# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/121 "2004-03-29T06:19:24Z")
Feh. I’m still holding out for Cecil to beg ME to acknowledge HIM. (Is anyone else reminded of the years when no one believed that Snuffleupagus existed, and constantly _juuuust_ missed him? No? OK, never mind then.) ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/122 "2004-03-29T15:06:54Z")
**Ogre** cool and in the limited _red letter edition_ no less. I’ll have to remember that the next time I quote “The Word”. ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/123 "2004-03-29T21:03:25Z")
Well, my profile says I’m subscribed but my posts still say “Guest”… Maybe I need to post now for it to take effect. I sure hope this works; after the 26th rolled around and I was still a guest, I was afraid to show my face around here! The people want Cecil and they want him now! ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/124 "2004-03-29T21:08:25Z")
Hoorah! Now we finally… hey, wait! > [@](#): > > iampunha > Guest … ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/125 "2004-03-29T22:01:03Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > …[sub]Anyone tries to throw me into a volcano, they find out what happened to the guy who tried to throw me into a bush 7.5 years ago[/sub] So what happened? Requiring minds want to know. ---
**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 30, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/126 "2004-03-30T05:13:00Z")
Welcome brother **Bushido**! Now can you help me with acolyte **iampunha** , ya see he needs to be led ya see… To the volcano… Yeah, that’t the ticket… _whistles inocently_ ---
**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 30, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/127 "2004-03-30T05:21:12Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Welcome brother **Bushido**! Now can you help me with acolyte **iampunha** , ya see he needs to be led ya see… To the volcano… Yeah, that’t the ticket… > > _whistles inocently_ Me spel pritee won day. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/128 "2004-03-30T05:49:53Z")
I’m just breezing in for what’s left of the contact high. 🆒 psssssssssst, **iampuhna** , maybe if you enroll **Unca Cece** ’ll let you run nekkid through his mountains of cash. ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/129 "2004-03-30T15:46:00Z")
Well, I just ate leftovers instead of getting my drive-thru salad so that I could afford the five bucks to register, and I had to come out of lurkdom to prove to myself that I’m no longer a guest lurker, but a bona-fide member lurker! And to (sorta) stay on topic… Hi Cec! ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/130 "2004-03-30T17:01:39Z")
Why am I always the guy with the wet blanket? Hey folks, if our Lord Cecil Almighty has go gladhand every dope - er, Doper who walks through the parallel port, he’ll never have time to write a column. And then what will we do on Friday nights? Besides that. Maybe that’s why my blanket is always wet. Don’t give me no fecal matter about still being a “guest”. Cynic that I am, I’m convinced that the meter on the subscription will start the moment the hamsters get their paws on my money. Cheapskate that I am, I’m incapable of passing up a free lunch. ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/131 "2004-03-30T23:45:47Z")
Man, I’m a lurker and even sent in my $4.95 to help finance the ongoing fight against ignorance. Surely that is worth a little, right Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/132 "2004-03-31T01:06:49Z")
Man. Tough crowd. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cecil\_Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/133 "2004-03-31T15:54:15Z")
I’m delighted to see that the two outstanding young people referred to in my last post have since contributed toward the eradication of world ignorance, and would therefore like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all you charter members, including … Excuse me. It appears two _different_ parties have attempted to sneak into the tent without paying. We’ll wait a little longer. ---
**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 31, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/134 "2004-03-31T15:59:42Z")
> [@](#): > > two outstanding young people Oh my God! This is me! This is me! ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/135 "2004-03-31T16:08:31Z")
I _knew_ better than to post before my Charter Membahship went through! Hah! Now y’all can’t blame me for holding up his visit! Yoohoo, **Unca Cecil** , I made it in, so whenever you’re ready, please drop back by! “Ah’d love to kiss ya, but ah just washed mah hair!” Oh, like I care. C’mere for smooches, anyway. 😃 ---
**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 31, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/136 "2004-03-31T17:11:32Z")
> [@Sylkyn](#): > > C’mere for smooches, anyway. 😃 droit du seigneur! droit du seigneur! ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/137 "2004-03-31T17:49:11Z")
> [@Cecil Adams](#): > > Excuse me. It appears two _different_ parties have attempted to sneak into the tent without paying. Well, I guess that’s one way to get noticed by His Cecilness. And please, “different” is such an ugly word. I prefer the term “averagely-challenged” Why are you all looking at me like that. And what’s with all that stuff you’re carrying - it looks like a meeting of the Medieval Weapons Owners Auxiliary of the NRA. Uh-oh. Exit, stage left. ---
**Author:** ![Innanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Innanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innanna)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/138 "2004-03-31T17:50:43Z")
Twice in one thread? Phew. That’s got to be one of the records for the Perfect Master. Wonder if He’ll try for the trifecta? Note that I am all paid up and legal and stuff. 🙂 Yes, I am an attention whore. You gotta problem with that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/139 "2004-03-31T18:28:19Z")
Ah, the suspense, the suspense! ---
**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 31, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-whiz-but-it-would-be-swell-if-cecil-welcomed-all-of-the-new-charter-members/235871/140 "2004-03-31T18:43:49Z")
> [@Innanna](#): > > Wonder if He’ll try for the trifecta? “A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple.” Are you accusing His Seigneurness of squandering our fees at the race track? [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=6) [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=8)