# Cecil's Here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810 "2005-08-13T01:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/21 "2005-08-13T03:10:57Z")
Not a lot to add to that thread…the OP is getting their information from Sinead O’Connor, for Og’s sake! Not the fount of reliable info about Ireland, that. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/22 "2005-08-13T03:16:45Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I wish I knew one damned thing about the Potato Famine so that I could post to that thread. > > I don’t suppose “Great Potato Famine – Band Name!” would be acceptable. When in doubt, there’s always _cite?_ ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/23 "2005-08-13T03:32:29Z")
Cecil is his own walking, talking, posting cite. ---
**Author:** ![uglybeech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@uglybeech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglybeech)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/24 "2005-08-13T04:07:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not a lot to add to that thread…the OP is getting their information from Sinead O’Connor, for Og’s sake! Not the fount of reliable info about Ireland, that. I don’t think she was entirely serious about that. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/25 "2005-08-13T04:08:32Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > I don’t suppose “Great Potato Famine – Band Name!” would be acceptable. Meh…it’s been done. [Well, sorta](http://www.black47.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/26 "2005-08-13T04:12:01Z")
You could post about how the Irish saved civilization. And Cecil is everything but golf. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/27 "2005-08-13T05:22:54Z")
And he has only posted 137 times? Damn lurkers. But I suppose I should be respectful. I have heard if you piss Cecil off, you can be removed from SDMB faster than you can say ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/28 "2005-08-13T17:13:25Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > The Old Man seems to turn up every 3 months or so, leave one terse post, and withdraw. Perhaps we should analyze these hen’s-teeth postings like the entrails of a sacrificial lamb.[/size] In the past year, he has posted exactly six times. At no time has he posted more than once in any thread. The six one-offs were: 1. Aug 27, 2004, Comments forum–a discussion of lightning injuries occurring via telephone lines. This was his last substantive discussion of any issue being debated on the Board. Over the New Year **Cecil** apparently decided to check out the other forums, and posted twice outside of Comments in three days: 1. Dec 30, 2004, GQ–a joke in a thread asking what will happen if **Cecil** dies. 2. Jan 1, 2005, MPSIMS–a joke about **Cajun Man** and **DrMatrix**. Then, five months of silence, followed by: 1. March 3, 2005, Comments–a comment on the endless stream of people “correcting” the 1982 joke about Bob Denver and Jerry Mathers being dead. 2. May 14, 2005, Comments–six words (“Pleased to be of service, bud.”) in response to an innocuous fan post. 3. And today’s comment on the Irish potato famine. This is beyond enigmatic. This is downright weird. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/29 "2005-08-13T17:21:24Z")
But honestly Cecil could be any prolific poster in here, I am sure the “sock” rules would not apply to him. And rather then him get swamped in threads or whatever, he may come on incognito. So next time you correct someone or someone corrects you, that could very well be the Perfect Master himself. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/30 "2005-08-13T17:21:31Z")
**DMark**? You still here? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/31 "2005-08-13T18:23:27Z")
> [@LostGoals](#): > > So next time you correct someone or someone corrects you, that could very well be the Perfect Master himself. Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/32 "2005-08-13T18:44:31Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Upon preview I decided that putting the error in “intelligent” was a bit more comedic. My favourite [personals profile](http://meetme.hotornot.com/r/?emid=NYR8OLE) ever: > [@](#): > > Intelligents, confidents and a man that smells good is a real turnon. I get the feeling that she wouldn’t be terribly difficult to impress, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/33 "2005-08-13T19:00:32Z")
A non-incognito posting by Cecil on this board is indeed rare. Since 2000, Cecil has posted an average of 1.12 times per month. Sometimes there would be a flurry of postings followed by long periods of silence. Must be how great minds work. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/34 "2005-08-13T19:25:42Z")
So, has anybody ever pitted Cecil? I’ve given it some thought, and it’s considered very poor form not to show up to your own pitting, and I’m sure Cecil knows this as he knows all, and he doesn’t want to be in poor form on his own message board. . .so, ya know. . .what would I pit Cecil about? Not talking to me? Ignoring me? I need fury at the perfect master, because those are the only people he’s guaranteed to talk to. And in case Cecil does happen to drop by this thread. . .I’m mad at you. Very angry. You better watch your back, because you don’t want this pitting, son. [sub]I’m scared. . .[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/35 "2005-08-13T19:32:50Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Wow, guest newbie gets a response from Unca’ Cec’ on the first post, right out of the box. Not going to get many memberships that way, Cecil; what have they got to look forward to now? Well, I got a response to my very first post and five years later I’m still here, so a quick response must be good for something. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/36 "2005-08-14T04:16:41Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > So, has anybody ever pitted Cecil? I’ve given it some thought, and it’s considered very poor form not to show up to your own pitting, and I’m sure Cecil knows this as he knows all, and he doesn’t want to be in poor form on his own message board. . .so, ya know. . .what would I pit Cecil about? Not talking to me? Ignoring me? I need fury at the perfect master, because those are the only people he’s guaranteed to talk to. > > And in case Cecil does happen to drop by this thread. . .I’m mad at you. Very angry. You better watch your back, because you don’t want this pitting, son. > > [sub]I’m scared. . .[/sub] There was – some new guy was pitting Cecil for not posting to board or was daring Cecil to show up at the pit. Can’t remember the details, but the guy was swiftly banned. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810/37 "2005-08-14T18:19:45Z")
Hmm, **DMark** hasn’t responded. I wonder if he’s been…disappeared! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-here/316810.md?page=1)