# Weird Al mentions Cecil **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202 "2006-10-04T03:43:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/1 "2006-10-04T03:43:07Z")
Not only that, but he refers to him as his [friend](http://www.rocknworld.com/features/06/WeirdAlReaderview.shtml): > [@](#): > > Asked by asher: what would we do without you (or why do men have nipples)? > > According to my friend Cecil Adams, every human being gets a unique set of 23 pairs of chromosomes at conception. He then copied and pasted [the rest of the article](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_093.html). ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/2 "2006-10-04T07:17:49Z")
Okay, time to start a game of “Which Doper is Al?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/3 "2006-10-04T11:07:14Z")
Hmmm… which doper is Al… maybe this explains why “Bermuda” Shwartz returns my emails and actually remembers who I am each time. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/4 "2006-10-04T11:28:36Z")
I’d say whomever has the funniest, wittiest user name is probably Al. Hi Al! ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/5 "2006-10-04T12:03:56Z")
[QUOTE=ErinPuff] He then copied and pasted [the rest of the article](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_093.html). [/QUOTE] Does that make Al guilty of plagiarism? 🙂 If so, I don’t care. That’s too cool. Nice find, **Erinpuff**! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/6 "2006-10-04T12:04:50Z")
Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/7 "2006-10-04T12:31:33Z")
I have never seen Al and Cecil in the same room. Has anyone ever seen them in the same room? Jim 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/8 "2006-10-04T13:11:02Z")
[QUOTE=RumMunkey] I’d say whomever has the funniest, wittiest user name is probably Al. Hi Al! [/QUOTE] No, no - it’s not me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/9 "2006-10-04T14:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] No, no - it’s not me. 😉 [/QUOTE] aaaand nobody thought it _was_. 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/10 "2006-10-04T14:46:11Z")
I’m Weird Al! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/11 "2006-10-04T14:47:22Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] I’m Weird Al! [/QUOTE] …aaaand nobody thought it was. :rolleyes: 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/12 "2006-10-04T15:24:50Z")
I’m Weird Al, and so’s my sister! Susan (Al) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/13 "2006-10-04T15:29:44Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I have never seen Al and Cecil in the same room. Has anyone ever seen them in the same room? Jim 😉 [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Or Michael and Janet Jackson and Al and Cecil? BTW, _I’m_ Spartacus, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/14 "2006-10-04T15:34:24Z")
[QUOTE=susan\_foster] I’m Weird Al, and so’s my sister! Susan (Al) [/QUOTE] _Earlier that day …_ Pontius Pilate: Fwee Weiwd Al! Crowd: Ha hahahaha!!! PS: This _so_ proves I ain’t Al. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/15 "2006-10-04T15:42:35Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] BTW, _I’m_ Spartacus, dammit. [/QUOTE] Funny. I don’t see [Spartacus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elendil#House_of_Elendil) anywhere. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/16 "2006-10-04T15:43:50Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Hmmm. Or Michael and Janet Jackson and Al and Cecil? BTW, _I’m_ Spartacus, dammit. [/QUOTE] No!! I’m Spartacus…y’all 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/17 "2006-10-04T15:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=Knorf] I’m Weird Al! [/QUOTE] You may be weird, and you may be Al, but… ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/18 "2006-10-04T17:34:15Z")
Hi OpAl ! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/19 "2006-10-04T17:42:44Z")
You can call me Weird Al. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202/20 "2006-10-04T18:13:30Z")
I am Al Spartacus, plumber & Duncan yo-yo demonstrator. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-mentions-cecil/375202.md?page=2)