# Unca Cecil **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212 "2007-07-10T15:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/1 "2007-07-10T15:54:04Z")
Has He ever appeared in any of the forums? If not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![sweeteviljesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/2 "2007-07-10T16:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Has He ever appeared in any of the forums? If not, why not? [/QUOTE] Try searching for his name. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/3 "2007-07-10T16:16:36Z")
The Perfect Master has posted 142 times on the Boards, most recently on 16 April of this year. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/4 "2007-07-10T16:44:05Z")
I don’t understand why people complain about the search function. Nobody uses it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/5 "2007-07-10T16:49:37Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=Cecil+Adams](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=Cecil+Adams) Click on “Find all posts by Cecil Adams” Voilà ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/6 "2007-07-10T17:05:29Z")
Less than 150 posts and only 1 thread started by him. Hardly a prolific poster. Also you’d reasonably expect him to pop in from time to time even just to say “Hi you miserable cretins”…or summink. After all we are the ones that keep giving him our hard earned dosh, what’s he do all the time? count it? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/7 "2007-07-10T17:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] After all we are the ones that keep giving him our hard earned dosh, what’s he do all the time? count it? [/QUOTE] He has people for that. Hi, Ed. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/8 "2007-07-10T17:50:03Z")
So he’s lazy as well ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/9 "2007-07-10T20:22:26Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Less than 150 posts and only 1 thread started by him. Hardly a prolific poster. Also you’d reasonably expect him to pop in from time to time even just to say “Hi you miserable cretins”…or summink. After all we are the ones that keep giving him our hard earned dosh, what’s he do all the time? count it? [/QUOTE] The image of Cecil Adams cavorting in his Money Bin a la Scrooge McDuck is an appealing one! :eek: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/10 "2007-07-10T20:25:02Z")
Cecil’s busy on a treadmill somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/11 "2007-07-10T20:49:04Z")
Why “unca”? Is baby talk in? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/12 "2007-07-10T20:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] Cecil’s busy on a treadmill somewhere. [/QUOTE] If he spread his arms would he fly? ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/13 "2007-07-10T20:50:41Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Why “unca”? Is baby talk in? [/QUOTE] Because we’re all children when compared to him. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/14 "2007-07-10T21:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Why “unca”? Is baby talk in? [/QUOTE] Because he frequently refers to himself in that manner. A small sampling: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_040.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_040.html) [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_064b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_064b.html) [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_079.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_079.html) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/15 "2007-07-10T22:16:36Z")
Anybody who’s a fan of Carl Barks is alright with me. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/16 "2007-07-10T23:18:07Z")
Moved to About This Message Board. **Gfactor** , General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/17 "2007-07-10T23:24:34Z")
So who the heck is **Jezebel** , and why should we revere her? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/18 "2007-07-10T23:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] The image of Cecil Adams cavorting in his Money Bin a la Scrooge McDuck is an appealing one! :eek: :dubious: [/QUOTE] I’ve never quite been able to understand animation – is McDuck, and by extension \*\*Cecil \*\* nekkid while he’s cavorting, and is **Iampuhna** (sp.?) with him? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/19 "2007-07-11T01:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I’ve never quite been able to understand animation – is McDuck, and by extension \*\*Cecil \*\* nekkid while he’s cavorting, and is **Iampuhna** (sp.?) with him? [/QUOTE] I don’t quite get the question, but I can say that in the comic books Scrooge is never naked when swimming in his money bin. Why should he be? Few people swim naked in water, either. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212/20 "2007-07-11T08:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] I don’t quite get the question, but I can say that in the comic books Scrooge is never naked when swimming in his money bin. Why should he be? Few people swim naked in water, either. [/QUOTE] Not naked, but close to it, I think – doesn’t Scrooge, like Donald, go bottomless? I am reminded of an old cartoon – from MAD magazine, I think – in which Donald duck rants to Daisy about how great figures from science and history had been ridiculed as he has been ridiculed: “Why am I not compared to these men of vision?” “For one thing, none of them was a talking duck walking around bare-assed in a sailor suit.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unca-cecil/411212.md?page=2)