# The Straight dope: by Cecil Adams **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690 "2003-01-24T20:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/21 "2003-01-25T02:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Um … maybe it’s just me, but does anyone here know exactly what this message board is about? \*\* Oh pish posh, Euty!! Feels nice to be part of something big, no **8ball**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/22 "2003-01-25T04:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eats\_Crayons \* > \*\*\ > > A while back, someone posted a thread along the lines of “Do you have a Straight Dope twin?” Or kindred spirit, or some such title. Now after several weeks of arriving to thread and getting ready to post to see that Meatros has already posted my exact thoughts, I have come to the conclusion that we were separated at birth. > > It’s now undeniable. Incontrovertable. Every thought I’ve had has passed through Meatros’s mind. Every post he’s made has passed through my consciousness as well… > > _sniff_ Brother! > > If you ever need a kidney… just ask… > > \ \*\* Ah ha! That explains it! You see I have an evil twin in real life, and I’ve always wondered…is he my real twin? The answer is NO, you in fact are :D. Here’s the way I figure it, when consciousness was being handed out, and we were all waiting in line to get into our bodies, you had to stop off at the bathroom. Whilest you were there, the evil spirit that enhabits my brother’s shell siezed upon that moment and jumped into my twin’s (your) body. In order to rule the world and set up an evil dictatorship obviously. You got out of the bathroom and discovered, :eek: , to your horror that your body had been “snatched”. So you took the nearest body to you and embarked on the noble mission of defeating evil and bringing peace and love to the universe. I will need that kidney! We need to get working on clones, pronto. We’ll need an army to stop my maniacal evil psuedobrother’s wicked plans… Right about now I’m thinking you think I’m nuts… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/23 "2003-01-25T12:44:00Z")
I’ve read them all. I’ve bought them all, new, so that the vast SD corporate empire will be able to use my funds for further assist their goals of intellectual edification. And world domination. Can’t forget the world domination. 😃 Wait… “Know it all?” Never heard of it! :eek: There’s another “new” Cecil book for me to read? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/24 "2003-01-25T15:44:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meatros \* > \*\*Here’s the way I figure it, when consciousness was being handed out, and we were all waiting in line to get into our bodies, you had to stop off at the bathroom. Whilest you were there, the evil spirit that enhabits my brother’s shell siezed upon that moment and jumped into my twin’s (your) body. In order to rule the world and set up an evil dictatorship obviously. > \*\* Damn, my weak bladder! I miss the best parts in movies too. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/25 "2003-01-25T15:51:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnT \* > \*\* > Wait… “Know it all?” Never heard of it! :eek: There’s another “new” Cecil book for me to read? 😃 \*\* It’s a kids version of the SD, written by the illustrious Ed Zotti. Cecil says Ed’s writing to his level. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Magic8ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Miss\_Magic8ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Magic8ball)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690/26 "2003-01-26T00:46:46Z")
Well, I haven’t really read much of it yet, you know, the whole having a job thing… and the reason I’m making a big deal about this is the fact that MY school library would have such a good book. I mean, they only have THREE Nora Roberts books! 2 Peirs Anthony! 4 Mauve Binchy! No DIana Gabaldon, Terry Brooks, Or Terry goodkind! They don’t have I, Claudius, umberto eco, Chaucer, only one Bronte… The only things they have pretty much are Tolkein and books on teen pregnancy, stds, depression… that sorta thing. So THATS why I made such a big deal about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-by-cecil-adams/150690.md?page=1)