# Just got an email from Cecil! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331 "2004-03-25T12:26:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/1 "2004-03-25T12:26:54Z")
Well, sort of: Excuse the spam, but we’ve got some good news for you: The Straight Dope Message Board has switched to paid subscriptions. Why is that good news? Because it means we’re serious about maintaining the SDMB, one of the best boards on the Net. Now for some even better news: For a limited time you can subscribe for the first year for an unbelievably low _ **US $4.95.** _ In addition, you get a 50% discount on subscriptions for later years. If you DON’T act now, a subscription will cost you a still pretty reasonable US $14.95. If you haven’t stopped by the SDMB in a while, why not do so now? Full details are available at: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245825](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245825) The only problem is, I already paid. Shouldn’t a ‘feature’ of being a ‘charter member’ include not getting emails about things I have already done?? ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/2 "2004-03-25T12:28:09Z")
Hmm. I haven’t gotten that. Yet, anyways. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/3 "2004-03-25T12:30:59Z")
Oh, you dog! I thought you got a _real_ email!! Ptttt. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/4 "2004-03-25T12:39:25Z")
I think that was sent to the mailing list. It came from the same address, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/5 "2004-03-25T13:16:28Z")
I didn’t get that e-mail. I feel so unloved! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/6 "2004-03-25T13:44:48Z")
I got it. t’wasn’t from cecil though. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/7 "2004-03-25T13:48:46Z")
Well, Cecil personally came to my apartment and gave me a pony. So there. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/8 "2004-03-25T14:09:37Z")
Cecil came to _my_ house and gave me a pony, too! _And_ he gave me a backrub and washed my dishes. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/9 "2004-03-25T14:12:02Z")
Dad says you two are lying, he did not. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/10 "2004-03-25T15:05:09Z")
I got an e-mail from Cecil once. I didn’t read it though. If I recall correctly though, the subject was: “Increase Your Length and Girth.” ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/11 "2004-03-25T15:21:24Z")
> [@Jess](#): > > Cecil came to _my_ house and gave me a pony, too! _And_ he gave me a backrub and washed my dishes. That wasn’t Cecil, that was me. I want my pony back. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/12 "2004-03-25T22:04:48Z")
> [@slortar](#): > > That wasn’t Cecil, that was me. I want my pony back. That was _you_? Well, that explains it. You’d _better_ come back – the pony died, my back still hurts and all the dishes are dirty again. Jess (who knows Cecil would never give her a substandard pony) ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Pittiful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Brad\_Pittiful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Pittiful)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/13 "2004-03-26T02:32:41Z")
i got that today…and ill be damned if im paying to post here…its so speed of the sdmb is so slow i dont even come here much during the week anymore…i may pop in on the weekends…but i cant see paying to be annoyed on how slow this board runs during the week…all of the forums i subscribe to this is the slowest…and its not the biggest i frequent…oh well i hope they improve the speed to whomever decides to pay ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/14 "2004-03-26T03:18:23Z")
Perhaps all the … are creating too much wind resistance and slowing you way down. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/15 "2004-03-26T03:52:41Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > Perhaps all the … are creating too much wind resistance and slowing you way down. Yeah, but he makes up for it by not using the shift key. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/16 "2004-03-26T04:16:33Z")
Now I’m picturing a mass email with a picture of Ed Zotti holding a gun to a pony’s head saying, “Subscribe to the SDMB or we’ll shoot this pony.” ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/17 "2004-03-26T07:22:57Z")
“Yes, as soon as you pony up the $4.95 …” ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/18 "2004-03-26T09:22:01Z")
Little Nemo has the right idea. Every time you masturbate,god kills a kitten. But He will forego this if you immediately subscribe to the SDMB,leaving you free to wank your winky with a clear conscience while saving billions of kittens from an omnipotent 8 cylinder snit. Yeah,I got one of those notices,too. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-an-email-from-cecil/236331/19 "2004-03-26T12:04:43Z")
I just got the e-mail too. FINALLY.