# Cecil and MENSA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241 "2002-04-23T23:34:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241/1 "2002-04-23T23:34:00Z")

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Well alrighty then. Apparently the OP is written in secret MENSA code.

[sub]mods, what is up with these things?[/sub]

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241/2 "2002-04-23T23:56:30Z")

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Hmm. I guess only MENSA members can access it.

What, you can’t see it???

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**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241/3 "2002-04-24T00:00:55Z")

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GAH!

Good thing I copied the OP before sending it.

While the last thing I want to do is stir up another “Does Cecil Exist” debate, I felt the need to start this thread. I will therefore ask politely that people who just want to post “Cecil doesn’t exist, you are all idiots” please refrain from doing so.

Now, in [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_112.html) column, Cecil says:

> [@](#):
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> One more thing. While addressing a Mensa convention the other day (really), Cecil told the story of the letter about the M&M expiration date, concluding with the plaintive question, “what happens at 8:06?” From the back of the room someone promptly shot back the obvious answer: “They melt in your hand.”

Did Cecil ever address a MENSA convention? Do we have any records of this?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241/4 "2002-04-24T00:02:32Z")

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Strangely enough, all the people present at that Mensa convention have mysteriously disappeared.

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**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-and-mensa/105241/5 "2002-04-24T00:27:15Z")

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OK, this is probably nuts, but I’ve got to give it a shot. I’m program chair for the Pittsburgh Mensa Regional Gathering, and, if the great god Cecil would deign to speak, I’d be thrilled, honored, etc.! Women who like intelligent men are a given, as and ( **brainy chick** ) vice versa. Heck, these are people who think intelligence in general is sexy. If any of our illustrious moderators would deign to speak, I would also be delighted and honored. More to the point, I can offer chocolate.

Your sincerely grovelling servant,  
CJ