# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=141 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 142 --- ## [Emojis. A primer, a quiz, a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emojis-a-primer-a-quiz-a-question/998946 "2024-03-20T16:36:34Z")
Loved this article on emojis - a quiz on what you think they mean, the revelation people interpret them very differently (including poll numbers), a fun article, some useful advice, some new ones. Hopefully the link bel… --- ## [Corned beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef/998922 "2024-03-20T14:50:10Z")
Say you cook a huge corned beef and cabbage. Left overs for a couple days after. 3rd day. Half the beast is left. What do you do with it? --- ## [Michael Jackson throw down: Thriller vs Beat It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-throw-down-thriller-vs-beat-it/998892 "2024-03-20T14:17:16Z")
Judging the two songs on vocal quality, musicianship, lyrics, and video, which one is the winner? Vocal quality: Both are peak adult MJ. Tie. Musicianship: I prefer the harder beat and guitar work of Thriller. Lyrics… --- ## [Songs about magic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-magic/998914 "2024-03-20T10:55:32Z")
My wife wants to put together a playlist that has songs about magic. Nothing too obscure, but any decade is fine. Nothing too hard (no metal, gangsta, etc.). I’ll get us started: Magic Carpet Ride Magic (Olivia Newton… --- ## [Nero Wolfe New York Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-new-york-question/998954 "2024-03-20T06:27:35Z")
I hope native New Yorkers can help me here. In Some Buried Caesar, Archies note of a conman-" was an individual who should not have been there, since the proper environment for that type is bounded by 42nd and 96th str… --- ## [Leaving Food Out Overnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight/998986 "2024-03-20T04:33:51Z")
I’ll take out what I think I’m going to eat, so it dethaws, etc… and too many times I’m so tired (and full) that I just go right to bed. Then when I wake up and go into the kitchen, I see food left out… Especially in the… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter J and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP {FINAL POLL ADDED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998907 "2024-03-20T03:12:32Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter J. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Years ago I was told that the British film "Saturday Night - Sunday Morning" (1960) was the first film to use four-letter words. Were any four-letter words used in earlier films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-ago-i-was-told-that-the-british-film-saturday-night-sunday-morning-1960-was-the-first-film-to-use-four-letter-words-were-any-four-letter-words-used-in-earlier-films/998460)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-ago-i-was-told-that-the-british-film-saturday-night-sunday-morning-1960-was-the-first-film-to-use-four-letter-words-were-any-four-letter-words-used-in-earlier-films/998460 "2024-03-20T02:06:56Z")
It does contain at least one use of the word “arse”. --- ## [Give your favorite cartoons the "Rated M for Mature" treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-favorite-cartoons-the-rated-m-for-mature-treatment/998990)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-your-favorite-cartoons-the-rated-m-for-mature-treatment/998990 "2024-03-19T19:20:19Z")
As a youth I would watch the locally aired syndicated cartoons repeatedly until I knew many of them by heart. In latter days when I have occasion to think back on them I often amuse myself by removing all “PG” restraints… --- ## [For What It's Worth, Neil Young is returning to Spotify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-what-its-worth-neil-young-is-returning-to-spotify/998778)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-what-its-worth-neil-young-is-returning-to-spotify/998778 "2024-03-19T15:06:24Z")
I am a huge Neil Young fan and I was greatly disappointed when he left Spotify (although I admired his taking a stand). Now he’s coming back and I’m happy as a clam. And it was just yesterday that I finally figured out… --- ## ["My name is Dust, Star Dust" -- the roots of Goldfinger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-dust-star-dust-the-roots-of-goldfinger/999033)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-dust-star-dust-the-roots-of-goldfinger/999033 "2024-03-19T14:07:11Z")
I stumbled across something fascinating in the library yesterday. It was an action story that shows a team of villains in an “ultramodern” secret lair gathered around aerial photographs of Fort Knox . They were planning … --- ## [Mirror Mirror (TOS)...the immediate aftermath.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-mirror-tos-the-immediate-aftermath/845502)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-mirror-tos-the-immediate-aftermath/845502 "2024-03-19T03:59:12Z")
I assume there’s a novel that covers this. There’s one for everything. Mirror Spock needs to have killed Sulu upon exiting sickbay…and if he didn’t, he had him locked up and now he needs to kill him. There are a few lo… --- ## [Guitar players - sight reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-sight-reading/997955)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-sight-reading/997955 "2024-03-18T23:04:38Z")
Maybe 50 or 55 years ago, in music class in public school, we learned to sight read, a skill that I completely lost a few years later. Now, as I’m learning guitar and doing a lot of improvising off of scales I’ve wonder… --- ## [Help me identify a text-based computer game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-text-based-computer-game/720746)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-text-based-computer-game/720746 "2024-03-18T23:03:36Z")
I don’t know what made me think of this game, but now it’s bugging me. It would’ve been a mid 80’s Apple IIc game. This was a sci-fi game, set on some sort of space station. The space station had different colored cor… --- ## [Forgotten movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-03-18T13:09:14Z")
Today we met a neighbour who has a cat named Ballantine (named after his late uncle). That reminded me of Bank Shot (1974) starring George C. Scott as Walter Ballantine. That reminded me of Undercovers Hero (1974) star… --- ## [Homebrewers! Share your best Honey Ale recipe!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homebrewers-share-your-best-honey-ale-recipe/998968)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homebrewers-share-your-best-honey-ale-recipe/998968 "2024-03-18T05:00:55Z")
I homebrew, but have largely got in a rut and do the same thing all the time. Kind of an Over-hopped Sierra Nevada clone. Knocks your socks off. But… I got a large surplus of honey that I want to use up. I used to make … --- ## [Atlantic's 136 Great American Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantics-136-great-american-novels/998857)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantics-136-great-american-novels/998857 "2024-03-18T01:31:30Z")
The Atlantic has surveyed a bunch of people to get a list of the great American novels written from 1924 onward. In setting out to identify that new American canon, we decided to define American as having first been … --- ## [Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel frontman has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-harley-cockney-rebel-frontman-has-died/998940)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-harley-cockney-rebel-frontman-has-died/998940 "2024-03-17T15:39:06Z")
Well damn. --- ## [Help remembering a classic ska song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-classic-ska-song/998943)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-remembering-a-classic-ska-song/998943 "2024-03-17T13:56:49Z")
I’m trying to remember a ska song from the 60s. I think it was one of the big artists, Prince Buster, Dandy Livingstone, or one of those. The lyrics are sparse and he says something like: “I’m the \ W F A A”… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter H and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP (FINAL POLL ADDED)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-h-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998738)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-h-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998738 "2024-03-16T20:42:33Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter H. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Drummers: Were you taught NOT to "gallop"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-were-you-taught-not-to-gallop/998624)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-were-you-taught-not-to-gallop/998624 "2024-03-16T03:48:36Z")
I was at McDs casually listening to the background music over the PA. It was some upbeat, modern song. The drummer in the song had no real style, probably another sefl-taught “Johnny” who thinks he can play. I noticed he… --- ## [Did Jim Rockford carry a gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-rockford-carry-a-gun/716737)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-rockford-carry-a-gun/716737 "2024-03-15T20:06:24Z")
The Rockford Files often plays in the background while I work. I like the noise of the TV, and I don’t have to pay attention to what’s on. (Although there are things on TV that I can’t filter out, which is why I play i… --- ## [Al Yankovic fun fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-yankovic-fun-fact/998837 "2024-03-15T14:44:07Z")
He was once on the CBS special “Circus Of The Stars” (Of which there were 19). What is your best guess as to what act he performed? If you actually know, please don’t post the answer just yet, o.k.? Again: Guesses on… --- ## [The most over-the-top bloody Mary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-over-the-top-bloody-mary/998806)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-over-the-top-bloody-mary/998806 "2024-03-15T11:54:30Z")
The Aviator restaurant near the Cleveland airport features a $25 bloody Mary that is a whole meal. The ingredients vary over time but it has shrimp on toothpicks, a sandwich, a donut, bacon, olives, waffles and cheeses … --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter G and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP (FINAL POLL ADDED)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-g-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998667)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-g-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998667 "2024-03-15T06:09:59Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter G. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [So, apparently AI can create amazing optical illusions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ai-can-create-amazing-optical-illusions/991845)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-apparently-ai-can-create-amazing-optical-illusions/991845 "2024-03-15T04:23:33Z")
As best as I can determine, the following images were created by AI, in conjunction with Stable Diffusion, a neural AI network. They are pretty amazing to me. Some are easier to see than others. Back away, squint or view… --- ## [RIP Karl Wallinger, 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-karl-wallinger-66/998715)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-karl-wallinger-66/998715 "2024-03-15T01:28:55Z")
Member of the Waterboys as well as leader of World Party, and writer of great hooks. One of my favorites here: --- ## [Songs with Whistle Register](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-whistle-register/692034)
**Author:** [@MusicAddict95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicAddict95)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-whistle-register/692034 "2024-03-14T22:59:27Z")
As part of my list of pop/rock songs that I am compiling by topic, I want to know if anyone can recommend SPECIFIC songs in which the singer/singers uses the whistle register. I would prefer not to have any generalized e… --- ## [2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545 "2024-03-14T20:55:43Z")
The 2024 Oscar nominations are out. Any comments? I have seen almost none of these. 96th Academy Awards - Wikipedia Partial list: BEST PICTURE “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Kill… --- ## [Trying to remember the details of a magazine postal contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-details-of-a-magazine-postal-contest/998717 "2024-03-14T19:38:45Z")
I have the vague memory of a magazine (it might have been the popular science monthly Omni) that ran a contest in which readers were invited to creatively address a letter and mail it to the magazine via the USPS. The mo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=142)