# Cecil is NOT number 1!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-number-1/235206>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 19, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-number-1/235206 "2004-03-19T14:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-number-1/235206/1 "2004-03-19T14:48:20Z")

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In a throwaway line by the venerable **Opalcat** while discussing who would stay with the SDMB, she happened to mention that she was userid number 36. \*\*Cecil \*\*is userid 31 and predates her by exactly one day.  
Want to know who Number One is??

Turns out it is no one. It seems that there is a vacancy at that position.

But **Lynn Bodoni** is number 2 having clocked in a full 24 hours prior to the Grand Master.  
There’s probably an explanation for that but I expect that it is veiled in the deep mists of time. (Or if nothing else, was wiped out in the great crash.)  
What are the chances of the Great One bumping up his post count from 128 to give us an explanation?

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-number-1/235206/2 "2004-03-19T15:24:37Z")

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I seem to recall it being mentioned once that User#1 was a test user to make certain the user system was functioning properly.

The Lynn came in and said ‘Let there be posts’.

And it was good.

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-number-1/235206/3 "2004-03-19T15:37:23Z")

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There is an ‘Administrator’ ID too.