# I bet I know what Cecil is going to be for Halloween...

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**Created:** [October 21, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851 "2013-10-21T19:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851/1 "2013-10-21T19:01:53Z")

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Where do you suppose he gets his costume?

He better invite me to the Halloween party!

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**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:** [October 21, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851/2 "2013-10-21T20:48:21Z")

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If he does invite you to the party, examine any food very carefully before eating it. You DON’T want to eat those sausages, for instance. Or the lady’s fingers.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851/3 "2013-10-21T23:38:57Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=31](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)
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> Where do you suppose he gets his costume?
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> He better invite me to the Halloween party!

That’s not a party; that’s a slaughtering.  
Don’t. Go. In. The. Parlor.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851/4 "2013-10-21T23:39:59Z")

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Unless you really need some more punch… but then run!

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-i-know-what-cecil-is-going-to-be-for-halloween/671851/5 "2013-10-22T01:43:07Z")

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I bet I know what Cecil is going to be for Halloween…

Wrong?

D&R