# Janx tilts his tiny glass at Cecil… **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 12, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530 "2005-05-12T07:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/1 "2005-05-12T07:16:33Z")
Dear Cecil Adams, You do not know it, but I have been an ardent fan of this column since, oh, 1983 or so. I was a silly one then. Just out of high school. But the one thing I got out of the columns was some essential truths with regard to: How to debate. Sight your sources, be witty and not just a bit condescending - so as to make the judges see things your way. The facts are always incontrovertible, the other side can look them up for themselves if the wish. Unfortunately, public school never taught me this stuff, so after some years of reading your books and columns, (In Santa Barbara we would wait for the Independent to come out so we could read it aloud in the living room), I applied this “style” – mostly honest research, with facts, observation, and not just a small amount of wit to my college career – I did well in school. I was the only one in three generations to get a college diploma. (Yae!). I credit YOUR column, with how to present an “A” paper. Mostly any way. I notice the message boards taking a direction that sometimes does not support the purpose of the column, that is too bad – but that is the way it goes. I also realize that with the event of the Internet, when Cecil speaks – he is under a hell of a microscope. I just wanted to let – whoever is Cecil these days - know that the board doesn’t make a hell of a lot of difference. It’s the column. It’s the Persona of “The Cecil” and “Unca’ Cec” that I watch for. It/he/she/ made a, big, huge, difference in my life over the last 20 plus years. So. Thank you Cecil. Glad to know your spirit is alive and well – even after all these years, because I owe you BIG TIME! Janx P.S. Nix on telling me to send you an un-marked envelope. I said I was happy. NOT rich! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/2 "2005-05-14T15:49:42Z")
**Janx** , I directed Cecil’s attention to your post, but I don’t know whether he’ll respond or not. Ed, however, did say that your comments are the kind that make it all worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/3 "2005-05-14T16:30:39Z")
That’s OK \*\* C K Dexter Haven \*\*. Honestly? I was not fishing for a reply. That was just something I have wanted to get off my chest for a good long time. Give credit where credit where credit is due, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/4 "2005-05-14T16:31:47Z")
That’s OK \*\* C K Dexter Haven \*\*. Honestly? I was not fishing for a reply. That was just something I have wanted to get off my chest for a good long time. Give credit where credit where credit is due, and all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/5 "2005-05-14T16:33:55Z")
Sheesh. Did I do that? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/6 "2005-05-14T17:00:33Z")
No, it was the hamsters, they get a sugar high off posts like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cecil\_Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cecil\_Adams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cecil_Adams)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/7 "2005-05-15T02:53:12Z")
> [@Janx](#): > > Thank you Cecil. Glad to know your spirit is alive and well – even after all these years, because I owe you BIG TIME! Pleased to be of service, bud. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/8 "2005-05-15T02:58:12Z")
> [@Cecil Adams](#): > > Pleased to be of service, bud. See, customer service on these boards is just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/9 "2005-05-15T11:41:27Z")
> [@Cecil Adams](#): > > Pleased to be of service, bud. Oh My GOD! No. No… Wait. I’m going to be really cool about this. Really. Watch. That was cool. The one who wrote all those columns, who said all that stuff, who taught me how to kill cockroaches, debate with my professors – and still show up on Monday morning just said HI! - to ME? Uao! Way too cool. I will not gloat. I will not make a fuss, nor put it in my “sig line”. Because if I know unca Cece – he just had the floors waxed and wouldn’t want me to snivel. I am however, really very happy that I know he saw it! Soooo… ? Cecil Adams – after 30 odd years, well, he still has a lot of class. Who am I to muck that up ? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/10 "2005-05-15T13:17:07Z")
> [@Janx](#): > > The one who wrote all those columns, who said all that stuff, who taught me how to kill cockroaches, debate with my professors – and still show up on Monday morning just said HI! - to ME? > > Uao! > > Way too cool. :: quietly seethes with envy :: :: chokes down jealous tears :: :: gulps, extends handshake of congratulations :: May I… may I touch the hem of your garment? :: flees before feelings overwhelm her :: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/11 "2005-05-15T17:42:06Z")
> [@Janx](#): > > Oh My GOD! No. No… Wait. I’m going to be really cool about this. > > Really. Watch. > > That was cool. > > The one who wrote all those columns, who said all that stuff, who taught me how to kill cockroaches, debate with my professors – and still show up on Monday morning just said HI! - to ME? > > Uao! > > Way too cool. > > I will not gloat. I will not make a fuss, nor put it in my “sig line”. Because if I know unca Cece – he just had the floors waxed and wouldn’t want me to snivel. > > I am however, really very happy that I know he saw it! > > Soooo… ? > > Cecil Adams – after 30 odd years, well, he still has a lot of class. > > Who am I to muck that up ? > > 🆒 And you were so cool and collected at Swampfest last night! You didn’t brag or anything, (or did you, and I didn’t hear it? Rock and Roll, you know.) I did notice a shimmering light around your head, but sun shining through the rain does that all the time. I am honored to have supped within that reflected Cecillight, if only for a few moments. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/12 "2005-05-15T18:04:00Z")
Truth be known \*\* picunurse \*\* I didn’t brag because I didn’t know about Cecil’s reply untill I got home about 4am this morning. Or I probably would have mentioned it in an off hand sort of way. About a thousand times. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/13 "2005-05-15T18:19:43Z")
It’s OK, Janx…He’s just zis guy, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/14 "2005-05-15T19:55:20Z")
> [@Janx](#): > > I just wanted to let – whoever is Cecil these days - know Are you insinuating something here, **Janx**? Because if you’re trying to say that Cecil isn’t really Cecil, then you’re gonna get a good scolding from Miz Ruby. The true believers believe that there is and only has been one Cecil. Real guy. Puts his pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us. To think any other way is pure blasphemy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/15 "2005-05-15T21:33:56Z")
Oh, you know what I meant! ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janx-tilts-his-tiny-glass-at-cecil/303530/16 "2005-05-16T00:17:53Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > Are you insinuating something here, **Janx**? Because if you’re trying to say that Cecil isn’t really Cecil, then you’re gonna get a good scolding from Miz Ruby. > > The true believers believe that there is and only has been one Cecil. Real guy. Puts his pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us. > > To think any other way is pure blasphemy. 😉 You know, that’s one of those things that really should have occurred to me before now… :smack: