Considering some of the ways Slug has depicted Cecil, with no known adverse consequences, I think we’re safe on this score.
As it was explained to me during my original Charter Member initiation rite, Cecil is not so much a person as a title. You see, it’s the name that’s the important thing for inspiring the necessary awe.
I remember it like it was yesterday. Cecil took me to his office and he told me his secret. “I am not Cecil” he said. “My name is Ryan; I inherited The Straight Dope from the previous Cecil, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Cecil either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Cecil has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.”
Certain phrases in *Lorem ipsum * can be rearranged to “Cecil Adams has been fighting ignoradjknv lgnlee nrfgm.” According the the Bacon cypher.
I used to know a girl named Nrfgm.
I knew her twin sister, Nrfgm.
They got confused a lot.
The answer to this question, as is the answer to most of the significant questions in life, is found in this explanation from the long-gone and much-missed neuro-trash grrrl:
He may be dead, or moved to Florida. His last posting was Jan of 2010.
I haven’t seen him here (Florida) recently. It’s such a small state, I assume I see everyone here at least once a week.
-D/a
Along with Elvis, Che and Groucho.
That was beautiful. Yes, it does answer my question, Billdo.
Cecil is as old as his tongue and a little bit older than his teeth.
As an aside, we are born with our teeth. picture of a child’s skull showing adult teeth:
Awesome pic!