# Dear Cecil:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865 "2007-10-07T18:34:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/21 "2007-10-08T21:06:38Z")

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Dear Cecil:

I have recently acquired a 767 and a very large conveyor belt. My question is this: Does 0.99999etc. = 1?

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/22 "2007-10-08T21:27:14Z")

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Dear Cecil:

If you were to open your own store and sold various calcium carbonate encasings of mollusks, what would you call it?

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/23 "2007-10-09T10:36:22Z")

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Dear Cecil,

I got my penis stuck in my DVD player.

Don’t ask me how.

Halp!

~ I’m obviously doing it wrong.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/24 "2007-10-09T13:28:25Z")

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Dear Cecil,

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/25 "2007-10-09T15:04:24Z")

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Dere Cecil:

Cecilcecil bobecil, bananafana fofecil, memymomecil, cecil. So whadya think?

Yours,

Fixated

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/26 "2007-10-09T15:06:10Z")

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Dear Cecil

Is it true what they say about Dixie

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/421865/27 "2007-10-09T18:09:37Z")

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Dear Cecil,

When’s the commemorative statue being put up?

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