# Who has talked to Cecil? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383 "2006-01-31T18:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/21 "2006-02-01T20:59:55Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Excuse me for not linking it - it used my real name and would identify me on the boards. Same here. I was at work in California and had a question and remembered The Straight Dope back from my Chicago day and found them on the internet - sent my question and about three weeks later, it was answered on the internet and in the Chicago Reader with a great cartoon picture attached to the question. There was even a follow up awhile later with more info. That is also how I found these boards. But linking to it would expose my real name, and witness protection rules forbid that. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/22 "2006-02-01T21:10:37Z")
_Who has talked to Cecil? Neither you nor I: But when the folks compose their threads Cecil is passing by._ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/23 "2006-02-01T21:16:05Z")
Yoko, is that you? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/24 "2006-02-01T21:41:26Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Yoko, is that you? šŸ˜ƒ You know, I was using Christina Rossettiā€™s poem, and was confused by this Yoko business. I looked it up. I am scarred. Scarred for _life._ (Besides, do I sound like a cat covered in napalm? Well if I do, I might be quoting Yoko after all.) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/25 "2006-02-01T21:49:39Z")
Who knows this Cecil? Indeed it seems not many A ghost in the mist Come on, this thread was screaming for bad haiku and you know it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/26 "2006-02-01T23:13:56Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > You know, I was using Christina Rossettiā€™s poem, and was confused by this Yoko business. Well, youā€™ve done your ignorance-fighting for the day. I didnā€™t know about the Rossetti poem. Iā€™ll have to check when I get home, but I donā€™t think the Yoko record (b-side of the hubbyā€™s ā€œInstant Karmaā€) credits the adaptation. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/27 "2006-02-02T00:12:32Z")
In the early days of this board I recall Cecil responding to a poster going by the name of A-HA. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/28 "2006-02-02T00:43:17Z")
> [@Doug Bowe](#): > > In the early days of this board I recall Cecil responding to a poster going by the name of A-HA. Did he pull **Cecil** through a mirror, into a B&W animated universe, where they were pursued by wrench-wielding thugs? I watched MTV in the 80ā€™s, too! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/29 "2006-02-02T06:21:28Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > You know, if Cecil himself had to personally step in and fight my ignorance on a one-to-one basis - twice - Iā€™m not sure if ā€œblessedā€ would be the word Iā€™d use. Well, if you check out the two threads, youā€™ll see the first is a Cecilian slap-down, but not of my ignorance, but for my temerity in suggesting he should have done more research on the topic. His comment boiled down to ā€œIā€™m the big ideas guy - minions fill in the details.ā€ In the second, he actually acknowledged my comment that in the column in question his sarcasm had interfered with the ability of the teeming millions to follow the trend of his argument, and that he would see to having it changed. So, one Cecilian slap-down, and one Cecilian pat on the head, but no allegations of personal ignorance so vast that it merited his personal attention. Iā€™ll take it as a blessing. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/30 "2006-02-02T08:17:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It makes me wonder, does Cecil (or the minion in charge of finding questions) look to the SDMB for ideas? Unless itā€™s changed the FAQ says to look through the old columns and then maybe post in GQ before sending an mail to the master. I donā€™t remember seeing a question posed in GQ in the column. The one I had answered I sent directly to Cecil@chicagoreaderdotcom. Sometimes. Usually one of us minions sends a note to Cecil if we find an especially interesting/wacky question. Cecil moves in mysterious ways, though, and apparently he has a backlog of questions to answer. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/31 "2006-02-02T09:07:57Z")
Some say that **Ed Zotti** has talked to **Cecil Adams** , which rather confirms my long-held belief that talking to oneself is _not_ the first sign of madness. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/32 "2006-02-02T13:55:28Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Come on, this thread was screaming for bad haiku and you know it. Doesnā€™t every thread? Think of all the joy you could be spreading in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383/33 "2006-02-02T14:39:19Z")
By the definition in the OP, yes! Cecil has answered my question: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_307.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_307.html) I realize that by posting this, I connect my real life name with my SDMB nick, but so what? I like to live dangerously! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-talked-to-cecil/342383.md?page=1)