# Why doesn't Uncle Cecil spend more time on our boards? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 24, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970 "2001-11-24T00:58:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/24 "2001-11-26T14:07:38Z")
You and I both. How do you think **I** feel? Well, there you have it in a nutshell: Uncle Cecil’s two primordial objectives for now: Booze and Jesus. No mention of family, although His presence here this morning would suggest that were are never (?) far from His thoughts. There’s hope, I’d say. Interestingly, He didn’t exactly dwell on the tax loophole issue raised by **heresiarch**. Hmmm. Be that as it may, it was surely nice of you to drop by, Unca. Don’t be strangers. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/25 "2001-11-26T14:34:33Z")
He posts at 4 in the morning? ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/26 "2001-11-26T15:31:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*He posts at 4 in the morning? \*\* The Great One need not sleep! (I wonder if Cecil will have to cough up to get on the boards too, though. :D) ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/27 "2001-11-26T17:44:46Z")
He’s probably back in his cave by now. Like Usama. For different reasons. P.S.: Do you realize that, this morning alone, he posted the equivalent of about 15% of his entire output since He registered back in 1999. Creative impulse? Logorrhea (although this usually implies more than 100 words total in one sitting)? And all of this between the ungodly hours of 4:00 and 6:00 A.M. (give or take). Yeah, He’s probably sleeping it off. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/28 "2001-11-27T00:56:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Thanks for the treatise, but what about blood lines > > Well… It’s not commonly known, but Cecil’s _real_ last name is Kinnison, and it’s even less known that his mother actually has red hair, with yellow-flecked green eyes. Y’see, his parents were the penultimate generation of an ages-long breeding program by superintelligent and benevolent aliens to mold their successor, to defend and guide Civilization from the evil influences of Bos-- er, I mean, Ignorance. \*\* So how does **Qadgop the Mercotan** fit into all that? 😃 QX, I’m going to lay on some jets. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/29 "2001-11-27T20:13:16Z")
Good grief, **Smeghead** made the connection! All second-stagers meet with the Unit to contemplate the newest visualization of the Macrocosmic all! Ment… Cecil will explain further. Everything QX? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/30 "2001-11-27T20:26:36Z")
I can’t believe he was here. I’m SWEATING I tell ya SWEATING ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/31 "2001-11-27T20:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*I can’t believe he was here. > > I’m SWEATING I tell ya > > SWEATING \*\* Yep. Read it and weep. **MY** OP. I never thought I’d see the day. In fact, I’m still doing the happy dance, a couple of days later. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/32 "2001-11-27T23:16:12Z")
Cecil generally hasn’t liked posting in the past – he doesn’t get paid for it. He gets paid for writing his column, and he’s left management of the Boards to Ed Zotti (who gets paid for catering to Cecil’s whims, I think.) However, several of us Staffers have been urging that Cecil needs to lend his presence to the Boards more regularly. And we are gratified to find that is happening. Although, I grant you, I was hoping more that he comment on some of the knottier questions in the GQ forum, or even respond to some of the posers in COMMENTS ON CECIL’S COLUMNS. But we’ll take what we can get, and we’ll push for more. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/33 "2001-11-28T00:35:52Z")
Are you implying that my question wasn’t knotty enough? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/34 "2001-11-28T00:38:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > **Ment… Cecil will explain further.** Now **that** is an alternate persona I could accept! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/35 "2001-11-28T03:46:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cecil Adams \* > Ah, man. Can’t I just get drunk and see Jesus? \*\* Only if you don’t shake hands with him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/36 "2001-11-28T03:51:55Z")
In a Comments on Cecil’s Columns thread I once pointed out something Cecil had gotten wrong in one of his columns, and he weighed in to (unsuccessfully) defend himself. So correctly calling him on being wrong seems to be a good way to get him to post. And that also explains why he doesn’t post frequently. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/37 "2001-11-29T13:55:33Z")
I see Uncle Cecil took my (implicit) advice to heart. He’s on a posting tear. If he keeps this up, he’ll pretty soon break the 100-post barrier. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/38 "2001-11-29T14:19:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*In a Comments on Cecil’s Columns thread I once pointed out something Cecil had gotten wrong in one of his columns, and he weighed in to (unsuccessfully) defend himself. > > So correctly calling him on being wrong seems to be a good way to get him to post. And that also explains why he doesn’t post frequently. \*\* That doesn’t work. I’ve pointed out three instances wherein Cecil was wrong recently: color of leaves, percentage chance of rain, and one more which I’ve forgotten, without a post from Him. ---
**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 29, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/39 "2001-11-29T14:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barbitu8 \* > **Cecil was wrong recently: color of leaves** {waving hand madly} Ooooh! Ooooh! I know! Green! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/40 "2001-11-29T15:32:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > **In a Comments on Cecil’s Columns thread I once pointed out something Cecil had gotten wrong in one of his columns, and he weighed in to (unsuccessfully) defend himself.** :eek: **Fiver**! I’m aghast! You should _know_ that **Cecil** as the smartest man alive _never_ makes a mistake. Unfortunately he has editors and proof-readers (Union rules…that’s why a man who’s never wrong has proof-readers) and copy-editiors, and typesetters all of whom can butcher the Master’s text. That’s not to say that you didn’t find a legitmate mistake, but to ascribe it to _ **Cecil** _…! :eek: Fenris ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/41 "2001-11-29T16:02:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*I see Uncle Cecil took my (implicit) advice to heart. He’s on a posting tear. If he keeps this up, he’ll pretty soon break the 100-post barrier. \*\* Actually, my birthday is on December 24th and, needless to say, it would truly fill me with joy if the Master wasted (er…used) his 100th post to drop me a line/word. Now, to achieve this, he’d probably have to slow his actual blazing pace to a couple of posts per week, at the risk of depriving his teeming million minions of what now has become a quasi-daily occurrence. And I, for having suggested it, would undoubtedly incur the wrath of the SD Community. Come to think of it, and given that I am altruistic if nothing else, maybe it’s not worth the fuss. Nice dream though. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/42 "2001-11-29T19:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by barbitu8 \* > > **Cecil was wrong recently: color of leaves** > > {waving hand madly} > > Ooooh! Ooooh! I know! > > Green! \*\* [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71264](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71264) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970/43 "2001-11-29T21:54:31Z")
_in re_ Cecilian errors: [some useful advice from the master](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101287). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-uncle-cecil-spend-more-time-on-our-boards/94970.md?page=3)