# This is Disturbing.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 30, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813 "2005-04-30T01:38:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/1 "2005-04-30T01:38:25Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_213.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_213.html)  
As I read The mention of the inflatable Dino the dinosaur being all Cecil has received, My odd long term memory twitched. Hey, he’s mentioned that, and It wasn’t a Dino, it was a promo from some gas station, wasn’t it? I remember his describing the Kelley green color, and picturing the logo. But I couldn’t locate the original reference, so I was letting it go, when I read the mention of his 13 years of service. 13 years? 2005 - 1973 = 22.

I guess it’s an open secret Cecil’s not doing the columns anymore.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/2 "2005-04-30T01:45:50Z")

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Dude, check the date on the column. It was written in 1986. 1986 - 1973 = 13.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/3 "2005-04-30T01:47:38Z")

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Also, I believe you are confusing the Dino the Dinosaur reference with the reference to the Sinclair dinosaur that Cecil had as a child and found “oddly charming”, in [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_010.html).

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**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/4 "2005-04-30T01:55:09Z")

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Yer right. Never mind me.

I’ll be standing over here with a sign around my neck, that says.

**Laugh and Point at the Idiot**

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/5 "2005-04-30T02:24:49Z")

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The Sinclair dinosaur _was_ named “Dino”, anyway.

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/6 "2005-04-30T02:52:34Z")

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> [@The Sonoran Lizard King](#):
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> **Laugh and Point at the Idiot**

I want this for my custom title!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-disturbing/301813/7 "2005-05-02T21:37:33Z")

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> [@The Sonoran Lizard King](#):
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> **Laugh and Point at the Idiot**

Only five bucks!