# Thanks Dex, you used my question! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 7, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-dex-you-used-my-question/107710 "2002-05-07T13:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DRomm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DRomm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRomm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-dex-you-used-my-question/107710/1 "2002-05-07T13:01:42Z")
Golly gosh willickers, after years of sending Cecil (and co.) questions, you finally used one! And gave a thorough exegesis of why we’ll never know the answer. In [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/maugcensus.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/maugcensus.html) , you tell me more than I knew before; though the question is basically unanswered, you explain why it can’t be, which is better than usual for Biblical research. Thanks Dex! I’m going to e-mail all my relatives (who have e-mail) that I’m even more world famous. Thanks to [Shockwave](http://www.visi.com/~romm) , a science fiction radio show now in its 23rd year, that dozens of people knew I was world famous. Now, thanks the The Straight Dope, _several_ dozens of people know I’m world famous! Previously, I was most famous for my interviews with Douglas Adams and Jesse Ventura. (You can hear the Ventura interview at [http://www.romm.org/audio](http://www.romm.org/audio) .) Now, another footnote gets added to my curriculum vita. Thanks again! On the other hand, you spelled my name wrong. There is no period on my middle name: David E Romm. Not a big deal (lots of people get it wrong), but I have high standards for this site. Anyway, good job on the research, and I will sleep better tonight knowing as much of the answer as possible. [fixed coding error in url – your humble TubaDiva]