# Before you do Cecil's Survey -READ THIS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2000, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715 "2000-04-01T12:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/41 "2000-04-04T16:36:00Z")
In the name of all that is Cecil, please, please, PLEASE _ **DNFTT** _. Any of them. Let it go. -andros- (fingers crossed) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/42 "2000-04-04T18:27:00Z")
Perdarabo > [@](#): > > So to recap, I know this is confusing: there is no Ed, Ed is actually Cecil. But there is no Cecil, Cecil is actually Slug. And there is no Slug, because someone left the lid off the salt shaker again. And there is no spoon. Jill > [@](#): > > Otto, the guy you’re lusting after is Mike Lukas and he’s straight, bud. Oh, you heterosexuals think everyone’s str8. But I didn’t ask whether he was str8, I asked if he has an Australian accent, if there are any pictures online of him and if he’ll be my boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/43 "2000-04-04T18:44:00Z")
Just for you, Otto, here is a pic of Mike online: [http://www.sbfunnybone.com/mikelukas.htm](http://www.sbfunnybone.com/mikelukas.htm) As for your other questions, you may have to ask him yourself 🙂 * * * Any similarities between your reality and mine are purely coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/44 "2000-04-04T20:40:00Z")
I used to have a pet rat named Cecil. * * * – I have over 2000 posts, dammit! Show some respect. O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![RonaldBarnhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RonaldBarnhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonaldBarnhardt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/45 "2000-04-04T21:58:00Z")
I answered the survey. And I could give a shit what The Reader does with my vital stats. I’ve had many hours of fun here on this board–this is the best entertainment value anywhere. If my info helps Cecil Adams (I believe he exists) improve this board or help keep it going, I’m happy to oblige. ---
**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/46 "2000-04-04T22:13:00Z")
Well, I’m jumping on the **IT’S NOT FAIR** bandwagon. I mean, sheesh, I haven’t even told my girlfriend that much personal info yet. I refuse to fill out that damn survey until Cecil posts a bit of his private information. Like his waist size. Or his favorite color. Or something. * * * Yet to be reconciled with the reality of the dark for a moment, I go on wandering from dream to dream. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/47 "2000-04-04T22:16:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Just for you, Otto Thanks doll! He’s as much a hottie as I remember, but when the words “email the bone” popped up on my screen I about passed out. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/48 "2000-04-05T03:44:00Z")
Not to :::_Tom_::: mention any :::_Dark_::: names, but someone really needs to reach around, grasp the leg holes of his whitey-tighties, and firmly yank them from his ass crack. I am always amazed at the stupidity that shows up every now and then. Here’s a news flash: \*\*IF YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE THE SURVEY - - - DON’T! NO ONE IS TWISTING YOUR BLOODY ARM FORHELLSAKE!! \*\* Triple SHEESH! * * * Pardon me while I burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/49 "2000-04-05T04:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by OpalCat: > **I used to have a pet rat named Cecil.** ## Opal’s ex-pet-rat writes _The Straight Dope_? Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _I just washed my cat. It’ll take me hours to get the hairs off my tongue._                                         --100% certified genuine **WallyM7™** sig ---
**Author:** ![allanadale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@allanadale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allanadale)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/50 "2000-04-05T18:17:00Z")
I’m starting to feel like I’m in a Nike commercial, to wit… I Am Cecil Adams. Tiger ain’t got nothin on Cece… ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/51 "2000-04-05T21:36:00Z")
well, just had to see it one more time, condemmed to the pit. Cecil, Ed, Slugo, and whoever is up there, you have managed to get this topic here and here it will die. I will not be revisiting this topic nor will I fill out your survey. If you make it a condition of using the SDMB, I will lie like a rug. But you will be relieved to know that I will stop my crusade to enlist others to boycot your survey. Lynn please put this topic out of its misery and pull the plug ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/52 "2000-04-05T22:06:00Z")
Ah, I love the sound of sniveling loser in the morning . . . ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/53 "2000-04-06T01:01:00Z")
Sheesh, fat, drunk and stupid is no way to through life, son. The survey wasn’t required–the intro went to great pains specifying that it was voluntary and the information would only be used for in-house market research. y’know…like PAYING THE BILLS for this place? Like, having some facts to present to the suits and money-guys to prove that Dopers, while weird, are canny, participating members of the economy? How did a straight forward customer survey get warped into myth drift? Does this putz think the Budweiser frogs are real?? Ignorance is winning, I fear. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/54 "2000-04-06T13:33:00Z")
Veb - they AREN’T REAL??? No, say it isn’t so… ROFLMAO * * * “Lisa, if you don’t like your job you don’t strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That’s the American way!” ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/55 "2000-04-06T18:35:00Z")
I think I speak for those with an IQ higher then the kelvin measurement of the temperature in deep space when I say: > [@](#): > > **Who the fuck cares???** Otto: > [@](#): > > , but when the words “email the bone” popped up on my screen I about passed out. ROFLMAO! and now: \< jumpimg up and dancing\> SingleDad used my sig!!! I feel so validated! \ * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/56 "2000-04-06T20:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by allanadale: > **I Am Cecil Adams.** I am Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/57 "2000-04-07T14:04:00Z")
What survey? ## (anyone who has a sig longer than his post will be damned to Hell) Dr. Fidelius, Charlatan Associate Curator Anomalous Paleontology, Miskatonic University Projector Emeritus, Grand Academy of Lagado “You cannot reason a man out of a position he did not reach through reason.” ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/58 "2000-04-07T14:48:00Z")
quote: ===== So! There we have it! Ed Zotti has confessed! ===== My mistake. We NOW have a new record for specious reasoning. ## What did Gloucester say? “This is not the worst, so long as we can say ‘this is the worst’”? “The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord ---
**Author:** ![Iolanthe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7bcc69/32.png) [@Iolanthe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iolanthe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/59 "2000-04-07T15:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Beruang: > \*\*quote: > > ===== > > So! There we have it! Ed Zotti has confessed! > > ===== > "My mistake. We NOW have a new record for specious reasoning. > > What did Gloucester say? “This is not the worst, so long as we can say ‘this is the worst’”?" > \*\* ``` Actually, Edgar said that (just before dad stumbled onstage.) Gloucester said, among other things, "A man may rot, even here," which Tom Dark seems to be taking to heart. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-you-do-cecils-survey-read-this/5715/60 "2000-04-07T16:31:00Z")
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