# Aha! I knew it! Ed is Cecil.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034 "2008-09-04T18:53:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034/21 "2008-09-04T22:31:48Z")

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> [@Q.E.D](#):
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> That proves that someone else was Cecil before Ed. 😉

Well, of course…

But the man he inherited the name from was not the real Cecil either. The real Cecil has been retired 35 years and living like a king in Patagonia.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034/22 "2008-09-04T22:38:04Z")

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> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#):
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> But the man he inherited the name from was not the real Cecil either. The real Cecil has been retired 35 years and living like a king in Patagonia.

Inconceivable!

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034/23 "2008-09-05T04:58:46Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> Inconceivable!

Bastard. I was going to say that.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aha-i-knew-it-ed-is-cecil/462034/24 "2008-09-05T05:11:19Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> But I don’t even understand this deduction. Tuba says Ed’s been here for 35 years, but really he has been here for 30 years. Cecilo has been here 5 years longer than Ed. And that proves that Ed is Cecil. How, exactly?

It proves that Ed has been impersonating Mike Lenehan and Dave Kehr, that’s what!

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