# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**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 25, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/21 "2017-12-25T19:05:16Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > 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. But was that Cecil or Mr. Mxyzptlk? Say both their names backwards and see what happens; there could be a future Staff Report in it for you! :eek: ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/22 "2017-12-25T19:25:59Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > But was that Cecil or Mr. Mxyzptlk? Say both their names backwards and see what happens; there could be a future Staff Report in it for you! :eek: Shh. What happens in a bar in Nepal, stays in Nepal. ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/23 "2017-12-25T21:32:45Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Monday’s column: [Is there a Santa Claus?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1370/is-there-a-santa-claus/) There it is … thank you … **Unca Cece** certainly _looks_ immortal … yeesh … better to be handy than handsome I say … * * * Your best friend: watchwolf forty-nine Not the smartest shrimp fork in the hay bale ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/24 "2017-12-30T08:18:52Z")
I don’t know if it is too late to join the discussion. But frankly, I think Cecil Adams is like Lassie, i.e., there is more than one of him. Cause think of it. He has been around since 1973. I was 5 in 1973, and even I am practically an old man now. If Mr. Adams was an adult, of say 30 or so, he would be in an old age home by now, right? Sorry if that bursts some of your bubbles. But it must be true. Or at least my humble opinion, in any event:). ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/25 "2017-12-30T12:02:25Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > Cause think of it. He has been around since 1973. I was 5 in 1973, and even I am practically an old man now. > > If Mr. Adams was an adult, of say 30 or so, he would be in an old age home by now, right? I was 29 in 1973. I am NOT an old man. I live by myself, dress myself, cook for myself and work five days a week. I drive 16,000 miles a year by myself. Old age home? If I could reach through this monitor I’d hit you with my cane. 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/26 "2017-12-30T16:19:59Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > I don’t know if it is too late to join the discussion. But frankly, I think Cecil Adams is like Lassie, i.e., there is more than one of him. > > Cause think of it. He has been around since 1973. I was 5 in 1973, and even I am practically an old man now. > > If Mr. Adams was an adult, of say 30 or so, he would be in an old age home by now, right? > > Sorry if that bursts some of your bubbles. But it must be true. Or at least my humble opinion, in any event:). Be quiet, Junior. your humble TubaDiva (Someone else who has vivid adult memories of 1973) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/27 "2017-12-30T17:00:56Z")
[Cecil,](http://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/31.html) in his better days. ---
**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 31, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/28 "2017-12-31T02:43:57Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Be quiet, Junior. And that seals the deal on him getting his ball back as well. That’l show the runnynosed little crumbcruncher. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/29 "2017-12-31T03:36:59Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I was 29 in 1973. I am NOT an old man. I live by myself, dress myself, cook for myself and work five days a week. I drive 16,000 miles a year by myself. > > Old age home? If I could reach through this monitor I’d hit you with my cane. 🙂 Considering the average male life expectancy in Akron is 55 years old…dude, you’re 73. That’s _old_. ---
**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 31, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/30 "2017-12-31T14:47:00Z")
^ You’re just evil. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/31 "2017-12-31T15:33:02Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > No disrespect intended, but I’m thinking it’s more of a Dread Pirate Cecil Adams situation. > [@Jim\_B](#): > > I don’t know if it is too late to join the discussion. But frankly, I think Cecil Adams is like Lassie, i.e., there is more than one of him. > [@samclem](#): > > You just need to use the correct word–_timeless_. > > Don’t be fooled by the man behind the curtain. Wait… are you saying he’s got a Tardis… or is he from OZ? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/32 "2017-12-31T15:47:52Z")
double post ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/33 "2018-02-16T23:07:52Z")
Much like Duffman, Cecil Adams can never die, only the people who portray him. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235/34 "2018-02-17T00:23:01Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > I don’t know if it is too late to join the discussion. But frankly, I think Cecil Adams is like Lassie, i.e., there is more than one of him. And is his gender as ambiguous as Lassie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-adams-immortal/805235.md?page=1)