# Gee whiz, but it would be swell if Cecil welcomed all of the new charter members. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871 "2004-03-23T06:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/1 "2004-03-23T06:57:15Z")
I know that I would appreciate it. Seeing as this is a new era for his message board, it seems appropriate that he would have some words of welcome for it and us. _holds a candle vigil_ ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/2 "2004-03-23T07:15:15Z")
What, giving him your money wasn’t good enough? You have to try to draw him out by kissing his butt? Geez… Oh, ad just in case: Hi Cecil. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/3 "2004-03-23T07:25:33Z")
::shoves Airman aside:: Hey ! It’s my turn to be spoken to by the Great and Powerful Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/4 "2004-03-23T07:39:00Z")
Naw, that’d diminish the effect of welcoming the first subscribing infant progeny of Charter Members. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/5 "2004-03-23T07:46:57Z")
Hey, Aaron’s already registered. I might have to make him a Charter Member too, because by time he’s old enough to post it’s gonna cost a fortune. I figure that 11 years of maintenance fees will be worth it for half-price fees then. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/6 "2004-03-23T08:51:59Z")
Pshaw! Who says that Cecil is even a Charter Member? Let’s see whether he’ll pony up the dough. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/7 "2004-03-23T09:13:23Z")
**Ed** “ed” **Zotti** has noted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246537) that the SDMB has already gotten over a thousand subscriptions. That’s quite a big meet-n-greet. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/8 "2004-03-23T11:28:35Z")
Hey I’d be quite a happy if a sticky showed up from the All Knowing One addressed to all… you know… it’d be nice… that’s all… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/9 "2004-03-23T11:50:37Z")
Am I the only one who got Cecil’s e-mail? ---
**Author:** ![Gartog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@Gartog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gartog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/10 "2004-03-23T12:03:38Z")
Yes? Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/11 "2004-03-23T12:06:38Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > I know that I would appreciate it. Seeing as this is a new era for his message board, it seems appropriate that he would have some words of welcome for it and us. > > _holds a candle vigil_ If anyone can conjure up the great ‘n’ powerful, it’s you, **Muad’Dib**. \He eees the cuisinart hatrack!\ ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/12 "2004-03-23T12:47:33Z")
I suppose this is as good a thread as any to proclaim my Charter status. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/13 "2004-03-23T13:14:22Z")
[_self-deprecating voice_] I’d settle for being noticed by an Administrator or Moderator. I’m much too unimportant for Cecil to acknowledge. Or Ed.[/_s-d voice_] There! That should set me off from the more frequent posters. Do I get noticed now, huh? Do I? Do I? ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/14 "2004-03-23T14:01:53Z")
Can I just say taht this is the first time I’ve ever posted in a “I need to be noticed by the Master” thread? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/15 "2004-03-23T14:27:33Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > Can I just say taht this is the first time I’ve ever posted in a “I need to be noticed by the Master” thread? > 😃 No, I’m afraid we don’t have time for that. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/16 "2004-03-23T15:15:07Z")
OK, you all know it isn’t going to happen. Chances are **Cecil** has stripped to his skivvies and he’s rolling around in all the moolah we’ve been sending to him. How’s that for a shattered illusion? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/17 "2004-03-23T15:19:44Z")
> [@Tusculan](#): > > Pshaw! Who says that Cecil is even a Charter Member? Let’s see whether he’ll pony up the dough. 😛 He’s still a Perfect Master but if he emails me I’ll pay the $4.95 if he can’t afford it. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/18 "2004-03-23T15:53:22Z")
_Chants_ Cecil! Cecil! Cecil! Cecil!.. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/19 "2004-03-23T15:57:28Z")
Closest I ever got to a Brush-With-Cecil was a polite cease and desist email from Ed Zotti concerning the Unofficial SDMB Picture Pages. So close and yet so far… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/20 "2004-03-23T18:04:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > he’s rolling around in all the moolah > 😃 Thanks for sharing that with us. The world is a very ugly place… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871.md?page=2)