# Cecil, you putz! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 4, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020 "2003-05-04T14:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/61 "2003-05-08T13:09:40Z")
**Straight Dope And Ham** Cecil I am! **Journey To The Center Of The Truth** **The Day The Dope Stood Still** ---
**Author:** ![Cecil\_Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/62 "2003-05-08T13:22:24Z")
I can’t believe you guys. The solution is obvious. It worked for Led Zeppelin, it worked for the Beatles, it’ll work for me: [untitled] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/63 "2003-05-08T13:26:28Z")
🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/64 "2003-05-08T13:28:41Z")
They weren’t _untitled_, they were _self titled_. You’ll have to call it “Cecil Adams”. ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/65 "2003-05-08T15:00:27Z")
**The Password to Straight Dope Lane The Mystery of the Ivory Straight Dope The Whispering Straight Dope Cecil’s Mysterious Letter The Mystery of the Moss-Covered Straight Dope The Quest of the Missing Straight Dope The Ringmaster’s Straight Dope Straight Dope of Crocodile Island The Thirteenth Straight Dope** (with apologies to Caroline Keene) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/66 "2003-05-08T15:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > \*\*I can’t believe you guys. The solution is obvious. It worked for Led Zeppelin, it worked for the Beatles, it’ll work for me: > > [untitled] \*\* It didn’t work out so great for Spinal Tap. Would it be know as **The White Book**? ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/67 "2003-05-08T15:33:50Z")
I’m partial to **Raiders of the Lost Dope**. Or if you’re going for Dan Savage’s audience, **Dopers of the Lost Straight** ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/68 "2003-05-08T16:14:54Z")
> [@](#): > > It didn’t work out so great for Spinal Tap. **Smell the Dope** ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/69 "2003-05-08T18:40:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*It didn’t work out so great for Spinal Tap. > > Would it be know as **The White Book**? \*\* I’m sorry, maybe I misunderstand, but are you _criticizing Cecil’s idea?_ **BLASPHEMER!** ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/70 "2003-05-09T00:33:48Z")
**Cecil Adams and the Order fo the Straight Dope** What Color is Your Straight Dope? Nothing Says “I Love You” Like the Gift of the Straight Dope Straight Dope VI: The Undiscovered Country Wait, did someone already do that one? sex, lies and the straight dope The S to the T to the R to the… Nah, that’ll take too long. Patty, who has just discovred the “Color” box ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/71 "2003-05-09T01:03:05Z")
\*\*This is not your Father’s Straight Dope \*\* \*\*Straight Dope in the Time of Ignorance \*\* \*\*Who moved my Straight Dope? Doper Madness! Quest For Dope Cecil Adams and the Illuminati \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/72 "2003-05-09T01:05:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waddamaroon \* > \*\*How about a weekly magazine? > > \*\* Dope Illustrated \*\* > > \*\* And the ever popular \*\*Swimsuit Edition! \*\* Whooo Hooo! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/73 "2003-05-09T03:21:19Z")
**Hello, God? This Is Cecil.** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/74 "2003-05-09T04:04:56Z")
**No Dope, Radio!** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Mook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr.Mook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Mook)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/75 "2003-05-09T05:56:56Z")
Steal this Dope ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/76 "2003-05-09T06:17:16Z")
\*\*Dope Grows in Brooklyn Straight Dope Episode II: Attack of the Zotti Zen and the Art of Ignorance Fighting There’s a Doper at the End of this Book Young Cecil Plays it Safe **And my favorite:** How to Good-Bye Ignorance: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/77 "2003-05-09T06:19:30Z")
**Are you there, Og? It’s me, Cecil** ---
**Author:** ![MrBoy1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@MrBoy1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrBoy1967)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/78 "2003-05-09T06:21:41Z")
sBtUrYa TiHgItS dBoOpOeK! or SbTuRyA ItGhHiTs bDoOoPkE! ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/79 "2003-05-09T10:28:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\ ***Hello, God? This Is Cecil.** \*\* you sure about this? I’ve never seen them both in the same room at the same time… How about: Give Them Just Enough Dope To Hang Themselves ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020/80 "2003-05-09T13:26:35Z")
Actually, **Joey G** got the title I was _trying_ to do. I hadn’t ever read it, being a guy and all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-you-putz/173020.md?page=5)