# Photograph of Cecil **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844 "2010-02-13T09:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flunkycarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@flunkycarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flunkycarter)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/1 "2010-02-13T09:19:40Z")
Yes. I have obtained one!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/2 "2010-02-13T10:20:27Z")
Cite? ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/3 "2010-02-13T14:27:02Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Cite? It’s not really of Cecil; Little Ed screwed up the Photoshop job. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/4 "2010-02-13T14:54:51Z")
\ Not a comment on a column. Moved to MPSIMS. \ ---
**Author:** ![flunkycarter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b3f665/32.png) [@flunkycarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flunkycarter)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/5 "2010-02-16T01:16:58Z")
Ok i don’t have one… but is it REALLY true that no one has one?? Also… i mean doesn’t this dude work at a newspaper and if he works at one he has to go in right? And if he goes in he can be found?? What’s the straight dope behind his lack of photographS? ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/6 "2010-02-16T02:20:55Z")
> [@flunkycarter](#): > > Ok i don’t have one… but is it REALLY true that no one has one?? > > Also… i mean doesn’t this dude work at a newspaper and if he works at one he has to go in right? And if he goes in he can be found?? What’s the straight dope behind his lack of photographS? What are you talking about? Everybody with a paid subscription gets an autographed pic of him. I thought it was common knowledge. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/7 "2010-02-16T03:01:27Z")
Vampire. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/8 "2010-02-16T07:12:56Z")
You can see him in our picture gallery. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/9 "2010-02-16T08:11:44Z")
> [@flunkycarter](#): > > Ok i don’t have one… but is it REALLY true that no one has one?? > > Also… i mean doesn’t this dude work at a newspaper and if he works at one he has to go in right? And if he goes in he can be found?? What’s the straight dope behind his lack of photographS? Cecil doesn’t really work AT the Chicago Reader. People used to write in questions, the CR delivered them to a drop box, Cecil picked them up, answered the ones that he found interesting and/or amusing, especially if he could insult the asker in some way, and got them back to the Reader, using another anonymous drop box. He was paid off with shoeboxes of small unmarked bills, also delived to the drop box. Nowadays, with email and electronic fund transfer, it’s even more anonymous. The folks at the Reader are grateful for these technological advances, as they don’t have to physically touch the paper that the answers are on. I’m given to understand that Cecil used to use the answers as lining for his canary cage before he sent them on to the Reader. Cecil doesn’t respect authority very much. Since he no longer needs to check his drop box(es), I don’t know if he EVER leaves his house…or wherever he lives. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/10 "2010-02-16T18:44:35Z")
> [@flunkycarter](#): > > OAlso… i mean doesn’t this dude work at a newspaper and if he works at one he has to go in right? I’ve written for dozens of newspapers and magazines, and never visited the majority of them in person. I wrote a column for one newspaper for years without ever meeting a single person who worked there. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/11 "2010-02-16T18:51:05Z")
Meh, I had lunch with him yesterday. He’s actually quite boring in person. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/12 "2010-02-17T01:57:22Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > You can see him in our picture gallery. And I’ve wondered where that picture came from. I mean, it looks like Slug drew it, since Cecil won’t let himself be photographed, but that’s all I know. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/13 "2010-02-17T04:26:59Z")
[A picture of Cecil](http://www.alivingdog.com/icons/Beany.JPG)😉 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/14 "2010-02-17T08:06:02Z")
No no, here’s [Cecil](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Ff4wiki.PNG). Right-hand side, second from the top. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/15 "2010-02-27T11:41:08Z")
He was [photographed at a Bears game](http://www.tsirrell.com/assets_d/439/portfolio_media/kfc-findcolonel_adv_126_big.jpg) once. He’s sitting two seats to Waldo’s left. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/16 "2010-02-28T06:45:22Z")
He was at the [presidential inauguration](http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c), too. You can see him if you zoom in. He’s kind of near the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-of-cecil/528844/17 "2010-02-28T13:02:35Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > He was at the [presidential inauguration](http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c), too. You can see him if you zoom in. He’s kind of near the middle. I like his jaunty hat!