# About Cecil Replying on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 11, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566 "2003-05-11T23:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/1 "2003-05-11T23:26:45Z")
1. Does Cecil ever reply on this board? 2. If so, what is his handle? 3. How often does he post and in which forum? 4. Can I search his posts? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/2 "2003-05-11T23:29:06Z")
1. Yes 2. Cecil Adams 3. Not often, anywhere he wants. 4. Yes ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/3 "2003-05-12T00:00:05Z")
Cecil doesn’t post often – he’s only got around 120-some posts. When he does post, it’s usually in the Comments on Cecil’s Column forum, for obvious reasons. However, he’s been known to pop up in other forums as well.He’s… well… eccentric, and somewhat egotistical, so he tends to post in threads that are either about things he’s written about or, ah, about him. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/4 "2003-05-12T00:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > **He’s… well… eccentric, and somewhat egotistical** … and nonexistant … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/5 "2003-05-12T00:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > … and nonexistant … **dantheman**. For all we know, YOU are non-existant. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/6 "2003-05-12T00:21:03Z")
No way! Would a nonexistent entity have [a puppy dog](http://www.geocities.com/dfranzen70/dog1.JPG)? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/7 "2003-05-12T00:30:56Z")
And might I just add, he’s apparently EXTREMELY fond of [Newborn Doper Babies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128714). 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/8 "2003-05-12T02:30:22Z")
Yes, but apparently you have to practically beg with him to welcome them. (or that’s what I remember from that particular go-round) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/9 "2003-05-12T02:30:29Z")
He’s not nonexistent, he’s _notional_. There’s a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/10 "2003-05-12T05:34:33Z")
Really? I thought he was Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/11 "2003-05-12T13:16:42Z")
What I think is cool, is out only 120 or so posts, one was a direct reply to me. [I’m special.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2955044#post2955044) ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/12 "2003-05-12T23:12:13Z")
Well, for the record, Cecil is NOT non-existent… although he is mightily amused by the notion. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/13 "2003-05-12T23:40:17Z")
Just nod and smile, boys, nod and smile. . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/14 "2003-05-13T00:01:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Well, for the record, Cecil is NOT non-existent… although he is mightily amused by the notion. \*\* We’re a whole board full of skeptics with good critical thinking skills, and we’re just supposed to take _your_ word for it? 😉 ---
**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:** [May 13, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/15 "2003-05-13T00:43:25Z")
A special message to **dantheman** and **Q.E.D.** : > [@](#): > > An unbeliever! > > Another unbeliever! > > Persecute! Kill the heretics! > > Kill the heretics! Kill them! Persecute! Kill!.. We now return you to our normal semi-rational critical thinking discussion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/16 "2003-05-13T01:01:17Z")
And I didn’t see his face… and now I’m a nonbeliever! Not a trace! Of him on the boards! ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/17 "2003-05-13T01:33:14Z")
But are you in love, **dantheman**? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/18 "2003-05-13T01:37:02Z")
I’ve been logged!\* ohhhhhhhhh I’m a nonbeliever, I couldn’t leave here if I tried… \*IP address ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/19 "2003-05-13T02:39:14Z")
Does this mean that **dantheman** is a Monkee? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566/20 "2003-05-13T02:45:58Z")
Have his new revised Shakespeare? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecil-replying-on-the-sdmb/174566.md?page=2)