# Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=97 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 98 --- ## [dear cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366)
**Author:** [@ssmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssmas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366 "2009-11-21T03:54:31Z")
My name is samantha and i live and work at a preetty run down hotel and it is also located on the same avenue as to where alll the hookers work we just a tenate pass away from drinking mouthwash just yesterday this is … --- ## [proof of pigeon babies existance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-pigeon-babies-existance/517557)
**Author:** [@mctc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mctc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-pigeon-babies-existance/517557 "2009-11-20T16:13:46Z")
I read the first article about this topic in the the straight dope in book format about ten years ago. I was then very excited a few months ago when pigeons nested on my neighbors window sill. The definitely leave the ne… --- ## [About Drowning (goin down 3 times)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-drowning-goin-down-3-times/517855)
**Author:** [@Randori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randori)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-drowning-goin-down-3-times/517855 "2009-11-18T16:49:13Z")
You explained what happens when you drown in freshwater and you explained what happens when you drown in saltwater, but what happens when you drown in an estuary?:confused: --- ## [Jury Nullification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/512355)
**Author:** [@Marcus.B.Elliott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus.B.Elliott)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/512355 "2009-11-18T15:23:01Z")
A few years ago I was also curious about Jury Nullification and I ended up reading an excellent book on the topic: “Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine” by Clay Conrad. It provides a thorough treatment of t… --- ## [Effects of LSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-lsd/517975)
**Author:** [@ithinkthereforeiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ithinkthereforeiam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-lsd/517975 "2009-11-18T01:10:44Z")
So its only bad to do LSD frequently or when you are pregnant if you’re worried about birth defects? Also does it increase your chances of becoming insane? --- ## [Animal Disease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-disease/517898)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-disease/517898 "2009-11-17T23:52:26Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/733/can-animals-get-vd Animals and VD. I don’t disagree with Cecil. I was surprised he didn’t mention the problem with Koalas. They get chlamydia and it’s a serious problem. I w… --- ## [High Fructose Corn Syrup Responsible for Obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fructose-corn-syrup-responsible-for-obesity/501360)
**Author:** [@endersshadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/endersshadow)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-fructose-corn-syrup-responsible-for-obesity/501360 "2009-11-16T18:47:18Z")
I guess I could say I expected a little bit more from you guys than the PC answer that doesnt make anyone mad. Anyone being, companies that produce high fructose corn syrup. Maybe you could look into something for me as… --- ## [Broadcast power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-power/517164)
**Author:** [@Sonko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonko)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-power/517164 "2009-11-15T22:29:22Z")
About this column… http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/934/whats-up-with-broadcast-power I do realise this column was written almost 20 years ago, but still, i want to reflect on this - for wireless electricity is… --- ## [I'm in love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579)
**Author:** [@sawdee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sawdee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love/517579 "2009-11-15T13:11:22Z")
I don’t know if anyone else has had a similar experience, but this was mine. Presumably made possible by my relative youth, I wasn’t aware of the column’s existence until last night. I was originally searching for infor… --- ## ["Wrist Slashers" classic column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrist-slashers-classic-column/516610)
**Author:** [@Geedavey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geedavey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrist-slashers-classic-column/516610 "2009-11-13T19:03:23Z")
I realize I’m commenting on an oldie but I just gotta say that giving out helpful advice on how to properly commit suicide is pretty irresponsible. A friend of mine with suicidal impulses never really harmed herself seri… --- ## [Synthetic car names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synthetic-car-names/516589)
**Author:** [@Klaus\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaus_K)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synthetic-car-names/516589 "2009-11-13T02:40:53Z")
Regarding the name ‘ciera’ and its variants, Ford had a car model in the UK (where I live) which was named the Sierra. So much for originality - as noted in the original report. 2nd point - I believe that one of the oth… --- ## [Bullet Speed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-speed/516285)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullet-speed/516285 "2009-11-11T22:38:57Z")
Re: How does a bullet or knife kill somebody? - The Straight Dope Cecil said: I don’t doubt Cecil is correct, but I need my own ignorance fought regarding the physics. One of the very few things I remember from High S… --- ## [Is it possible for someone to be tickled to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-someone-to-be-tickled-to-death/516547)
**Author:** [@ryand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryand)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-for-someone-to-be-tickled-to-death/516547 "2009-11-11T07:58:45Z")
Re: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/188/is-it-possible-for-someone-to-be-tickled-to-death I happen to know that if you successfully tickle someone for a while, and then they go all quiet and stop protesting, it… --- ## [Spontaneous Human Combustion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spontaneous-human-combustion/517064)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spontaneous-human-combustion/517064 "2009-11-10T17:04:28Z")
column: Do people really die from “spontaneous human combustion”? - The Straight Dope I’m glad Cecil gave an update on this, because the first part was rather credulous. Note that demonstrations have been performed wi… --- ## [Tickling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531)
**Author:** [@DORFMONT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DORFMONT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tickling/516531 "2009-11-09T21:25:12Z")
My ex-boyfriend told me about a couple he knew. They were in the shower together and the husband started tickling the wife.This kept on until she died. We don’t know what the cause of death was but the tickling sure didn… --- ## [Does "the zombie virus" or any type of zombie virus exist? And if so, what would it be like ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-zombie-virus-or-any-type-of-zombie-virus-exist-and-if-so-what-would-it-be-like/515112)
**Author:** [@babytracy771](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babytracy771)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-zombie-virus-or-any-type-of-zombie-virus-exist-and-if-so-what-would-it-be-like/515112 "2009-11-08T20:02:38Z")
Somebody please inform me, with facts, if the zombie virus, or any type of zombie virus does or COULD exist. If so, could it start an apocalypse, per se? --- ## [Why did Lazarus have to die again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-lazarus-have-to-die-again/514593)
**Author:** [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-lazarus-have-to-die-again/514593 "2009-11-08T13:23:50Z")
If Jesus brought Lazarus back to life(and he was dead longer than Jesus), why wasn’t he mentioned more in the Gospels, surely one who had been brought back could be very convincing in spreading the good news than the one… --- ## [i CAN tickle myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tickle-myself/516567)
**Author:** [@bbacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbacher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tickle-myself/516567 "2009-11-08T03:07:24Z")
RE this article: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/188/is-it-possible-for-someone-to-be-tickled-to-death I take affront (well, not really) to Cecil’s (Darwin’s?) claim that one cannot tickle oneself. I most def… --- ## [CFR, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfr-etc/516724)
**Author:** [@healthyskeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/healthyskeptic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cfr-etc/516724 "2009-11-08T00:55:16Z")
I do not know if the real power is wielded by the Bilderbergs or the Trilateralists, or some other, more vague entity. However, the CFR is middle management between the rulers and the rest of the world. Most American pre… --- ## [How do we get non-whacked judges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-non-whacked-judges/392808)
**Author:** [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-get-non-whacked-judges/392808 "2009-11-06T23:15:33Z")
I was reading throught this and started wondering, How does one get to be a judge in the first place? Are they picked by Government, elected by representatives, or work their way up from ruthless lawyer to senile judge? … --- ## [Getting rid of doddering judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-doddering-judges/391497)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-doddering-judges/391497 "2009-11-06T23:14:54Z")
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/070209.html From a book review by Chief Justice Gerry Alexander of the Washington State Supreme Court: \[Consider\] the poignant story surrounding the resignations of two \[U.S. Supreme… --- ## [The dangers of corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-corn/516549)
**Author:** [@RogerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogerH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dangers-of-corn/516549 "2009-11-06T21:42:57Z")
The article Does the camera really add ten pounds? Plus: Is there any nutritional value in eating corn? - The Straight Dope has a tack-on about eating corn. Many years ago, I remember my nutrition professor telling us o… --- ## [Roid Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roid-rage/515712)
**Author:** [@msean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msean)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roid-rage/515712 "2009-11-06T05:45:29Z")
I was given a series of Testosterone shots when I was in my thirties. I had no reaction to them positive or negative. Assuming I wasn’t being given a placebo, which is a possibility since the doctor lost his license sho… --- ## [New theories about the likelyhood of meteor impact.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-theories-about-the-likelyhood-of-meteor-impact/516134)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-theories-about-the-likelyhood-of-meteor-impact/516134 "2009-11-06T04:11:37Z")
Interesting that Cecil reprinted an old column about chances of being hit by a meteor. I just ran across this: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/science/14WAVE.html?pagewanted=1&\_r=2 This article is a couple of years o… --- ## [Yes, the mummy man was finally buried.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mummy-man-was-finally-buried/516165)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-the-mummy-man-was-finally-buried/516165 "2009-11-04T04:34:11Z")
Cecil’s column today, about the mummified body found in a Long Beach amusement park, didn’t include details on what happened to the corpse after the discovery. According to wikipedia, he was finally buried in the Boot H… --- ## [Why is it called a restroom, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-a-restroom-anyway/514381)
**Author:** [@JakeRobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRobb)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-a-restroom-anyway/514381 "2009-11-03T11:55:04Z")
Original Report: Why is it called a restroom, anyway? - The Straight Dope I just wanted to say that I’m really disappointed that this article didn’t fit in a reference to “calling Ralph on the big white phone.” --- ## [micrometeors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrometeors/515917)
**Author:** [@thePanther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thePanther)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micrometeors/515917 "2009-11-03T03:05:42Z")
RE: What are the chances of a huge meteor smashing us flat? So in a million years that’s 40,150,000,000 tons (40 billion) which is 8.03E+13 pounds. The mass of the earth is 1.3E+25 pounds… So, in a million years we on… --- ## [Was Naploean's Penis removed after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954)
**Author:** [@philscorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philscorp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-naploeans-penis-removed-after-death/514954 "2009-11-02T05:40:40Z")
Hi, As a newcomer to your site I was browsing previous posts(some interesting stuff):slight\_smile: and saw one posted some time ago when the question was posed “Was Napoleans penis removed after death?” As a serving Of… --- ## [Are twin-blade razors better than single-blade ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-twin-blade-razors-better-than-single-blade-ones/513244)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-twin-blade-razors-better-than-single-blade-ones/513244 "2009-11-02T01:40:09Z")
This column was written in 1983. Has there been an updated one? --- ## [The cost of cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-cigarettes/515158)
**Author:** [@Lawrence\_of\_Sweden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence_of_Sweden)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-cigarettes/515158 "2009-11-02T01:33:32Z")
“Almost”? ? ? Cecil are you casting doubt on the sacred god of Free Enterprise? :rolleyes: I think that someone could call you a socialist, Lawrence of Sweden [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/comments-on-cecils-columns-staff-reports/7.md?page=98)