Slate references Cecil.

[silenus]

The column in question.

The Slate piece.

Did Vikings really wear horned helmet?

[Ed_Zotti]

Cecil can take no credit - the exemplary piece in question was the work of bibliophage. I’m interested to see, though, that the Examiner people think of Cecil as their “arch-nemesis.” I’m not aware that the Master has had any run-ins with the Examiner, and wonder what leads them to think of him in this light.

[Fear_Itself]

Professional jealosy?

[Skammer]

Check out this Slate article from 2009: What Is the Most Disloyal Dog Breed?

@The Explainer

More than 30,000 votes came in by the time the polls had closed. Many of our astute readers also wrote in to say that some of the questions on the list had been answered elsewhere. Indeed, our top vote-getter—Why do cockroaches flip over on their backsides when they die?—was explained 25 years ago by **the Explainer’s arch-nemesis, Cecil Adams. **

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

Sounds to me like a high compliment, snarkily made–and would Cecil have it any other way?

[Floater]

An archaeologist friend once said “I’m sad to say it but apparently there is one find of a horned helmet in a viking age grave”.

[Irishman]

Seems to me the Explainer (not Examiner) is Slate magazine’s “answers” column. Cecil has a prodigious “answers” column, and many of the questions that Slate answers get comments “The Straight Dope answered this already.”

Curses!

[C_K_Dexter_Haven]

Moved from CoCC to CoSR… Congrats, Bib!

[Oakminster]

@Ed_Zotti

Cecil can take no credit - the exemplary piece in question was the work of bibliophage. I’m interested to see, though, that the Examiner people think of Cecil as their “arch-nemesis.” I’m not aware that the Master has had any run-ins with the Examiner, and wonder what leads them to think of him in this light.

I think it’s probably the secret lair, costume w/cape, mini-Cecil, and hot assistant dressed like Catwoman.