# Cecil mentioned in the Wall Street Journal!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 23, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858 "2003-06-23T20:38:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858/1 "2003-06-23T20:38:08Z")

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[Here](http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110003663).

Go down to the part about “Don’t Know Much Biology.”

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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:** [June 23, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858/2 "2003-06-23T21:00:06Z")

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Wow, and a link to a column, too!

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858/3 "2003-06-23T21:08:12Z")

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[nitpick]  
It’s not a column by Cecil, but a Staff Report, by **JillGat** if I’m right  
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Ostrich is really an odd word, when you see it used so much in such a short space.

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858/4 "2003-06-23T21:12:33Z")

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Forgot to add: and of course, it’s the WSY that got it wrong, not **ivylass**. Us Dopers know better.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-mentioned-in-the-wall-street-journal/183858/5 "2003-06-23T21:13:46Z")

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Excellent!

_clicking fingers together ala C. Montgomery Burns_