# Speaking of Cecil... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737 "2005-12-02T15:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/1 "2005-12-02T15:56:11Z")
I didn’t want to get into hijacking [NinjaChick’s thread here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347561) so this new. How many of us here have ever submitted a question to the great and mighty one? By question, I mean through the Reader e-mail, meant to be answered in the column? What was your question? Did it get used in a column? Did you frame the printed reply to show all who entered your home? A few years back I sent one, that got lost/ignored/laughed at, and never heard back. Lately, all my arcane searches for knowledge simply go into GQ, where I’ve never been let down. So come on, dish. What did you ask of the Master? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/2 "2005-12-02T15:57:12Z")
In retrospect, perhaps this should be in another forum. Mods, have at it if you agree. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/3 "2005-12-02T16:09:17Z")
umm, I got snarky about one of cecil’s columns. He pointed out a spelling mistake in the follow on answers to the column. So yep now I know how “weasel” is spelled. Still hasn’t taken me up on an offer of a beer. ---
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/4 "2005-12-02T16:32:14Z")
Back in 2000, a question of mine became a staff report. I asked why James Bond wanted his martini shaken, not stirred. In it, Manny of the SDSAB was kind enough to say, > [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Manny** : > This question captured the imagination of the SDSAB more than any since the great exploding mosquito dustup of 1997. High praise indeed! My loyalty to the Dope has been unquestioning ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/5 "2005-12-02T16:34:04Z")
I sent in a question about Madeline Murray O’Hair before it had been discovered that she was murdered. I think. No answer. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/6 "2005-12-02T16:42:05Z")
I asked Him once if He needed another Beer. But that’s not the sort of question you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/7 "2005-12-02T16:44:12Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I asked Him once if He needed another Beer. But that’s not the sort of question you’re looking for. No it isn’t. But if you’re buying… ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/8 "2005-12-02T17:04:35Z")
I had read a questionable account about the origin of the word “quiz” arising from a bar bet. I asked the master for confirmation and was pleasantly surprised when a minion e-mailed a link to the answer - the next day!!! I wasn’t a Doper then and I’ve deleted the e-mails, so I don’t recall which of the SDAB replied (wish I’d kept it so I could extend proper thanks here). I’ve since asked three other questions. Since I’ve no word yet - as a result of this thread - I have posted them to the SDMB. They are… [When is Christ coming back?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6856043#post6856043) [Did I kill a bunny?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6856062#post6856062) [French fry oil temperature](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6856072#post6856072) Dunno if I’ve now blown my shot at appearing in the column, but… ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/9 "2005-12-02T17:09:39Z")
Years ago, I asked a very specific question about an Rh-factor issue in my family that has caused some disagreement (specifically, I’m the only member in my immediate family with a negative Rh factor; my parents think it’s impossible). Never got an answer. I know I had looked at the archives first, but I didn’t think Cecil’s original piece on it answered my specific situation. Oh well. Maybe I was swapped at the hospital. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/10 "2005-12-02T19:40:51Z")
I asked if I would save money buy buyning gas really early in the morning when it’s cooler (I live in a semi-tropical area). The answer was yes, but not much. My next master plan to save money involves having my car inspected a month late every year. I figure I’ll save thirty bucks every 13 years or so. Go me! ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/11 "2005-12-02T20:05:50Z")
Oh yeah! Years ago…I think I even did it by snail mail, I asked a question about haircare products, specifically about many of them claiming to repair damage and split ends. My hairdresser informed me that that was not possible, that once you have a split end, that was that. You either had to cut it off above the split, or it would never come together. I wondered how the products could claim such a thing if it wasn’t true. That was 4 or 5 hairdressers ago…so a looong time. I even remember the title, **"Hair brained, or Hare brained?"** Got completely ignored. Never answered. That was before I was a doper, and even so, it doesn’t pop up in the archives. Haven’t had a question I thought worthy of Unca Cece or his minions since. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/12 "2005-12-02T21:33:02Z")
I’ve sent several over the years. Mostly I was directed to the message board. Once I got a nice answer complete answer, but it was never published. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/13 "2005-12-02T21:43:36Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > So come on, dish. What did you ask of the Master? I asked [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_307.html) question, via snail mail, and Cecil answered it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cecil/333737/14 "2005-12-03T00:08:09Z")
I’ve sent in several. \I got a rock.\ ☹