# 99 little-known facts about Cecil Adams. Fascinating stuff. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627 "2005-09-08T06:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/21 "2005-09-08T21:09:27Z")
He is the only man to enter the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy and emerge unscathed. He rrefuses to talk about what he saw there. He doesn’t believe humanity is ready for this revelation. He plays poker with Og on Wednesdays. He will not play games that have wild cards. It isn’t known, as yet, what stakes they play for. He invented baseball. Abner Doubleday was a frelling poseur according to Cecil. Once served, for a very short time as king of Albania but quit because he didn’t like the hours. He has declared that he will not die until his life’s misssion, i.e. fighting ignorance, is accomplished. ---
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- Once bought a used car that was originally owned by Jon Voight. - Planned an assasination in order to impress Jodie Foster, but decided to go to a Cubs game instead. - Has six toes on his left foot, but wasn’t born that way. - Was the inspiration for the Douglas Adams’ character Zaphod Beeblebrox. - Screams like a little girl if he sees a big hairy spider. - Worked for two years at Disney World as captain of a Jungle Cruise boat - Still has a dozen roses delivered to the grave of Marilyn Monroe every day. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/23 "2005-09-08T21:30:01Z")
This, IMHO, is the best thread of 2005. Kudos ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/24 "2005-09-08T21:36:17Z")
Has rhythm Got sunshine on a cloudy day Shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die Once built a railroad, made it run on time Considers Chicago to be his kind of town Will be watching you with every breath you take, every move you make Can’t get no satisfaction ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/25 "2005-09-08T21:44:33Z")
His coffee mug is one of those objects caught in a time loop where it was never created. Being infinitely old, the mug still gets plenty of use every morning. When wearing shoes with shoe laces, he always has two different colored laces for each shoe. Speaking of shoes, he has an irrational phobia of shoehorns. The source of this phobia is still a mystery. His mere presense causes scotch tape to stop functioning and lose its stickiness. Has been seen in two places at once with viable alibis for both cases. Doesn’t go into deep sleep, but merely takes light “cat naps,” keeping a sense of awareness of his environment. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/26 "2005-09-08T22:01:00Z")
It is rumored that Cecil told, and showed, **Hal Briston** everything, and I do mean everything, he knows about sheep. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/27 "2005-09-08T22:08:01Z")
Once turned down the chance to be Ron Jeremy’s stunt double. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/28 "2005-09-08T23:00:35Z")
-Does not have a credit history. -Was one of Mike Myers’ inspirations for the Austin Powers character. -Sleeps with nothing but his watch on. -Had a problem with an Internet porn addiction in the mid-90s. -Has attended every Kentucky Derby since 1975. -Has every “Mork & Mindy” episode, but two, on VHS. -Favorite cable network: ESPN Classic. -Coined the phrase ‘skin flute’ while a sophomore in college. -Briefly worked as a professor at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI. -Loves making snowmen with the kids in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/29 "2005-09-09T00:08:33Z")
As a lark, once built a scale model of Jersey City using dental floss, lifted the real Jersey City off its’ foundations, and replaced it with his model. It took three years for anyone to notice the difference. Is barred from visiting San Marino. Once beat Iain Duncan Smith in a fist-fight. Can read the Voynich Manuscript. He says it’s a cookbook. Personally destroyed 57% of all lost American silent films. Wrote material for Fred Allen. At any given moment, three government committees are investigating him. Can whistle every version of the NBC chimes, even the five and seven-note ones. Is honorary dictator of Burkina Faso. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/30 "2005-09-09T00:18:13Z")
Is a voracious **Dr. Who** fan. Love **Tom baker** the most! Coined the phrase - _“Make love not war”_ Has a secret collection of first edition **star wars action figures** - including the boba fet who shoots a gun. Told Arther C. Clarke about earth orbiting informational machines… Carved _ **THE** _ crystal skull. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/31 "2005-09-09T00:35:06Z")
Has wooden legs but real feet. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/32 "2005-09-09T00:46:40Z")
-Still carries the same beeper his wife bought him for Christmas 1993. -Wears dentures. -Favorite food: Spaghetti and meatballs. -Spent the night at the top of the Sears Tower on a dare. -Noxzema makes him break out in hives. -Can bench press 350 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/33 "2005-09-09T01:06:28Z")
-Spends an hour every afternoon strumming on the banjo -Once visited all fifty states in a single three day weekend -Is allergic to peanuts -Speaks seventy eight languages fluently, including three he invented himself -Has authored several best-selling romance novels under a penname -Cannot remember where he was when he heard President Kennedy had been shot -Has seen the movie _Titanic_ over one hundred times and cries every time -Writes weekly letters to Marilyn Vos Savant but tears them up unsent -Biggest embarassment was falling for the whole “Paul is dead” hoax -Won’t admit it, but is reading this thread right now ---
**Author:** ![ChaChaHeels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@ChaChaHeels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChaChaHeels)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/34 "2005-09-09T01:13:38Z")
Knows every song Judy Garland ever recorded Can unbeach a whale in roughly 36 seconds Uses cinnamon dental floss as trip wire Was the inspiration for the song “Convoy” and coined the phase “beaver” for use on CB radios Tried out for Cats but was turned down because he cannot prance Is actually the hampster that eats text Once tapped a streetlight and got a quart of molasses out of it Can arrange the perfect triangle of charcoal with his pinkie For every years that passes he grows younger ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/35 "2005-09-09T01:13:42Z")
- When startled, secretes a chitinous exoskeleton - Sang back-up on the Blue Oyster Cult’s hit “Godzilla” - Has an irrational fear of wet-naps - Spent the entire month of August 1983 standing on one leg and murmuring the word “pudding.” When questioned why, responded: “You’ll see.” - Makes his own gravy - Has a near-complete set of Milo Rambaldi artifacts. Still in “negotiations” for pieces 8 and 31. - Invented Strawberry Quik, which haunts him to this day - Was first man to reach the peak of K-2. Was never credited because he didn’t get there by climbing. - Turn ons: laughter, sunrise. Turn offs: ear infections. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/36 "2005-09-09T01:18:34Z")
- Hopes to be the next Mr. Jennifer Lopez. - Is the whistler in the theme song of the Andy Griffith Show. - Speaks of the pompatus of love. - In his spare time works tirelessly to perfect a strain of frilly delicately hued carnivorous orchids. - Gave Michael Nesmith’s mother the idea for Liquid Paper. - Frequently volunteers as a nude model for classes at the Chicago Institute of Art. - Is a talented tap dancer. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/37 "2005-09-09T02:06:16Z")
-Can alter the course of comets to inflict damage on his foes (where do you think Final Fantasy VII got the idea?). -Plays a mean pinball. -Ghost-wrote the movie “Mall Rats” for Kevin Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627/38 "2005-09-09T02:21:05Z")
Once beat Gary Kasparov in chess with just his King. Addicted to nasal spray His father was known as “the Pancake King of San Bernardino” Whenever he calls his female dog a “bitch” he dissolves into a fit of girlish laughter. Grows mysteriously quiet and gazes off into the distance when asked if he ever posed for Robert Mapplethorpe. Invented the first Inkjet. With an actual jet. Allergic to cinnamon toast, but not cinnamon, or toast. Has saved the following people from going over waterfalls: Luke Wilson, Pele, Mamie Eisenhower, Mel Blanc, and the guy who played Che in the Bangor Maine Community Theater production of Evita. When the original actor took ill, sang the part of Judas on the original cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. Swears that he belched the alphabet “once, in college” but no one who has known him for more than 5 minutes believes him. Gives out full size candy bars at Halloween. ---
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Some call him… Tim? _blam, kapoweey, boom_ He’s a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is. He’s Godot. ---
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> [@Phlosphr](#): > > Is a voracious **Dr. Who** fan. Love **Tom baker** the most! Well, yeah, but isn’t that true for everyone? [ul] [li]The Indiana Jones movies are based on his life.[/li][li]Also, the Die Hard movies.[/li][li]Has proof that beets are actually a hostile alien life form.[/li][li]Can run a mile in 2.7 minutes.[/li][li]Sleeps with a stuffed bear named Pooky.[/li][li]Put the bop in the bop sh-bop sh-bop.[/li][li]Parks on the parkway and drives on the driveway.[/li][li]Can move back and forth in time, but only on Sundays.[/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-facts-about-cecil-adams-fascinating-stuff/320627.md?page=3)