# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=116 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 117 --- ## [Kayaking Picnic Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaking-picnic-food/1005859)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kayaking-picnic-food/1005859 "2024-08-18T18:54:54Z")
For a day trip on the river for four people, I am tasked with making lunch. I am looking for food ideas that are not too messy, will survive being tossed about to a certain degree, and can be eaten with the fingers. So… --- ## [The Gibberish(?) That Ursula Sings in "Poor Unfortunate Souls"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gibberish-that-ursula-sings-in-poor-unfortunate-souls/686130)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gibberish-that-ursula-sings-in-poor-unfortunate-souls/686130 "2024-08-18T15:55:38Z")
Beginning at 5:37 Ursula begins some incantation to steal Ariel’s voice. Best I can figure it’s a mix of English, Latin-sounding gibberish, and just gibberish. One lyrics site says: Beluga sevruga Come wi… --- ## [A Hodge-Podge of Lodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hodge-podge-of-lodge/1005826)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hodge-podge-of-lodge/1005826 "2024-08-18T15:22:18Z")
Or, just any old cookware really. Over the summer, I have managed to acquire four “new” cast iron skillets. One of which was a Lodge pan that was so caked with gunk that the giant Lodge branding “stamp” on the bottom c… --- ## [Let's get Vance's stories on the screen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-vances-stories-on-the-screen/1005778)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-get-vances-stories-on-the-screen/1005778 "2024-08-18T12:46:15Z")
Of course I mean the other J. Vance, my man Jack. I’ve always thought his work was very suited to screen adaptation, being so full of description, colour, music, and lively characters in general. The rampant sexism (typ… --- ## [LOTR: Frodo never had a chance to destroy the One Ring. He is shown from the very start he cannot do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-frodo-never-had-a-chance-to-destroy-the-one-ring-he-is-shown-from-the-very-start-he-cannot-do-it/1004487)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-frodo-never-had-a-chance-to-destroy-the-one-ring-he-is-shown-from-the-very-start-he-cannot-do-it/1004487 "2024-08-18T04:16:44Z")
I was watching the recent YouTube video, “Why didn’t Elrond push Isildur into the Cracks of Doom?” by In Deep Geek. While the video is not about the question of this post there is this bit in the video which prompted me… --- ## [Things you always order if you see it on a menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-always-order-if-you-see-it-on-a-menu/1005680 "2024-08-18T04:15:49Z")
What are dishes that you always or almost always order when you see it on a menu? Mine: clam chowder - Everyone’s clam chowder is a little or a lot different, and I like trying them all. fish tacos - I love them and t… --- ## [Plz recommend upbeat workplace appr music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plz-recommend-upbeat-workplace-appr-music/1005669 "2024-08-18T02:48:47Z")
I’m looking for new tunes. Love me some AC~DC and Bon Jovi, but eventually ya need something new. I occasionally get to set the Pandora (or etc) for the day, and even I’m getting tired of my usual playlist. My poor cowo… --- ## [Concerts nobody else here has seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 455\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899 "2024-08-18T02:08:01Z")
I was listening to Ali Farka Toure this morning and thinking “I’ll bet nobody else on this board ever saw him live”. I’ve also seen: Salif Keita Habib Koite Amalia Rodrigues Ray Charles Sonny Rollins (playing with … --- ## [Trope: overalls or suspenders worn with one strap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trope-overalls-or-suspenders-worn-with-one-strap/1005806 "2024-08-17T21:09:12Z")
This trope seems to be invoked when showcasing rural slovenly yahoos; Wreck-It Ralph is the most recent example that comes to mind. Is it just to suggest a general lack of sartorial neatness or is there some legitimate r… --- ## [Identify this Black comedian from one of his jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-black-comedian-from-one-of-his-jokes/1005836)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-black-comedian-from-one-of-his-jokes/1005836 "2024-08-17T19:58:17Z")
I’m trying to remember the name of a Black comedian I heard on one of the SiriusXM channels. I only remember one of his bits. Basically, he reminisces about how all of the movies he watched in school about slavery, Jim C… --- ## [Deadpool and Wolverine (new trailer in OP, open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-and-wolverine-new-trailer-in-op-open-spoilers/1000625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-and-wolverine-new-trailer-in-op-open-spoilers/1000625 "2024-08-17T16:04:24Z")
Looking forward to this one. Liked seein a glimpse of Cassandra Nova in action, but I’m wondering if there is significance behind casting the character with a 28-year-old. Does that mean the setting is the … --- ## [Marathon Man, by William Goldman, Revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marathon-man-by-william-goldman-revisited/1005700)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marathon-man-by-william-goldman-revisited/1005700 "2024-08-17T15:15:01Z")
I cracked open Marathon Man by William Goldman, some fifty years after first reading and admiring it, and found myself appalled at its crudity. It’s an ingenious book in its structure, which is to tell several seemingly … --- ## [RIP Donald Sutherland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-donald-sutherland/1003127)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-donald-sutherland/1003127 "2024-08-17T02:08:57Z")
Donald Sutherland died today in Miami after a long illness. He was 88. --- ## [RIP Gena Rowlands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gena-rowlands/1005726)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gena-rowlands/1005726 "2024-08-16T16:56:48Z")
Geez, I just posted about Wally ‘Famous’ Amos dying. Then I come upon this. Gena Rowlands, acclaimed American actress and ‘The Notebook’ star, dies at 94 She’s been in movies most people have seen, but I haven’t. I r… --- ## [Foreign movies not using real US Government organization names, fear of lawsuits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-movies-not-using-real-us-government-organization-names-fear-of-lawsuits/1005559)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-movies-not-using-real-us-government-organization-names-fear-of-lawsuits/1005559 "2024-08-16T13:58:00Z")
I watched a couple of Canadian made movies recently, and in both of them notably they didn’t use the actual names for US Government agencies. The movie Blue Monkey has the “Institute for Disease Control” or IDC instead o… --- ## [Hopwater. Had it? Thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hopwater-had-it-thoughts/990546 "2024-08-16T13:21:20Z")
A couple weeks ago we were at a local brewery. We had taken my gf’s car, and typically that means she would be driving home. However, she was having a stressful week at work, so she asked me to be the one driving home. … --- ## [Synchronicity - The Police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronicity-the-police/1005759)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronicity-the-police/1005759 "2024-08-16T07:12:14Z")
They’ve re-released a remastered box set of Synchronicity. There is a two disk and a six disk version. Disk 1 is the remastered studio album. Disk 2 is various B-sides and unreleased songs. Disks 3-6 are… something. I… --- ## [Comic book grading company must pay $10M damages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-grading-company-must-pay-10m-damages/1005734)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-grading-company-must-pay-10m-damages/1005734 "2024-08-16T04:38:20Z")
This is one of those professions I’d never heard about, but it makes sense that they would exist. I really dislike it when a big corporation tries to throw its weight around and badmouth someone, and seeing one of them g… --- ## [Does Any Fast Food Place Have Good Gravy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-fast-food-place-have-good-gravy/1005574)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-fast-food-place-have-good-gravy/1005574 "2024-08-16T00:07:16Z")
I remember reading Big Secrets years ago discussing the history of fried chicken. Sanders thought his gravy was “like ambrosia” and was horrified at the tasteless, watery crap sold by Kentucky Fried after selling his re… --- ## [Greg Kihn died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greg-kihn-died/1005740 "2024-08-15T23:49:44Z")
Always like him. Weird Al Yankovic did a parody of his song Jeopardy, and Greg has a cameo at the end of the video. RIP, Greg. --- ## [Off key singers on (mainstream) records? -\> Santana Caravanserai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-key-singers-on-mainstream-records-santana-caravanserai/1005612)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-key-singers-on-mainstream-records-santana-caravanserai/1005612 "2024-08-15T06:46:46Z")
I just listen to Santanas Caravanserai record … and the singer is the main reason I do not listen more often to that otherwise good work: (cued to the right spot (0:43) I still am godsmacked how a perform… --- ## [Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - When Were You Travelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsies-tramps-and-thieves-when-were-you-travelling/1005584)
**Author:** [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsies-tramps-and-thieves-when-were-you-travelling/1005584 "2024-08-14T23:33:44Z")
Inspired by the thread on Brandy and because I woke up with this earworm in my head and I cannot get it out… Cher’s 1971 song Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves relates the narrator’s childhood in a travelling carnival-type s… --- ## [Well-regarded bands that you don't like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-regarded-bands-that-you-dont-like/1005105)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-regarded-bands-that-you-dont-like/1005105 "2024-08-14T16:23:12Z")
What bands are critically acclaimed or well-respected by critics and fans alike, but you don’t care for? I’m particularly interested in bands who’s music is in genres that you otherwise enjoy and that, in theory at least… --- ## [Disney+ appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-appreciation-thread/947425)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-appreciation-thread/947425 "2024-08-14T05:16:56Z")
Growing up, I was always a huge fan of Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars, and now I’ve got access to all this great content on one app, for one low monthly fee, without ever having to worry about the Disney Vault again. I lo… --- ## [Umbrella Academy Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-4/992888)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-4/992888 "2024-08-14T04:03:45Z")
Not much info, other than coming out in 2024. I likes season 3 enough to watch this. Brian --- ## [Robin Williams is gone ten years now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-is-gone-ten-years-now/1005565)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robin-williams-is-gone-ten-years-now/1005565 "2024-08-13T18:58:34Z")
This clip is from 1981 and it’s like he already saw what was going to happen. RIP. --- ## [The incomplete works of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomplete-works-of/1005426)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomplete-works-of/1005426 "2024-08-13T18:14:25Z")
It’s common to see anthologies saying they’re “The Complete Works of…” or “The Complete Humorous Stories of …” But the truth is, it’s hard to get every last bit of an author’s works, even by completists. Sherlock Holmes… --- ## [They don't really make good adventure stories anymore, do they? (I blame internet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-really-make-good-adventure-stories-anymore-do-they-i-blame-internet/1005521)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-really-make-good-adventure-stories-anymore-do-they-i-blame-internet/1005521 "2024-08-13T04:39:50Z")
I was thinking the other day, you don’t see a lot of the classic “hero’s journey” “coming of age” style adventure stories these days like you did when I was growing up. I’m thinking stories like the original Star Wars, … --- ## [Abigail (2024) - Did I Miss Something? (Spoilers obviously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abigail-2024-did-i-miss-something-spoilers-obviously/1005594)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abigail-2024-did-i-miss-something-spoilers-obviously/1005594 "2024-08-13T00:24:27Z")
I just watched the movie Abigail and for the most part I enjoyed it. In Abigail, a group of criminals kidnaps the daughter of a notorious crime lord with the expectation of receiving a hefty ransome. For the most part,… --- ## [What kind of vinegars do you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-vinegars-do-you-use/1005570)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-vinegars-do-you-use/1005570 "2024-08-12T21:59:44Z")
Right now we have white vinegar red wine vinegar rice vinegar balsamic vinegar I also really like malt vinegar but only use it with fish fry or French fries which we don’t make at home. Last night we had pork loin … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=117)