# It's April Fool's Day, Cecil! Come ON! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812 "2003-04-01T22:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/1 "2003-04-01T22:23:00Z")
No Pit thread from you calling Ed Zotti a goat-felching pigfucker? No phony announcement naming **bj0rn** an administrator? No GQ thread asking what the third word ending in “-gry” is? No “Trolls Welcome” sign on the front page? Not even a humorous renaming of the fora? Throw us a frickin’ bone here! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/2 "2003-04-01T22:32:24Z")
Wow. Somebody missed the joke on the front page. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/3 "2003-04-01T22:36:19Z")
Maybe the lack of an April Fool’s joke is, in fact, the joke itself. Don’t ask me how that would work though. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/4 "2003-04-01T22:39:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow. Somebody missed the joke on the front page. I don’t see a joke on the front page. It looks normal to me. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/5 "2003-04-01T22:43:16Z")
Nice one, Daniel. ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/6 "2003-04-01T23:41:49Z")
Well, the staff report bears a reference to April Fool’s day. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/7 "2003-04-01T23:54:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > \*\*I don’t see a joke on the front page. It looks normal to me. \*\* My work here is done. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/8 "2003-04-02T00:05:25Z")
Leave me alone, I’m a half drunk extremely tired college student. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/9 "2003-04-02T00:08:29Z")
Damn if you didn’t get me rechecking the front page, **Daniel**. ::Shaking fist:: _DAMN YOU DANIEL WITHROW!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/10 "2003-04-02T00:16:51Z")
Don’t feel bad, **Hamlet**. After I posted that, just to make sure I was being a smartass, I went back and double-checked the front page. Just to, y’know, be sure. In other words, it even tricked me. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/11 "2003-04-02T00:25:55Z")
Daniel, that one was done so smoothly, brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/12 "2003-04-02T00:26:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*No Pit thread from you calling Ed Zotti a goat-felching pigfucker? No phony announcement naming **bj0rn** an administrator? No GQ thread asking what the third word ending in “-gry” is? No “Trolls Welcome” sign on the front page? Not even a humorous renaming of the fora? Throw us a frickin’ bone here! \*\* Linky? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/13 "2003-04-02T01:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe K \* > \*\*Linky? \*\* Ummm…[OK](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174292) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/14 "2003-04-02T01:55:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > \*\*Leave me alone, I’m a half drunk extremely tired college student. \*\* Only _half_ drunk? You _must_ be tired! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_s\_Company](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Misery\_s\_Company](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_s_Company)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/15 "2003-04-02T03:05:41Z")
Very funny **Smeghead**!!! I should have known better. Thanks, you made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-april-fools-day-cecil-come-on/165812/16 "2003-04-02T03:32:27Z")
As one professional once said > [@](#): > > Only amatures pull pranks on Aprils Fools Day.