# Have you read every one of Cecil's columns? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662 "2001-01-06T01:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/1 "2001-01-06T01:05:16Z")
Was reading the [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=33448) about how people found the 'Dope, and I noticed quite a few people had found the site and read through the **entire** archives. I was kinda stunned, cause I thought I was the only one who was that fascinated/nuts. So, who else? Fess up, I know you’re out there. P.S. I also read through the last 6 months of GQ message board posts. I think I’ve got a problem. ---
**Author:** ![AETBOND417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@AETBOND417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AETBOND417)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/2 "2001-01-06T05:03:26Z")
Nope, I haven’t. This is an IMHO thread (I think), but it’ll sink before its splash is felt. ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/3 "2001-01-06T10:40:41Z")
No. When I first found the site, you couldn’t get a list of columns, so I just searched for “the” and read all of them that caught my interest. Probably about half of them or so. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/4 "2001-01-06T14:09:07Z")
Since Unca Cece may be watching, OF COURSE I’ve read every one of his columns. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/5 "2001-01-06T14:59:49Z")
I’ve read all the books as they came out, and also read the archive entries here that I wasn’t able to recall from the books. I love finding out information I hardly ever need. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/6 "2001-01-06T21:50:39Z")
Yes, of course! Where else could I so readily fill my head with interesting but useless trivia? ---
**Author:** ![beerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@beerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/7 "2001-01-07T08:06:56Z")
whoo i feel much better now a guy i worked with turned me on to the straight dope and i read every column. then found mpsims my knowledge is nearly complete ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/8 "2001-01-07T15:14:56Z")
Now ya need to buy the books. Until the 'net is truely wireless, this is your only option for carrying your reference source with ya everywhere. [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat) I recommend a T-Shirt, too. They’re damned nice and at $10, a real steal. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/9 "2001-01-07T17:51:23Z")
Yup, every one. Mailbag, too. –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-every-one-of-cecils-columns/48662/10 "2001-01-07T19:47:51Z")
I’ve read every one in all the books… and always the online columns… in fact the last book I recognized almost all of them from having read them online. I haven’t read through the archives… I assumed everything in there had been in the books or at least the online columns. Can’t claim to have read every mailbag column… but probably 90%.