swa66 - 9:47 am on Nov 6, 2009 (gmt 0)

Is the browser in quirksmode ? IOW, do you have a full doctype ?

How invalid code (e.g. the -- inside your comment, but the is a bunch more) is handled differs from the mode the browser is in.

I'd suggest validating your code: it'll fix this and more, but for a forum that's not an easy task.