# Did cecils comeback fade away? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 12, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501 "2023-12-12T18:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/21 "2024-03-24T02:47:27Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Cecil is Santa Claus? You never see them both in the same place. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/22 "2024-03-24T14:11:02Z")
I’ve heard that said about Ringo Starr and Yassir Arafat. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/23 "2024-03-24T18:51:01Z")
Oh, Cecil is coming. He’s still our best hope. [![](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SQR2CU7U2FH7FGARI7FTIKESPQ.tiff&w=1200) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SQR2CU7U2FH7FGARI7FTIKESPQ.tiff&w=1200) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/24 "2024-03-29T14:02:12Z")
I close my eyes and he drifts away ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/25 "2024-03-29T14:27:38Z")
All the way to Boston? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/26 "2024-04-29T16:51:44Z")
4 posts were split to a new topic: [Gigabyte’s posts now live in the cornfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigabytes-posts-now-live-in-the-cornfield/1000932) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/27 "2024-04-10T12:56:14Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1000932/1): > > Also the entire forum seems moribund. Did I miss something? The forum is still alive, but not as lively as it was in its prime. We’ve lost some people, via mortality, banning, or just losing interest. And you probably missed the switch from vBulletin to Discourse. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/29 "2024-04-10T15:11:58Z")
Discourse is a fairly prevalent forum environment but the entire realm of “forum environments” itself is fairly niche. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/31 "2024-04-11T00:23:15Z")
I thought Cecil wrote some decent new columns. But there was lots of kvetching. Artists are sensitive, and even though they were interesting and well done, they didn’t always completely reflect the views of younger folks. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/32 "2024-04-11T00:26:13Z")
The old columns can still be discussed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/33 "2024-04-11T01:02:20Z")
He’s in Patagonia cavorting with the locals. We talk. Chatty Cecil I call him. He wishes you well. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501/35 "2024-04-11T13:00:48Z")
Wait a minute CECIL? HERE? (for expansive definitions of “here”) And me in these rags and not coiffured? _hyperventilates_ Unless he’s in the Chilean Patagonia, but he’d never go to a country without World Cups (Or Nobel Prizes) (No, Literature doesn’t count, and Borges was robbed, robbed I tell you) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-cecils-comeback-fade-away/994501.md?page=1)