Wordpress codex gurus...
 

I am working on a project and have a question regarding post queries. In a nuttshell:

I have 2 queries on my single post page (single.php). My first query shows the full post for the article clicked, the second query shows the 3 latest posts in excerpt format, which happens to include the actual post being displayed.

I'm using arras theme, and the double query is required, what I'm wondering is, is there a way to show the latest 3 posts in query 2 except for the full post being shown on that page?

Since I suck at explaining, here's an example:

mydomain/posts/newest
mydomain/posts/2nd_newest
mydomain/posts/3rd_newest
mydomain/posts/4th_newest

When mydomain/posts/newest is viewed, query 2 shows 2nd_newest, 3rd_newest and 4th_newest

When mydomain/posts/2nd_newest is viewed, query 2 shows newest, 3rd_newest and 4th_newest

When mydomain/posts/3rd_newest is viewed, query 2 shows newest, 2nd_newest and 4th_newest

And so on and so forth.

Is something like this possible? Thanks in advance for any enlightnement :)

Hit me up on ICQ 560117636 for a working example if need be so you have a better idea at what I'm trying to do.