# After Cecil, who?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682>\
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**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:** 8\
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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/21 "2011-12-29T18:01:34Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> The giant puff of smoke is probably the tip off. “Don’t **bogart** that joint” is the motto of the mods. 😃

Bolding mine. And that is probably the main tip-off that you and I are among the older Dopers here. 😃

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**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/22 "2011-12-29T20:28:03Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Man invented Cecil in his own image.

And vice versa.

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**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/23 "2011-12-29T21:30:00Z")

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> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#):
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> This was all planned out centuries ago by the Mayans. We shant have long to wait.

Has anyone ever figured out why the Mayans had such a problem with the C-word?

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/24 "2011-12-29T21:33:05Z")

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It’s not a problem. Cecil knows _everything_. He worked out immortality over brunch when he was fifteen. He said it was “a relaxing change from the really hard questions.”

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/25 "2011-12-29T21:40:56Z")

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> [@indian](#):
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> **After Cecil, who?**

“First they came for Cecil and I did nothing because I wasn’t Cecil…”

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**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/26 "2011-12-29T21:41:48Z")

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I’m told Cecil wants the mods and admins to be buried with him when he dies. I keep forgetting to tell the new mods about this when they sign up. So, um, there’s that.

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**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 30, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/27 "2011-12-30T01:28:25Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I’m told Cecil wants the mods and admins to be buried with him when he dies.

In a vault, somewhere under Chicago, no doubt. Don’t let Geraldo hear about it.

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**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 30, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-cecil-who/607682/28 "2011-12-30T01:53:55Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I’m told Cecil wants the mods and admins to be buried with him when he dies. I keep forgetting to tell the new mods about this when they sign up. So, um, there’s that.

Meh, just throw a bunch of cats in there - it’ll be fine.

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