# Charlotte Dope Fest, 2nd Attempt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051 "2008-01-10T23:34:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/81 "2008-02-05T19:42:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Maus Magill]  
A asked Mark and Shannon (who got off at nine) whether anyone had asked about “The Straight Dope”. I’m afraid they might have thought I was a drug dealer or something.  
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Maybe I’m misremembering, but I thought once upon a long time ago, it was decided that the way to avoid that little problem was to have everybody ask for **Uncle Cecil** ’s table.

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**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlotte-dope-fest-2nd-attempt/433051/82 "2008-02-06T01:55:18Z")

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[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]  
Maybe I’m misremembering, but I thought once upon a long time ago, it was decided that the way to avoid that little problem was to have everybody ask for **Uncle Cecil** ’s table.  
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I think we had a Cecil Adams table at the Raleigh/Durham Dopefest. Then there’s the question of how to pronounce his first name: anybody know if Papa and Mama Adams were anglophiles or not?

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