# A note from Cecil Adams about The Straight Dope **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891 **Category:** About This Message Board **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891 "2018-06-28T03:20:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 8
### 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: [June 30, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/141 "2018-06-30T21:59:28Z")
Now down to the last eight hours of the Cecil/Ed era. I have to say I’m not optimistic about the Board’s long-term future without the cachet of Cecil and the advocacy of Ed behind it, but I was wrong about the Internet since the 1980s, and I’ve never caught up. Thanks for everything, Ed, good luck, and don’t be a stranger here. P.S. Any word on who our new wienie-in-chief will be? ---
### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth) #### Post date: [June 30, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/142 "2018-06-30T22:51:38Z")
[I got a copy of the Triumph of the Straight Dope signed by Ed Zotti with thanks from Cecil.](https://imgur.com/a/Up1aaF7) Won a Halloween Pumpking carving contest on here. ---
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/143 "2018-07-01T00:36:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I got a copy of the Triumph of the Straight Dope signed by Ed Zotti with thanks from Cecil.](https://imgur.com/a/Up1aaF7) > > Won a Halloween Pumpking carving contest on here. I got a copy of Little Ed’s book, signed by him, for judging that contest! It’s the end of an era, which for me began in the 70’s when I first discovered The Straight Dope in Baltimore’s alternative newspaper, the City Squeeze. ☹ ---
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/144 "2018-07-01T04:09:02Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > I can’t say what lies ahead for Cecil; as he says, that hasn’t been decided. My role as administrator will end July 1. Which is less than an hour away. ---
### Author: ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/145 "2018-07-01T04:25:03Z")
How sad.☹ ---
### Author: ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/146 "2018-07-01T04:57:17Z")
_Bottom_ ---
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/147 "2018-07-01T05:00:50Z")
Soooo…Who’s in charge around here? ---
### Author: ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/148 "2018-07-01T06:00:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…Who’s in charge around here? Looking for the Bull Goose Loony, are you? ---
### Author: ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/149 "2018-07-01T07:44:59Z")
Will you or Cecil ever post here again, or is this more of an “I’m free! I’m free!” moment for you? ---
### Author: ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/150 "2018-07-01T12:26:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…Who’s in charge around here? Al Haig. ---
### Author: ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/151 "2018-07-01T14:09:29Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Al Haig. And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? ---
### Author: ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/152 "2018-07-01T14:10:44Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? Considering the median age here, I would say…far too many. ---
### Author: ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/153 "2018-07-01T14:12:37Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Considering the median age here, I would say…far too many. Yep. ---
### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/154 "2018-07-01T16:37:01Z")
The only way my age helped me get the reference is that I was alive when the event happened so it gives me some context to place it in to more easily remember it. It wasn’t until the late 90s that I remember hearing about the claim of being in charge. I’m sure I’d heard it before but I was too young in the 80s to remember why it was important. ---
### Author: ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/155 "2018-07-01T18:48:46Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? I was going to reply something like “But that’s only if Cecil took a round to the chest.” but … doesn’t feel right. ---
### Author: ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/156 "2018-07-01T20:11:48Z")
Well, we’ll miss you. Or maybe we’ll be lucky enough to still see you in some way? Hope so. But we wouldn’t be SDMBers if we didn’t point out the grammar error in that column: > [@](#): > > you could venture any opinion you cared to provide you remained civil. should be “provided you remained civil”. 🙂 ---
### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/157 "2018-07-01T22:12:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Soooo…Who’s in charge around here? > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Al Haig. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? Well, I certainly did, but then I’m old. ---
### Author: ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/158 "2018-07-01T22:12:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? Sadly, it didn’t even occur to me that some might _not_ ---
### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65) #### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/159 "2018-07-01T23:10:46Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And how many of us here got _that_ reference, do you think? As Al Haig has been dead for eight years, he’s in charge of zombie threads. ---
### Author: ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog) #### Post date: [July 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891/160 "2018-07-02T00:31:34Z")
I don’t log in very often these days, but I still swing by and read the SDMB a few times a week. I found this place in the mid 90s - I used to read the column and Snopes at work in my spare time, and would occasionally read threadspotting links. I eventually branched out on my own from the links, and found the rest of the board. I’ve only met one doper in person, but I’ve enjoyed a handful of off board conversations with others. Ed - thanks for everything you’ve helped create and maintain here! Best of luck in the future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-from-cecil-adams-about-the-straight-dope/816891.md?page=9)