Nested elements CSS - alternative?

Hi all,

Currently, I have some CSS to produce alternating background colors for NESTED blockquotes... like this:

blockquote,
blockquote blockquote blockquote,
blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote {
background-color: #dddddd;
}

blockquote blockquote,
blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote,
blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote blockquote {
background-color: #eeeeee;
}...and it works, but it seems complicated and messy. Is there a simpler, cleaner alternative to get the effect I want?

Thanks!

-- Roger

Is there a simpler, cleaner alternative to get the effect I want? You may add separate classes on the blockquotes, say calss="even" or class="odd" and use class selectors, like
blockquote.odd{

}
blockquote.even{

}
But, why do you need nested blockquotes?

You may add separate classes on the blockquotes, say calss="even" or class="odd" and use class selectors, like
blockquote.odd{

}
blockquote.even{

}But, why do you need nested blockquotes?

Thanks for the reply... but unfortunately I don't have the option to use odd and even.

As far as nesting quotes, it can happen if a quoted post is quoted again.... like this:

It looks blue to meSorry I disagree, it's green!You are both wrong! It's RED!

See? There's no way for the quote BBCode to know how many previous quotes are inside it... therefore I can't use even and odd.