# Cecil Adams--No postings since 2010.01.18  Taunt him for a response!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049 "2011-08-09T07:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/21 "2011-08-10T14:16:55Z")

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Kibo Kibo Kibo Kibo Kibo Kibo Kibo!

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/22 "2011-08-10T17:58:26Z")

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I’m Cecil’s Own Angel of Death. Will I do?

::sharpening sword::

([Background music](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Aej0vQJNQA)\_

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**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:** [August 10, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/23 "2011-08-10T18:14:41Z")

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Patience people. Like a painfully slow dripping faucet, sooner or later, CA will get out of bed to twist the handle even _harder_

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/24 "2011-08-10T18:43:52Z")

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> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#):
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> I’m Cecil’s Own Angel of Death. Will I do?

We will not settle for Barney when we seek Andy of Arabia!  
ah, I mean Lawrence of Mayberry.

dammit.

Can I get back to you on this?

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**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/25 "2011-08-10T18:48:42Z")

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Dear Cecil- post --\> here \<-- to get a box of plant offshoots. Picturesque descriptions of the house plants’ origins may or may not be included. 8)

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/26 "2011-08-10T19:15:27Z")

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> [@geneb](#):
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> Dear Cecil- post –\> here \<– to get a box of plant offshoots. Picturesque descriptions of the house plants’ origins may or may not be included. 8)

And Sea-Monkeys®!

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/27 "2011-08-10T19:47:07Z")

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Give Cecil a break. The Packard Bell 286 that a geezer like him uses can’t handle the Dope’s graphics any more.

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/28 "2011-08-10T23:32:55Z")

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> [@PunditLisa](#):
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> \<snip\> passionate pleas, raptures by imbalanced teenage girls, drunken dancing around bonfires, human sacrifice… \</snip\>

so… basically Tuesday?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/29 "2011-08-11T00:15:53Z")

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> [@G0sp3l](#):
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> so… basically Tuesday?

I like this guy.

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/30 "2011-08-11T01:53:12Z")

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I really thought he would post something in Eve’s welcome back thread.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/31 "2011-08-11T02:39:57Z")

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> [@Rysdad](#):
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> Dear Cecil,
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> Post something, and I’ll give you a dollar.
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> Regards,
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> Rysdad

If you owned and read Cecil’s books(all of them), you’d certainly know he quite often mentions terms like “sawbuck” and “double sawbuck.”

I doubt he’ll come out and look for his shadow for a dollar. Would you?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-no-postings-since-2010-01-18-taunt-him-for-a-response/592049/32 "2011-08-11T03:13:37Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> I doubt he’ll come out and look for his shadow for a dollar. Would you?

Depends on how much beer I’ve got. Up the ante.

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