# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 8
**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 25, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/141 "2002-11-25T08:21:32Z")
WTF? 😕 Esprix ---
**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:** [November 25, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/142 "2002-11-25T13:27:55Z")
Hazards of searching on ‘Cecil Adams’ as a username, I betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/143 "2002-11-25T14:34:42Z")
I’m not even sure if Cecil is real, anymore… I mean sure, he has his columns, but a monkey could do that!(well, a very VERY VERY intelligent monkey, but primate nonetheless.) Or maybe its some other guy thats impersinating him. I’ve confuzzled myself. Oh dear. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/144 "2003-04-09T15:37:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > > \*\*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. \*\* Nothing else need to add – just thought we should all read it again. Thanks, Cap’n! ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015/145 "2003-04-09T21:30:44Z")
Wow, can I touch you, Esprix? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-does-it-take-to-be-welcomed-by-cecil/85015.md?page=7)