# Cecil's true identity revealed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539 "2009-08-24T19:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/1 "2009-08-24T19:56:15Z")
Oh, Cecil Adams is Mad Alice Cho. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/2 "2009-08-24T20:34:22Z")
Please. Everyone knows that Cecil is really six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/3 "2009-08-24T20:58:01Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Please. Everyone knows that Cecil is really six giant squirrels with a headdress, robe, and ring of levitation and illusions… That’s just silly. How can one headdress fit six squirrels? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/4 "2009-08-24T21:14:46Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Oh, Cecil Adams is Mad Alice Cho. It’s like holding a mirror up to society. So profound. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/5 "2009-08-24T21:16:28Z")
I guess **Ed Acclaims** would have been too transparent. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/6 "2009-08-24T21:27:03Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > It’s like holding a mirror up to society. So profound. winner ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/7 "2009-08-24T21:33:01Z")
Wow, I can go to the thread winner thread now! Go me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/8 "2009-08-24T21:36:46Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > I guess **Ed Acclaims** would have been too transparent. There’s a great cryptic crossword clue in there somewhere though. Incognito Ed’s acclaim! Hmm. Needs work. Where is twickster when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/9 "2009-08-24T22:04:38Z")
Everybody knows Cecil is really Fidel Castro ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/10 "2009-08-24T22:19:45Z")
Everybody knows Cecil was born when the ARPANET became self aware in 1973. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/11 "2009-08-24T23:13:16Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > Where is twickster when you need him? \*\*twickster \*\*is a her. A very nice her, not likely to be confused with a him. 😃 And I’m pretty sure she’s not Cecil, either. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/12 "2009-08-25T00:52:08Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*twickster \*\*is a her. A very nice her, not likely to be confused with a him. > > 😃 > > And I’m pretty sure she’s not Cecil, either. I can neither confirm nor deny … 😃 I look forward to the cryptic clue, though. Hm. “Confused, Ed acclaims the perfect master”? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/13 "2009-08-25T01:41:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “Confused, Ed acclaims the perfect master”? Very nice! I like the OP too. Clever folks around here! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/14 "2009-08-25T01:45:50Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*twickster \*\*is a her. A very nice her, You have obviously never been Scrabbleized ™ by the young lady. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/15 "2009-08-25T04:07:33Z")
Great. Now I’m going to have to report this thread for outing **Cecil Adams** ’s real name… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/16 "2009-08-25T04:57:04Z")
Naw…Cecil Adams is really Jimmy Hoffa. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/17 "2009-08-25T05:55:55Z")
Whew! My cover story is still holding up. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/18 "2009-08-25T12:34:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Whew! My cover story is still holding up. _You’re_ Jimmy Hoffa? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/19 "2009-08-25T13:36:14Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*twickster \*\*is a her. A very nice her, not likely to be confused with a him. And I almost wrote “him or her” in the post, but it was so ungainly. :smack: The Internet has made me hate gender-specific pronouns more than ever. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539/20 "2009-08-25T13:47:43Z")
Actually, I’m **Cecil Adams** , and so is my wife. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecils-true-identity-revealed/507539.md?page=2)