# After Cecil, who? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682 "2011-12-29T00:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/1 "2011-12-29T00:15:04Z")
That is the question , for he seems to be well over 60. A bit of succession planning may be in order. Don’t you guys think so? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/2 "2011-12-29T00:47:29Z")
Do you have Cecil in the Death Pool or something? While Cecil may be no spring chicken, he seems to have plenty of pep in his step. I wouldn’t worry about this for the time being. I’m sure when the times comes there will be a conclave of cardinals, messages made with smoke, etc. You know the drill, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/3 "2011-12-29T02:04:59Z")
There’s probably something akin to the Santa Clause at work-the Cecil Clause! First person to put on the (late) Cecil’s green eyeshade takes over the role. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/4 "2011-12-29T03:12:36Z")
I believe that I addressed this question adequately in a previous thread: > [@Who will replace Cecil Adams when he is dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-replace-cecil-adams-when-he-is-dead/606557/23): > > I’m assuming he already wrote all of the answers that he needs for the column to last indefinitely, he’s just waiting for the questions. I see no reason that the staff couldn’t do that for him after his eventual demise. > > It could be happening right now! > > :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/5 "2011-12-29T03:13:16Z")
I imagine it’ll be pretty similar to what’s going on in North Korea right now. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/6 "2011-12-29T03:13:38Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’m sure when the times comes there will be a conclave of cardinals, messages made with smoke, etc. You know the drill, I’m sure. So, you’re going to get baked and pick a name out of a (big) hat? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/7 "2011-12-29T03:33:43Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’m sure when the times comes there will be a conclave of cardinals, messages made with smoke, etc. You know the drill, I’m sure. > [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > So, you’re going to get baked and pick a name out of a (big) hat? The giant puff of smoke is probably the tip off. “Don’t bogart that joint” is the motto of the mods. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/8 "2011-12-29T03:51:07Z")
Crap, now they’ll all want some. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/9 "2011-12-29T04:07:45Z")
As I understand it, it all starts in Iowa… -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/10 "2011-12-29T05:15:01Z")
One does not _elect_ the next Cecil. One _searches_ for the next Cecil, in the manner of High Lamas searching for the next Dalai Lama. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/11 "2011-12-29T05:35:08Z")
I thought that a Cecil emerged fully grown from Lake Michigan, as is shown in [this painting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg). (Of course it’s an earlier incarnation of Cecil, demonstrating that the Perfect Master is not limited by gender. And I think Ed Zottii is the man on the left in a blue cape.) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/12 "2011-12-29T05:38:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > There’s probably something akin to the Santa Clause at work-the Cecil Clause! First person to put on the (late) Cecil’s green eyeshade takes over the role. What are you talking about, there’s no such thing as a sanity clause. (with apologies to Exapno) ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/13 "2011-12-29T12:51:14Z")
Listen – strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/14 "2011-12-29T13:04:03Z")
Help! I’m being repressed! ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/15 "2011-12-29T13:41:06Z")
Guys, get serious. What’cha gonna do when Unca Cecil is gone? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/16 "2011-12-29T14:00:31Z")
If Cecil didn’t exist, it would necessary to invent him. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/17 "2011-12-29T14:17:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If Cecil didn’t exist, it would necessary to invent him. Blasphemy!:mad: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/18 "2011-12-29T14:32:52Z")
Apres Cecil le deluge. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/19 "2011-12-29T16:58:16Z")
Man invented Cecil in his own image. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/20 "2011-12-29T17:58:03Z")
This was all planned out centuries ago by the Mayans. We shant have long to wait. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682.md?page=2)