# He Thanked Me!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953 "2000-04-14T23:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953/1 "2000-04-14T23:52:00Z")

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Cecil thanked me! I took the survey and he personally sent me a message:

“Thanks for doing your bit to advance the cause of human knowledge.  
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&nbsp; – Cecil Adams”

(So it might be an auto-reply - don’t burst my bubble.)

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Thanks for doing your bit to advance the cause of human knowledge.  
&nbsp;  
&nbsp; – Cecil Adams

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**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953/2 "2000-04-15T00:00:00Z")

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Damn! All he sent me was a Straight Dope coffee mug, the entire book series, and a plane ticket to Chicago. ☹

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“Penises don’t belong in the mouth, girls and boys. You’ve got the wrong hole there. Just like you wouldn’t shove pizza up your nose.”  
-From the **Brother Jed** flyer-

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953/3 "2000-04-15T00:15:00Z")

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My question is why it took you so long to better the mission of the Teeming Millions…

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Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953/4 "2000-04-15T02:19:00Z")

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Connor, I was too busy researching half-Wullies, daPdBs, and draw weight.

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Thanks for doing your bit to advance the cause of human knowledge.  
&nbsp;  
&nbsp; – Cecil Adams

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**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-thanked-me/15953/5 "2000-04-15T03:02:00Z")

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Hey! I didn’t get one!

Maybe he is going to deliver it in person.