# If Cecil had named you ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397 "2003-10-24T20:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/1 "2003-10-24T20:49:45Z")
Let’s say we were only allowed to join as numbers until Cecil himself named us. What do you think you name would be? I think he’d consider me vaguely cool but with a background of doofiness which he would capture with the name **Amenhepcat** ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/2 "2003-10-24T22:27:05Z")
Ah, I’m not too sure what he would name me, but on a whim I’d guess **Archibald Algonquin McGillicuddy**. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/3 "2003-10-24T23:46:05Z")
As long as he didn’t name me **Atomic Racing Badger** , I’d be happy. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/4 "2003-10-25T01:29:19Z")
I’d like to say it would be something flattering and interesting, but it would probably be **That Cretinous Dolt** or something along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/5 "2003-10-25T03:14:46Z")
**manehtnad**! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/6 "2003-10-25T03:19:10Z")
As long as my name wasn’t something lame like \*\* Fern For-\*\* . . . uhm, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/7 "2003-10-25T05:39:25Z")
**Cecil Adams Jr** One can only wish… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/8 "2003-10-25T05:53:24Z")
Probably Odinoneeye. Cecil and I think a lot alike. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/9 "2003-10-25T05:58:06Z")
Kent Happenhere ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/10 "2003-10-25T06:04:54Z")
**Mini-master** ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/11 "2003-10-25T06:37:16Z")
I would, of course, be named: **MonkeyBoyIsRightAfterAll**. Even ass-ended masters get them wrong from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/12 "2003-10-25T06:52:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > **As long as my name wasn’t something lame like \*\* Fern For-**. . . uhm, never mind. \*\* _shakes fist_ You’re just lucky I lost my list. Well the Cecil thing was just a hook. A reason to put forward usernames with a mild relation to your posting style. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/13 "2003-10-25T10:11:23Z")
**What the Hell is your malfunction?** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/14 "2003-10-25T10:38:40Z")
That One Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-cecil-had-named-you/209397/15 "2003-10-25T10:40:49Z")
Or maybe Delirium Tremendous.