# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=111 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 112 --- ## [Let us discuss canned meat products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-discuss-canned-meat-products/1007066 "2024-09-17T17:07:36Z")
For starters, I refer you (but do not limit you) to this site: Those teeny Underwood cans, wrapped neatly in white paper, are so cute. They look like they would taste good. I’ve stared at the Underwood cans in the gro… --- ## [Actors who do a good job of playing evil or dark characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-do-a-good-job-of-playing-evil-or-dark-characters/1006527)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-do-a-good-job-of-playing-evil-or-dark-characters/1006527 "2024-09-17T14:32:07Z")
Either in one film or multiple roles in multiple films and TV shows. My favorites are: Ron Perlman Clancy Brown Klaus Kinski --- ## [Toasting to things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toasting-to-things/1007321 "2024-09-16T20:08:01Z")
Family Feud was on and I was half heartedly watching. One question asked was to name something people toast to. The family got “weddings” right away but then things stalled. Usually I can tell if an answer has a chance t… --- ## [What? TCM you are breaking me. Bad bad bad programming and decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tcm-you-are-breaking-me-bad-bad-bad-programming-and-decisions/1006501 "2024-09-16T16:21:18Z")
Ok. I get it. You have ideas. You get ok’s and go-aheads. Marlena Deitrich for a 24 hour period. That’s fine. Until we get into the lost and broken films. The ones with no plot but to showcase her various talents. Plea… --- ## [It Came From Hollywood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-hollywood/1007304)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-hollywood/1007304 "2024-09-16T16:14:04Z")
A friend of mine mentioned the movie The Giant Claw and I said that I only know that movie from the clips in In Came From Hollywood. I hadn’t thought about ICFH in a long time but I realize just how influential it was on… --- ## [Songs you totally thought were by somebody else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-totally-thought-were-by-somebody-else/1004612)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-totally-thought-were-by-somebody-else/1004612 "2024-09-16T14:53:48Z")
Looks like the last time we did this, at least according to ‘similar to…’ was 2009: Songs you would have sworn were sung by somebody else. …so seems like enough time has gone by: let’s do the wrong song again… Though,… --- ## [Genesis' 'Misunderstanding'/Zeppelin's 'Fool In The Rain'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-misunderstanding-zeppelins-fool-in-the-rain/32702)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genesis-misunderstanding-zeppelins-fool-in-the-rain/32702 "2024-09-16T12:43:35Z")
OK. This just might be stretching the boundaries of ‘mundane’ and ‘pointless’ to the breaking point, but has anyone else beside me noticed the striking similarities between ‘Misunderstanding’ by Genesis and ‘Fool In The … --- ## [Bad, bad bad Casseroles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-casseroles/995711)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-casseroles/995711 "2024-09-16T05:36:37Z")
Good lord. My DIL was coming with one of her phenomenally bad Casseroles tonight. The dreaded tater-tot thing. The girl just cannot cook. And she tries to fancy things up with results that boggle the mind. Thank heaven… --- ## [Let's talk grilled cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-grilled-cheese/989658)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-grilled-cheese/989658 "2024-09-15T08:51:49Z")
Or I if you’re on the other side of the pond I think you call them toasties. (Yes, in America “grilled” usually means cooked over a fire, except for sandwiches. A “grilled” sandwich is cooked in a frying pan until the … --- ## [Favorite Kevin Costner Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089 "2024-09-15T06:23:18Z")
I made a post similar to this, but not a poll, way back in 2008. I didn’t actually recall it, but it came up as a suggested similar topic when I started this thread. :grinning: The James Earl Jones thread prompted me to… --- ## [Historical murder mystery novels -- obscure places/time, with humor!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-murder-mystery-novels-obscure-places-time-with-humor/1007216)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-murder-mystery-novels-obscure-places-time-with-humor/1007216 "2024-09-15T00:19:19Z")
Murder mysteries set in historical eras are always a good read if well researched and written. There are multiple ones set in ancient Rome, for example, or Regency England. But what about times and places not usually m… --- ## [Former Ticketmaster VP charged with hacking Crowdsurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ticketmaster-vp-charged-with-hacking-crowdsurge/1007272)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-ticketmaster-vp-charged-with-hacking-crowdsurge/1007272 "2024-09-14T21:58:21Z")
I understand that Ticketmaster dominates their area of the marketplace. Apparently one way was by encouraging others to commit crimes. I’m amused that the way they found out that Ticketmaster had hacked them was by a fo… --- ## [Travel/Road food for car trip, 2024 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-road-food-for-car-trip-2024-edition/1007173)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-road-food-for-car-trip-2024-edition/1007173 "2024-09-14T19:58:09Z")
So, as I’ve mentioned in a couple of other threads, I’m planning a long (630ish mile) drive to visit my folks in a few weeks. No fun, but it’s a drive I’ve done several times before. Sadly, unlike 90% of such trips, my… --- ## [Soap Makers: why such large bars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-makers-why-such-large-bars/1007054)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-makers-why-such-large-bars/1007054 "2024-09-13T23:14:33Z")
I know two women who occasionally make soap and give me a bar now and then. I love the soaps, they smell amazingly good. However, I have always wondered why they make such huge bars. They are the size of bricks, making … --- ## [The role of the comb in the breakup of the Baileys' household?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-the-comb-in-the-breakup-of-the-baileys-household/1007081)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-role-of-the-comb-in-the-breakup-of-the-baileys-household/1007081 "2024-09-13T20:54:20Z")
Was it the only thing Bill was able to salvage and take with him when his wife evicted him? Or was it the weapon Mrs. Bailey used to actually chase him out? “You remember that rainy evenin’ I threw you out… with nothi… --- ## [Ghosts season 4 USA, October 17th CBS {No Spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-season-4-usa-october-17th-cbs-no-spoilers/1007215)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-season-4-usa-october-17th-cbs-no-spoilers/1007215 "2024-09-13T15:32:26Z")
Found this today and wanted to share it. They’re promising a new Ghost in Patience, the lost Puritan Ghost this season. Apparently I missed the pre-existing season 4 thread, but as I want to avoid spoilers, I’ll leave t… --- ## [Famous bossa nova song featured in Mad Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-bossa-nova-song-featured-in-mad-men/1007209)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-bossa-nova-song-featured-in-mad-men/1007209 "2024-09-13T12:45:45Z")
There were at least a few bossa nova songs featured in Mad Men. The one I’m thinking of had no lyrics, at least not during the intro - just a woman’s voice singing “dee bee dee dee bee dee” in time with the music. Can… --- ## [Popeye the Sailor Man not starring Will Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-sailor-man-not-starring-will-smith/1007189)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-sailor-man-not-starring-will-smith/1007189 "2024-09-13T11:09:11Z")
--- ## [Best scene in film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-scene-in-film/1006452 "2024-09-13T10:00:23Z")
Yes, this is VERY highly objective. And I have my own not so humble opinion on what is the best single scene in filmdom. Also, comparing movie scenes can be like comparing apples and oranges. So my very favorite scene… --- ## [Anybody read or hear of this book ? "Fruit from a Poisonous Tree" by melvin stamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-read-or-hear-of-this-book-fruit-from-a-poisonous-tree-by-melvin-stamper/1007204)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-read-or-hear-of-this-book-fruit-from-a-poisonous-tree-by-melvin-stamper/1007204 "2024-09-13T09:15:00Z")
I found this in my amazon book list and looking it over it sounds like a lot of legal and political nuttery here’s some posted reader reviews: “Although this book is already 10 years old, it remains an eye-opening ex… --- ## ["I Dream of Jeanie": Question about Maj. Roger Healey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-of-jeanie-question-about-maj-roger-healey/205628)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dream-of-jeanie-question-about-maj-roger-healey/205628 "2024-09-13T07:02:51Z")
Okay, so I’m sitting on my EZ chair munching Cheetos, slurping Pepsi, and watching The Very Buxom Jeanie, clueless Tony Nelson, wisecrasking Roger Healey, Col. Belows, Gen. Whatzhisface–the whole damn ensemble. That’s w… --- ## [Where is (or was) this "Believe On The Lord Jesus" billboard that Kurt Cobain was photographed in front of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-or-was-this-believe-on-the-lord-jesus-billboard-that-kurt-cobain-was-photographed-in-front-of/1007139)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-or-was-this-believe-on-the-lord-jesus-billboard-that-kurt-cobain-was-photographed-in-front-of/1007139 "2024-09-13T06:46:57Z")
I can imagine it might be in Washington state near where he grew up, but maybe not? --- ## [Cinnamon Toast Crunch collabs with Hormel's Black Label in sweet and salty bacon launch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-toast-crunch-collabs-with-hormels-black-label-in-sweet-and-salty-bacon-launch/1007129)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-toast-crunch-collabs-with-hormels-black-label-in-sweet-and-salty-bacon-launch/1007129 "2024-09-13T03:07:47Z")
this might be pretty good if you like things like maple bacon here’s non-biased coverage Are you gonna/would you try this? --- ## ["Hempler's Center Cut Butcher Cut Shoulder Bacon" -how is this not ham?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127 "2024-09-12T21:03:32Z")
When the Underwood’s Ham Spread was gone from H-E-B this morning, my eye caught this product, which I had never seen before: I’m thrown by this being called “bacon.” As y’all know American bacon is usually thin, fatty… --- ## [Wolverine hypotheticals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-hypotheticals/1007023 "2024-09-12T20:38:46Z")
Can Wolverine be indefinitely immobilized by being frozen solid? Or does that count as an “injury” that his healing factor would try to regenerate with liquid water? For that matter, aren’t there any number of situations… --- ## [Bon Jovi saves woman on bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-saves-woman-on-bridge/1007156 "2024-09-12T17:17:06Z")
It’s just good to see humans acting human. I don’t know much about him, but he seems compassionate. I know the story doesn’t really have anything to do with music except the reason they happened to be there. --- ## [Why is a musical but in a film called a musical "number"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-musical-but-in-a-film-called-a-musical-number/1006970)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-a-musical-but-in-a-film-called-a-musical-number/1006970 "2024-09-11T22:21:40Z")
In a (not a musical) movie I watched recently, the cast did a song & dance bit, and one of the characters broke the fourth wall and told the audience, “I love a musical number.” In fact, I’ve heard these bits referred t… --- ## [ID this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/1006879)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/1006879 "2024-09-12T00:06:50Z")
I saw a brief recap video. It’s an animated movie. It appears to be Japanese. The recap talked about a young woman who had been living isolated in her apartment for three years, not seeing anyone in person. But she had… --- ## [Which TV property has the most spinoffs/in-universe franchise shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-property-has-the-most-spinoffs-in-universe-franchise-shows/1006652)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-property-has-the-most-spinoffs-in-universe-franchise-shows/1006652 "2024-09-11T22:29:21Z")
You know how like The Big Bang Theory was spunoff into Young Sheldon, which has now been spunoff into Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (3 points!)? Which show has the most? For example, I’m pretty sure that All in the Fa… --- ## [How the hell does Pandora work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-does-pandora-work/1004654 "2024-09-11T20:14:08Z")
I know how it is supposed to work. I pick around five artists/types of music, it throws me songs from those and others supposedly of the same genre, and I vote thumbs up or down. With basic Pandora you have only so man… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=112)