# Cecil Adams SPOKE to me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942 "2004-08-28T12:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/1 "2004-08-28T12:37:48Z")
Oh. My. God. Here: [Cecil speaks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=273268) First time he’s spoken since 4/24/2004! Woo Hoo!!! My life now has meaning! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/2 "2004-08-28T12:51:04Z")
I need to post in your thread, so some of the specialness will rub off. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/3 "2004-08-28T12:54:26Z")
But he spoke to ME. I mean, he quoted me and everything! \ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/4 "2004-08-28T12:54:29Z")
Good Og, I’ve actually met the person who was the recipient of the Perfect Master’s 132nd post. I may never shower again – and not just because of whatever other dangers that activity might entail. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/5 "2004-08-28T12:56:39Z")
That’s ok, **Twicky** my dear, I still consort with the rest of you lesser beings. Just wear sunglasses so that the brilliance of my **Cecil** -granted aura doesn’t blind you! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/6 "2004-08-28T13:55:03Z")
Technically speaking he wrote to you, or addressed your question. When you said he spoke to you I had this image of you receiving a phone call or, even worse, voices in your head. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/7 "2004-08-28T14:21:50Z")
You know, that’s interesting. I _always_ think of these posts as ‘saying’, ‘speaking’, ‘said.’ Sometimes when I’m reading them, I sort-of hear an imaginary voice of the person saying what they’re writing. In any case, you are quite right. The Great Master did not physically or audibly speak to me. That doesn’t stop my \ ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/8 "2004-08-28T14:24:51Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Technically speaking Not technically writing ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/9 "2004-08-28T14:25:31Z")
It’s certainly very cool and I didn’t mean to imply otherwise. Just I was a little scared about what the OP might be about. “Cecil Adams spoke to me. He told me to do my homework and clean behind the fridge. The Dog spoke to me and told me to vote Republican across the board. My Cat spoke to me and told me to eat at McDonalds and murder my neighbors.” So glad it wasn’t anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/10 "2004-08-28T14:26:59Z")
_yawn_ Kids today, so excited by trivial brushes with greatness. Now, I, OTOH, was personally welcomed to the boards by the master himself… 🆒😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/11 "2004-08-28T14:29:05Z")
> [@xash](#): > > Not technically writing ? 😃 Touché 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/12 "2004-08-28T15:03:40Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > _yawn_ > > Kids today, so excited by trivial brushes with greatness. > > Now, I, OTOH, was personally welcomed to the boards by the master himself… 🆒😃 THis “kid” is 48 years old. But, she was not welcomed to the boards by the Perfect Master. ☹ Can I see it, huh, huh, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/13 "2004-08-28T15:26:24Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=445828&postcount=28). Back when the world was young and Cecil could occasionally be coaxed down off of Mt. Olympus to play in the muck with us mere mortals. I’m the lowercase “dave” in that post. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/14 "2004-08-28T16:09:02Z")
> [@Oy!](#): > > You know, that’s interesting. I _always_ think of these posts as ‘saying’, ‘speaking’, ‘said.’ Sometimes when I’m reading them, I sort-of hear an imaginary voice of the person saying what they’re writing. What did he sound like in imaginary? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/15 "2004-08-28T16:15:37Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > What did he sound like in imaginary? James Earl Jones doing the Voice of God (“_This_ is CNN.”), of course! Hey, He _did_ welcome me, Dave! My name is Amy, so I was the first one. Of course, I wasn’t a member yet, but do you really think the Perfect Master can’t look into the future? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/16 "2004-08-28T21:46:35Z")
Welcome to the small and very exclusive [club](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6868&postcount=8). ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/17 "2004-08-28T22:11:51Z")
It is written in the stars (and now on this message board) that Cecil’s 666th post will be directed at me. : [evil smiley](http://www.suzi-quzi.com/esmilie.gif) : He will then reveal unto me my true destiny! In other words: tell me what I can go do with myself. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/18 "2004-08-28T23:36:52Z")
Yes, indeed, welcome. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/19 "2004-08-28T23:39:01Z")
Argh, forgot the sig. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spoke-to-me/261942/20 "2004-08-29T02:00:08Z")
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