# Cecil Adams Spotted In The Wild! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520 "2022-06-01T20:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/1 "2022-06-01T20:47:06Z")
Turned on the TV showing a random Seinfeld episode from 1992. George, Elaine, Kramer, etc. are riding separate subway cars and the show is about random subway conversations and events. Kramer is standing and falls against a stout dude holding a few books in his lap in a pile. The visible book, though not well shown, is clearly the black covered edition of The Straight Dope. Has anyone noticed this before? Not for some time? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/2 "2022-06-01T20:58:11Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Has anyone noticed this before? I think so: > [@Straight Dope book seen on "Seinfeld"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464): > > I caught a bit of the Seinfeld clip show the other day, and during a scene when Kramer was trying to squeeze into a spot on a bus, the young fellow who was already in the bus seat was holding a book that appeared to be one of the “Straight Dope” books (I’m not the only fellow who is always interested in what books are being carried by people on TV shows and movies, am I?). Did I rediscover something that was well-known on the board, or is this news to everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/3 "2022-06-01T21:08:11Z")
Does that count as a ninja? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/4 "2022-06-01T21:41:37Z")
Super Ninja! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/5 "2022-06-02T00:54:44Z")
How long to supersize a ninja? I don’t get how someone observant enough to see this trivial detail could mistake a bus and a subway car, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/6 "2022-06-02T01:34:27Z")
I was focused on the book of course. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams-spotted-in-the-wild/965520/7 "2022-06-02T02:52:40Z")
Just today I was working through a book of older crosswords (original dates aren’t given, but from various time-sensitive clues I would guess around 2000 give or take 5 years), and there was the clue, right there: “Cecil, author of The Straight Dope.” I had to think a minute. I have a terrible memory for names.