# The Cecilanalytic thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111 "2001-01-15T07:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/1 "2001-01-15T07:06:26Z")
Lets take some time out to gather up everything we know about our mysterious leader and then, in our collective humble opinions, fill in the gaps šŸ˜ƒ First off, lets assume that he is in fact a real person (just to avoid people chiming in to say hes not real, thats bullshit.) Facts -Heā€™s been fighting ignorance since 1973. This would initially lead someone to believe that he is an older man but for some reason I picture him starting his official bout with ignorance at a pretty young age, 21 maybe. So I think heā€™s probably middle aged, upper 40ā€™s, lower 50ā€™s. And while weā€™re on the subject of 1973, whatā€™s the signifigance of that year? Is that the year that the Reader started publishing his columns or is that the first year he ever walked into a library? -No one has ever seen a picture of him. I think Iā€™ve got this oneā€¦If you were the smartest person in the world would you want pictures of you going around? Could you imagine walking down the street and being quizzed by every coffee-shop intellectual/trekkie that recognized your face? Cecil may know how many calories are in the average male ejaculation because he researched it but is he going to know the average annual rainfall in Zaire right off the top of his head? I doubt it. Ok it just got really late and I canā€™t think of anything else we know about him right now but I know I had thought of more stuff earlier so Iā€™ll be back in the morning to post it with a clear head. In the meantime, what do you think our fearless leader is really like? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/2 "2001-01-15T07:18:17Z")
He once drove cross country in the middle of summer to see if having the windows opened used more or less gas than using the air conditioner (they used the air condidtioner on the way back and compared gas mileage). he refers to ā€œweā€ when talking about this trip, but does not indicate who the other person(s) was. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/3 "2001-01-15T18:35:15Z")
I seem to remember references to a Mrs. Adamsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/4 "2001-01-15T18:38:33Z")
He lives (or used to) in the Chicago area, and Iā€™m pretty sure heā€™s mentioned both a wife and kid(s). ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/5 "2001-01-15T18:48:33Z")
I hear he shot a man in Reno, just to watch him dieā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cecilanalytic-thread/50111/6 "2001-01-20T07:26:13Z")
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