# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=142 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 143 --- ## [Book recommendation time again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendation-time-again/998734)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendation-time-again/998734 "2024-03-14T10:51:05Z")
Ok dopers, I am currently in a book drought. I’m all caught up on new stuff by my “regular” authors. I’ve been enjoying some historical fiction lately and would love to hear some suggestions for something in that genre. … --- ## [What was "A Patriot" going to be about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-patriot-going-to-be-about/998786)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-patriot-going-to-be-about/998786 "2024-03-13T21:58:13Z")
The abandoned project that would have starred Eva Green. I’ve yet to locate an actual synopsis of the story. --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter F 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-f-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998552)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-f-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998552 "2024-03-13T21:41:51Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter F. 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… --- ## [Happy Birthday, Barbara Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barbara-feldon/981196)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-barbara-feldon/981196 "2024-03-13T14:34:11Z")
Two days late, but Happy 90th Birthday to Barbara Feldon! --- ## [Questions about Pop-Tarts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409 "2024-03-13T00:24:37Z")
Having recently watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl where many people were shown eating Pop-Tarts, I have some random questions. Toasted or un-toasted? What’s your favorite Pop-Tart? Do you break it in half before eating? My … --- ## [Eric Carmen of "The Raspberries" has died at 74](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-carmen-of-the-raspberries-has-died-at-74/998725)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-carmen-of-the-raspberries-has-died-at-74/998725 "2024-03-12T23:58:34Z")
The singer/songwriter who recorded Make Me Lose Control, Hungry Eyes, and All By Myself has died at the age of 74. That’s one that’s a real bummer. I really liked his solo work in the 80s. --- ## [Academy Awards 2024 - 96th ceremony - Watch Along Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675 "2024-03-12T17:13:46Z")
Wow, in four years we will have our 100th Academy Awards. I have less interest than normal this year in the show. I hope Miyazaki gets another Oscar, but I am otherwise mainly uninterested in the show this year. Still, I… --- ## [Post Any Concert You Like, Any Era, Any Genre of Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-any-concert-you-like-any-era-any-genre-of-music/914664)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-any-concert-you-like-any-era-any-genre-of-music/914664 "2024-03-12T11:50:15Z")
May I please ask that we all only post one at a time. My idea for creating this thread was all the surprisingly good live music I have discovered during our lockdown. My first selection is New Order live in Glastonberry … --- ## [Songs whose lyrics don't match their composition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-lyrics-dont-match-their-composition/918933)
**Author:** [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-lyrics-dont-match-their-composition/918933 "2024-03-12T10:25:36Z")
I’m thinking of songs whose lyrics, when read alone, convey one type of mood but when listened to seem to convey another mood entirely. As an example, I nominate the song “Die Die Die” by the Avett Brothers. In addition … --- ## [Mmm's song poll - Special Playoff Edition for the Letter E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-e/998664)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-e/998664 "2024-03-12T08:36:00Z")
What is your favorite 2000s song that begins with the letter E? Select just one of the following: poll --- ## ["I thee endow"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thee-endow/998693 "2024-03-12T04:50:52Z")
This is a long shot. Some time ago, maybe in the 1980s, I saw a comedy movie in which there was a scene at a wedding where someone, not a native Engish speaker, was confused by the words “I thee endow”. I think he repeat… --- ## [Impact of audio books vs reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-audio-books-vs-reading/998583)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-audio-books-vs-reading/998583 "2024-03-12T04:16:13Z")
I am curious what people think about the relative value of listening to an audiobook vs reading the physical (or screen-based) book. To me, audiobooks feel like cheating somehow, but I am not sure whether my opinion hold… --- ## [Looking for comic strip news and discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-strip-news-and-discussion/987413)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-strip-news-and-discussion/987413 "2024-03-11T02:02:45Z")
Where is a good site for getting current comic strip news and perhaps discussion? --- ## ['So you want to be a hero? (Hero!)' '80s song ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-be-a-hero-hero-80s-song-id/998686 "2024-03-11T01:16:59Z")
This should be easy, but my google-fu is not mighty tonight. :notes: So you want to be a hero? (Hero!) :notes: Who did it, and what movie sountrack was it used on? --- ## [Movies that follow the book too closely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-follow-the-book-too-closely/998652)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-follow-the-book-too-closely/998652 "2024-03-10T22:22:28Z")
I just finished the audiobook of Stephen King’s “The Langoliers” and then for kicks and grins, watched the made for TV miniseries of it. While I liked the audiobook, what bothered me the most about the movie version was … --- ## [What's your go-to eat out Breakfast/Brunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-eat-out-breakfast-brunch/998055)
**Author:** [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-eat-out-breakfast-brunch/998055 "2024-03-10T20:43:40Z")
I was inspired for this thread by the English Breakfast thread on another spot. I go out for a late breakfast/brunch once every week or 2. My go to is a big vege breakfast from a shopping centre chain food place. (Coffe… --- ## [Favorite - ultra ultra short - guitar solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ultra-ultra-short-guitar-solos/662610)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ultra-ultra-short-guitar-solos/662610 "2024-03-10T15:09:17Z")
I just thought of this topic when I ran into, once again, my guilty-pleasure fond guitar solo: Shake it up, by The Cars. Elliot Easton. I’m really not very enamored of the The Cars, and would cringe a little when they … --- ## [Pride and Prejudice- recomendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-recomendations/354142)
**Author:** [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-and-prejudice-recomendations/354142 "2024-03-10T14:57:43Z")
Jsut a quick question about this story. We have recently turned and interest to seeing this movie. Recently, however, I’ve heard of several versions. The is supposed to be a BBC, a mid-40’s and I hear a recent release… --- ## [TV ads that are much different with audio only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-are-much-different-with-audio-only/998649)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-ads-that-are-much-different-with-audio-only/998649 "2024-03-10T14:21:57Z")
There’s an ad I’ve seen on TV a few times lately. A couple is going through a parents’ house after they have died, looking for some important insurance papers or something. However, the other night it came on while I was… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter E 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-e-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998419)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-e-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998419 "2024-03-10T10:59:10Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter E. 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… --- ## [Where no meal has gone before (combos no one but you are eating)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-no-meal-has-gone-before-combos-no-one-but-you-are-eating/998146)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-no-meal-has-gone-before-combos-no-one-but-you-are-eating/998146 "2024-03-10T03:44:53Z")
Between the fact that I love to try new things and will often purchase weird produce I see or order new ingredients through the internet, and the fact that I am obsessively opposed to food waste, I end up eating some int… --- ## [Shopping Channel Snark..Mostly QVC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395)
**Author:** [@artisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artisto)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-channel-snark-mostly-qvc/998395 "2024-03-10T01:20:19Z")
So…the Primetimer Shopping channel forum is clamped shut… This looks like a good relocation site… I see Booney on here…from a few years back… --- ## [The legacy of "The Times Square Kissing Sailor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-the-times-square-kissing-sailor/631527)
**Author:** [@Penrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penrose)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-legacy-of-the-times-square-kissing-sailor/631527 "2024-03-10T01:13:05Z")
Today was V-J Day, which produced the iconic photo of a sailor celebrating the end of the war by kissing a nurse. The image still resonates and has been reenacted by zombies, vampires, The Watchmen, The Simpsons and many… --- ## [Narrative / Narrator discrepancies (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrative-narrator-discrepancies-open-spoilers/997813)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrative-narrator-discrepancies-open-spoilers/997813 "2024-03-09T22:07:33Z")
In the 1996 movie adaptation of Matilda, Danny Devito narrates, but also plays one of the main roles as Mr Wormwood; as a result, we hear the distinctive voice of the actor narrating things that the character played by t… --- ## [What's the real name of that "There's a Place in France . . ." song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-real-name-of-that-theres-a-place-in-france-song/155487)
**Author:** [@smithsonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsonian)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-real-name-of-that-theres-a-place-in-france-song/155487 "2024-03-09T21:38:03Z")
I recently went on a classic animation binge, watching a collection of old Mickey Mouse cartoons, followed by a bunch of Felix shorts. One thing that struck me as odd was how all the cartoons from the '20s and '30s seem … --- ## [Actor Treat Williams has died at 71 {June 12, 2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-treat-williams-has-died-at-71-june-12-2023/985427)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-treat-williams-has-died-at-71-june-12-2023/985427 "2024-03-09T17:16:25Z")
He has died in a motorcycle accident. His performance in the film Prince of the City made his career. RIP. --- ## [Musicians: What piano chord is played at 2:59 on "Let It Be"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-piano-chord-is-played-at-2-59-on-let-it-be/663891 "2024-03-09T14:54:49Z")
\*\*During the 2nd half of the third verse of Let It Be (“I wake up to the sound of music / Mother Mary comes to me”) Paul McCartney’s piano part has a slightly different chord than the one used in the other verses. The c… --- ## [Seeking input about the "best song by letter" polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-input-about-the-best-song-by-letter-polls/992171)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-input-about-the-best-song-by-letter-polls/992171 "2024-03-09T00:49:08Z")
See this thread for reference. I’ve decided to limit the final poll for each letter to the top ten vote-getting songs (a little more or less if there is a tie). Given that, how many votes should I allow in the final po… --- ## [Great Unique Non-English Language Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-unique-non-english-language-movies/974540)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-unique-non-english-language-movies/974540 "2024-03-08T21:42:37Z")
I only get three pleasures in life – music, comedy, and movies… I’ve seen many. But I notice a trend, that the ones I’ve been able to sit through have mostly been foreign, despite watching a majority of American movies (… --- ## [Dollar Store Cinnamon Recall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollar-store-cinnamon-recall/998620)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dollar-store-cinnamon-recall/998620 "2024-03-08T20:17:44Z")
La Fiesta, Marcum, MK, Swad, Supreme Tradition and El Chilar brands of ground cinnamon are typically sold at discount stores and contain between 2.03 and 3.4 parts per million of lead, the agency said. No illnesses h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=143)