# I, for one, don't think Cecil is THAT great **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833 "2003-07-07T18:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/21 "2003-07-08T01:34:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bruce\_Daddy \* > \*\*What about this part? > > I must admit I was taken aback by the 'tude of the article. \*\* Cecil’s style is his stock in trade. As others have said, without his attitude, he’d be just another trivia columnist. Robin ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/22 "2003-07-08T01:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jaade \* > \*\*In response to Cecil’s column (the second one), I heard something along the lines of this myself. > > It’s not that there are “traces” of anything, it has something to do with the pedigree. Any pups she has after ~gasp~ a mongrel litter can’t be pedigreed. > > Who wants an $800 dog anyway? > > ~J \*\* Oh, and do you have a cite for that? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/23 "2003-07-08T04:28:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > \*\*Oh, and do you have a cite for that? > > Robin \*\* I don’t. I was given a three-quarter chow, 1/4 something else with the explanation that the breeder was trying to get rid of the litter, for this very reason. I don’t have time to look for any rules regarding it right now, I’ll look later… ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/24 "2003-07-08T08:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jaade \* > Who wants an $800 dog anyway? I. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/25 "2003-07-08T17:54:27Z")
k ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/26 "2003-07-08T18:40:16Z")
y? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/27 "2003-07-08T19:00:33Z")
I didn’t say the 'tude was out of hand, just more along the lines of “Whoa, note to self, do not ask Cecil about capital punishment.” Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/28 "2003-07-08T20:19:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jaade \* > \*\*I don’t. > > I was given a three-quarter chow, 1/4 something else with the explanation that the breeder was trying to get rid of the litter, for this very reason. > > I don’t have time to look for any rules regarding it right now, I’ll look later… \*\* [hijack]Well, if it’s three-quarter chow and one-quarter something else, of course it’s not a purebred. You can’t register a dog that’s not a purebred. That said, whether a dog is purebred or not has to do with the two specific parents, not with a bitch’s past, ah, partners. Since a bitch can be bred to multiple studs over the course of her lifetime, the AKC doesn’t take that into account when registering a litter. The AKC cares about the puppy’s bitch and stud, period, not any other stud the bitch was bred with. (I’d post a cite, but the AKC site is down. This info came from my mother, who has bred basset hounds and silky terriers.)[/hijack] Robin ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/29 "2003-07-08T22:28:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furt \* > \*\*y? \*\* Because we like you… **M-O-U-S-E!** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/30 "2003-07-09T07:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*Cecil’s style is his stock in trade. As others have said, without his attitude, he’d be just another trivia columnist. > > Robin \*\* Yeah, but sometimes his attitude [sucks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133719). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/31 "2003-07-09T08:22:17Z")
I don’t see how either of those comments displays a bad attitude from Cecil. The first (stock market jumpers) answer cited is a joke, and I found it funny. The second (missing children) ‘objectionable’ comment was a response to the writers reference to “true” abductions, a category he used to exclude children taken by parents or relatives in domestic disputes. His wording implied that he felt this was not a big deal (not a “true abduction”). That’s where the ‘somehow this is okay’ response comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/32 "2003-07-09T23:21:35Z")
No, I think in both cases, he was responding to an attitude that wasn’t being exhibited. How is the stock market jumpers thing a joke? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833/33 "2003-07-10T00:05:26Z")
Heretic swine. I _would_ post in giant-sized, multicolored, all caps format, but I’ve been advised to chill out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-dont-think-cecil-is-that-great/186833.md?page=1)