# Are Cecil and Una Married?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447 "2011-08-29T02:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/61 "2011-09-04T00:38:14Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Hopefully you mean five readings of the same column, or older ones. If you’re suggesting Cecil do five new columns per week…I think he’d have a stroke if I suggested that. :eek: One new one on Friday and four old ones Monday through Thursday, just as Jesus wanted it before his followers got everyone confused about it. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/62 "2011-09-04T02:23:44Z")
A few weeks back I was reading Michael Moorcock’s “Oswald Bastable” [trilogy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warlord_of_the_Air). Every time the character Una Persson appeared I kept thinking of our Una here. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/63 "2011-09-04T02:34:31Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > I’ll take “terrible analogy” for $200, Alex…yeah, I screwed that up. But Una and you are the same persson, right? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/64 "2011-09-04T02:50:33Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > Does Elton John claim that he is a distinct person from Reginald Kenneth Dwight, or is this just a terrible analogy? I think the point is that the person known as Elton John is one person not a committee of people using the Elton John name. There are house pseudonyms. The _Longarm_ westerns, for example, are all credited to “Tabor Evans”. But there are over a dozen authors who have written books in the series, all using the same pseudonym. Or “Kenneth Robeson”, who was the supposed author of all of the _Doc Savage_ and _Avenger_ novels. The actual writing was done by Lester Dent, Paul Ernst, and at least nine other authors. But people who know have said that _The Straight Dope_ is the product of one person, not a group of writers taking turns writing the column. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/65 "2011-09-04T03:09:59Z")
A better analogy would be Ann Landers. There has been more than one of them but it was a series of Anns each with a staff. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/66 "2011-09-04T14:26:43Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > A better analogy would be Ann Landers. There has been more than one of them but it was a series of Anns each with a staff. Um…yes! What **hajario** said! That’s a much better analogy. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/67 "2011-09-04T19:05:18Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > Um…yes! What **hajario** said! That’s a much better analogy. So is this confirmation that Cecil is really a series of [del]editors[/del] columnists, of which the current one is [del]Ed Zotti[/del] still called Cecil? ;);)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/68 "2011-09-04T19:29:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > There is only one Cecil, and Una is his assistant. > [@Punoqllads](#): > > That’s the first pillar of the Straight Dope. I think the other four are: > 2) Pilgrimage to Chicago if you can afford it, at least once in your life. > 3) Five weekly readings of the Straight Dope column. > 4) Charitable behavior towards those new to the Straight Dope. > …what’s the fifth one? I always get hung up on that one. 1. Hi, Opal! No, that doesn’t quite work… ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/69 "2011-09-04T20:53:08Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > I’ve been to his house - too much heavy furniture. I’ll bring pizza and “supervise” instead. 😃 Wait, you’ve been to _Cecil’s_ house? You must be confused. It’s been well established that Cecil is an antisocial recluse who communicates with the outside world via illegible messages scrawled on greasy Chinese restaurant menues that somehow make their way to the offices of the Chicago Reader (and by telephone, apparently). You probably misread and thought **Kayaker** meant Ed’s house or something, right? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/70 "2011-09-04T21:12:29Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > So is this confirmation that Cecil is really a series of [del]editors[/del] columnists, of which the current one is [del]Ed Zotti[/del] still called Cecil? ;);)😉 That’s above my pay grade to confirm or deny. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/71 "2011-09-04T21:49:54Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > Wait, you’ve been to _Cecil’s_ house? You must be confused. It’s been well established that Cecil is an antisocial recluse who communicates with the outside world via illegible messages scrawled on greasy Chinese restaurant menues that somehow make their way to the offices of the Chicago Reader (and by telephone, apparently). You probably misread and thought **Kayaker** meant Ed’s house or something, right? In this crazy, mixed-up world we live in, it’s very easy to get confused. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/72 "2011-09-04T23:16:15Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > That’s above my pay grade to confirm or deny. Can you _hint_ a little more clearly??? 😉 😉 😉 :nudge: :nudge:, “SAY no More!!!” ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/73 "2011-09-04T23:21:13Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Can you _hint_ a little more clearly??? Don’t bother; I created a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619611) to taunt the Perfect Master. Vanity of vanities–all is vanity. If I could personally email the smell of bacon with a hint of maple syrup, OTOH… ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/74 "2011-09-05T00:15:12Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Can you _hint_ a little more clearly??? 😉 > > 😉 😉 :nudge: :nudge:, “SAY no More!!!” Maybe some charades? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/75 "2011-09-05T00:16:59Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Don’t bother; I created a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=619611) to taunt the Perfect Master. Vanity of vanities–all is vanity. > > If I could personally email the smell of bacon with a hint of maple syrup, OTOH… Interesting that you bring up bacon. Cecil is running a bacon-related column soon…I believe it’s running next Friday, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447/76 "2011-09-05T20:37:14Z")
> [@Dan\_Norder](#): > > 1. Hi, Opal! > > No, that doesn’t quite work… No, no… 1. Hi, Opal! \ Wait… are you Reformed Orthodox SD? Splitters! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cecil-and-una-married/594447.md?page=3)