--- shoutbox/shoutbox.module	2006-03-17 22:37:03.000000000 +0100
+++ shoutbox.new/shoutbox.module	2006-06-19 22:45:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -429,7 +429,11 @@
   $links = theme('shoutbox_links'); // get array of links
   $color = 0;
 
-  $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {shoutbox} WHERE status=1 ORDER BY created LIMIT %d", $show_amount);
+  $show_start = count_shouts() - $show_amount;
+  if ($show_start < 0) { 
+    $show_start = 0; 
+  }
+  $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {shoutbox} WHERE status=1 ORDER BY created LIMIT %d, %d", $show_start, $show_amount);
   while ($shout = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     // all filtering (including urls, email addresses, censored words, and emoticons) is handled by the drupal filter system
     $shout->nick = check_markup($shout->nick);
@@ -745,4 +749,4 @@
   return $links;
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>