# Can I see the Moderator Registration Agreement? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040 "2001-11-24T17:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/61 "2001-11-27T00:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Humble Servant \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > > \*\*May I touch the hem of your coat, O Great One? \*\* > > Coming so soon after **JillGat’s** post, I read that as: “May I touch the hem of your goat, O Great One?” \*\* Funny - I read it as “May I touch the hem of your coat, O Goat One?” Geez. I take **one** weekend away from the boards for Thanksgiving, and Cecil chooses that moment to grace us with his presence. What, do I smell? ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/62 "2001-11-27T00:59:36Z")
> [@](#): > > **Cecil Adams** > Perfect Master > > Registered: Mar 1999 > Posts: 88 Pfft…Noob! [sub]May the power of Christ compel me![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/63 "2001-11-27T01:24:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > Let’s keep this on a businesslike basis_\* :reaches out a hand in which a fifty is neatly concealed: May _I_ touch the hem of your coat, O Great One? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/64 "2001-11-27T02:21:33Z")
Gah! Cecil was _here_ and I missed him! _pounds head against wall_ I always miss him. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/65 "2001-11-27T03:17:58Z")
You will note that Cecil’s post in this thread was noted as being his 88th. But so was [his post in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60371&pagenumber=2) . I don’t know if this is the correct thread to post my theory, but I’ll do it anyway. Cecil, inspite of Ed Zotti’s denial, is the pseudonym for Ed Zotti. This malarky about getting so drunk he’d say anything. Baloney. Malarkey. Also throw out another fact that was slightly incorrect given by the same investigator. Another diversionary tactic. Note that Ed posts the same announcements in all the threads at times, similar to Cecil’s using the same total posts in various posts. Further, I made a detailed analysis of the writing styles of both Ed Zotti and Cecil Adams, and have concluded that they both were written by the same person – on the same computer – in the same building (but at different times). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/66 "2001-11-27T03:49:38Z")
I don’t quite follow your post sequencing theory. You **are** aware that, when you post in a given thread, your post count increases automatically and _simultaneously_ in all of the other theads in which you have previously posted, aren’t you? If you check in my thread, where you’ll also find a post by Uncle Cecil, you will note that the post count is the same. That’s the way it goes. Or maybe there’s a subtlety in your reasoning which I did not grasp… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/67 "2001-11-27T11:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Gah! Cecil was here and I missed him! _pounds head against wall_ I always miss him. Heh… he talked to _me_! Clearly I am blessed, and must now become your new leader in his absence. Wait… what are you doing with those tomatoes? Put those down! I, your new master, order you! I… gah!! ::splat, splat…:: ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/68 "2001-11-27T20:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barbitu8 \* > \*\*You will note that Cecil’s post in this thread was noted as being his 88th. But so was [his post in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60371&pagenumber=2) . > > I don’t know if this is the correct thread to post my theory, but I’ll do it anyway. Cecil, inspite of Ed Zotti’s denial, is the pseudonym for Ed Zotti. This malarky about getting so drunk he’d say anything. Baloney. Malarkey. Also throw out another fact that was slightly incorrect given by the same investigator. Another diversionary tactic. Note that Ed posts the same announcements in all the threads at times, similar to Cecil’s using the same total posts in various posts. > > Further, I made a detailed analysis of the writing styles of both Ed Zotti and Cecil Adams, and have concluded that they both were written by the same person – on the same computer – in the same building (but at different times). 😃 \*\* Well gee, thanks ever so for setting us straight. How could we have been so blind? Feel better now that you’ve said that? Good, now run along and play, sonny boy, go home and tell your mother she wants you. Who you gonna believe here . . . Cecil, who grants us the gift of His collected wisdom on this site, or some putz? your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/69 "2001-11-27T21:12:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\* > Who you gonna believe here . . . Cecil, who grants us the gift of His collected wisdom on this site, or some putz? > \*\* I’ve never read a post by Cecil denying that he is Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/70 "2001-11-27T21:24:08Z")
The one saying that is you, junior. I hardly think you merit a response from Him about anything. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/71 "2001-11-27T21:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barbitu8 \* > \*\*I’ve never read a post by Cecil denying that he is Ed Zotti. \*\* But there ARE posts by **Ed** where he states he isn’t **Cecil** Therefore: Obviously, **Ed** is either telling the truth or lying. If he’s lying and he’s really **Cecil** , then that would mean that **Cecil’s** lying. We can take it as axiomatic that **Cecil** never lies, right? (If not, why did you imply that a denial by **Cecil** would be useful?) Since **Cecil** can’t lie then **Ed** can’t be **Cecil**. QED If he’s telling the truth then all is well and good and right with the universe. So, you’ve either got a universe-destroying paradox, or a simple statement of fact. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/72 "2001-11-27T21:49:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*I hardly think you merit a response from Him about anything. > \*\* \< shameless grovelling before the High Priestess of **Cecil** \> [sub]Do I?[/sub] \< /shameless grovelling before the High Priestess of **Cecil** \> 😉 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/73 "2001-11-27T22:29:53Z")
While there’s all kinds of occasions where it’s nice to have a man on his knees, this ain’t one of 'em. 🙂 So get up already, dear heart. You know you’re special, Fenris, don’t have to be telling you. your humble TubaDiva Admnistrator ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/74 "2001-11-27T22:55:52Z")
Perhaps that is what they discuss in the Hidden Forum which is discussed on another thread in this forum…who Cecil _really_ is. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/75 "2001-11-27T23:04:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*We can take it as axiomatic that **Cecil** never lies, right? \*\* Well, last year I invited **Cecil** to my daughter’s cornet recital, and he said he had to wash his hair that evening. I later found out that he had been seen in a series of Chicago hotspots well into the night, with a redhead on one arm and a platinum blonde on the other, balancing a fifth of Haitian rum on the tip of his nose. Do “little white lies” count? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/76 "2001-11-27T23:10:26Z")
Well, Ike, since we know that Cecil never lies, then those people who saw Cecil out on the town were, obviously, lying. Or _you’re_ lying… ::suspicious glare::… ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/77 "2001-11-27T23:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*You know you’re special, Fenris, don’t have to be telling you. > \*\* True, but it’s really nice to hear from time to time, 'specially from someone I like! 🙂 But mainly I was trying to offer Cecil a straight line, so he’d say something to me. I admit it, I’ve been subverted by the “HEY CECIL, NOTICE **ME!** ” crowd. I’m one of them now. I have been assimilated. Sad, really. :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/78 "2001-11-27T23:19:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Or _you’re_ lying… ::suspicious glare::… \*\* See, all these dilemmas can be solved by assuming that _everyone_ other than **Cecil** is lying. It’s like all the nasty physics stuff that goes away if you assume that the speed of light in space (away from gravity sources) is a constant. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/79 "2001-11-28T01:42:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*The one saying that is you, junior. I hardly think you merit a response from Him about anything. > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator \*\* That is not responsive. You said who do I believe, Cecil or some putz? Well, since Cecil never said anything concerning his identity, it’s not an “either or.” However, since Ed said he was not Cecil and you said who do I believe, the logical conclusion is that Ed is Cecil. Altho Cecil does not lie, Ed might. I never asked for a response and whether I “merit” a response is also not responsive. Hey, I really don’t care. I don’t know Ed from Adams. As Shakespeare said, however, I think the lady protesteth too much. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-see-the-moderator-registration-agreement/95040/80 "2001-11-28T02:07:07Z")
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