function fd_smart_excerpt($atts) {

          global $thisarticle;

          extract(lAtts(array(
            'styleclass'        => 'permalink',
            'linktext'          => '#',
            'linktitle'         => 'Permanent link to',
          ),$atts));

        $link = '<a '.($styleclass ? 'class="'.$styleclass.'" ' : '').($linktitle ? 'title="'.$linktitle.' &#8220;'.$thisarticle["title"].'&#8221;" ' : '').'href="'. permlinkurl($thisarticle) . '">'.$linktext.' <span>~ (' . $thisarticle["comments_count"] . ') ' .safe_strftime('%d&middot;%m&middot;%y', $thisarticle['posted']).'</span></a>';

        $text = trim($thisarticle["excerpt"]) ? trim($thisarticle["excerpt"]) : trim($thisarticle["body"]);

        // Be safe
        if(!$text) return '<p>' . $link . '</p>';

        if(substr($text, -4) != "</p>") return $text . '<p>' . $link . '</p>';

        return substr_replace($text, ' ' . $link . '</p>', -4);
}