# the Almighty One

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 8, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829 "2000-03-08T08:33:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829/1 "2000-03-08T08:33:00Z")

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At the end of one of his columns, why is Cecil’s name in all caps?

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829/2 "2000-03-08T08:46:00Z")

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Because Cecil is really an android.  
CECIL is an acronym for Cyber Electronic Computational Intelligent Lifeform.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829/3 "2000-03-08T20:38:00Z")

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Because he’s screaming it at you to make sure you remember. CECIL!!!

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**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:** [March 9, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829/4 "2000-03-09T01:51:00Z")

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His celestial voice cannot help booming out in all it’s glory. The illusion of mere humanity cannot be sustained. 🙂

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Bad manners? How should I know? I was raised by wolves.

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**Author:** ![ASPA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@ASPA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASPA)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-almighty-one/8829/5 "2000-03-20T03:48:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Babar714:  
> \*\*At the end of one of his columns, why is Cecil’s name in all caps? \*\*