Has Cecil Ever Answered You?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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www.straightdope.com/columns/000310.html

My question is the first one, concerning Japanese soldiers surrendering LONG after WW2 was over. I was vaguely sure I’d seen this on TV when it happened, but I wasn’t sure if it was on the news or on an episode of a TV series. I did some internet searching and found nothing, so I sent him an email. This was about a month ago.

I suspect he already had the Jeep question waiting in the wings and needed another WW2 question to go along with it to make a full column. He seems to write only long columns these days, which is good for us, right? :slight_smile:

And now you know why I changed my sig line!

When all else fails, ask Cecil.

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And now everybody’s in on The Big So. Cal. Doper Secret… Jack was kind enough to share the column-to-be with us all. WTG, Jack!

A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

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WTG indeed, jab1

No, Cecil has never answered me, but then, I’ve never asked.

Catrandom

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Well, this one time I was really down in the dumps. I thought my life wasn’t worth living. Now, the man living near me read The Straight Dope, but I had just always dismissed it as silly gibberish. One night, when I was feeling down he showed up at my door telling me that Cecil had sent him to me. I don’t know why I didn’t tell him to go away, but we talked for hours. At the end I opened my heart to Cecil and a sensation of peace, harmony, and contempt for ignorant people filled my heart. I feel that Cecil answered my request for his love that night.

Praise Cecil.

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Congratulations, jab! Bask in your moment of glory! And you know you asked a GOOD question because Cecil was nice to you!

It was interesting, too - the jeep question should have gotten second billing.

Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the hydrant.

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Yep- he sure did! http://www.straightdope.com/columns/990820.html

Funny thing- when I posted a similar thread (as I basked in the glory of being answered by the master himself) I got two snide replys and my thread dropped like a large stone. I was a new poster, so people probobly thought I was full of it.

Congrats!!!
Zette

“If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit)
Zettecity
Voted “Most Empathetic”- can you believe that?

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We still think that Zette, wink wink, nudge nudge.

Enjoy your 15 minutes
Jab1, it was a good question, and I was fascinated.

Myself, I’ve never had a question answered, I think I’ve post 3, but I have had a couple of my replies used. Once in the newspaper, and once in the online archive, which I guess means that it’s in one on the books??? Although /rant,grr/ I noticed that it was not used when that column was the classic of the week online. /rant,grr/

Maybe they just thought I was full of myself, nudge nudge, wink wink

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I’ve never asked a question, but I’m envious of those of that have been to the heights.

Of course, if Joyce K. from Seattle ever got online, we’d have to stop everything.

  • Rick
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I once e-mailed Cecil to ask him what color his socks were that day, and Nickrz moved it to MPSIMS.

Uke

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And then David B came to my house and struck me very hard in the belly.

Uke

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Cecil answers all questions.

But sometimes the answer is “no.”

I understand all the words, they just don’t make sense together like that.

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ROFL, kunilou! :wink:

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I sent in a question once, but it went to the great bit bucket in the sky.
So far Zette and jab1 are the heroes!
Though I should point out that matt_mcl belongs to an exclusive club also, people that have corrected Cecil. see http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000547.html

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I haven’t sent him a column question, but he did respond to my very first post ever on the SDMB. Does that count?

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Congratulations.
Out of interest, how many questions have you asked Cecil?

Also, does anyone know how many questions Cecil receives each week?

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No, but I’ve felt his presence.

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Now you guys are REALLY gonna be jealous: It’s the first question I ever asked him! I hit a home run my first time at bat!

JillGat sent me some emails when it was decided he would answer my question. In one of them, she said he’d received 500 questions that week alone. I guess that’s a typical week for him, I dunno.

Nu Vo Da Da: Are you saying Cecil IS God or that he is A god?

When all else fails, ask Cecil.

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I bet he gets the same question a lot.

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Yeah, I was afraid someone else had asked that question, so I searched the archives first.

I just wish the search engine for the Boards worked.

When all else fails, ask Cecil.