# Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=282 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 283 --- ## [Tallest Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-buildings/26313)
**Author:** [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tallest-buildings/26313 "2000-10-11T17:32:02Z")
If there really is a Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, it should have also the following categories: most stories, tallest stories. . .about itself. Ray (the height of disbelief) --- ## [MOVED THREAD: Can camels swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-thread-can-camels-swim/36528)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-thread-can-camels-swim/36528 "2000-10-11T12:40:32Z")
The topic can camels swim? raised by oglesbyi has been moved to the forum COMMENTS ON MAILBAG ANSWERS, since this was a response to a Mailbag Answer by Jill, and not to a column by Cecil. --- ## [\*\* REMINDER: PLEASE CITE LINK \*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-please-cite-link/1562)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2000, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-please-cite-link/1562 "2000-10-11T12:36:34Z")
Just a reminder for the first person opening a new topic to please provide a link to the Mailbag item that the comments are about. That makes it easier for people to read the specific Mailbag item and respond, so that we… --- ## [What's the likelyhood of suffocating a child sleeping in your bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-likelyhood-of-suffocating-a-child-sleeping-in-your-bed/36371)
**Author:** [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-likelyhood-of-suffocating-a-child-sleeping-in-your-bed/36371 "2000-10-11T01:35:00Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961122b.html Mr Jenkins, biblical precedents aside and based on the statistically insignificant sample size of three children in four years, I can confidently state that possibility… --- ## [Magicians crossing bridges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicians-crossing-bridges/34536)
**Author:** [@MrDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDeath)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magicians-crossing-bridges/34536 "2000-10-10T20:39:21Z")
Original posting may be found here. It has to do with how a magician with a mass of 68 kg can cross a bridge with three gold “bricks” of 1 kg apiece, with no throwing or anything else allowed. Putting aside the fact tha… --- ## [Suffocating child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffocating-child/36381)
**Author:** [@CReid0000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CReid0000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suffocating-child/36381 "2000-10-10T14:22:59Z")
Is thought this was the “Straight Dope” for those that like their facts cold and hard. Maybe it should be called the “Vague and Mysterious Dope” for people who like puzzles. --- ## [Forget dingoes, crocs, sharks and snakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-dingoes-crocs-sharks-and-snakes/34568)
**Author:** [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forget-dingoes-crocs-sharks-and-snakes/34568 "2000-10-10T02:20:55Z")
A marvelously dangerous killing machine is also found in Australia. One of the fastest-killing toxins known to man can be found in a tiny - almost cute - cephalapod mollusc called the blue-ringed octopus. Yep, a small o… --- ## [Duplicate columns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-columns/36138)
**Author:** [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-columns/36138 "2000-10-09T23:05:31Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_372.html http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_372b.html Both are effectively the same question, one is a little more verbose. But, the question I have to ask, is why? Why are … --- ## [Homeopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy/1812)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeopathy/1812 "2000-10-09T21:33:16Z")
From “Straight Dope” column printed in C-VILLE Weekly in Feb. 2000: Dear Cecil: This friend of mine is taking a homeopathic remedy for a cold. He explained that it’s “the vibration of the molecules of the plant” that … --- ## ["Killed by Tylenol" illustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killed-by-tylenol-illustration/35942)
**Author:** [@Yuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yuck)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killed-by-tylenol-illustration/35942 "2000-10-09T01:06:29Z")
I realize that the illustrator is not Cecil (it’s “Slug” right?), but I think that the illustration should be truer to the article. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000929.html, Cecil’s column “Does Tylenol + alcohol… --- ## [Stolen Kidneys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962 "2000-10-06T17:24:16Z")
Re: Stolen Kidneys Maybe people spreading UL’s should consolidate them, so as to avoid the upcoming 5c email tax about to be passed by Congress. For the stolen kidneys story, they should add that besides waking up in a… --- ## [MOVED: Is cleaning your ears with Hydrogen Peroxide a bad thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-is-cleaning-your-ears-with-hydrogen-peroxide-a-bad-thing/35756)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moved-is-cleaning-your-ears-with-hydrogen-peroxide-a-bad-thing/35756 "2000-10-06T13:11:02Z")
The thread: Is cleaning your ears with Hydrogen Peroxide a bad thing? started by Asianmagik, has been moved to the forum GENERAL QUESTIONS. \[Edited by CKDextHavn on 10-06-2000 at 08:10 AM\] --- ## [Tylenol and alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-and-alcohol/34862)
**Author:** [@martman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-and-alcohol/34862 "2000-10-06T03:29:27Z")
But WHY is the combination deadly? The question is begging to be answered, yet Cecil skirts the issue to favor the powerful pharmaceutical companies? Indeed, he should have told us that TYLENOL IS REALLY A POISON to our … --- ## [What about that one video of Nessie...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-that-one-video-of-nessie/33941)
**Author:** [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-that-one-video-of-nessie/33941 "2000-10-05T21:54:33Z")
I recently (a few months ago) saw a show on the Discovery Channel or some such that had a supposedly new video documented sighting of Nessie, which they then showed the viewers. It’s different than the old one from 1934:… --- ## [So who would have nixed the Smothers Brothers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-would-have-nixed-the-smothers-brothers/32223)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-would-have-nixed-the-smothers-brothers/32223 "2000-10-05T18:25:02Z")
A few years back the E! network was airing reruns of the Smothers Brothers, who introduced each program and gave their comments about it. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I could have sworn that one of the programs incl… --- ## [Slug's Illustration for The Earth Stops Spinning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slugs-illustration-for-the-earth-stops-spinning/35685)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slugs-illustration-for-the-earth-stops-spinning/35685 "2000-10-05T13:58:50Z")
The recent classic column, “What happens if the earth stops spinning?” (22-Nov-1996) features an illustration of a man asleep in bed, with his wife sitting up, and incidentally, apparently sitting on a baby. Try as I mi… --- ## [Are there any jokes in the Bible? (11/5/93)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-jokes-in-the-bible-11-5-93/35517)
**Author:** [@davejg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davejg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-jokes-in-the-bible-11-5-93/35517 "2000-10-05T12:51:31Z")
Okay, this is quite an old article, but I chose to comment on it anyway. November 5, 1993 someone asks “Are there any jokes in the Bible?” The only “joke” I ever came across was some name calling by the Jews. “Baalzebul… --- ## [For DAVID: How do evolutionists explain the Big Bang....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-how-do-evolutionists-explain-the-big-bang/35473)
**Author:** [@Tina33549](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tina33549)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-david-how-do-evolutionists-explain-the-big-bang/35473 "2000-10-05T12:28:35Z")
First, and most importantly, let me say that this was not my post! I am not starting a debate! I only read the post, and I am only taking an interest in it because of the inappropriate (my opinion) way that ‘David’ (the … --- ## [Surefire way to stop telemarketing calls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surefire-way-to-stop-telemarketing-calls/35137)
**Author:** [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2000, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surefire-way-to-stop-telemarketing-calls/35137 "2000-10-05T07:41:56Z")
And here’s the link, I don’t want to see a certain moderator’s post count get any higher… :slight\_smile: : http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a960927.html Basically at the end when Cecil says “KLAATU BARADA NIKTO” I’… --- ## [Sunlight != cosmic radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunlight-cosmic-radiation/35321)
**Author:** [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunlight-cosmic-radiation/35321 "2000-10-04T21:45:04Z")
In How does carbon-14 dating work?, SDSTAFF Ken writes: Sunlight is not the same thing as cosmic radiation! Sunlight is (obviously) light, i.e., electromagnetic radiation from the Sun. Cosmic radiation is particulate r… --- ## [C-14 will no longer work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-14-will-no-longer-work/35446)
**Author:** [@pdhenry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdhenry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-14-will-no-longer-work/35446 "2000-10-04T19:14:31Z")
Here’s another minor (possibly) point about Carbon-14 dating that I just recently read somewhere but I can’t remember where… (at least I didn’t get it from a friend of a friend): C-14 dating will not work for anything t… --- ## [Harley stereotype revised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-stereotype-revised/33644)
**Author:** [@jumblemind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jumblemind)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-stereotype-revised/33644 "2000-10-04T16:58:28Z")
Sound does have a bit to do with the affection Harley-Davidson owners have for their bikes, though the fact that a Harley doesn’t really start running until it hits 75 mph may carry a little more weight. But it’s not the… --- ## [Carbon-14 additional informations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-14-additional-informations/35459)
**Author:** [@Quisling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quisling)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-14-additional-informations/35459 "2000-10-04T15:35:38Z")
I have done extensive research in this field and am very glad to be able to say that whoever wrote this new what they were talking about and did an excellent job. However, one piece of additional information that may be … --- ## [CN Tower by SavageNarce has been moved...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cn-tower-by-savagenarce-has-been-moved/35611)
**Author:** [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cn-tower-by-savagenarce-has-been-moved/35611 "2000-10-04T13:55:25Z")
Since the stuff about tallest building and CN tower etc was in a column by Cecil, the topic “CN Tower” that was started by SavageNarce has been moved to the forum called COMMENTS ON CECIL’S COLUMNS. --- ## [Les habitants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-habitants/35124)
**Author:** [@mason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mason)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/les-habitants/35124 "2000-10-04T02:16:33Z")
Les habitants all know that the CN Tower is the tallest free standing STRUCTURE on the planet (we think). We’re still waiting for someone to build the tallest building in the world in Montreal. So the Marquis is probabl… --- ## [Rule Of Thumb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-of-thumb/20802)
**Author:** [@colesjam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colesjam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-of-thumb/20802 "2000-10-04T01:45:00Z")
I used to work with a “Bible Scholar” (religious fanatic) who claimed that there was a passage in the Bible that said something to the effect that in the Old Testament, there was a passage that allowed husbands to beat w… --- ## [Stopping Telemarketers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-telemarketers/35264)
**Author:** [@qoncept](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qoncept)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-telemarketers/35264 "2000-10-04T01:44:42Z")
I moved out of state and needed a quick job, so I got in to telemarketing (which is much, much worse than even I thought it would be). In our one week training session, I learned quite a bit about the laws made to protec… --- ## [Child Snuff Films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-snuff-films/34930)
**Author:** [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-snuff-films/34930 "2000-10-03T17:45:02Z")
In regards to a recent thread and an old column, I thought I might bring this to your attention. In this ABSNews.com report, near the end of the article on a child pornography ring that was recently broken up and some o… --- ## [Overlapping dendrochronology to the rescue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlapping-dendrochronology-to-the-rescue/35380)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2000, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overlapping-dendrochronology-to-the-rescue/35380 "2000-10-03T12:30:42Z")
In today’s Mailbag article, http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcarbon14.html, Ken discusses measuring the Carbon-14 levels in tree rings (where the age is known) to figure out how high or low the background C-14 levels… --- ## [Knot, Fathom, ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knot-fathom/34143)
**Author:** [@Argos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argos)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knot-fathom/34143 "2000-10-02T16:18:36Z")
Whoops, Monty is in for a drubbing at the weekly staff meeting. A leauge = 3 statute miles or 483 meters?!? I’d check the numbers there. If a statute mile = 1.6093 kilometers that means a league is 4.8279 kilometers and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=283)