# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/21 "2004-03-23T18:34:10Z")
Thanks, **FCM** , for putting that picture of Unca Cece in my head… ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/22 "2004-03-23T18:47:50Z")
I’m joining you all here in vigil for Cecil… even if hes nekkid rolling in cash… he could still grab a keyboard and write us a short hey… or not you know he is the perfect master…_lights candle, gets out guitar_ ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/23 "2004-03-23T18:51:04Z")
When I signed up I thought I was going to be the only one and Cecil would write me a personal thank you note. 😃 I see that isn’t going to happen so I’m trying my luck here. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/24 "2004-03-23T19:00:02Z")
Paging Cecil!!! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/25 "2004-03-23T19:33:00Z")
Feh. Cecil already welcomed me back before all this Charter Member falderal (by scolding me for a response to one of his columns; my very first post ever) so I have no need for his greeting now. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/26 "2004-03-23T20:10:10Z")
Don’t have much to say, but I’ll sing a little song for you: “Cecil, people who meet Cecil, are the luckiest people in the world…” Please don’t hurt me ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/27 "2004-03-23T20:16:59Z")
I want in on this! Without the column and these boards, I don’t know how I would have survived the past few unemployed months…I surely would have died of boredom! Hi Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/28 "2004-03-23T20:34:14Z")
Thank goodness I got here in time. He’s probably on his way right now! ---
**Author:** ![Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Lathe\_of\_Heaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lathe_of_Heaven)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/29 "2004-03-23T20:53:20Z")
What if we stood in front of a mirror, in a darkened room, and said his name three times? ---
**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, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/30 "2004-03-23T20:59:08Z")
He would reach through the mirror and eat your brains. Bwahahahaha. Oh wait, wrong legend. He would read your post and laugh at the thought of you standing in a darkened room chanting “Cecil, Ceeeecil, CEEEEECIL”. Hell I’m laughing just thinking about it. I’ll bet he’s read this thread from the beginning, mocking us mere mortals for thinking he would come down to our level. Damn yous Cecil, answer us!! ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/31 "2004-03-23T21:09:31Z")
You know what? I’ll bet Cecil is too _scared_ to come in here… … yep, utterly terrified… … Ah, hell. ---
**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, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/32 "2004-03-23T21:20:29Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > I’ll bet he’s read this thread from the beginning Naw, Fairychat’s got the “straight dope”, as it were. He’s rollin’ around nekkid in our money. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/33 "2004-03-23T21:45:16Z")
> [@Me](#): > > I’ll bet Cecil is too scared to come in here… > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > He’s rollin’ around nekkid in our money. Well, there you go…he’s simply ashamed of his body. Cecil, we promise we won’t laugh! Anyway, back-hair is a sign of virility! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/34 "2004-03-23T22:00:14Z")
A greeting from Cecil? Heck, I’m surprised he didn’t insist on _ **droit du seigneur** _ for whichever of our newly minted memberships would be most… let’s say _amusing_ for him to post under before we got the chance. Yes, I know _droit du seigneur_ is somewhat [overstated](http://www.snopes.com/weddings/customs/droit.htm) as a historical reality. I just figured referring to Cecil as Our Lord wouldn’t hurt my chances in getting a shout-out. ---
**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, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/35 "2004-03-23T22:05:42Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Heck, I’m surprised he didn’t insist on _ **droit du seigneur** _ The supposed right of a feudal lord to have sexual relations with a vassal’s bride on her wedding night. Holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/36 "2004-03-23T23:33:35Z")
I think he gave up cow-towing to the masses for Lent. ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/37 "2004-03-23T23:42:41Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > 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. Ha! You know, until you said that, I didn’t even _catch_ the “we promise that as long as you remain a subscriber, you’ll be able to renew annually for 50% of whatever the regular rate is at the time,” in Ed’s announcement. I didn’t need a whole lot of convincing, so I didn’t read very far past “Your five-year free-trial period is about to expire.” Holy crap! What a deal! And do _pur laine_ Doper kids have to wait the full thirteen years, for real? Aren’t Doper children progeny liable to be keyboard progidies, kind of like Mozart? I’m expecting pediatric pedants, who can hold their own in GD from the age of six. Get on it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/38 "2004-03-23T23:48:27Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > No, I’m afraid we don’t have time for that. Can I just say I’ll never be appearing an “I need to be noticed by the Master” thread again? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/39 "2004-03-24T00:00:54Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > I think he gave up cow-towing to the masses for Lent. I didn’t know that towing cows was such a lucrative business… Evidently it isn’t, if **Cecil’s** frolicking nekkid in the dough… ---
**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, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/40 "2004-03-24T00:06:46Z")
> [@Dazzling White Diamonds](#): > > I didn’t know that towing cows was such a lucrative business… > > Evidently it isn’t, if **Cecil’s** frolicking nekkid in the dough… It is rather tricky to make money cow-towing. First 100 miles are always free, you see? [Previous 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=1) [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=3)