# Cecil Slapping Some Loser **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450 "2000-01-18T15:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/1 "2000-01-18T15:40:00Z")
This isn’t a comment about any specific column, so there’s no link. What ever happened to the “Cecil Slapping Some Loser” sketch? It used to be on the homepage, and then when you went to this week’s column there was a sketch for the column. How come now the home page has the column sketch, and we don’t even have a sketch of Cecil anymore? further shyness on his part? he doesn’t really wear boxers and a mortarboard? * * * and the stars o’erhead were dancing heel to toe ---
**Author:** ![\_Df](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7ba0ec/32.png) [@\_Df](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Df)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/2 "2000-01-19T00:06:00Z")
Perhaps - and I’m guessing here - the concept of a “loser” is now politically incorrect, and the site management has decided to sail with the prevailing winds… If so, allow me to make some suggestions: - rename it _Cecil Correcting An Anonymous, Success-Challenged But Otherwise Self-Esteeming In-duh-vidual_. - rename it _Cecil Interacts With The Public_. - rename it _So Why Do We Drive On A **Ouch** _. - the board should get a life and put the original back up. Of course, it’s always possible that someone merely thought that we’d been staring at Slug’s _Cecil_ long enough and were bored with it. If so, then that someone obviously hasn’t been to a cathedral anytime recently. S/he should take a point from the RCC and make the buying public stare at the product-icon until it’s burned into our very dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/3 "2000-01-19T17:07:00Z")
from {:-Df : > [@](#): > > _…In-duh-vidual._ I think you’re on the wrong web site. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/4 "2000-01-19T17:24:00Z")
Perhaps they took the picture down because they realized the “loser” was enjoying it too much. [Case in point. 🙂](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004168.html) * * * _It is too clear, and so it is hard to see._ ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/5 "2000-01-19T20:30:00Z")
To **ZenBeam** : Did you deliberately make your smilie part of your link? Because the link works! I’d’ve thought that the smilie would’ve disabled the link. Who knew? 🆒 * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-slapping-some-loser/450/6 "2000-01-19T20:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Did you deliberately make your smilie part of your link? Yeah. Wanted to see what would happen. Apparently, the little box happened. 🙂 * * * _It is too clear, and so it is hard to see._