# Cecil Adams **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766 "2005-10-25T03:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/41 "2005-10-25T22:56:53Z")
Oooh, and an anagram for Cecil Adams is “Ed Acclaims”. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/42 "2005-10-25T23:17:26Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > Given the topic at hand, do you know the answer? If so i’d assume there were some evidence waiting to be shared… Otherwise, you couldn’t possibly know the answer any better than anyone else 🙂 Yes, I know the answer. I’m not at liberty to spill the details, though. That’s one of the hardest things about being a staff member, not being able to tell all you know. I will tell you, though, that Cecil doesn’t much care for posting on the message board. He does it more or less out of a sense of duty. One of the BEST things about being a board staff member, on the other hand, is finding a spammer who is in mid-spam, and banning that poster before s/he hits more than a couple of forums. I positively cackle with glee, imagining the frustration on the other end. Now, if only they’d approve my plans for the Cyber Zap, I’d be much happier. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/43 "2005-10-25T23:32:16Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > One of the BEST things about being a board staff member, on the other hand, is finding a spammer who is in mid-spam, and banning that poster before s/he hits more than a couple of forums. I positively cackle with glee, imagining the frustration on the other end. Now, if only they’d approve my plans for the Cyber Zap, I’d be much happier. Sounds like fun. Sign me up. (I promise to learn how to cackle.) ---
**Author:** ![Doopliss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Doopliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doopliss)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/44 "2005-10-26T00:18:53Z")
Thank you for the serious answers. I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/45 "2005-10-26T01:10:04Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > The only thing of substance that came in fours was Rock, Paper, Scissors and Stone. Nobody’s tried to show the same reverence to them. _blinks_ What’s the difference between Rock and Stone? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/46 "2005-10-26T01:12:05Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > _blinks_ > > What’s the difference between Rock and Stone? _Roll_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/47 "2005-10-26T01:12:36Z")
Sadly, **Doopliss** , you suspect wrongly. Not only do we spend every second of our spare time in our parents’ basements “idolyzing [sic] a person who doesn’t exist”, we revel in it! **roger** , did you bring the goat and the pan-fried semen? I have pie… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/48 "2005-10-26T01:14:48Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > _Roll_. > > 😉 God bless you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/49 "2005-10-26T01:24:50Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Yes, I know the answer. I’m not at liberty to spill the details, though. We believe you…though thoudsands wouldn’t. > [@LB](#): > > I will tell you, though, that Cecil doesn’t much care for posting on the message board. He does it more or less out of a sense of duty. Crikey! “Cecil Adams” is **Manhattan**!! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Doopliss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Doopliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doopliss)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/50 "2005-10-26T01:27:50Z")
Thank you for the serious answers. I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/51 "2005-10-26T01:31:08Z")
First they cut off your computer mid-message, then they screw up your coding and your spelling. It’s not a fight for truth - it’s a spritual battle! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/52 "2005-10-26T01:46:03Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > First they cut off your computer mid-message, then they screw up your coding and your spelling. It’s not a fight for truth - it’s a spritual battle! After six and a half years, they have the hamsters well trained! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/53 "2005-10-26T03:25:45Z")
> [@Doopliss](#): > > Thank you for the serious answers. > > I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. This is MPSIMS. We’re allowed to be as childish as we like here, as long as we’re not jerks. Intelligent people let loose sometimes. Childishness is not always bad thing. We like to have fun. If you wanted dead serious answers, there’s the General Questions forum. Here in MPSIMS, we tend to be silly. Letting off some steam, having a laugh. Not always, no, but often, especially when the OP isn’t about life or death. Welcome to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/54 "2005-10-26T17:11:33Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > If you wanted dead serious answers, there’s the General Questions forum. Um, actually, I think he originally posted this there, and it was moved! To **Doopliss** : Although the moderators and staff members of this Board invariably deny it, the most authoritative information we have as to the real identity of Cecil Adams is a Wall Street Journal article from some years back which stated that Ed Zotti, whom Cecil describes as his long-time “editor”, actually writes the columns and has been doing so since 1978. Before that two other individuals held the role. The claim about the “world’s smartest human” (or however they phrase it) is just for fun; while the author (whoever he, she, or they may be) is obviously above average in intelligence, nobody is making a serious claim about IQ tests. We leave that gig to Marilyn vos Savant. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/55 "2005-10-26T18:07:26Z")
> [@Doopliss](#): > > Thank you for the serious answers. > > I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. Oh, you suspected completely wrong. This _is_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsense posts while idolizing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment! Isn’t it great? If you ever get off your high horse, welcome to the boards. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/56 "2005-10-26T19:47:13Z")
> [@Doopliss](#): > > Thank you for the serious answers. I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. No, you’re looking for the Forum of the Surrealists Society of the National Council of Churches. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/57 "2005-10-26T21:18:57Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > Um, actually, I think he originally posted this there, and it was moved! HA! And I thought I was so damn smart. 😉 Well,sadly, **Doopliss** , since your post was moved, it was deemed by someone higher than ourselves (this boot is clean, I want another boot to lick) “Mundane” and also “Pointless”, and was moved to our happy-go-lucky twee fun forum, MPSIMS. The responses you received here in this thread are typical of this zone. Welcome to Oz. It will help on these boards to keep a sense of humour (even if it’s Sense of Humour Lite), flow with it, and if you have a problem with where your OP landed, e-mail a mod about it, or even go so far as to open a Pit thread, like so many do, titled “Mods! How dare ye move my thread of utmost importance into that… that… ::shudder:: _MPSIMS_! They’re all childish and grimy in there! Ewww!” Granted, you won’t be able to fit that all into the thread title, but most of us manage to cram what we need to in there. Seriously, I’ll forgive you the “high horse” attitude for this one, since you’re new here. We all misunderstand, make mistakes, get our question that the answer to would make us the very apogee of knowledge and wisdom moved into what we might consider an inappropriate forum. It happens. Turn on those dull beams of Sense of Humour Lite and you will get by just fine. We don’t bite, unless you force us to by eliminating all other reasonable circumstances. Try to be reasonable. Some of us have rabies. (Try to guess which one! I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/58 "2005-10-26T21:56:08Z")
> [@Freddy the Pig](#): > > Although the moderators and staff members of this Board invariably deny it, the most authoritative information we have as to the real identity of Cecil Adams is a Wall Street Journal article from some years back which stated that Ed Zotti, whom Cecil describes as his long-time “editor”, actually writes the columns and has been doing so since 1978. Before that two other individuals held the role. The claim about the “world’s smartest human” (or however they phrase it) is just for fun; while the author (whoever he, she, or they may be) is obviously above average in intelligence, nobody is making a serious claim about IQ tests. We leave that gig to Marilyn vos Savant. WAAAAAAAAAAH!!!1! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/59 "2005-10-26T22:49:30Z")
> [@Doopliss](#): > > Thank you for the serious answers. > > I have started to suspect that this is _not_ a spam forum that people use to write nonsence posts while idolyzing a person who doesn’t exist just for childish entertainment. As someone with more than 5,000 posts I resent the assumption that this is a “spam forum.” I prefer to think of it as a glurge forum. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766/60 "2005-10-27T01:43:18Z")
> [@](#): > > If you ever get off your high horse, welcome to the boards. Sheesh. > [@](#): > > I’ll forgive you the “high horse” attitude for this one, since you’re new here. We all misunderstand, make mistakes.It happens. Turn on those dull beams of Sense of Humour Lite and you will get by just fine. I can imagine **Doopliss** sitting back there now enjoying the fruits of his whooshing. This fellow is one smart dude, certainly of way above average intelligence. Plotting his moves many steps in advance, seeing those who \*think \* they are smart writing/editing/rewriting their posts, turning their best phrases, but all for naught, as their best efforts fall to earth like Michael Moore’s stand-up routine. Oh…my…god…Now I understand what by any other interpretation on a website dedicated to fighting ignorance was an incomprehensible remark by **Lynn**. **Doopliss** is really Ed Zotti. I mean Cecil. Cecil Adams. Sir, let me be the first. Thank you for visiting this thread. Actually (you being so accurate and all) for starting it. Keep socking it to us!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-adams/327766.md?page=4)