diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -112,17 +112,14 @@
     if (strstr (message->line, message->nick)) {
         if (*message->line != '!') {
             /*
-             * DEAD - LOCK - CHECK
+             * DEADLOCK-CHECK
              */
             if (strcmp (message->user, message->nick)) {
                 snprintf (msg, 512, "PRIVMSG %s :%s, %s?\r\n", message->channel, gettext ("What's up"), message->user);
-                if (counter++ > 3)
+                if (counter++ > 2)
                     return NULL;
                 return msg;
             }
-            /*
-             * DEAD - LOCK - CHECK ENDS
-             */
         }
         return NULL;
     }