# When was the last time Cecil appeared on a post? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 28, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996 "2000-08-28T03:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/1 "2000-08-28T03:41:23Z")
I obviously don’t read every single post, but do read many of them. I’ve yet to see Cecil comment on anything since I’ve been here. When was the last time he’s done so? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/2 "2000-08-28T03:45:53Z")
5-12-200 in [Cecil is wrong](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23290). Did a search on “Cecil Adams” as the user name and there it all was in chronological order 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/3 "2000-08-28T04:08:59Z")
That’s over 3 months ago. Are our posts so boring that he won’t chime in every so often? ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/4 "2000-08-28T04:35:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jophiel \* > \*\*5-12-200 in [Cecil is wrong](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23290). Did a search on “Cecil Adams” as the user name and there it all was in chronological order 😉 \*\* Actually, that isn’t right. Cecil’s last post was on that day in question, but it was in THIS thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=449515#post449515](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=449515#post449515) (Note that Cecil’s post here was several hours later that same day). Searching on “Cecil Adams” will give you the threads he’s posted to, but the order in which they appear will be the last one replied (by anyone, not just the searchee) to first. It will NOT necessarily rank them by the order the searchee replied to them in. What you need to do is to go to any thread the target of your search replied to, find his or her post (any of them) and then click on the “profile” button. The window that opens will tell you the last post the person made. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/5 "2000-08-28T04:35:47Z")
It’s the longest he’s gone without posting since the dawn of the message boards. Frankly, some of us mortals are starting to get a little lonely down here. Ya hear that, Cecil? We need a little inspiration here… Please? Pretty please with sugar ([but not ketchup](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_095.html)) on top? It doesn’t even have to be this thread. ---
**Author:** ![schief2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@schief2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schief2)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/6 "2000-08-28T04:39:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jophiel \* > \*\*5-12-200 in [Cecil is wrong](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23290). Did a search on “Cecil Adams” as the user name and there it all was in chronological order 😉 \*\* Close, but no cigar. From his profile: **Last Post:** 05-08-2000 07:54 PM [Greetings to Jezebel, on her birthday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=449515#post449515) …in which a decidedly cranky Cecil tells someone to “Eat shit and die, you loser.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/7 "2000-08-28T05:04:52Z")
Decidedly cranky? No, it was cuddly and **Coldfire** was delighted: it demonstrated that The Master was familiar with a few characters on the boards. **Cecil** had a little burst around that date, possibly because of the general wailing and gnashing of teeth that was going on at the time. picmr ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/8 "2000-08-28T05:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pkbites \* > \*\*That’s over 3 months ago. Are our posts so boring that he won’t chime in every so often? \*\* He’s busy fighting ignorance, dueling stupidity, and fencing folly. It’s a big, dirty, grimey job, but somebody has to do it. He doesn’t have time for the likes of us mere “mortals”. Though, I agree, it would be nice for Uncle Cecil to check in every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/9 "2000-08-28T09:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by silent\_rob_ > He’s busy fighting ignorance, dueling stupidity, and fencing folly. . . . and perhaps sigs that are WAAAAAAAY too long ? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/10 "2000-08-28T23:13:42Z")
It is far more difficult to determine if you count in all of The Master’s sock puppets. Not that I’m saying he has sock puppets, mind you… ---
**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-cecil-appeared-on-a-post/30996/11 "2000-08-29T00:59:27Z")
I’m only 24 posts from having 1000 more posts than Cecil Adams himself! I must be a thousand times smarter! [That should smoke him out]