# Not to be a dick, but... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [March 26, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539 "2001-03-26T14:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/1 "2001-03-26T14:27:41Z")
I just noticed in Slug’s accompanying drawing for Cecil’s [Swiss cheese holes](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010323.html) column, he should have, on the sign, “Cecil’s” as a possesive with an apostrophe. I don’t know why that’s been bugging me, but I had to scratch the itch. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/2 "2001-03-26T21:42:28Z")
What’s a “dick butt”? 😉 On second thought, maybe I don’t want anybody to answer that. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/3 "2001-03-30T13:51:30Z")
The apostrophe appears in my copy. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/4 "2001-03-30T14:00:12Z")
It’s not in mine, either. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/5 "2001-03-30T22:08:07Z")
RM Mentock, do you mean that the drawing that appears in the column from your local newspaper looks different than the drawing I can see on the website? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/6 "2001-04-03T06:22:50Z")
Jeez guys, Slug also spelled it “cheeze” on his sign. How come nobody wants to be a dick about _that_? - Jill ---
**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:** [April 3, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/7 "2001-04-03T12:01:17Z")
Cuz therez nothing wrong with cheeze. Gee whiz! ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/8 "2001-04-11T14:35:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Cuz therez nothing wrong with cheeze. Gee whiz! \*\* Yeah, that’s what they make Cheeze Whiz from. Since we’re nitpicking Slug’s drawing, the perspective is all screwed up. The four holes (one in the door and three in the sign) all have different viewing angles. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/9 "2001-04-12T05:29:41Z")
This is _so weird!_ I just checked, and those Slug pictures… they’re _cartoons!_ ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/10 "2001-04-12T12:16:20Z")
Are you sure? That “guy” on the right looks very familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/11 "2001-04-12T17:53:51Z")
Quoth **JeffB** : > [@](#): > > Since we’re nitpicking Slug’s drawing, the perspective is all screwed up. The four holes (one in the door and three in the sign) all have different viewing angles. What’s up with that? The perspective is fine: You’re assuming that all of the holes were cut at the same angle, but they probably weren’t. Oh, and not to nitpick a nitpick, but there are a total of five prominent holes in the drawing. You forgot the one in the “all-hole” cheese. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/12 "2001-04-12T19:59:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*Oh, and not to nitpick a nitpick, but there are a total of five prominent holes in the drawing. You forgot the one in the “all-hole” cheese. \*\* Yahbut you can’t see that one, because it’s in the bag. Did I mention that persons named Peter, Willy, Orel, Roger, and Dick are forming an advocacy group to fight nomism? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/13 "2001-04-13T03:26:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > **The perspective is fine: You’re assuming that all of the holes were cut at the same angle, but they probably weren’t.** I always cut MY cheese at the same angle (outward), but does it even need to be mentioned cheese holes are not cut but formed… naw… it doesn’t need to be mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/14 "2001-04-13T16:04:00Z")
UncleBill, the holes in question are not in cheese, but in the sign and in the door. Thus they were cut. ---
**Author:** ![Racer\_Named\_Fisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@Racer\_Named\_Fisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Racer_Named_Fisk)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-be-a-dick-but/59539/15 "2001-04-22T20:10:47Z")
I think it’s safe to say that we’ve moved on from comments on Cecil’s columns to, well, being a bunch of dicks. Have a nice day.