# Alternatives to The Straight Dope column **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923 "2018-06-28T15:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/21 "2018-06-29T15:38:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Anyway, back to the question at hand-Are there any other “Answer Person” columns left out there? The Giraffe Boards are similar to the SDMB, if that’s what you are asking. I haven’t visited in a long time. Started by an SDMB member (I think he was a mod at one time). They even have a Pit. Not sharing a link, but is easy enough to find. I’m a little concerned that that board would be a little overwhelmed by the size of our membership. Be gentle. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/22 "2018-06-29T15:44:25Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > LOL there are thousands of threads here. > > People don’t read every one. Especially a thread in about this message board. I RARELY ever look in that section. Cafe, IMHO, and Mundane are where I visit and post. I go to General Questions every couple of days. > > I was completely blindsided by this news. > > My bookmark goes directly to the board. I hadn’t been to the column’s web page in a few weeks. Same here. And I think that the article the link goes to has been updated since the first time I read it. Many people, including myself thought the SDMB was going down. I never read ATMB. My first knowledge of this was in this thread. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/23 "2018-06-29T15:47:57Z")
I’m not talking about the SDMB and replacement message boards. I’m talking about The Straight Dope Column that just got cancelled, and other columns(in papers, magazines or on-line) that serve the same purpose. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/24 "2018-06-29T15:54:00Z")
Dear Abby is still taking questions. [https://universaluclick.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006129508-How-do-I-send-Dear-Abby-a-letter-?mobile\_site=true](https://universaluclick.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006129508-How-do-I-send-Dear-Abby-a-letter-?mobile_site=true) I think Hints from Heloise is too. [http://www.heloise.com/contact.html](http://www.heloise.com/contact.html) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/25 "2018-06-29T15:56:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Dear Abby is still taking questions. > [https://universaluclick.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006129508-How-do-I-send-Dear-Abby-a-letter-?mobile\_site=true](https://universaluclick.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115006129508-How-do-I-send-Dear-Abby-a-letter-?mobile_site=true) > > I think Hints from Heloise is too. > [http://www.heloise.com/contact.html](http://www.heloise.com/contact.html) I would love to see Dear Abby adopt Cecil’s snarky attitude. And maybe Slug could get a gig illustrating her column. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/26 "2018-06-29T16:11:51Z")
Don’t confuse the message board with the column. Column written by Cecil Adams - ENDING Straight Dope Message Board - CONTINUING OP is asking for an alternative to the column. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/27 "2018-06-29T16:13:51Z")
Yep-Something like the link I provided in the OP. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923/28 "2018-06-29T18:24:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Did they ever say if the column was really published by the same guy with the penname Cecil? > > Seems unlikely one guy did it from Feb 1973 to June 2018. > > I guess one guy that started in his early twenties could have worked that long. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Most people advance a career by moving to other better paying jobs with more responsibilities. > > It would be remarkable if the same writer kept the same job for 45 years. Mike Lenehan started the column, then Dave Kehr did it for a short time. Ed is the third and last\*. And yes, he’s been doing it for 40 years, since he was in his late 20s. It’s not the only thing he does, either. That there’s been more than one Cecil is not exactly a state secret. Plenty of threads here have given the history. It’s in a [freaking documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762785), for Pete’s sake. \*I’m sure a few columns have been at most edited by Ed, especially the ones that show Una doing all the research. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-the-straight-dope-column/816923.md?page=1)