# The creator of Phineas and Ferb wrote to Cecil?

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**Created:** [June 7, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creator-of-phineas-and-ferb-wrote-to-cecil/660388 "2013-06-07T15:49:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creator-of-phineas-and-ferb-wrote-to-cecil/660388/1 "2013-06-07T15:49:56Z")

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Completely mundane and pointless, but I thought I’d share.

I’m flipping through “The Straight Dope Tells All” last night and this is what I see on page 60:

“_I have burped, farted_ and _sneezed at the same time and I am still alive. -Dan Povenmire, Los Angeles_”

What!? THAT Dan Povenmire? Surely not! Must be another Dan Povenmire from LA. Surely there are hundreds of them.

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creator-of-phineas-and-ferb-wrote-to-cecil/660388/2 "2013-06-07T16:13:33Z")

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I still haven’t gotten around to asking [Kyle Gann](http://www.kylegann.com) if he’s the same guy from [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/731/whats-the-meaning-of-the-expression-thats-the-exception-that-proves-the-rule).

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**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creator-of-phineas-and-ferb-wrote-to-cecil/660388/3 "2013-06-07T16:22:11Z")

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Huh. I didn’t see anything in his resume to indicate living in Lewisburg, but I could have missed something.

Anyway, you’ve inspired me to check the archive. I didn’t think such a small follow-up would be there, but lo, I am mistaken:

> **[If you burp, fart, and sneeze at the same time, will you die?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342127/if-you-burp-fart-and-sneeze-at-the-same-time-will-you-die)**

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creator-of-phineas-and-ferb-wrote-to-cecil/660388/4 "2013-06-07T17:41:38Z")

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And you’ve inspired me to check Gann’s resume. Looks like a probable match - he was teaching at Bucknell in 1991.