# Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=82 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 83 --- ## [Salt and Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-and-pepper/558633)
**Author:** [@RBlake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RBlake)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-and-pepper/558633 "2010-10-28T07:49:24Z")
Hi Cecil I heard somewhere that it is a fallacy that spices were used to disguise the off flavour of half-rotten meat because the spices were a lot more expensive than the meat. Only wealthy people would have purchased … --- ## ["For the easy questions you've got Google. For the tough ones you've got us." should be a SD motto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-easy-questions-youve-got-google-for-the-tough-ones-youve-got-us-should-be-a-sd-motto/555784)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-easy-questions-youve-got-google-for-the-tough-ones-youve-got-us-should-be-a-sd-motto/555784 "2010-10-28T06:35:47Z")
In Has auto AC been improved so much it’s no longer an energy sink? Unca Cece notes “For the easy questions you’ve got Google. For the tough ones you’ve got us.” I believe this is a good motto that belongs on the website… --- ## [Watered-down beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watered-down-beer/558324)
**Author:** [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watered-down-beer/558324 "2010-10-27T21:08:22Z")
Re: Is the Molson’s (Canadian) beer sold in the U.S. watered down? - The Straight Dope The letter didn’t say where in the US they moved to-- if they moved to Utah, they could very well be experiencing watered-down beer.… --- ## [Was Sigmund Freud a quack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sigmund-freud-a-quack/558251)
**Author:** [@Rocco\_Dantona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocco_Dantona)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-sigmund-freud-a-quack/558251 "2010-10-25T20:41:21Z")
Your piece couldn’t be more wrong. Any time you find yourself making grand generalizations and not citing a study at the end of it, you’re doing what you’re saying Freud didn’t do. And you’re right, HE didn’t verify hi… --- ## [Rolling Rock 33](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-rock-33/558135)
**Author:** [@jczlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jczlaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-rock-33/558135 "2010-10-24T03:04:44Z")
I just had to say that I enjoy Cecil’s writing style. I haven’t had a Rolling Rock beer in a while, and I had never noticed the “Pledge of Quality” printed on the bottles. Then, when I saw the number “33” emblazoned belo… --- ## [cecil adams \[Pan =Satan?\] ????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-pan-satan/558021)
**Author:** [@lala8989](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lala8989)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-pan-satan/558021 "2010-10-22T18:37:59Z")
hello…im new at this…idk how to post a comment or if im doing it now…anyways…i saw that thing you wrote on why the devil has goat like features…idk how long ago you wrote it but…on onw part you put that “Pan also had the… --- ## [Storm Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-glass/557431)
**Author:** [@Man\_From\_Maine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_From_Maine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-glass/557431 "2010-10-21T21:45:31Z")
Cecil, Wow! You went to great lengths on this one. One thing that came to mind when looking at your rainfall criteria. Did you know that depending on the humidity level of the air that rain drops pass through the rain … --- ## [New info on bee colony collapse disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-info-on-bee-colony-collapse-disorder/556615 "2010-10-20T19:53:14Z")
An article in the NY Times says that a collaboration between the military and scientists in Montana led them to blame CCD on a combination of a virus and a fungal infection for reasons not fully understood. Straightdope… --- ## [Comments on "Are Androids Possible"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-are-androids-possible/556668)
**Author:** [@DaSud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaSud)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-are-androids-possible/556668 "2010-10-20T15:01:36Z")
Hey folks, just wanted to make a comment or two about one of Cecil’s somewhat recent articles: Are androids possible? - The Straight Dope I think that Cecil is missing a very large point when he makes the statements “Wh… --- ## [Do Wisconsites account for 75% of U.S. brandy consumption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-wisconsites-account-for-75-of-u-s-brandy-consumption/261466)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-wisconsites-account-for-75-of-u-s-brandy-consumption/261466 "2010-10-18T17:36:04Z")
In the latest classic column dated from 1976 (or possibly 1988). As ever, it is not entirely clear where Cecil gets his data from. I tried to find the data, but the best I could up with was this from the National Instit… --- ## [Was there really an actor named Joe Twerp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359)
**Author:** [@supermanatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supermanatee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-an-actor-named-joe-twerp/556359 "2010-10-17T16:53:49Z")
Joe Twerp (I) (1910–1980) Trivia He was considered for the role of “Doc” in Walt Disney’s Snow White (1937). Roy Atwell was chosen to supply the voice instead. See more » Born: Escott Brandon Boyes January 10, 1910 i… --- ## [John Wayne's Military Absence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-waynes-military-absence/557283)
**Author:** [@gamay9\_aol.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamay9_aol.com)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-waynes-military-absence/557283 "2010-10-15T20:45:59Z")
The story I hear is that it was either Louis B. Mayer’s or John Ford’s threat that if Wayne enlisted for WWII he would never work for either studio again. They also convinced him that making war hero movies would be of … --- ## [AC on/off Corvette at 55 mph data right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-on-off-corvette-at-55-mph-data-right/555744)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-on-off-corvette-at-55-mph-data-right/555744 "2010-10-15T16:45:59Z")
link to column Has auto AC been improved so much it’s no longer an energy sink? - The Straight Dope Looking at the Corvette at 55 mph, something doesn’t make any sense. With window’s up, the difference of having AC on … --- ## [His mother called him Yahshua.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-mother-called-him-yahshua/556747)
**Author:** [@LuridHope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuridHope)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-mother-called-him-yahshua/556747 "2010-10-14T18:17:03Z")
I’m an educated humanist. Even I know that Jesus’ real name is/was/would have been Yahshua. What the crap is this? —\> What was Jesus’ real name? - The Straight Dope --- ## [Phone rates are murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985)
**Author:** [@JeremyHilaryB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeremyHilaryB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-rates-are-murder/556985 "2010-10-13T13:46:24Z")
You should move to Texas. Then, it would be a local call:) --- ## [Kitchener down--sub or mine or combo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchener-down-sub-or-mine-or-combo/556585)
**Author:** [@thomas523](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thomas523)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchener-down-sub-or-mine-or-combo/556585 "2010-10-10T18:15:19Z")
When you say sunk, your column implies it was sunk by a notified sub, though it seems that the sub lay some mines, one of which Kitchener’s ship struck–perhaps the mines were laid down sometime in advance, or was that al… --- ## [CO2 in liquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co2-in-liquid/556495)
**Author:** [@MadNotAngry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadNotAngry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co2-in-liquid/556495 "2010-10-10T13:02:43Z")
In the SD column of May 17, 1985, titled “My Nutrasweetened soft drinks make huge mounds of foam! What gives?”, I believe there may be an error. Cec sez: “… there was still a significant amount of foam left around the e… --- ## [Buy stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574)
**Author:** [@ether](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ether)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574 "2010-10-09T17:12:37Z")
Can’t seem to link to your store. Is the site down? Need a Staight Dope mug bad! --- ## [Ticket stub retention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-stub-retention/556216)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ticket-stub-retention/556216 "2010-10-08T23:22:21Z")
In this column about movie ticket stubs Cecil says that the theater keeps the stubs to occasionally check them to make sure the ticket takers are not palming tickets and reselling them. Not really. For one, there are b… --- ## [AC and hybrid Camry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-and-hybrid-camry/555835)
**Author:** [@ccapwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccapwell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-and-hybrid-camry/555835 "2010-10-08T21:27:34Z")
Am I the only one seeing a possible problem including the numbers from a hybrid? When running without the AC(and assuming the batteries have a charge), the car will minimally run the gas engine, but when you engage the … --- ## [You might consider \[about prison population\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-consider-about-prison-population/556484)
**Author:** [@tedallen1958](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tedallen1958)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-consider-about-prison-population/556484 "2010-10-08T17:11:44Z")
Also, a cause for such a dramatic increase in the prison population is that it is now BIG Business. There is a tremendous amount in profits being made by prison privatization and a great deal of judges and prosecutors ha… --- ## [What was "The Prisoner" all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-prisoner-all-about/555481)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-prisoner-all-about/555481 "2010-10-06T20:21:12Z")
If anyone could make sense out of that show, the Perfect Master could… and even he fell short! Ah, well, can’t be helped. Here’s a thread on the AMC remake last fall: The Prisoner on AMC (open spoilers after each air… --- ## [The name of Dudley Do-Right's Horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-dudley-do-rights-horse/555949)
**Author:** [@wizardoftrance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wizardoftrance)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-dudley-do-rights-horse/555949 "2010-10-06T11:28:33Z")
Cecil answered this question back in 1976 as follows: A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil’s Storehouse of Human Knowledge What was the name of Dudley Do-Right’s horse? April 30, 1976 Dear Cecil: One evening during an… --- ## [equal tax question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equal-tax-question/477698)
**Author:** [@hungry4des](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hungry4des)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equal-tax-question/477698 "2010-10-04T22:45:30Z")
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 says - The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; b… --- ## [Beef-Grass vs Grain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-grass-vs-grain/554863)
**Author:** [@HappyIn0z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HappyIn0z)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-grass-vs-grain/554863 "2010-10-02T19:38:10Z")
I just had to post this time. I found myself nodding and amening Cecil’s comments on the benefits of grass fed beef…until the end. Grass fed beef has so many benefits that it just is improbable to list them all. Some exp… --- ## [Variable Volume A/C compressors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variable-volume-a-c-compressors/555790)
**Author:** [@epotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epotter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variable-volume-a-c-compressors/555790 "2010-10-02T00:23:30Z")
So in today’s post about auto A/C (with it’s interesting, if sadly unsurprising result) you missed a part of the A/C question that I would have liked to see answered. The poster was from Tuscon, so in terms of relevance… --- ## [Podcast vs. column for October 1, 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739)
**Author:** [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-vs-column-for-october-1-2010/555739 "2010-10-01T19:49:45Z")
I’m not sure whether this should be in this forum or ATMB, but: Why was the web column this week, on the subject of auto AC, different from the podcast version (an audio version of the classic Schrödinger’s cat ode)? N… --- ## [Rock and Roll and Freed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-and-freed/555237)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-and-freed/555237 "2010-09-28T14:59:29Z")
Cecil’s old column on the the naming of rock and roll is a classic of the old style. Lots of good and unfamiliar history and a nice chronology. And then a bonus. A comment from a true pioneer of the field. Myers died in… --- ## [Other Soft Drink Flavors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-soft-drink-flavors/547505)
**Author:** [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-soft-drink-flavors/547505 "2010-09-27T21:18:42Z")
In the article Whatever happened to the soft drink sarsaparilla?, Cecil made a comment that it, like its closest kin, Root Beer, lost out to Cola flavored drinks. I remember A&W Root Beer and Stewart Root Beer drive thr… --- ## [left handed stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-stuff/551456)
**Author:** [@sangerknaben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangerknaben)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-handed-stuff/551456 "2010-09-27T00:58:45Z")
I think everyone overlooks a very practical reason for left handed people twisting their hand when we write. I clearly remember my first grade teacher helping me form my letters. She stood to the right of me and took my… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=83)