# "He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." - Cecil Adams? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098 "2009-05-29T22:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/1 "2009-05-29T22:30:35Z")
Not sure where this should go, so I’ll try here… On another website someone used as a signature, _"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks - Cecil Adams_". A little Googling produced [this thread](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/45/was-nostradamus-really-able-to-predict-the-future) (Nostradomus) where Unca does indeed use that phrase. My question is is that the first use of that phrase? Did The Perfect Master actually come up with that on his own? I thought it was older than that. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/2 "2009-05-30T03:29:15Z")
25 years isn’t old enough? ---
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/3 "2009-05-30T04:20:41Z")
I could have sworn it was something about cornflakes and General Mills. Anyone else remember this? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/4 "2009-05-30T04:38:00Z")
> [@initech](#): > > I could have sworn it was something about cornflakes and General Mills. Anyone else remember this? I think that CA quote was something like, “If ignorance were cornflakes, you’d be General Mills.” But that’s from memory, and I don’t remember the context, so you’re on your own, accuracy-wise…TRM (ending with another quote) ---
**Author:** ![initech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/439d5e/32.png) [@initech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/initech)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/5 "2009-05-30T04:40:36Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I think that CA quote was something like, “If ignorance were cornflakes, you’d be General Mills.” But that’s from memory, and I don’t remember the context, so you’re on your own, accuracy-wise…TRM (ending with another quote) That’s it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/6 "2009-05-30T05:42:18Z")
“If ignorance were corn flakes, John, you’d be General Mills.” -from “Does a woman retain traces of her male partner after giving birth?” Jan. 13, 1984 “There are two schools of thought on Nostradamus: either (1) he had supernatural powers which allowed him to prophesy the future with uncanny accuracy, or (2) he did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks. I incline toward the latter view.” -from “Was Nostradamus really able to predict the future,” July 13, 1984 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-for-bullshit-what-stonehenge-did-for-rocks-cecil-adams/498098/7 "2009-05-31T06:57:20Z")
Thanks, **Marley23** and all who answered.