# dear cecil

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 21, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366 "2009-11-21T03:01:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ssmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@ssmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssmas)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366/1 "2009-11-21T03:01:07Z")

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My name is samantha and i live and work at a preetty run down hotel and it is also located on the same avenue as to where alll the hookers work  
we just a tenate pass away from drinking mouthwash just yesterday  
this is very sad that some people must steal to get thier fix  
well cecil i found that this was a great artical and i shall now be visiting the site more and stay much more involed in the scene

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366/2 "2009-11-21T03:41:12Z")

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I _think_ [this](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2582/can-you-get-drunk-on-listerine-how-about-vanilla-extract) is the column in question.

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-cecil/518366/3 "2009-11-21T03:54:31Z")

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I thought it was a radical reinterpretation of the lyrics mentioned in [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1053/in-the-song-hotel-california-what-does-colitas-mean).