# Oh, Cecil. Where are you? Beckdawrek summons you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969 "2020-07-22T01:41:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/221 "2021-04-29T19:04:34Z")
Right!!?!!? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/222 "2021-04-29T19:07:00Z")
I search the world over, and I thought I found straight dope, Your column ended, and _phhffffbbttt_, you was gone. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/223 "2021-04-29T19:11:24Z")
Nice.šŸ˜‹ ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/224 "2021-04-30T01:40:29Z")
Maybe Unca Ceec is locked up in a nursing home and canā€™t respond. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/225 "2021-04-30T01:52:45Z")
I know for a fact nursing home victims, I mean patients, are free to use their phones and laptops. šŸ˜‹ ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/226 "2021-04-30T01:59:33Z")
If they remember how. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/227 "2021-05-01T05:18:26Z")
I am destined to be interred at a nursing home. I vow to remember how to use these devices. If not, can I call you? I ask the whole Doper community to rescue me. Surely, some of you lazy bums will show up, cut the ankle alarm off and carry me away. šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/228 "2021-05-02T20:35:13Z")
Trust me, itā€™s the last thing to go. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/229 "2021-06-11T17:46:40Z")
Hereā€™s to being free! la la la la la la la, Cecilā€™s back! Hereā€™s to you and me! la la la la la la la, Cecilā€™s back! Hereā€™s to flying high! > [@A modest proposal for the Straight Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-modest-proposal-for-the-straight-dope/944055): > > (Second try. Little Ed, who I rely on to digitally transcribe these messages from the original parchment, stupidly posted the first attempt as though it emanated from himself.) After a hiatus of almost three years, your columnist is thinking about resuming weekly publication of the Straight Dope column. There are three reasons for this: (a) Little Edā€™s attempt to short GameStop didnā€™t work out as well as hoped, leaving the retirement account sadly depleted; (b) global ignorance, alas, hasnā€™t noā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/230 "2021-06-11T18:33:10Z")
Om freakinā€™ g. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/231 "2021-06-11T18:58:24Z")
Hi @Cecil_Adams. Come in my thread and say hi to me. Please. Your most loyal devotee, @Beckdawrek ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/232 "2021-06-11T22:20:12Z")
Again ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/233 "2021-06-15T01:47:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Om freakinā€™ g. That is exciting news! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/234 "2021-06-15T02:21:32Z")
Thx, @carnut, for bumping my most happiest thread ever. Even if @Cecil_Adams refusā€¦ummā€¦forgets to grace us with his presence. ā¤ ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/235 "2021-06-15T12:37:32Z")
I hope he gets a kick out of your devotion, Beck, He must need it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/236 "2021-06-15T19:32:41Z")
I am quite fond of @Cecil_Adams But, alas he doesnā€™t notice Lilā€™ olā€™beck. šŸ˜” ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/237 "2021-06-15T20:12:28Z")
I bet he does. I bet he just doesnā€™t want to establish a precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/238 "2021-06-16T03:23:50Z")
Can we please talk nice about @Ed_Zotti and @Cecil_Adams ? I canā€™t stand the backbiting and name calling. Itā€™s not necessary in a true adult discussion. I know people get angry and spew forth. Itā€™s just not helpful. I donā€™t want this board to fail. Iā€™ve come to rely on it. Andā€¦ I have more cats, dogs and Bigfoot threads to make. šŸ˜‹ ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/239 "2021-06-16T04:08:05Z")
Oh, Beck, I so agree. Iā€™ve been pretty upset about the maliciousness. I was really taken aback, not because there was criticism of ideasā€“Thatā€™s what Ed asked forā€“but because of the personal nature of the attacks. And I know Iā€™ve said a few times that I donā€™t think Cecil will reply because he doesnā€™t want to set a precedent, etc., but I really hope you get a personal message from him. In the meantime, youā€™ve got all of your MPSIMS friends here for you. And Bigfoot. Definitely Bigfoot. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969/240 "2021-06-16T12:32:19Z")
Iā€™m not Cecil but I think youā€™re adorable, Beck šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-cecil-where-are-you-beckdawrek-summons-you/915969.md?page=13)