# I believe in Cecil **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 28, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631 "2001-11-28T02:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/21 "2001-11-28T11:34:01Z")
Cecil talked to me. Twice. In two different threads. I believe in him. I’d sell my soul, my family, and my left testicle (but not my right, I’m kinda attached to it) for him. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/22 "2001-11-28T11:35:13Z")
If you believe in Cecil, then clap your hands! \ “I do believe in Cecil! I do, I do!” \ Seriously, I don’t think I even believe in God, but I want to believe in Cecil. But it would be ironic if he is the biggest sock of all time, no? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/23 "2001-11-28T12:51:22Z")
A few weeks back, out of the blue, my three year old son asked if I believed in God, Buddha or Santa Claus, apparently as exclusive options. There’s gotta be a way to work Cecil in there somehow. Maybe Zotti. I dunno about Fenris, though. [sub]On the Fenris X/Y chromosome issue, I think Feynn has something to do with it. That’s what always through me off. And the talent thing.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/24 "2001-11-28T12:54:57Z")
But **Feynn** is also male! pan ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/25 "2001-11-28T13:16:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\* > Neither of us are a corporation. > Neither of us are Ed. > > See? We’re practically brothers! > > Fenris \*\* Grammatically correct is the following. Neither of us is a corporation. Neither of us is Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/26 "2001-11-28T18:07:58Z")
I believe in **Cecil Adams** the Father Figure Almighty, Maker of _The Straight Dope_ and the fight against ignorance: And in **Ed Zotti** his faithful editor, our Overseer; who was conceived by The Teeming Millions, born of great Molly McCree, suffered under the ignorance of the unwashed masses, was flamed, winced, and flamed back; he descended into The BBQ Pit; the third day he rose again from the dead (after his second cup of coffee); he ascended to _The Chicago Reader_, and sitteth on the right hand of **Cecil** the Granddaddy Of Them All; from thence he shall come to judge the stupid and the trite. I believe in The Teeming Millions; The Straight Dope Message Board; the communion of Moderators and Administrators; the stomping out of ignorance; the resurrection of pride after such stomping; and the threads everlasting. Amen. (I also believe that if I wish and pray and bug long and hard enough, he will post to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=90638) before he goes back to lurking.) Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/27 "2001-11-28T18:22:54Z")
I believe in Cecil, of course I also believe flying monkeys will come shooting out my butt. **OW!** No, I don’t have a banana! What? Well, I think simians are covered under the category of General Aviation, but you may want to call the FAA first. **OW!** How many of you guys are up there? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/28 "2001-11-28T23:28:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*[Cecil] wears pants just like we do. > > And he ain’t Ed. > > Is he? \*\* Well, you just answered your own question there. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/29 "2001-11-29T04:50:43Z")
Cecil Adams is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me read interesting columns; he leads me besides those who do not understand; he restores my soul. He leads me in informed paths for education’s sake. Even though I walk in the darkest valley, I fear no ignorance; for you are with me; your words and your wit– they comfort me. You prepare a column before me in the presence of the unwashed; you anoint my head with knowledge; my cup overflows. Surely wisdom and understanding shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the Straight Dope all my life long. [sub]based on the NRSV translation of Psalm 23[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/30 "2001-11-29T14:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > **e** r **i** s > > Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm He knows! Our underground agents will be contacting you shortly. You’ll need to change your id to **kebbis** , now. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/31 "2001-11-29T20:21:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Esprix** _ > > (I also believe that if I wish and pray and bug long and hard enough, he will post to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=90638) before he goes back to lurking.) Hallelujah! A blessed miracle! I believe! _I BELIEVE!_ **E** spr **i** x ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/32 "2001-12-01T17:19:16Z")
**E** spr **i** x Hmmm, that bodes well for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/34 "2001-12-02T21:40:27Z")
Socks are not entitled to opinions. Besides, people have seen Ed and me in the same room at the same time. Dallas area dopers can confirm that I am, in fact, female, and a real person. Back when this web board was first set up, I DID make another username. I used it twice, but purely as a joke. My “other” name is Vinnie. When we decided to disallow multiple usernames, I refrained from using that name. There have been times when I’ve really, REALLY wanted to use that name…but it wouldn’t do. I have never made a secret of the fact that I was Vinnie. In fact, the only reason I made the second name was because it was an old joke from the AOL board. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631/35 "2001-12-03T15:51:02Z")
Oh I believe in Cecil He knows his stuff That sexy thing Oh I believe in Cecil He can’t be wrong That sexy thing 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-in-cecil/95631.md?page=1)