# Shame on you, Cecil!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 13, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837 "2001-01-13T08:18:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Origato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b2d939/32.png) [@Origato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Origato)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837/1 "2001-01-13T08:18:08Z")

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Letting that guy think it was ‘flatulence’, not ‘flagellants’!

You never quite made that clear in the column…

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837/2 "2001-01-13T14:31:36Z")

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I wondered about that myself, but I figured this–

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> A lot of people might think you were talking about the flagellants…

–and this–

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> It’s all pretty bizarre, and one can’t help but think your idea about the flatulents is a superior alternative.

–counted as tactful hints, rather than simply beating the guy over the head for being a dumbass. It also gives Cecil a nifty starting point for a fabulous riff in his closing paragraph.

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010112.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010112.html)

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**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:** [January 13, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837/3 "2001-01-13T18:25:59Z")

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837/4 "2001-01-13T21:40:36Z")

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Interestingly enough, another guy wrote in to Cecil asking why it smelled worse when you flagellated underwater in the tub. - Jill

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-you-cecil/49837/5 "2001-01-13T22:21:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JillGat \*  
> \*\*Interestingly enough, another guy wrote in to Cecil asking why it smelled worse when you flagellated underwater in the tub. - Jill \*\*

I am researching this one, **Jill**. Damn near drowned last night.