# How come Cecil isnt as funnie as he used to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782 "2001-02-16T19:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/1 "2001-02-16T19:15:06Z")
Last night I was reading the 2nd straight dope book for the gerjillionth time, and it seems to me that Cecil used to be ALOT funnier then he is now, Todays colum was intresting and taught me a thing or three but I didnt smirk at all, Upon reading the FAQ here (and the one in the book) Im wondering… there is no Cecil? Wit is not something that gets lost over the years - staff researchers are… Snivel Snivel… ---
**Author:** ![Arthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arthur)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/2 "2001-02-16T19:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Todays colum was intresting and … Today’s column? I didn’t know Cecil wrote daily colums, where can I find them? I always assumed he just kept his distance and posted on the SDMB from time to time, and wrote a replies to peoples questions from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/3 "2001-02-16T19:44:39Z")
Arthur? Are you serious? I’m flabbergasted… [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/4 "2001-02-16T19:50:41Z")
You guys seen invasion of the body snatchers? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/5 "2001-02-16T20:03:19Z")
**Janx:** The poor guy’s obviously been under a lot of stress lately. Why dontcha mail him fifty bucks? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/6 "2001-02-16T20:04:19Z")
Perhaps the books have the funniest material in them, and there are several of them together, and things seen one at a time on the board…The editor needs to check the basement for pods. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/7 "2001-02-16T20:15:18Z")
Cecil hasn’t been as acerbic as he used to be – read the first SD book for classic Cece venom – but aside from that change in attitude, I haven’t really noticed any differences in style. _Shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![Hiro\_Protagonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@Hiro\_Protagonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiro_Protagonist)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/8 "2001-02-16T21:07:24Z")
It’s hard to be funnie… But let’s define funny… Is he no longer funny ha-ha or no longer funny weird? Funny ha-ha is “Take my wife…Please” Bah-DUM Funny weird is “Take my wife… **and here’s six bucks if I can watch** ” ---
**Author:** ![Arthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arthur)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/9 "2001-02-16T21:45:54Z")
Oh. I knew about the archives, I just didn’t think it was updated daily… ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/10 "2001-02-17T00:24:12Z")
Oh, please. Let’s see Chris Rock do a stand-up piece about “Lorem Ipsum” or Zinc Lozenges. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/11 "2001-02-17T20:50:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE Bo Diddly \* > \*\*Oh, please. Let’s see Chris Rock do a stand-up piece about “Lorem Ipsum” or Zinc Lozenges. \*\* Thats not my point, but now that you mention it I bet Lots of stand up could, my point is that I dont laugh nearly as much as I used to when reading his stuff… mabe 17 years of The straight dope has made me jaded (it sure hasnt helped my spelling any!) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-cecil-isnt-as-funnie-as-he-used-to-be/54782/12 "2001-02-18T06:08:59Z")
Wanna know the truth, Janx? Cecil’s just messin’ with your mind. He’s a wiley bloke, he is!