# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=101 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 102 --- ## ["next time we meet - ice cream" mention/origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-we-meet-ice-cream-mention-origin/1010800)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-time-we-meet-ice-cream-mention-origin/1010800 "2024-11-26T15:03:29Z")
In Hebrew there’s a phrase that translates to “third time - ice cream.” It is generally said when someone meets someone (by chance) for a third time in a row, There is no ice cream purchased, just the expression is said. … --- ## [Reviews of Trader Joe's products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviews-of-trader-joes-products/542206)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reviews-of-trader-joes-products/542206 "2024-11-26T01:48:20Z")
We’ve discussed our favorites before, but I thought we’d broaden it to what we like and what we don’t, and what scores a mere meh. Winners for me lately: Soyaki. On grilled zucchini, it made the vegetable the best par… --- ## [Is there a truly sugar-free hot chocolate mix around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-truly-sugar-free-hot-chocolate-mix-around/1010514)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-truly-sugar-free-hot-chocolate-mix-around/1010514 "2024-11-25T22:36:55Z")
I keep finding “no sugar added” hot chocolate, but that’s not the same thing. I want zero grams of total sugar, and it has to taste good. Any suggestions? I’m at a loss. --- ## [If the Michelin Guide included New Orleans, would any Big Easy restaurants have stars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-michelin-guide-included-new-orleans-would-any-big-easy-restaurants-have-stars/1010525)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-michelin-guide-included-new-orleans-would-any-big-easy-restaurants-have-stars/1010525 "2024-11-25T19:07:44Z")
The Michelin Guide only includes New York, Washington, San Francisco, Chicago, and LA when it comes to American cities. Yes, it’s a tragedy that Miami, Dallas, Kansas City, and multiple other cities with amazing cuisine … --- ## [Back to the Future - How is "Great Scott!" dubbed in other languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-how-is-great-scott-dubbed-in-other-languages/1010658)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-how-is-great-scott-dubbed-in-other-languages/1010658 "2024-11-25T18:09:38Z")
How is Doc Brown’s catchphrase “Great Scott!” rendered in other languages? And if the foreign langauge version was translated literally word for word back into English what would it become? For example, if the Spanish… --- ## [Ophelia's nest egg in Trading Places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelias-nest-egg-in-trading-places/1010722)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ophelias-nest-egg-in-trading-places/1010722 "2024-11-25T15:59:48Z")
Trading Places is one of my favorite movies of all time and it is even a little bit of a Christmassy movie. My question is not about the climactic scene at the end involving orange juice-- that is covered in plenty of p… --- ## [What version of the twilight zone do you like best and why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-version-of-the-twilight-zone-do-you-like-best-and-why/1010625)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-version-of-the-twilight-zone-do-you-like-best-and-why/1010625 "2024-11-25T00:11:21Z")
So, IMO there are 5 different versions of the twilight zone TV series The original 60s version The 1980s remake The 2002 remake The Jordan Peele 2020 remake The TV show night gallery. This one isn’t techni… --- ## [Battlebots '25 and change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-25-and-change/1010546)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-25-and-change/1010546 "2024-11-24T17:46:39Z")
'20 and 21 — '22 — '23 I can’t begin to tell you how much my interest in reality TV goes in the tank whenever Battlebots isn’t around. Right now I’m watching The Summit, which is looking like a Survivor retread crossed … --- ## [The "bumpkin doesn't know which fork to use" cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bumpkin-doesnt-know-which-fork-to-use-cliche/925362)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bumpkin-doesnt-know-which-fork-to-use-cliche/925362 "2024-11-24T00:59:18Z")
(This one is a little GQ and a little IMHO, so I’m going here.) JD Vance’s claptrap memoir Hillbilly Elegy has been made into a movie, which has renewed discussion about it among my mostly Appalachian circle. If you’re … --- ## [People in TV/Movies/Books/etc who were bad at their jobs. (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-tv-movies-books-etc-who-were-bad-at-their-jobs-spoilers/831094)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-tv-movies-books-etc-who-were-bad-at-their-jobs-spoilers/831094 "2024-11-23T21:37:20Z")
And I don’t mean “comically bad” (Barney Fife) or “used as a gag” bad (Ron Swanson/George Constanza), but people who were just inept at their jobs. (Spoiler boxes on relatively recent works, please. Say… 5 years?) To m… --- ## [Who are the best/your favorite non-actor actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-your-favorite-non-actor-actors/1010325)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-best-your-favorite-non-actor-actors/1010325 "2024-11-23T20:56:15Z")
I mean people who started in another field and then drifted into acting, like Dave Bautista, who took the same path as The Rock in jumping from pro wrestling to movies. --- ## [Actors in two movies with almost the same name? (Sequels don't count.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-two-movies-with-almost-the-same-name-sequels-dont-count/1008950 "2024-11-23T18:00:27Z")
Today I saw mention of a movie called The Man Who Loved UFOs. While googling for more info on that movie auto-fill suggestions included The Man Who Loved Women (a Burt Reynolds movie I was familar with) and The Man Who L… --- ## [Vulgar pix of celebs? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-pix-of-celebs-why/1003771)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulgar-pix-of-celebs-why/1003771 "2024-11-23T03:05:31Z")
Lately my Twitter feed (and other feeds) have been besieged by semi-nude photos of celebrities, which is sort of the norm for 2024, but certain of these questionably tasteful pictures push the definition of “questionably… --- ## [Cormac McCarthy had a 17-year old muse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-had-a-17-year-old-muse/1010582)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-had-a-17-year-old-muse/1010582 "2024-11-22T19:23:48Z")
Continuing the discussion from Cormac McCarthy has died (13 June 2023): Vanity Fair reported yesterday that McCarthy had a relationship with a 17 year old that started in 1977 when he was 43. She evidently was his “muse… --- ## [Red One movie trailer someone needs a paycheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-one-movie-trailer-someone-needs-a-paycheck/1003523)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-one-movie-trailer-someone-needs-a-paycheck/1003523 "2024-11-22T15:10:36Z")
Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J. K. Simmons? A lot of agents are probably going to get fired, because this looks pretty meh. Still might watch it. --- ## ["I tried a Nuclear War Simulator"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-a-nuclear-war-simulator/1010586)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-a-nuclear-war-simulator/1010586 "2024-11-22T13:51:39Z")
YT link Michelle Khare. A youtuber who usually does stuff like “I tried to get to 1000 as a chess player” This was pretty good. Pretty intense. She did everything I would have. Only 10 mins long or so. --- ## [All Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped. Er, updated tried and sentenced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-charges-against-jussie-smollett-dropped-er-updated-tried-and-sentenced/831562)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-charges-against-jussie-smollett-dropped-er-updated-tried-and-sentenced/831562 "2024-11-22T13:01:44Z")
With no previous indication that this was planned, Cook County had all charges against Jussie Smollett dismissed: This has got to be the weirdest true crime case in the history of crime. --- ## [Let's Ride!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ride/1010529)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ride/1010529 "2024-11-22T07:47:41Z")
He said this will be great. We will enjoy it. Big stars!! “YAY!” sez I. It seems I am easy to entertain. Or foolish. Here goes: About a month ago I DVR’d “VIVA, Knievil” The utter crappiness of it. The kitzchy fu… --- ## [Do Audiobooks Count as Having Read a Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480 "2024-11-22T06:13:30Z")
I find myself torn on this question. I mean, yeah, I guess listening to an audiobook counts as reading. I can say I’ve read “The Outsiders”, “Lord of the Flies”, and “Slaughter House Five” with a clear conscience. How… --- ## [Your unabashed tearjerker movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unabashed-tearjerker-movies/1010391)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unabashed-tearjerker-movies/1010391 "2024-11-22T01:54:22Z")
Movies don’t make me cry, ever. You think you saw some welling up of water in my eyes after a film I just saw? Yeah, no, didn’t happen. Just your imagination. For example, I just now watched the Tom Hanks film, A Man Cal… --- ## [Classical music ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/1010580)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/1010580 "2024-11-22T00:37:01Z")
I stream a couple of NPR stations’ classical feeds, but if a piece isn’t in their playlists I never know. Kitten Pudding’s music --- ## [How famous was John Wilkes Booth and what is the modern actor equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-was-john-wilkes-booth-and-what-is-the-modern-actor-equivalent/1010443)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-was-john-wilkes-booth-and-what-is-the-modern-actor-equivalent/1010443 "2024-11-22T00:34:26Z")
Was it as if Luke Wilson had shot the president? Or was it more like Randy Quaid? Meaning, did everyone already know JWBs Southern and rebel affiliations and thus had fallen out of favor? I’m not saying Randy is a one t… --- ## [The Homesman -- Anyone else watch this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homesman-anyone-else-watch-this-movie/1010531)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homesman-anyone-else-watch-this-movie/1010531 "2024-11-21T14:46:05Z")
Apparently it’s based on a book. It stars Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank, with appearances by Jon Lithgow, Meryl Streep, and James Spader. It feels like they may have taken an interesting story from the book (Three w… --- ## [Unambitious home cookery - confess, you do it too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unambitious-home-cookery-confess-you-do-it-too/1010035)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unambitious-home-cookery-confess-you-do-it-too/1010035 "2024-11-21T13:27:26Z")
All you folks with your inventive, delicious, creative cookery – what about the rest of us? The ones who haven’t progressed much beyond opening a can or popping something out of a package into the microwave? How about … --- ## [Agatha All Along](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-all-along/1007461)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-all-along/1007461 "2024-11-21T11:46:39Z")
There are usually threads about Marvel shows, so I’m starting this one. Watched the first two episodes and don’t have a strong option of it yet. I didn’t immediately hate it like Secret Invasion but I wasn’t drawn into … --- ## [Help me identify this show. Can the SDMB detectives help with the clues I remember? \[Resolved\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-show-can-the-sdmb-detectives-help-with-the-clues-i-remember-resolved/1010280)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-show-can-the-sdmb-detectives-help-with-the-clues-i-remember-resolved/1010280 "2024-11-21T00:06:33Z")
Unfortunately I don’t know/remember much about it. I’ve only seen the first episode and that was awhile back (four or five years)… First and foremost, it was a DRAMEDY. It involved a couple, at the start… a man and wom… --- ## [What movie is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/1010526)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/1010526 "2024-11-20T22:42:26Z")
Somebody on Facebook is looking for this movie, and now I’m curious. “I’m looking for a movie I saw 10+ years ago. It was a sequel or #4/5/6 of a series of movies. It was a dark comedy where demons invade earth and ther… --- ## [Malört And Other Weird Local Tipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malort-and-other-weird-local-tipples/982174)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malort-and-other-weird-local-tipples/982174 "2024-11-20T18:07:41Z")
I have never heard of Malört, a wormwood drink popular in Chicago (and now also sold in Ohio) until reading about it in The Economist, though it has been mentioned in passing here (as hard to explain to aliens, and when … --- ## [So, any hobby pizza cooks here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-any-hobby-pizza-cooks-here/1009992)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-any-hobby-pizza-cooks-here/1009992 "2024-11-20T02:29:09Z")
As I sit here, waiting for some pizzas/calzones to bake - I was wondering if we have an pizza aficionatti here? … full amateur, semi-pro, pro … all welcome to share their thoughts and experiences (and bonus for pix) ht… --- ## [Works in which two different characters have the same name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-in-which-two-different-characters-have-the-same-name/1007022)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-in-which-two-different-characters-have-the-same-name/1007022 "2024-11-20T01:47:39Z")
This came up in the Beowulf thread. What examples are there of works of fiction in which two different characters have the same name? I imagine in most cases this is done deliberately for some plot-related purpose, like … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=102)