# So what does it take to be welcomed by Cecil? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015 "2001-10-02T18:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/61 "2001-10-03T13:56:37Z")
Well, if money is all that Cecil loves then that’s what he’ll receive. I’ll up the Ante to **TWO** sets of SD books AND a coffee mug! And I’ll give them out to people for Christmas. Not whole sets. I’ll give each person one so they’ll be forced to purchase the rest of the set. Bang! Cecil gets like, what? 40 new books sold. And all because of me. And I’ll throw in some local Raspberry wine. Just tell me who to ship it to. So how 'bout it? You can come to the Dope-A-Ween, too! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/62 "2001-10-03T14:09:46Z")
A Cecil-shaped beacon at the Castle Anthrax! And I’ll bet you regularly light it to mislead the occasional wandering knight on the Quest for the Holy Cecil. You _deserve_ that spanking, **zoot**! 🙂 [sub]OK, now that I’m here, where are the eightscore young blondes and brunettes between the ages of sixteen and nineteen and a half?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/63 "2001-10-03T15:15:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*A Cecil-shaped beacon at the Castle Anthrax! > > And I’ll bet you regularly light it to mislead the occasional wandering knight on the Quest for the Holy Cecil. > > You _deserve_ that spanking, **zoot**! 🙂 > > [sub]OK, now that I’m here, where are the eightscore young blondes and brunettes between the ages of sixteen and nineteen and a half?[/sub] \*\* no, that is my identical twin sister, dingo. no, wait, that is me. oh, bad, naughty, wicked, evil me!! as to the young blondes and brunettes, they’re busy right now. where do you think all that exciting underwear at victoria’s secret really comes from? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/64 "2001-10-03T15:39:25Z")
From the [lame columns](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=763574#post763574) thread: > [@](#): > > Know that I love and cherish you all, even the most repulsive and icky among you. (Except RTFirefly. Even I got limits.) So there he was on his Cecil Balcony, blessing us all, and yet still we whine, still we teem, we millions. We seethe, we boil, we ruminate and pontificate. We’re a cottage industry, practically! You’d think he’d be on his knees, thanking _us_! ::looking up, cowering, waiting for the lightning bolt:: ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/65 "2001-10-03T16:39:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen \* > \*\*From the [lame columns](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=763574#post763574) thread: > > > [@](#): > > > > Know that I love and cherish you all, even the most repulsive and icky among you. (Except RTFirefly. Even I got limits.) > > So there he was on his Cecil Balcony, blessing us all, and yet still we whine, still we teem, we millions. We seethe, we boil, we ruminate and pontificate. We’re a cottage industry, practically! You’d think he’d be on his knees, thanking _us_! > > ::looking up, cowering, waiting for the lightning bolt:: \*\* Hmm, somehow “One of the 17,964(current registered member count minus RTFirefly) loved and cherished by Cecil Adams” doesn’t have the same ring to it. 🙂 Steven ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/66 "2001-10-03T16:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mtgman \* > Hmm, somehow “One of the 17,964(current registered member count minus RTFirefly) loved and cherished by Cecil Adams” doesn’t have the same ring to it. 🙂 That’s why it’s more fun to be the exception! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/67 "2001-10-03T17:26:59Z")
Oh, you wusses! Buck it up. Are you here for the glory? For the medals? For Cecil-greetings? Then you can go home right now. Listen close, fighting ignorance isn’t one of your “glamor” jobs. You get your hands dirty. It’s messy. Mankind isn’t going to thank you for letting them know that a pig has a corkscrew penis. You’re going to be laughed at, mocked, called names. You’re going to go up against people who think they know the third -gry word, against people who are afraid of an e-mail tax, and against people who don’t know the difference between the Judean Popular Front and the Popular Front of Judea, and if you’re lucky, you’ll educate one person, who won’t realize it till after you’re dead. You want to sell out for fame, go to the Ann Landers Message Board, but if you’re willing to go to the trenches against ignorance, then say proudly, I AM a doper! And that’s the reward you’ll get. That ability to say that and mean it. The pride in knowing you’re doing this. If that’s not enough, I’m sorry, but that is why we fight, and that is why we’ll keep on fighting. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/68 "2001-10-03T21:14:33Z")
I got the answer, send him some nude pictures of yourself.😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/69 "2001-10-03T21:23:06Z")
Of course there is a Cecil. He attended one of the Dopefests a couple of years back. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/70 "2001-10-03T21:29:50Z")
I have been watching this thread with increasing intrest. Cecil has to stop by. He just _has to_. Come on Uncle Cece . . . make like Moses and come down from the mountain. I promise - no golden cows, I mean in less you like that sort of thing. Show your face. Touch the masses. Mass touching is fun. _Please ?_ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/71 "2001-10-03T23:19:50Z")
By God, **Captain Amazing** , you’re right! _ **I AM A DOPER!** _ [sub]Now do you think maybe he’ll welcome me? :D[/sub] Esprix ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/72 "2001-10-04T22:56:59Z")
Dammit, I refuse to give up this easily. Anything worth doing is worth doing til the end ! _Or something_. **Bump** ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/73 "2001-10-04T23:37:34Z")
_ **Ce-cil! Ce-cil! Ce-cil!** _ Esprix ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/74 "2001-10-05T00:17:52Z")
Ha, I say! **Esprix** has as much chance of being personally welcomed by Cecil as _I_ do! …well? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/75 "2001-10-05T02:27:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anniz \* > \*\*I got the answer, > send him some nude pictures of yourself.😉 \*\* of MYself? Um…trust me. That _wouldn’t_ help lure him to this thread. I got threatened in a mean, yet jovial manner by Ed, in a pit-thread, no less and that’s nothing to sneeze at of course. But somehow…somehow, as much as I respect Ed for his dedication to duty and putting up with Cecil’s eccentric genius, getting noticed by Ed, while waiting for Cecil is like waiting for Mickey Mantle but getting Joe Shlabotnik instead. 😉 Hey, **Unca Cecil**! I’ll tell ya what: if you welcome me (and **Esprix** , since he started this thread), I _won’t_ send you naked pictures of myself. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/76 "2001-10-05T03:03:36Z")
Hot, wild, sweaty, uninterrupted jungle sex that lasts at least a whole weekend. ---
**Author:** ![rayniday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecc23a/32.png) [@rayniday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayniday)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/77 "2001-10-05T04:20:32Z")
Hmm… Well, I’m a doper. I’m fighting ignorance. So I can’t just _ignore_ a chance like this, can I? Although I highly doubt it’ll happen… ---
**Author:** ![Solomon7t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Solomon7t](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solomon7t)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/78 "2001-10-05T04:40:00Z")
If Cecil doesnt welcome Esprix, then ALL the dopers will send him self porn. Video if you have it, but photos will work. If everyone stands behind this plan it _has_ to work. So everyone get those images ready! ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/79 "2001-10-05T04:48:37Z")
[self-deprecating whine, not to be taken **too** seriously] Hell, I’d like to know what it takes to get welcomed by [anyone](http://boards.straightdope.com//sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=78020)! Sig test, my Aunt Fanny. Huh. [/self-deprecating whine, not to be taken **too** seriously] Personally, I think a welcome from Unca Cece might alleviate a little of the pain. ::waits patiently, smiling and waving:: ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/80 "2001-10-05T08:02:26Z")
Ya mean I’ve got more posts than CECIL?!?! Good Grief! Does that make him a (GASP) NEWBIE!? :eek: I don’t expect to get noticed by the Great One until at least, oh, say, Post 5000. At the rate I’m going that should be sometime next month! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015.md?page=5)