# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/101 "2001-11-28T20:31:39Z")
::bows before the Perfect Master:: ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/102 "2001-11-28T20:33:33Z")
Holy Batman!! You did it! You actually were acknowledged by the Great One. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/103 "2001-11-28T20:34:47Z")
Esprix, Esprix! Wake up! Jeez Cecil you knocked him out cold… Now he’s probably got amnesia and won’t remember this at all. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/104 "2001-11-28T20:37:53Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Cecil Adams** _ > > Yo, Esprix. > > Happy? :eek: _ **HOLY FLIRKING SCHNIT!** _ [sub](It worked!)[/sub] :eek: _{swoons, loses consciousness}_ Esprix ---
**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:** [November 28, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/105 "2001-11-28T20:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Kaotic Newtral** _ > > Esprix, Esprix! Wake up! Jeez Cecil you knocked him out cold… Now he’s probably got amnesia and won’t remember this at all. Fuck that - time to change my sig! 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Grimace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@Grimace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grimace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/106 "2001-11-28T20:49:08Z")
\ We’re not worthy…We’re not worthy! So, I wonder what it was that finally lured The Master in here? ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/107 "2001-11-28T20:54:46Z")
Such a sycophant! ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/108 "2001-11-28T21:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*Such a sycophant! \*\* I was thinking more along the lines of a suck ass. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/109 "2001-11-28T21:12:21Z")
the classy send-off. Bottom line’s the same, though. ---
**Author:** ![Seraphim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Seraphim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seraphim)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/110 "2001-11-28T21:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > \*\*Yo, Esprix. > > Happy? \*\* Huh, this coming after I [said](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60371) that only cold, hard cash would be good enough to garner his attention. Well, guess I won’t be needing this tribute anymore. **:Sticks wad of bills back into overcoat, shuffles off:** ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/111 "2001-11-28T21:33:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Esprix_ > **Fuck that - time to change my sig!** Well, I always thought it would take an Act of God to get Esprix to change his sig. Turns out we had to bring out the **really** big guns and make it an Act of Cecil. 😃 [sub][sup]I’m so jealous…can I touch you?[/sub][/sup] ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/112 "2001-11-28T21:36:27Z")
I’ve got a tortilla with Cecil’s image on it. If anyone wants to see it, I’ll show it to ya for a buck. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/113 "2001-11-28T21:39:05Z")
In regard to the OP: _I_ sure don’t know. Hmm. Maybe The Perfect Master himself would tell us. Just an idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/114 "2001-11-28T22:03:30Z")
Yeah, **Esprix** , definitely time to change the sig. “Evidently, I rock. Wassap [**url=“[http://thisthread.php](http://thisthread.php)”]Cecil.[**/url]” Heh. I would congratulate you except for this excessive jealously thing I’ve got going on now. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/115 "2001-11-28T22:36:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **HerMajestyLorna** _ > > In regard to the OP: > > _I_ sure don’t know. Hmm. Maybe The Perfect Master himself would tell us. > > Just an idea. > > 🙂 Um, [He already did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1865495#post1865495), **Lorna**. (Or were you just joshin’?) Esprix ---
**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:** [November 29, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/116 "2001-11-29T00:50:21Z")
I _am_ torn! Half _of_ me _is_ happy _for_ my _pal_ **Esprix**. The _other_ half is _psycho-jealous_! I shall indulge both sides, in order to exorcise my inner _demons_ Hey **Esprix!** , congratualations _you punk_! I was tryin’ to get a **Cecil** hello too _and he ignored me! ME!_ but if I wasn’t gonna get welcomed, _why was it you? It shoulda been me!_, I’m glad it was you. You deserved it, buddy! _I’ll tell you what you deserved you smug…_ There. Now I feel all better. :: looks at the Teeming Millions staring at him, aghast :: What? Fenris Note for the humor impaired: I’m kidding. Congrats, **Esprix!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/117 "2001-11-29T00:59:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > \*\*Yo, Esprix. > > Happy? \*\* You BASTARD!!! What the hell does a frog have to do?! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/118 "2001-11-29T01:41:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > > \*\*Yo, Esprix. > > > > Happy? \*\* > > You BASTARD!!! What the hell does a frog have to do?! \*\* You dare to question The Master’s judgement! Fie on thee! Fie I say! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/119 "2001-11-29T04:32:58Z")
Yay, **Esprix**. His [response](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100589) to _me_ was so cryptic that I’m obliged to fast for three weeks and meditate on it. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/120 "2001-11-29T05:07:14Z")
I see that trying to help him out with the Hittite doesn’t do the trick. Shoot. So, **Esprix** , what flavor of chocolate did you mail him? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015.md?page=7)