# Does Cecil Walk Among Us? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487 "2012-10-12T03:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/1 "2012-10-12T03:41:00Z")
Just as some believe Jesus walks among us incognito, could Cecil have a sock account on the Board? And if so, which one of us might he likely be? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/2 "2012-10-12T03:50:52Z")
The Perfect Master has no need, being possessed of no ignorance to fight. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/3 "2012-10-12T11:18:21Z")
> **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 He posts out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/4 "2012-10-12T13:25:02Z")
There have been at least three people who have used the pen name Cecil Adams. For quite some time now it has been Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/5 "2012-10-12T14:52:02Z")
_You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I’m telling you why Cecil Adams is around here someplace_\ ---
**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:** [October 12, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/6 "2012-10-12T16:44:07Z")
The mods’ dirty little secret is that Cecil’s sock was **gonzomax**. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/7 "2012-10-12T17:24:07Z")
Cecil’s sock account is, of course, [Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/8 "2012-10-12T17:47:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The mods’ dirty little secret is that Cecil’s sock was **gonzomax**. Damn! They’re onto us! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/9 "2012-10-12T19:16:09Z")
“I’m Spartacus.” No, wait. Wrong thread… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/10 "2012-10-12T19:18:07Z")
I think Cecil just (inadvertently?) confessed to being Ed, in today’s (10/12/2012) column about lumber sizes. See [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15584290#post15584290) for further discussion. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/11 "2012-10-12T21:12:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I think Cecil just (inadvertently?) confessed to being Ed, in today’s (10/12/2012) column about lumber sizes. > > See [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15584290#post15584290) for further discussion. It could be a coincidence. A likely coincidence, given the number of old houses in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan area undergoing extensive renovation at any moment. Or, perhaps, it could be said that Cecil lives with Ed, in the sense that Cecil lives in the heart and soul of each seeker of knowledge and illumination. Like Santa, except with wisdom instead of plastic noisemaking gizmos licensed from the current mass media craze and manufactured in Malaysia. Or, yeah. What you said. I think an earlier thread was going on about the Dread Pirate Cecil thing. Um… yeah, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14576440#post14576440). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/12 "2012-10-12T23:58:39Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=31](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > > He posts out in the open. > [@Irishman](#): > > Cecil’s sock account is, of course, [Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). Yes, I _know_ all of that. But I wonder if he also dons a disguise to blend in with us more. Ed Zotti would be his Batman, but which of us might be his Bruce Wayne? I’m liking the **gonzomax** theory myself. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/13 "2012-10-13T02:01:53Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Or, yeah. What you said. I think an earlier thread was going on about the Dread Pirate Cecil thing. > > Um… yeah, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14576440#post14576440). Yeah, and look what happened to the OP in that thread. Banned! There will be no taking The Master’s name in vain on this board! Even idle speculation will result in the Death of a Thousand Bans! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/14 "2012-10-13T10:54:57Z")
You know, everyone’s always so curious about Cecil, our Perfect Master… however, what about the unsung hero of The Straight Dope, the illustrious illustrator, Slug Signorino? Does he post amongst us? Is HE actually Cecil Adams? Hmmmmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/15 "2012-10-13T11:07:14Z")
Now, I’d \*believe \*that \*\*gonzomax \*\*was Slug… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/16 "2012-10-13T11:50:12Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Just as some believe Jesus walks among us incognito, could Cecil have a sock account on the Board? And if so, which one of us might he likely be? [Indeed He does, my son.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/17 "2012-10-14T02:58:54Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [Indeed He does, my son.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Well, that’s not all that incognito, is it? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cecil-walk-among-us/637487/18 "2012-10-24T18:40:35Z")
Cecil is a hive mind from the future sent back in time to tell us how wrong we all are. It finds Message Boards quaint and… well… primitive. It, however, does feed on the souls of the banned.