# Is Cecil dead?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-dead/66377>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 24, 2001, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-dead/66377 "2001-05-24T11:16:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Starbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Starbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starbury)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-dead/66377/41 "2001-06-13T13:33:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jab1 \*  
> \*\*I don’t know if Cecil is alive or dead, but I know he used to be an [electrician’s apprentice.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_292.html) (Read the final paragraph.) \*\*

Its interesting to note that **Ed Zotti** , in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup, also mentioned that he was an electrician’s apprentice.

Not that I’m trying to insinuate anything.

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cecil-dead/66377/42 "2001-06-14T01:24:11Z")

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\*"There is too much information for any one individual to assimilate and, in addition, there is a great deal more, hidden in the supertribal labyrinth, that can never be made available. A rational solution is to do away with the powerful leader-figure, to relegate him to the ancient, tribal past where he belonged, and to replace him with a computer-fed organization of interdependent, specialized experts. \*- Desmond Morris - The Human Zoo (1969)

Bullshit. Long live the Perfect Master!

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