# Where'd Cecil go? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 6, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022 "2000-11-06T22:54:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/1 "2000-11-06T22:54:57Z")
Periodically I’ll do a search on the wise one to see what he’s up to. Imagine my surprise just moments ago when I typed in ‘Cecil Adams’ in the search field and got- ‘Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.’. You guys didn’t ban him, did you? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/2 "2000-11-06T23:11:38Z")
Well, he’s pretty reclusive. He lives alone in Big Cecil Manor with his butler Bangzingy, where he talks to gummy-worms all day and works as a crimefighter by night. And he’s got this really cool jet car called the Gry-mobile. Well, actually, try doing a search for him with “Cecil Adams” in the “Poster’s Name” (or whatever it is) field. He’s got a few posts, so there should be some matches. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/3 "2000-11-06T23:24:22Z")
Cecil’s last post (according to his profile) was on October 12, 2000 at 11:08 AM. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/4 "2000-11-06T23:40:33Z")
Be sure and change the default search to “any date”. The default now is “last 5 days”. Cecil seems to have posted to 50 threads. Jim ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/5 "2000-11-06T23:57:23Z")
How many other people, when they think of Cecil Adams, think of Dominic Dunne? I have an image of Mr Adams that is almost identical with his. Is this even close to reality? Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/6 "2000-11-07T00:01:23Z")
Sorry, I think this is the wrong forum for the question above. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/7 "2000-11-07T00:03:04Z")
Ahh crap. That change in date thing has screwed up more than a few searches of mine lately. Thanks **Jimb**. BTW- Pretty sneaky putting the ‘Any Date’ selection at the **top** of the list, not the bottom. What next, hiding the ‘Post Reply’ link somewhere on the page? Kind of like looking for the 'Nina’s in the Hirschfeld drawings? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/8 "2000-11-07T00:34:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JimB \* > \*\*Be sure and change the default search to “any date”. The default now is “last 5 days”. > Jim \*\* Ohhhhhhhhh, Now I get it. How did I not notice this??! Well, please ignore the thread I just opened in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/9 "2000-11-07T00:44:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by G. Nome \* > \*\*How many other people, when they think of Cecil Adams, think of Dominic Dunne? I have a image of a slightly untidy greying man who is slightly overweight and also wearing a hat for some reason. He could look like Ed Zotti for all I know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/10 "2000-11-07T02:31:55Z")
Journalists often used to wear fedoras with press cards stuck on the side. Could this explain the hat thing? But is this image (or even the Dominic Dunne one) dangerously out of sync with the image Mr Adams wants to have? He could well be from the school of Lester Bangs for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/11 "2000-11-12T19:06:53Z")
> [@](#): > > He could look like Ed Zotti for all I know 😉 Don’t be silly, **yojimbo**. Ed wears glasses and doesn’t have a cape. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whered-cecil-go/40022/12 "2000-11-12T22:34:09Z")
I often picture **Cecil** and **Eddie Z** as The Professor and Poindexter from the old “Felix the Cat” teevee cartoons.