Are Cecil and Una Married??

[Punoqllads]

@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.

[Suil_Dubh]

A few weeks back I was reading Michael Moorcock’s “Oswald Bastable” trilogy.

Every time the character Una Persson appeared I kept thinking of our Una here.

[BigT]

@Una_Persson

I’ll take “terrible analogy” for $200, Alex…yeah, I screwed that up.

But Una and you are the same persson, right?

[Little_Nemo]

@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.

[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.

[Una_Persson]

@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.

[Cheshire_Human]

@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? ;);)

[Dan_Norder]

@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.

5. Hi, Opal!

No, that doesn’t quite work…

[Alan_Smithee]

@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?

[Una_Persson]

@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.

[Una_Persson]

@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.

[Cheshire_Human]

@Una_Persson

That’s above my pay grade to confirm or deny.

Can you hint a little more clearly???

:nudge: :nudge:, “SAY no More!!!”

[user_hostile]

@Cheshire_Human

Can you hint a little more clearly???

Don’t bother; I created a thread 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…

[Digital_is_the_new_Analog]

@Cheshire_Human

Can you hint a little more clearly???

:nudge: :nudge:, “SAY no More!!!”

Maybe some charades?
-D/a

[Una_Persson]

@user_hostile

Don’t bother; I created a thread 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.

[Apollyon]

@Dan_Norder

5. Hi, Opal!

No, that doesn’t quite work…

No, no…

3. Hi, Opal!

<suspicious> Wait… are you Reformed Orthodox SD?

Splitters!