# Restricting Cecil's Column?!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372 "2001-04-01T14:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/1 "2001-04-01T14:14:44Z")
I got word today that my local paper would no longer be publishing The Straight Dope! When I called the editor, he said the Chicago Reader was limiting publication of the column to only five American papers. What papers will he now be appearing in, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/2 "2001-04-01T14:16:27Z")
April Fool? ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/3 "2001-04-01T14:52:16Z")
Maybe one of them will be _High Times_. Probably the Reader wants to limit its liability for druggie stuff that Cecil writes like this detailed recipe for marijuana brownies that you can try at home! Go ahead! [Edited by Eutychus55 on 04-01-2001 at 10:16 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/4 "2001-04-01T15:07:32Z")
And lest I be accused of merely stirring up trouble–I’m serious, maybe that _is_ the reason. The Reader doesn’t seem to be an ideal ground for fostering the free spirit of Cecil, based on what I’ve heard secondhand on these message boards. ---
**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 1, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/5 "2001-04-01T15:15:38Z")
According [The Straight Dope FAQ](http://www.straightdope.com/otheroutlets/newspapers.html) (not to be confused with the SDMB FAQ), the column appears in 34 papers around the country. The page was last updated on 2/9/2001, so I’m curious if your paper is listed, **Chief**. The page also suggests that if no newpaper in your area carries The Straight Dope that you should pester the editor of your local alternative paper. I can’t imagine why the _Reader_ would want to limit the column to five newspapers. The liability reason doesn’t make sense to me. If they really wanted to limit liability, they wouldn’t distribute the ones they were concerned about. In any case, I’m not even sure that the _Reader_ would be liable. After all, each paper has the choice of what to publish. ---
**Author:** ![Zarathustra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/898d66/32.png) [@Zarathustra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zarathustra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/6 "2001-04-01T15:38:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zarathustra \* > \*\*[Edited by Eutychus55 on 04-01-2001 at 10:16 AM] \*\* Wow. Maybe I was on to something. \ ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/7 "2001-04-01T20:59:04Z")
This was just a lame attempt at an April Fool’s joke. What with the link provided and another of **Zarathustra** ’s threads locked, I’d just as soon have the mods lock this 'un too. If you please? ---
**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 1, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricting-cecils-column/60372/8 "2001-04-01T21:17:59Z")
grrr…stupid April Fools Day…grumble, grumble… Just for that, **Chief** – 😛