Sorry for replying so late but I just got back from an exhausting drive from Chicago where I kidnapped Cecil Adams. I had to save him from himself as he was breaking down from aha’s relentless begging and coupled with all the other pressures of fighting ignorance without a break since 1973. He would have done something he would have regretted forever. I now have Cecil safely ensconced in a room in my basement where he can watch the endless loop videotape I made yesterday of people reading the Chicago Reader and proclaiming the brilliance of The Straight Dope column and the wisdom of its author. Cecil will be released safely with busfare home when aha’s deadline has passed. Someone has to look after Cecil after he has looked after so many of us.
aha you might as well give the struggle up now and save the bandwidth for other more useful subjects. Cecil can’t hear your pleas right now.
Well, I think it’s perfectly marvelous that we’re all assuming that there even IS a “Cecil” to respond. After the discussion last month concerning same…Maybe it was over in Comments.