# My God (Cecil) have you forsaken us? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694 "2003-08-03T06:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/41 "2003-08-06T03:36:44Z")
Wow! Got in on the first page of an actual “Cecil Thread.” ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/42 "2003-08-06T04:28:04Z")
I would never jump on the bandwagon. No, never. 😉 Hey Cecil. Good to see you. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/43 "2003-08-06T04:49:00Z")
People, People, Calm Down! We’re supposed to be hardheaded skeptics here. Everyone is immediately assuming that this is a real visitation. This is very likely just a trick of the light or condesation on a dirty window or something. Geeze! ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/44 "2003-08-06T04:57:09Z")
I saw an image of Cecil in my danish this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/45 "2003-08-06T05:11:18Z")
Nonsense. He couldn’t have, because he was quite clearly appearing in my scrambled eggs at the time. ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/46 "2003-08-06T07:48:46Z")
Now all y’alls need to settle down. I Enjoy Cecil’s Columns. However, I do not worship, idolize, bow, kowtow, hail, praise, or in anyway honor his presence on this thread like you people do. Master? Great one? Dark Lord? Royal? All right, whatever trips your trigger. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/47 "2003-08-06T10:03:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by benthames \* > \*\*Master? Great one? Dark Lord? Royal? \*\* Got it in four. 😃 Julie ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/48 "2003-08-06T11:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*Nonsense. He couldn’t have, because he was quite clearly appearing in my scrambled eggs at the time. \*\* You’re both wrong; his face appeared on the wooden door of my kitchen cabinet, I knew it was him because it looked the same as the time when his face appeared on a ripening banana in my fruit bowl. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/49 "2003-08-06T12:07:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SandyHook \* > \*\*Wow! Got in on the first page of an actual “Cecil Thread.” \*\* On my screen, you’re the first post of page 2. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/50 "2003-08-06T13:46:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*I predict this thread will now grow to at least five pages, as everyone rushes to post under Cecil. > > Of course, that’s not what I’m doing at all. Nope. \*\* Count me in ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/51 "2003-08-06T22:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ruby \* > \*\*Um…why does Cecil speak of himself in the third person? \*\* Aha!!! So that’s Cecil’s secret identity… **fatherjohn**! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/52 "2003-08-07T18:09:03Z")
Damn, I ought to be able to get a sig. out of this thread somehow, huh? If **Esprix** can do it… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/53 "2003-08-08T23:36:03Z")
Do it, **t-keela**. And congrats on luring him in… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/54 "2003-08-10T00:57:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SandyHook \* > \*\*Wow! Got in on the first page of an actual “Cecil Thread.” \*\* Sorry \*\* SandyHook \*\* but as I see it, you are strictly 2nd page material. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/55 "2003-08-10T01:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > \*\*Cecil is mindful of the rising tide of ignorance and will smite the unrighteous soon. However, right now he is enjoying a little veg time in the hammock and watching the Cubs tank. This fills me with thoughts of futility and waste and puts me in the mood for dealing with the Teeming Millions. See you after Labor Day. \*\* Smite them? I know we’re fighting ignorance and all, but I never knew it was gonna get physical. Nevertheless, I will not hesitate to take up arms against the ignorant if you so desire. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/56 "2003-08-10T02:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SandyHook \* > \*\*Wow! Got in on the first page of an actual “Cecil Thread.” \*\* You were top of third page here. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/57 "2003-08-10T12:43:49Z")
\<\< Smite them? I know we’re fighting ignorance and all, but I never knew it was gonna get physical. \>\> Go to the Straight Dope Home Page and to the section called [“Buy Stuff”](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat) and scroll down and look at the T-shirt. OK, buy the T-shirt. My point is that the violence of smiting ignerrence has always been inherent in the system. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/58 "2003-08-21T15:31:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > My point is that the violence of smiting **ignerrence** has always been inherent in the system. \*\* ::whips out smiting stick:: :wally ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/59 "2003-08-21T20:56:12Z")
I can’t help but notice that Cecil got off the hammock to post on my birthday. Coincidence? Nah… ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694/60 "2003-08-21T21:26:16Z")
Cecil, I apologize for anything I may have posted that was not up to the high standards of the SDMB. I must respectfuly request, however, that if you smite me, please do it using your 1920s style death ray. Thank you, Jon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-cecil-have-you-forsaken-us/192694.md?page=4)