# Cecil is mentioned

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**Created:** [March 31, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691 "2006-03-31T14:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/1 "2006-03-31T14:13:33Z")

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**Cecil Adams** , the Celestial Master, is referenced in this article from Simon Magazine Online.

[http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/canon\_fodder/01120\_senate\_bill\_79\_need\_education.html](http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/canon_fodder/01120_senate_bill_79_need_education.html)

Thought you’d like to know.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/2 "2006-03-31T14:34:12Z")

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**Dex and Euty** wrote those articles. Just for the record.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/3 "2006-03-31T15:13:39Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> **Dex and Euty** wrote those articles. Just for the record.

Oh. My bad.  
:smack:

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/4 "2006-03-31T20:32:47Z")

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But do we get OUR names mentioned? Noooooooooo! 😃

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/5 "2006-03-31T20:41:19Z")

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Well, Simon Magazine is somewhat misleading there. The first of the series is by Cecil, the rest by **Euty** and me. But we’re delighted to get the exposure, we’re not worried about the credit so long as the Straight Dope gets acknowledged.

Anyhow, it’s always cool to see your stuff quoted or ref’d on other websites.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-mentioned/350691/6 "2006-03-31T21:47:22Z")

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A real Cecil reference can be found in this week’s Last Word answer page in the New Scientist. The question asked was whether a car’s mileage went up or down with air conditioning or closed windows, and one of the respondents mentioned Cecil’s old article on it. Somebody has done a newer and more scientific study since, though.

The page doesn’t appear to be accessible on the New Scientist web site.