I think Cecil is Una. All the times he said Una was performing an experiment was just a ruse to throw us off the scent.
Why doesn’t he post here anymore? He used to do it fairly often. I used to get a kick out of the title under his name “Supreme Master” or something.
Fortunately his family is still getting the royalties from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Cecil Adams spelled backwards is Licec Smada.
Reverse the order and you have Smada Licec.
Smada Licec is Bulgarian slang for “well-hung genius”.
Rumor has it that there is an Eastern European restaurant on North Clark Street in Chicago and, at the back table, there is a regular - a strange man who likes pie and pontificates on many subjects. He is revered, but he also known to expose himself to unsuspecting patrons and cackle, “Hello Opal!”
There’s a space in my memory. No, I don’t like to talk about it, and yet, I must. On the darkest of days, with the sun setting as if blood were dripping across the horizon, I recall the horrific walks down those ancient Chicago streets, ostensibly to get to Oak Park for a parky’s, but somehow losing my way, seeing the faces fill the windows… Horrible, degenerate faces.
And I wake at night screaming now. There’s a missing hour. All I recall is the beginning, and I know that the fates have been merciful by devouring the remaining vestiges of memory.
I saw the face of Cecil. And now I know that… No wait, the sound at the door! I—
He’s a bad mother$%#@*!
Cecil Adams is Cecil Adams! Duh!
…or maybe he is a zombie.
Wikipedia says this about another famous person.
“… a cultural icon, is a brand name and trademark. . . The name was first developed. . . as a way to give a personalized response to. . . questions. The name. . . was selected because it was viewed as a cheery, all-American name.”
So it’s obvious. Cecil is Betty Crocker.
Cecil Adams is a being of pure reason who dwells in the heart of a super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Or he’s some dude in Chicago. Same thing, really.
Considering all the threads he is getting around here lately, I suspect Cecil Adams is really Charlie Sheen