# Why Does Slug Signorino Always Portray Cecil Adams as a Bird? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674 "2003-10-10T14:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/1 "2003-10-10T14:13:26Z")
I have been reading Straightdope books for over ten years now (we don’t get Cecil Adams’ actual column where I live, though). And one thing has always puzzled me. In the Slug Signorino cartoons that often accompany Cecil Adams’ Q&A, Adams is often portrayed as a tall bird with a professor’s cap on. I could be wrong, but it seems pretty obvious the bird is meant to be Adams. [Here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_186.html) is an example of what I am talking about. [Here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_060.html) is another. Clearly there is some joke here that I (and probably others) am missing. But what is the joke? Does anyone know? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/2 "2003-10-10T14:29:03Z")
I’d love to see **Slug** answer this personally. Yo, **Slug**!!! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/3 "2003-10-10T14:35:17Z")
That’s not a mere bird, it’s a turkey. It indicates Slug’s opinion of The Master. From the Faq: “[Slug has] been depicting Cecil as a turkey in a mortarboard for 20 years” ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/4 "2003-10-11T14:51:25Z")
If Slug drew an actual person, it might give away the identity of Cecil- something that Cecil definately doesn’t want. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/5 "2003-10-12T19:01:41Z")
For that matter, if Slug ever actually drew a person, we’d probably get suspicious and send the Chicago police over to find out who kindapped him, and what happened to the _real_ slug. As long as he sticks to overeducated Thanksgiving dinners and four-headed fucking grandmas, though, we know he’s OK. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/6 "2003-10-12T20:58:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > **…four-headed fucking grandmas…** Do I wanna know? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/7 "2003-10-12T22:15:18Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031003.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031003.html) Check out the illustration and what one of the personalities is saying. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/8 "2003-10-13T13:30:36Z")
Because Bird is the Word. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/9 "2003-10-13T15:03:18Z")
Cecil is the Great Bird of the Galaxy, of course. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-slug-signorino-always-portray-cecil-adams-as-a-bird/206674/10 "2003-10-13T19:21:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Cecil is the Great Bird of the Galaxy, of course. Cover your face when you say that!