders, but we also hate Carol for opting out of that life. I can’t keep up with the 🐙 misogyny...

This is why I enjoy you girls. Everyone is so full of...well, so full!

[quote] [R73]/[R74] so we deplore Frauen for being boring subservient breeders, but we also hate Carol for opting out of that life. I can’t keep up with the 🐙 misogyny...

Carol, no one expects you to make cogent intellectual statements but we admire your trying.

Carol! WTG catching the bouquet! I'm sure you'll find someone some day....

I had a superior in my department tell me, after I gave a presentation and asked him how it went, say “oh it went well. Almost everyone liked it.”

Carol is an absolute whiz at card games! I guess all those weekends of playing Solitaire have really paid off.

Whenever I have tea to share I call Carol. Day or night, I know she'll be home and happy for the contact.

Does Carol have a Tina Turner wall clock?

Carol, looks aren't everything, you know. Good looks fade over time but a personality such as yours lasts forever.

Carol, the masked look really suits you.

Carol has unerring taste. I bring her shopping and I always know just what to not buy.

Listen, Carol. Dinner was just FINE! Ya know, I have a cook book entitled "Eat Like a Peasant!"

Carol, for a fat girl, you don't sweat very much.

Hey, R1:

Where does Left-Handed Compliment come from?

The variant left-handed compliment comes from the use, dating from around 1600 of the word left-handed to mean “questionable” or “doubtful.” (American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms). This use, in turn, derived from the left long being associated with wrongness or evil.

Carol, your taste in decoration is so unique and whimsical! I've never seen anything like it!

"You were so intelligent when you were young" My mother actually said that to me.

Carol, that blouse suits you to a T! You know, my mother also made her own clothes....

Difficult color, green.

This is not an example of a back-handed compliment, but it's funny:

"Any friend of Will's is....Grace."

Karen Walker

You girls area just too funny. Who knew that you ever had it in you? But you probably hear that a lot.

“You are quite wonderful the way you see room for improvement wherever you look. I never knew such reforming zeal.”

Lady Grantham

How is “You don't look your age” a back handed compliment?

It's saying that you're old.

R110 looks as good as she ever has, or ever will.

R103, you are so amusing, we should do lunch! That is, if you don't mind being seen eating in public.

[quote] It's saying that you're old.

No, it's not. I was told when I was in my early thirties that I didn't look my age (I looked like I was in my early to mid-twenties). It's simply saying that one doesn't look one's age.

[Quote] No, it's not. I was told when I was in my early thirties that I didn't look my age (I looked like I was in my early to mid-twenties). It's simply saying that one doesn't look one's age.

It is, though - to the person who says it, they think you're no spring chicken.

Your place looks marvelous. Is this period furniture of furniture period?

Thank you BostonPete, it's period. No reproduction here, something I'm sure you know all about!

Carol, you should thank god you have such small breasts. The bigger, voluptuous ones are just a hassle. Really.

Carol, I admire your stamina and perseverance in hoping to find a soul mate.

Carol, your two boys are the sweetest, most well-behaved little cave men I've ever seen!

Did you just get your teeth cleaned? They’re a brighter shade of green…

I'm so proud of you. I watched you very closely. You didn't screw up once!

Thinking of Carol reminds me of...

Carol, I am so envious of your modest chest. You can't imagine how much my boobs attract so much constant attention from men. What I would do for just one night home alone. You're so lucky.

Carol, I simply marvel at your hair. You must be the only woman on earth's to maintain that shade of blond without going bald!

Carol, you are so down-to-earth and full of common sense. Most women would insist on getting a bikini wax before wearing that swimsuit, but don't fuss with silly things like that.

R124, Hun, your chest is amazing, and you being so young, you have all those years to pay them off!

Carol, you look like Kirstie Alley.

Carol, your grey hair streaks look great. Embrace them!

Feud's Joan Crawford to Anne Bancroft: "What a lovely performance. And to a half-empty house, that really is dedication."

Joan's School of Fine Bitchery & Subtle Shading (video lesson below)

I thought you wore too much makeup and you were a slut. But I was wrong—you don't wear too much makeup!

"You don't look your age" is a polite way of saying, "Oh my God, you're THAT old?!"

You have such a cute apartment. I've never been to this area before. Do you feel safe in this neighborhood?

Carol, you have those sturdy, hefty legs. Like sequoias in pantyhose. Wonderfully peasant and pleasant.

Do you mind helping move my sofa?

Carol, I love what you've done with the place! Early retro Sanford and son....

"Oh you weren't forced to write with your right hand like lefties of the past, lucky you!"

Carol, you've lost weight! Did you give up drinking?

All the guys in our school say Carol gives the best head!

There was once a time when these insults would land on the target. In 2021, there's an awareness that a person who says stuff like this is really damaged. Well adjusted, happy people don't go around being snide on purpose.

Once in a while, a backhanded compliment can be hilarious. It's very rare that your average bitchy queen can censor themselves until the perfect gem of an insult comes along.

Taylor Swift. Hmm. Great gowns, beautiful gowns.

[quote] There was once a time when these insults would land on the target. In 2021, there's an awareness that a person who says stuff like this is really damaged

I disagree. We live in an age of microaggressions, nanoaggressions, and people looking for excuses to be offended and feel victimized. I'd say that in fact even harmless statements are likelier to be misconstrued as hurtful insults or left-handed compliments.

There is something different about you today. You look good.

That is a lovely outfit you’re wearing, Carol. Does it come in your size?

You sure can hold your drink, Carol!

Gosh, I'm so glad I decided to check out DL. I've always had a special place in my heart for elderly bottoms.

Carol, you're one of the most beautiful girls I've ever known from the neck up - such a shame about all those tattoos.....

[quote] I've always had a special place in my heart for elderly bottoms.

Carol, I'm impressed you have any room left in your heart.

You know, Carol, it was you who made me the gay man I am today. :)

Carol, you’re in Iowa you don’t need to dress so flashy. There aren’t many women here who could pull that off, they will think you are after their husbands! No one wants that! 🤡

No problem, hun. You did me a favor by taking my grandma's collection of old prarie dresses. Saved me trip to the dump!

Carol, will you open this jar of pickles? You have the biggest hands.

Oh, Carol, I wish I had your finesse with make up! You can hardly see that little mustache...

Carol is such a lovely, talented performer she really should star in a Broadway revival of Cinderella! In fact, I think she could play both of the stepsisters!

Whatever else they might say about her, everyone has to acknowledge that Carol is an excellent mother. I've never seen her daughters in dirty clothes or unshaven.

Bless her, Carol just has the biggest heart. It's as big as her waist.

I can't tell you all how much I enjoyed this thread.

Carol is so brave and so hopeful. Still going out on dates and hoping to find Mr Right even after all three of her previous husbands came out of the closet and left her for a man. [italic] Three [/italic] husbands and every one of them gay, can you imagine? So very brave, poor thing.

Can all of you please give poor Carol a break! I think she manages very well with such an awkward personality and that unfortunate face.

OT but I’m looking for a very spicy and pointed backhanded congratulations, to give a frenemy from highschool who just got engaged to her boyfriend after eight long years together.

They’re the same age (29), both medics (she a veterinarian, he a doctor) and graduates from Cambridge University (they are smart enough, but bought their way through final interviews). Both pragmatic Type As, but also pretentious middle-class arrivistes. As well as tending to animals, she likes to sing in show choirs, play badminton, write academic papers, and backpack; I don’t know what he enjoys doing besides boring people to death with dry witless conversation about medicine. They’re both scientifically-intelligent and very capable in their field, but poorly-read otherwise, almost entirely uninterested in the Arts or politics (Tories by default) or pop-culture, and though in-shape are really rather physically ugly of face & body (pasty, misshapen, unpretty British 3s, at best).

My history with her is that we were close friends in our mid-teens, only for her to separate herself once it became clear that I was leaving STEM academia, and instead falling in step with more radical culture. She couldn’t have anyone jeopardising her stab at a normal posho life, so of course I got binned off. She is always at incredible pains to seem a higher-class than she is, and keeping me around as a friend was a threat to her secret (the shameful rural-suburban middle-class scraping she once had to do). I also have a sneaking suspicion, given what I know of her dating history with men (only two boyfriends and three sexual partners), that she prefers the Lady Pond, but won’t allow herself to swim for fear of stigma.

Becoming who she has, I’m glad we’re no longer friendly and that her desperate fronting is not my problem. Ostensible success does not make for a true happiness, and she will find that out in time to come. That said, we have many mutual acquaintances still left, so I always see her announcements and conversations on social media and occasionally get invites to the same events, and can’t totally avoid her sneery fake toxic presence.

So I want a remark that will make it clear to her that she is a joke to me, but I wish her well and don’t envy her a bit.

I think "Damning with faint praise" is a subset of a lefthanded compliment. Right?

R113, And most every restaurant offers a Low-Calorie selection!

Simone, you're a great Olympian for being a quitter!

For the love if God, r159, shut up!

of God, too.

You don't sweat much for a fat girl.

R159 Let it go. Whatever you say to your ex-friend may backfire on you, plus she'll find you pathetic for holding this grudge for so long. Just be glad she's no longer in your life and move on.

Wow, Carol. You house is much more tasteful than I imagined it would be! I am truly shocked.

I've always liked that dress.

You're not as fat as they said.

Oh, the light.

Geez, Carol! Another ten years and that car could be considered a classic!

For R159:

Congratulations! I hope you're planning on having lots of children. That will stop all that nasty whispering.

Carol, Carol, Carol... It's okay to cry -really! If I were you I'd be crying too.

Carol, those new glasses really help give your face a shape.

Carol! I thought you died years ago! Well, you're looking healthier now.

Those new shoes are breathtaking, Carol! I'll bet you just can't wait for that fungus to clear up so you can wear them!

Carol, these photos are marvelous. The person who took them must be a genius. You look great. The lighting must have been perfect.

Carol didn’t use her googles. Now she doesn’t need them. 🦯

It's not you. It's me.

“Very daring of you to wear that two-piece”

It's so nice that all of you here have so much time on your hands.

You are always so well put together, Carol. Perfect hair, a lovely outfit, nice shoes and elegant accessories. You are such a perfect little housewife. Like a Stepford wife.

YASSSS Carol SLAY QUEEN!

Your word art - so literate! Are they stickers?

[quote] It's so nice that all of you here have so much time on your hands.

Never too busy to put in a kind word for you Carol. Everyone needs at least a little attention.

This could be my most favorite thread ever.

Carol, I don't see a wrinkle or line anywhere on your face! Fat people just age slower!

C'mon guys -You have to admit that Carol has been taking all of this digging really well. Most of us would have hurled profanity-laden invective at everyone here long ago! I guess Carol is just used to it...

Lol r187, you really made me laugh! of course, with those Holly Hobby shoes you must hear that a lot.

You got engaged, Carol? Congratulations! Wow, there really is a lid for every pot.

Carol, every one is behind you 100% during mass shooting drills!

Carol, your handwritten thank you note was so special! I just love it when the old generation keeps their cute traditions alive. It's so quaint and lovely.

Carol, all women with handsome husbands have that cross to bear! Speaking of "bear," do you know if Mike has a preference?

- Connie Cuntlee

It was so sweet of Carol to lend me her flannel pajamas for our camping trip! They made a perfect tent and kept the whole family snug and warm. She's a real sweetheart.

OP, regardless of the comments that follow, you did your best to be relevant with your post.

Have you seen Carol's impression of Donald Trump? It's spot-on perfect! Why, all you have to do is plug your ears and you'd swear he is right there in the room with you!

Most people’s hair frame their face. Carol, your face frames your hair. That spiral perm is stunning.

One thing I have to say I admire about you gays: you know how to see the laughter between the tears.

Carol, your no makeup look is just great. Oh what? You are wearing makeup? Ohhh, is that rouge? I thought you were suffering from rosacea, poor thang.

One just heard on "Married at First Sight":

Bride to Groom: "I told my friends that looks didn't matter as much as personality. I got what I asked for!"

Carol said, "One thing I have to say I admire about you gays: you know how to see the laughter between the tears."

Yes, Carol. We see you crying and we laugh.

Say what you will, Carol has truly beautiful fingers -straight, slender, and perfectly formed. And now that she has had the extra two removed her hands are remarkably balanced.

Our Carol can always be counted on to keep the toilet stocked with tissue and the medicine chest clear of mind altering substances.

I sometimes wish we'd never met so I could have the pleasure of meeting you again with the wonderful open mind of ignorance.

Carol, you're such the generous sort. I'm sure you'd give it all away if you had anything it to offer.

[quote] I sometimes wish we'd never met so I could have the pleasure of meeting you again with the wonderful open mind of ignorance.

This one has potential, but I would keep it shorter to be funnier and sharper:

I sometimes wish hadn't met so I could meet you all over again with an open mind

CAROL! Where DID you find that beautiful dress? I can't wait to borrow it so we can see what it looks like on someone with a more curvaceous figure!

Carol is one of the kindest people I know. Why, she'd give you the hair off her back!

Carol, I would never have guessed you were part Black. You are beautiful and have such lovely hair.

R208 - That sounds more like left-handed racism. You know, like Joe Biden calling the first Black President "clean" in 2007.

Carol, you look.....like nothing I've ever seen before! I have no words!

Well, R209, at least Carol isn't racist! I've seen her go down on every kind of man imaginable -black, white, latin, Asian... Sometimes even all together!

Looking back through my posts in this thread I realize I may have been a little hard on Carol, so I need to say it. Carol, I truly feel sorry for you.

All this flattery is overwhelming. Y'all must be hurting for human contact!

Oh Carol, I was thinking about you today and wondered how you were doing.

I somehow stumbled onto this horrible, wretched site called "The Data Are In The Pointlessly Bitchy Lounge" or something and they were discussing Mamie Eisenhower. As soon as I saw her picture I thought to myself "I wonder what Carol has been up to."

[quote] All this flattery is overwhelming. Y'all must be hurting for human contact!

Yes, and you with bovine features are of no help.

You really can't blame Carol for posting every now and then to stand up for herself. I mean everyone piles it onto the poor woman, day in, day out -every day of her life. Everywhere she goes people make rude comments and snigger at her behind her back. How awful for her to know that everyone thinks so little of her.

Oh no one is sniggering behind Carol's back. It's all straight to her face.

Aw, that's sweet, R217. I'll bet you think the same is true of you. ;)

Probably, R217, but since it's coming from Carol no one will care.

Of course you're a good looking woman, Carol! Hey! I'd be the first to tell Kaitlyn Jenner the same thing!

You are so sweet, r220, while you are rolling over telling that to Kaitlyn, have here massage your hump. You deserve that!

I’m Team Carol. She hasn’t broken yet, and I don’t think she’s going to either.

But dearest, you can't break what was never whole.

I appreciate your honesty, r217! Rest assured if I had anything to tell you it would be be right to your face. Both of them!

Oh Carol, I always appreciate it when you try. Don't worry, you might get better one day.

“Your handwriting is esquisite for a person that rights with there left hand.”

Poor Carol -Guys are always ganging up on her!

Oh, Dear R226 !

Carol, I simply must congratulate you on your outfit. It is a very good choice. I've always felt that a full length dress with a high collar and a veil would cover up any and all of your flaws.

R226 on sight

Carol is so happy that this thread has died down at last. You can see it in her eyes -they aren't nearly so red and watery now.

Carol, I thought you died. On the bright side, no need to feel bad no one came to your memorial.

I would be happy to come to your memorial, Carol!

Carol, it's wonderful that you managed to recover from Covid. I was praying for you and was sure you'd beat that nasty virus. I was telling my Bob that a big sturdy old lass like you who got over syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and [italic] four [/italic] unwanted pregnancies wasn't going to let some WuFlu thing take her out.

Here’s another request—my ridiculous closeted 30-something marketing analyst cousin is coming to town for dinner with our grandmother and a few other rels on the weekend. I want to subtly make him feel bad or at least a bit embarrassed about being a creepy lying self-hating money-grubbing social climber who is transparently attempting to butter up grandma for inheritance money—what do I say?

I humbly ask because, for my sins, I look up to you all as fiercely-intelligent gay elders, and I’m not so good at coming up with this stellar material myself when put on the spot.

Be sure you arrive last, R235. Your first words should be:

"Oh, Grandmother! I'm so relieved to see you looking so well! When I was told my cousin was coming to see you i thought you must be gravely ill."

Maybe with an aside to somebody nearby: "Or about to make a new will."

R235 - You sound delightful. I hope your cousin takes your eye out with a shrimp fork.

WTF does this have to do about Carol? Start your own thread, R235

Carol. You have such a tiny mouth and such a petite figure. Looking at you no one would ever guess just how much food you manage to get away with eating.

R237 if you think I’m insufferable, you should meet the rest of my family including my dear cousin. I’m the sole nice decent empathetic person trapped in their vicious selfish poisonous hornets’ nest.

Meet the rest of your family? I don't even want to meet you.

Carol says she's fine and she sends her love...

...Muskrat Love, that is!

Isn't that sweet? R242 thought she was clever.

Oh that Carol. Always 4 decades late, and $100 short.

Oh, Carol. You need to stop fretting and repeating how terribly dowdy you look and how ghastly your hair and your dress are. I really do mean it, Carol. It's not as bad as you think. Most people here are already too drunk to notice.

Don't be rude, R245! Carol has absolutely lovely taste in dresses! Her eye unerringly goes toward what is chic and elegant. They just never have them in her size.

Carol, there's absolutely nothing wrong with being big boned. I always feel so safe when I'm with you!

Carol, your left hand is simply marvelous.

I really admire Carol's expertise in social distancing -I mean, she never goes to parties or other gatherings.

Oh I do wish I could be more like Carol. She obviously doesn't care one bit about her appearance.

Don't be mean, R250. Of COURSE Carol cares about her appearance! She worries about it constantly!

Carol, you have always been so chaste and virtuous. I admire your strength and courage. Really I do. I can't imagine how you keep going on despite never being asked out by anyone and even being rejected when you look for casual encounters. And look at you. As pure, untouched, virginal and unloved today as you must have been when you tried to drop out of high school to become a groupie all those decades ago!

Oh Carol, I'm so sorry to hear of your failed suicide attempt.

That was a surprisingly intelligent observation from you, Carol

Bless your heart, Carol, no one perseveres more than you.

Calling it a left-handed compliment is in fact a back-handed compliment. Well done, OP.

I think R256 should be complimented on her wonderful originality!

Carol, it's always so hard to underestimate you.

Oh, Mona. You overdo with love.

It's a little eerie, isn't it, Carrol, how your name can be a boys' name, too. I like it, but was everything okay with your parents?

All that makeup can't fool me that you're just exhausted. Aren't you/

Take heart, Carol. This thread is slowing down at last. Looking back, I think people could have said a lot of worse things. Maybe data loungers have a sense of pity after all?

I love you all!

Someone has to.

Bless you Carol. It's so generous of you to find a lot of Dataloungers to love given that you don't have anyone in your own life to give your love to. It must break your heart that the only man who ever asked you out left you for another man. Even the pet dogs you had ran away and moved in with your neighbors.

Poor Carol! All that love to give and you can only give it to food and Dataloungers.

Carol, you're incredible to say the words I Love You - and it's just as incredible to hear them, even coming from you.

Carol is really a good sport. Who else could take so much abuse without it lowering her self-esteem any more?