[QUOTE=mr. jp]
And we cannot even find out whether the guy who writes the SD is real or not!
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Oh, that guy is as real as Jeanne Phillips.
[QUOTE=mr. jp]
Argh. This is the SDMB, the board of fighting ignorance and all that. And we cannot even find out whether the guy who writes the SD is real or not! wtf!
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Certainly he’s real. He does write the columns after all. They don’t write themselves.
Cecil should not be thought of as a person per se, but rather a force of nature.
In a more worldly plane, the introduction of The Straight Dope: A Compendium of Human Knowlege (1984), states that Ed Zotti became Cecil’s editor in 1978. Previous holders of that post were Dave Kehr and Mike Lenehan. The book is dedicated to (among others), “Mike, Dave and Ed, who slaved over my copy as if it were their own.”
[QUOTE=Chronos]
The text in the trademark document leaves open the possibility of multiple people writing under the “Cecil Adams” name. It does not necessarily imply that they do so at the same time: It could be that one single person has replaced another single person in the role. It could even be, based on that document, that only one person has ever used the name, thus far, and the Reader just wants to leave it open to the possibility that someone else may someday replace that person.
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So, you’re saying he’s the dread pirate Roberts??
[QUOTE=samclem]
Online, I’m a moderator. In real life, I’m a goat who is a lawyer. Prove it otherwise.
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The American Bar Association does not administer bar exams to goats.
Reptiles are another matter.
Cecil posts, therefore he is. Unless he’s a sock puppet. But sock puppets are not allowed here, so Cecil must be. Quod erat demonstratum.