# Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=272 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 273 --- ## [Disney Muffs...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-muffs/53975)
**Author:** [@SemaJC1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SemaJC1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-muffs/53975 "2001-02-11T07:47:34Z")
In the column on Disney animators putting subliminal messages in their work you told readers that people thought Alladin said, “Come on teenagers, take off your clothes.” Everybody thinks that but it can also be understo… --- ## [Different colored eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-eyes/53300)
**Author:** [@ex-falk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ex-falk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-eyes/53300 "2001-02-11T02:16:38Z")
I’ve heard of and seen people whose eyes apparently change color often, like with lighting or their mood even. Cecil didn’t address this so I was wondering if anyone else knows anything about it. http://www.straightdope… --- ## [Lion King's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-kings/53820)
**Author:** [@squid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-kings/53820 "2001-02-10T19:10:35Z")
You commented that when Simba watches his father die that is is hard to make out the supposed “sex” being spelled out in the clouds. No wonder you could not see it…you looked at the wrong scene. The scene is just over ha… --- ## [MOVED - Universal/Cosmic Spin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-universal-cosmic-spin/53921)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-universal-cosmic-spin/53921 "2001-02-10T15:36:25Z")
The thread «Universal/Cosmic Spin», started by ihrkelings, has been moved to the «Comments on Staff Reports» forum. moderator, «Comments on Cecil’s Columns» --- ## [Galloping Gourmet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galloping-gourmet/53882)
**Author:** [@davidw88001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw88001)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galloping-gourmet/53882 "2001-02-10T05:37:37Z")
Since I have digital cable, and lots of channels, I have seen Graham Kerr’s new show a few times. Since Nick Adams asked, I will mention that on the new show, the Gourmet makes new versions of dishes that he made on the … --- ## [SOS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sos/49572)
**Author:** [@TST](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TST)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sos/49572 "2001-02-09T21:09:11Z")
SDSTAFF Dex’s discussion of the SOS maritime distress signal (see http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msos.html omits the important fact that SOS no longer is an international maritime distress signal for most ships, and… --- ## [Rubber Cutting Boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-cutting-boards/53633)
**Author:** [@TFH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TFH)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-cutting-boards/53633 "2001-02-09T14:05:34Z")
Hawk… Couldn’t find Rubber Cutting Boards on the net? Someone needs to teach you how to search! A quick querry showed that the boards are SANI-TUFF® Cutting Boards - and are manufactured by TEKNOR-APEX. From there anot… --- ## [Scorpions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorpions/53648)
**Author:** [@Lasairiona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasairiona)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorpions/53648 "2001-02-09T14:03:27Z")
I read somewhere that scorpions will sting themselves to death if their lives are being threatened. Is this just a myth, or is there some truth to this? --- ## [5 digits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-digits/53505)
**Author:** [@douglas\_r\_smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglas_r_smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-digits/53505 "2001-02-08T23:42:11Z")
If Chris McManus is watching… What makes you say that an octal numbering system is “much more sensible”? --- ## [A much more important question than why WE have 5 digits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-much-more-important-question-than-why-we-have-5-digits/53487)
**Author:** [@Kid\_Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Gilligan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-much-more-important-question-than-why-we-have-5-digits/53487 "2001-02-08T22:09:16Z")
What I really want to know is why do cartoon characters only have four. --- ## [New info on why guys have nipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-why-guys-have-nipples/1079)
**Author:** [@\_PromQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_PromQueen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-why-guys-have-nipples/1079 "2001-02-08T19:53:42Z")
Dear Cecil: I was just reading an answer that you supplied someone on why guys have nipples, but I was told by someone that all men are females for a short period of time in the womb and that is why they develop nipples… --- ## [Pink Floyd's 'Synchronicity'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-synchronicity/52329)
**Author:** [@Irish\_Rebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irish_Rebel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-floyds-synchronicity/52329 "2001-02-08T17:27:29Z")
I noticed this thread about a band I have enjoyed for a long time, and the ‘legend’ surrounding the supposed synching of Dark Side of the Moon with The Wizard of Oz. It is true to say that all the band and their produce… --- ## [Aluminium & Alhzeimer's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminium-alhzeimers/53629)
**Author:** [@Disco\_Santana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disco_Santana)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminium-alhzeimers/53629 "2001-02-08T16:07:51Z")
As an Alzheimer’s researcher, I feel I can comment on the aluminium causing AD. Whilst there is indeed evidence both for and against this metal causing AD, the bulk of the evidence would suggest that there is no real lin… --- ## [Why has no animal species ever evolved wheels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-no-animal-species-ever-evolved-wheels/52002)
**Author:** [@davoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davoman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-no-animal-species-ever-evolved-wheels/52002 "2001-02-07T22:36:13Z")
You can’t think of how an animal would have wheels? It doesn’t make me think of replacing animals’ legs, but rather a dog pushing a wheelbarrow. Or, if you’re wanting an animal with wheels for legs: Picture that you’r… --- ## [Shoes hanging from power lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-hanging-from-power-lines/53275)
**Author:** [@kallyk25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kallyk25)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-hanging-from-power-lines/53275 "2001-02-07T07:46:26Z")
Here’s another answer to why you see sneakers hanging by their laces from power lines. I go to a huge college, and the accepted answer to this question is that a guy will throw his shoes over the lines when he has sex wi… --- ## [Lovey IS a real name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovey-is-a-real-name/50275)
**Author:** [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovey-is-a-real-name/50275 "2001-02-06T16:21:39Z")
My 10th grade English teacher’s name was Lovey Guffey. That wasn’t her maiden name, and I always thought someone with the first name Lovey would have had to really been in love to take the last name Guffey. --- ## [Any update on Merhan Nasseri ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-merhan-nasseri/53326)
**Author:** [@AColbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AColbeck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-merhan-nasseri/53326 "2001-02-06T15:24:45Z")
… You know, Sir Alfred, the guy stuck at charles de Gaulle Airport for 12 years. There was a flurry of news in August 1999 that (having recently done a web search) looked very incestuous. Cecil hit all the important stu… --- ## [Eyes of different colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-different-colors/53209)
**Author:** [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-different-colors/53209 "2001-02-06T13:23:19Z")
David Bowie was asked about his eyes for the “Legends” show on VH-1. He answered by saying that his eyes are actually the same color, but due to getting punched in the eye (as was mentioned in the the staff report) the p… --- ## [Cogito Ergo Sum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cogito-ergo-sum/53248)
**Author:** [@marmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marmar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cogito-ergo-sum/53248 "2001-02-06T13:12:15Z")
In your column about whether or not fire is alive, a quote of Decarte’s quote appeared. Recent research in neurobiology is showing this to be an ineffective assumption. Despite my Catholic altar boy Latin, I’m not sure h… --- ## [Thanx for the Cocaine Mummies column, Cecil! :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanx-for-the-cocaine-mummies-column-cecil/52003)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanx-for-the-cocaine-mummies-column-cecil/52003 "2001-02-05T23:02:16Z")
Well, finally! http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010126.html I get SO TIRED of having to look up “cocaine mummies” on Google for people, and then having to rummage through all that Svetla Balabanova stuff. Virtually t… --- ## [Eyes of different colors -- MOVED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-different-colors-moved/53220)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-different-colors-moved/53220 "2001-02-05T17:25:50Z")
Topic on “Eyes of different colors” started by plnnr has been moved to the forum COMMENTS ON CECIL’S COLUMN. Here’s a link: Eyes of different colors \[Edited by C K Dexter Haven on 02-05-2001 at 11:28 AM\] --- ## [The truth about freezing hot/cold water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-freezing-hot-cold-water/52771)
**Author:** [@solomania9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solomania9)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truth-about-freezing-hot-cold-water/52771 "2001-02-05T15:28:39Z")
Hot water doesn’t freeze faster than cold water because, duh, it’s hotter. BUT, for the most part, if you run hot water out of your faucet, it will freeze faster than cold water. Here’s why. The hot water pulls apart tin… --- ## [Mrs Howell's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-howells/50850)
**Author:** [@Kid\_Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_Gilligan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-howells/50850 "2001-02-05T12:52:18Z")
Well, you of course realize that Mrs Howell’s REAL name was Natalie Schafer. The point I’m making is that since she is a fictional character, she has no real name. This wasn’t Star Trek. There wasn’t the concern with co… --- ## [suicidal lemmings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicidal-lemmings/52739)
**Author:** [@bryanmcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmcc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2001, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicidal-lemmings/52739 "2001-02-05T11:56:02Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbugsuicide.html according to doug, lemming suicide is nothing but a myth. however, i had always thought that it was real becuase i vaguely remember a movie seen in grade school actua… --- ## [Penis shrinkage redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-shrinkage-redux/52942)
**Author:** [@mschlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mschlock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penis-shrinkage-redux/52942 "2001-02-04T20:35:42Z")
Though masturbation can’t shrink the penis, maybe one ought to have asked Kyle if he’s gained a little weight lately. Putting on weight can make the penis appear shorter. Or so I’ve been told. --- ## [The eyes have it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eyes-have-it/52597)
**Author:** [@JoeyBlades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyBlades)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eyes-have-it/52597 "2001-02-03T15:47:40Z")
Cecil wrote: Not one to dispute the master, but I do have personal experience that makes me question these theories. First, my own eyes slowly oscillate between green and blue. When I say slowly, I mean over a period … --- ## [The Whole Nine Yards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-nine-yards/45324)
**Author:** [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whole-nine-yards/45324 "2001-02-02T16:28:22Z")
I’ve just read the suggestion that it refers to the length of machinegun ammo belts in WWII with Cecils refutation that the phrase didn’t show up until the mid 60s. How long was the roll of gauze in Vietnam era military… --- ## [I wonder if](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/52510)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if/52510 "2001-02-01T20:31:07Z")
Kyle \[LAST NAME EDITED BY CKDH\] realised that his personal sex life was going to get such wide publicity when he wrote Cecil with his question: Will masturbation shrink the penis? \[Edited by C K Dexter Haven on 01-31-20… --- ## [moved - O2 vs. O3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-o2-vs-o3/52683)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-o2-vs-o3/52683 "2001-02-01T04:52:32Z")
The thread «O2 vs. O3», started by cheezfri cheezfri, has been moved to the «Comments on Staff Reports» forum. moderator, «Comments on Cecil’s Columns» --- ## [Shrinkage (Southeast Asia, not Seinfeld)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinkage-southeast-asia-not-seinfeld/37920)
**Author:** [@chris.worth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chris.worth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2001, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrinkage-southeast-asia-not-seinfeld/37920 "2001-01-31T19:35:34Z")
\-from http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpenis.html Ok, this one’s a little bizarre. In response to the comment towards the end of “Why does the penis shrink when it’s cold?” re: Singapore health scares regarding peni… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=273)