# Why is Cecil a turkey?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 19, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797 "2007-02-19T08:42:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797/1 "2007-02-19T08:42:52Z")

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All right, I give up; I just don’t get it. I love Slug’s illustrations, but there seems to be this fascination with turkeys. Anyone got any incite or history?

Oh, I posted in haste, I will start to dig through the archive to look for examples.

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797/2 "2007-02-19T09:06:29Z")

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Okay here are some examples I dug up. By no means a complete collection, but it still seems to depict a Cecil character as a turkey wearing a graduation cap.

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_161.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_161.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_144.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_144.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_150.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_150.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_161.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_161.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_162.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_162.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060203.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060203.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060303.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060303.html)

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797/3 "2007-02-19T11:49:29Z")

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Two more!

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_256.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_256.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_279.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_279.html)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797/4 "2007-02-19T13:19:05Z")

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I don’t know why Slug does it, but Cecil (or somebody) seems to be getting a bit annoyed. From the [Slug Signorino FAQ](http://www.straightdope.com/faq/slugfaq.html)

> [@](#):
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> Seriously, what is Slug really like?
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> He is funny, charming, and one of the sweetest guys you’ll ever meet. But he’s been depicting Cecil as a turkey in a mortarboard for 20 years, and now he’s got to pay.

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecil-a-turkey/392797/5 "2007-03-01T10:47:57Z")

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In which\*\* BBS2000\*\* uses his one free bump.

Here are some more turkey shots:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031031.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/031031.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030905.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030905.html)  
[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000818.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000818.html)