# Cecil Adams is more popular than Jesus. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567 "2009-12-09T06:58:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/1 "2009-12-09T06:58:31Z")
If you read the last four words of the first Straighdope book very slowly, you can see it says “I buried Cecil”. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/2 "2009-12-09T09:43:10Z")
My [multi-post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542990) is my [multi-cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=542696): > [@Rate your own popularity on the Dope.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/1): > > How popular do you think you are here? How many people do you think recognize your name and remember who you are? > [@Rate your own popularity on the Dope.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/2): > > Bigger then Jesus. > [@Rate your own popularity on the Dope.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-own-popularity-on-the-dope/520153/3): > > Bigger than Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/3 "2009-12-09T12:19:17Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > If you read the last four words of the first Straighdope book very slowly, you can see it says “I buried Cecil”. Idle Thoughts: Just a heads-up, no criticism intended: Given X is greater than Y and Z is greater than Y, we cannot conclude that Z is grearter than X or vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/4 "2009-12-10T07:07:05Z")
You’re right. I’m ashamed. ETA: But **xash** gives me hope, at least. He’s grown so much _misty eyed_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/5 "2009-12-10T18:46:05Z")
I read the thread title and thought, “Well, duh!” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/6 "2009-12-10T18:54:14Z")
[MajorLeague] Jesus? I like him very much, but He cannot help with curveballs. [/MajorLeague] Even mighty **Cecil** and/or **Xash** are advised that it is bad to steal Jo Bu’s rum. Very bad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/7 "2009-12-10T18:56:02Z")
Round here he seems to be. Rest of the world: Cecil who? They shall be smited. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/8 "2009-12-10T19:16:09Z")
Meet the Cecil Cecilmania Sgt. Cecil’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Dope ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/9 "2009-12-12T12:49:26Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > You’re right. I’m ashamed. Idle Thoughts: Please do not be ashamed–the intent was a polite heads-up, nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/10 "2009-12-12T20:33:37Z")
Since neither one exists or has ever existed, I call it a tie. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/11 "2009-12-12T20:38:12Z")
But if you read it too fast, it says, “Satan is my homeboy.” ---
**Author:** ![Docta\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/12 "2009-12-12T23:38:25Z")
I’m not terribly impressed with either one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/13 "2009-12-13T00:32:52Z")
It [doesn’t look good](http://www.google.com/trends?q=Cecil+Adams,+Jesus+Christ). No blue line. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-is-more-popular-than-jesus/520567/14 "2009-12-13T02:24:13Z")
Cecil’s a lot more real. Any way you figure it.