# Cecil is not sexy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748 "2006-08-15T01:18:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![username\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c0e974/32.png) [@username\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/username_taken)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/41 "2006-08-16T01:48:16Z")
[Large breasted woman with seductive eyes] “Oh… Archibald, do come closer.” Nope, doesn’t work. [Superhero with flowing hair about to save helpless woman] “I am Archibald, please do not stare at my heaving chest!” Gotta love The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/42 "2006-08-16T02:16:52Z")
I took my online name from [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Percy_Percy) Percy. I’m not sure, he’s probably verging on unsexy. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/43 "2006-08-16T02:24:11Z")
Neither list–although I think these lists was made by strippers or 13 year old girls. C’mon-Romeo? \ How sexy can I be with my face in a jar by the door, anyway? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/44 "2006-08-16T02:30:01Z")
Left off 3 of the sexiest female names going: Sharon, Alison and Carol. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/45 "2006-08-16T03:30:59Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Neither list–although I think these lists was made by strippers or 13 year old girls. [/QUOTE] Neon pink background? Well they at least have the aesthetics of a 13 year old. [QUOTE=eleanorigby] How sexy can I be with my face in a jar by the door, anyway? [/QUOTE] Don’t be so hard on yourself. If you don’t mind a man of the cloth, I hear that a certain Father has the hots for you. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/46 "2006-08-16T03:39:44Z")
Apparently I’m in the lower half of the upper half, my first name having made the little Other Sexy Male Names list but not the top 20. I just wish my looks matched my name… Have to say they pretty well nailed the unsexy names. Maude, Myrtle, Ethel and Bessie (which I think of more as the stereotypical cow name to be honest) are all very low on my list and I’d hate to be named Herman, Rupert or Archibald. Or Ivor. Ivor is dead out. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/47 "2006-08-16T03:55:21Z")
Wow. Mine’s in the sexi_est_. I’m really surprised, as I always thought it was kind of a dorky name. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/48 "2006-08-16T03:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=Licentious Ectomorph] ☹ My name is Brandon – though no one but my mother ever calls me “Bran.” [/QUOTE] I don’t have anything against your name. The notion that “Bran” is a sexy nickname is just absurd. Bran is dry cereal for old people. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/49 "2006-08-16T04:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] I thought you were going to link to this [“Percy.”](http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/entertainment/music/robertplant_review.shtml) (Not a very good picture, but the best one I could find with the name “Percy” in the caption.) [/QUOTE] Kind of tragic for Percidom generally that with the entire world-wide resources of the teeming squillions we can find only one genuine arguably sexy real Percy (Montgomery), one GAS fake Percy (Plant) and one hideously unsexy one (Blackadder’s Lord). Giving **percypercy** a wave-through on the basis that anyone who voluntarily assumes the name “Percy” ain’t afraid of no-one, that’s at best 3 in the entire world (and only one real one). On those numbers, you wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning. Makes Arthurs look positively Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know. (Although being kind of Byronic worked for Percy Shelley, too. One more possible in the sexy column doesn’t skew the world-wide numbers much, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/50 "2006-08-16T07:18:04Z")
[QUOTE=Noel Prosequi] For some reason my wife (and large proportions of other women I know) think[this particular Percy](http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=2095) is fairly sexy. [/QUOTE] Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/51 "2006-08-16T08:02:03Z")
Apparently I am sexy through the ages… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/52 "2006-08-16T10:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Neither list–although I think these lists was made by strippers or 13 year old girls. C’mon-Romeo? \ [/QUOTE] I hadn’t thought of that, but the more I look at the page, the righter you seem. Especially with the bright pink background. > [@](#): > > How sexy can I be with my face in a jar by the door, anyway? So, I’ve always wondered. Who is it for? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/53 "2006-08-16T13:40:21Z")
I have to ask: Who here is too sexy for their name? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/54 "2006-08-16T14:32:40Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] I hadn’t thought of that, but the more I look at the page, the righter you seem. Especially with the bright pink background. So, I’ve always wondered. Who is it for? [/QUOTE] Father MacKenzie? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/55 "2006-08-16T14:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Father MacKenzie? [/QUOTE] I thought it was for: All the lonely people. BTW: Where do they all come from? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/56 "2006-08-16T15:17:54Z")
And, ahhh, look at all of them. Where to they all belong? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/57 "2006-08-16T16:46:29Z")
I’m too sexy for this post. Steven ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/58 "2006-08-16T17:00:10Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Since when is “Susan” a sexy name? It’s so … saddle shoes and knee socks. [/QUOTE] Saddle shoes and knee socks. . . _rowr_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/59 "2006-08-16T17:09:37Z")
I’m on the “3 or more times mentioned” list of “others”, so how sexy can that REALLY be? Seems almost like an afterthought. Then again I share my real name (tho mine’s another slightly different variation) with the likes of Angie Jolie and Angie Huston, so you’d think there’s something to the name (at least) being sexy, right? Neither of my sons’ names are on the list. Guess sex was the furthest thing from my mind when selecting baby names…which seems natural, having just had a baby! At least neither name is on the “unsexy” list either. My relief is HUGE. Maybe. –Beck ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748/60 "2006-08-16T18:22:46Z")
I’m sexy, and so is my wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-is-not-sexy/368748.md?page=2)