# Is Cecil Adams immortal? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 24, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235 "2017-12-24T21:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/1 "2017-12-24T21:25:54Z")
There’s a serious question here. Does Cecil age? Will we in future be shown an older version of the youngish bespectacled guy in the photo that’s associated with him now? Just how old is he supposed to be anyway? Will he eventually die? And if he does who’ll be the smartest person in the world then? BTW I’m open to offers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/2 "2017-12-24T21:59:41Z")
If Cecil were smart enough to make himself immortal (and why shouldn’t he be?) he would be smart enough to stop the aging process. After all, why would someone want to live 1000+ years in a 1000+ year old body? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/3 "2017-12-24T22:09:23Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > If Cecil were smart enough to make himself immortal (and why shouldn’t he be?) … After all, Santa did it. Immortal that is. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/4 "2017-12-24T22:12:34Z")
No disrespect intended, but I’m thinking it’s more of a Dread Pirate Cecil Adams situation. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/5 "2017-12-24T22:13:48Z")
I am counting on it. ( being immortal, I mean ) ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/6 "2017-12-24T22:36:09Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > There’s a serious question here. Does Cecil age? Will we in future be shown an older version of the youngish bespectacled guy in the photo that’s associated with him now? Okay, I’ll bite: what photo is currently associated with him? Was there ever an official photo? If you Google “Cecil Adams,” you get a current-ish picture of Ed Zotti, who is clearly not immune to the ravages of age. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/7 "2017-12-24T22:38:51Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I am counting on it. ( being immortal, I mean ) Me, too. So far, so good. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 24, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/8 "2017-12-24T22:47:47Z")
**Cecil** is, perhaps, the most Immoral man I…oh! Immor **t** al! That’s _very_ different! Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/9 "2017-12-24T22:52:33Z")
Cecil the ‘immortal’ will you tell Santa to bring me a pet crow for Christmas? Please!?! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/10 "2017-12-24T23:09:03Z")
If you look at tomorrow’s column you’ll find a nice likeness of Cecil Adams, courtesy of Slug. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/11 "2017-12-24T23:17:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No disrespect intended, but I’m thinking it’s more of a Dread Pirate Cecil Adams situation. No one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Cecil… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/12 "2017-12-24T23:48:15Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > There’s a serious question here. Does Cecil age? Will we in future be shown an older version of the youngish bespectacled guy in the photo that’s associated with him now? Just how old is he supposed to be anyway? Will he eventually die? And if he does who’ll be the smartest person in the world then? BTW I’m open to offers. 🙂 Photo? Cecil Adams has never been photographed. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/13 "2017-12-24T23:57:25Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > After all, Santa did it. Immortal that is. By selling out to Coke. Cecil would never sell out to Coke. I meant the beverage of course. Although ---------- throw in hookers and ---------- 😉 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/14 "2017-12-25T00:01:30Z")
You just need to use the correct word–_timeless_. Don’t be fooled by the man behind the curtain. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/15 "2017-12-25T01:48:06Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > If you look at tomorrow’s column you’ll find a nice likeness of Cecil Adams, courtesy of Slug. 😃 Courtesy of Slug? Heh. That should be interesting. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/16 "2017-12-25T15:52:23Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > If you look at tomorrow’s column you’ll find a nice likeness of Cecil Adams, courtesy of Slug. 😃 The guy in front driving the motorcycle or the guy in back murdering the guy in front? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/17 "2017-12-25T16:47:33Z")
Yes, Virginia. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/18 "2017-12-25T17:37:16Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > If you look at tomorrow’s column you’ll find a nice likeness of Cecil Adams, courtesy of Slug. 😃 Hmmm. If you include the motorcycle - and in a Slug drawing machinery usually has an affine relationship with the purported humans - then Cecil is what I’ve always imaged him to be: the middle section of a human centipede. By the rules of the larger game, they can never be relieved of their misery, hence are effectively immortal. Not that I would defend the use of Slug as a citation by others. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/19 "2017-12-25T18:01:39Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > By selling out to Coke. Cecil would never sell out to Coke. > > I meant the beverage of course. > > Although ---------- throw in hookers and ---------- > > 😉 I met “Cecil” once upon the foothills of Nepal back in the day when we were all free and wild, although everybody knew him by his moniker which shall be secret until the end of time. It was Jack Daniels with a twist of lemon. Never understood that concoction. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/20 "2017-12-25T18:40:28Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > The guy in front driving the motorcycle or the guy in back murdering the guy in front? Monday’s column: [Is there a Santa Claus?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1370/is-there-a-santa-claus/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235.md?page=2)