# Pitting Cecil Adams - the putz! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318 "2003-12-01T19:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/21 "2003-12-01T19:55:47Z")
Volcano? IO thought it was an hourglass Like the Sands of an hourglass, these are the days of our lives… ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/22 "2003-12-01T19:57:29Z")
**Ilsa** , don’t be dense. Yes, Cecil is Ed Zotti (prove me wrong:)). But it is fun to have a mythical icon of smart-ass enlightenment. Your next mission: give those phonies at [www.northpole.com](http://www.northpole.com) what-for. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/23 "2003-12-01T19:58:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > \*\*No one undercuts me! Plus **SkipMagic** ’s not a reliable source. **CITE** \*\* Geez, I didn’t think _anyone_ still had that cite handy. **Tars** wins–I’ve been unmasked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/24 "2003-12-01T19:59:10Z")
Then why does C.K. Dexter Haven steadfastly insist that he is a real person who enjoys these threads? ---
**Author:** ![\_possum\_stalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b77776/32.png) [@\_possum\_stalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_possum_stalker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/25 "2003-12-01T20:02:23Z")
He is a real person: _Ed Zotti._ I’m going to my bunker now in case the faithful start swarming. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/26 "2003-12-01T20:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*Then why does C.K. Dexter Haven steadfastly insist that he is a real person who enjoys these threads? \*\* What do you think the C stands for? It actually stands for Chewbacca! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/27 "2003-12-01T20:19:01Z")
Has Ed always been Cecil? Why can’t we get a straight answer? This _is_ the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/28 "2003-12-01T20:19:34Z")
Is this supposed to be a parody thread or something? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/29 "2003-12-01T20:21:08Z")
Nope. I want a straight anser. Yeah, let me guess, I’m a fucking moron… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/30 "2003-12-01T20:26:33Z")
Ans_w_er, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/31 "2003-12-01T20:34:21Z")
Train wreck in Forum 5! ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/32 "2003-12-01T20:39:12Z")
Ahh, come on Michael. It’s not a trainwreck _Yet_! All I wanna know is whether or not Cecil Adams is a real man. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/33 "2003-12-01T20:40:29Z")
Cecil Adams is real; it’s Slug Sigorino who’s a fake. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/34 "2003-12-01T20:46:08Z")
I always thought he was a phony.😃 ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/35 "2003-12-01T20:51:49Z")
If there were no Cecil Adams, men would invent one. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/36 "2003-12-01T20:55:03Z")
Fuckin’ MORONS!! Just Ask Marilyn! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/37 "2003-12-01T20:59:30Z")
Pitting Cecil Himself? Wow, that’s got to be one of the better ways to get attention around here. I like the volcano. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/38 "2003-12-01T21:13:28Z")
Why are you boneheads arguing with **Ilsa**? He’s not REAL! Bubba Shut up! I’m not talking to YOU. I’m talking to that wooden guy sitting on your leg. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/39 "2003-12-01T21:19:39Z")
I have met the person who created the Cecil persona. That person is real; Cecil is not. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318/40 "2003-12-01T21:21:18Z")
Ilsa, I implore you to stop now before you disappear under mysterious circumstances only to reappear to our master as a talking fish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-cecil-adams-the-putz/216318.md?page=3)