# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=156 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 157 --- ## [2023 in Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-in-film/994936)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-in-film/994936 "2023-12-21T17:01:38Z")
Looking back this was an overall pretty weak year for movies. Even most of the ones I liked were just pretty good. Here’s my top three for the year. Godzilla Minus One Oppenheimer Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among … --- ## [Shane McGowan of the Pogues has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shane-mcgowan-of-the-pogues-has-died/993900)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shane-mcgowan-of-the-pogues-has-died/993900 "2023-12-21T16:33:02Z")
Just seen the breaking news. He’d been in intensive care with a lingering infection and was discharged only last week. --- ## [Just bought some Malibu Coconut flavored liqueur and Coke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-some-malibu-coconut-flavored-liqueur-and-coke/994840)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-bought-some-malibu-coconut-flavored-liqueur-and-coke/994840 "2023-12-21T14:50:08Z")
My wife was in the mood for Malibu and Coke tonight. She’s not often suggesting anything except sometimes a bottle of wine for Saturday dinner. From wiki: is a coconut flavored liqueur, made with Caribbean rum, and ha… --- ## [What Are Some Songs That Begin With The Chorus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-begin-with-the-chorus/983643)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-that-begin-with-the-chorus/983643 "2023-12-21T06:09:36Z")
Shamefully, I must admit that, at the moment, I can only think of two. Miracles by The Jefferson Airplane. I’m pretty sure this song is one of the more obscure in the TJA canon, but a classic rock expert I am not, and I… --- ## [What’s the controversy over Warner Brothers/Discovery + merging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-controversy-over-warner-brothers-discovery-merging/969120)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-controversy-over-warner-brothers-discovery-merging/969120 "2023-12-21T02:30:05Z")
I know it doesn’t take much to send people on social media into a frenzy, but there’s an awful lot of people seriously doomering now. I’ve never had HBO Max and I only have Discovery + because I got a freebie from Ver… --- ## ["Boys in the Boat" is a new movie? I thought that movie came out several years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-in-the-boat-is-a-new-movie-i-thought-that-movie-came-out-several-years-ago/994759)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-in-the-boat-is-a-new-movie-i-thought-that-movie-came-out-several-years-ago/994759 "2023-12-20T23:12:44Z")
It’s quite a story, about an underdog American sculls team who competed in the 1936 Olympics . The book of that title was a huge best-seller; I tried to read it and didn’t find the intricate details of the boat’s constru… --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter F? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-f-see-rules-in-op/992367 "2023-12-20T21:28:15Z")
Rules: Submissions are limited to 5 per person. @Q.Q.Switcheroo gets up to 8 and @gkster gets up to 6 due to past sins on my part. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. in the title. Exclude titles that beg… --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter B? See rules in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-b-see-rules-in-op/992931 "2023-12-20T21:16:21Z")
Rules: Submissions are limited to 5 per person. 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. Exclude titles that begin with pu… --- ## [Something Positive question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-positive-question/582187)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-positive-question/582187 "2023-12-20T21:16:11Z")
A question for readers of the webcomic Something Positive. Has Milholland established a link between Bian and the rest of the cast yet? As far as I recall, she’s essentially living in a completely separate strip. I’m as… --- ## [Non-beef meat burgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-beef-meat-burgers/994699)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-beef-meat-burgers/994699 "2023-12-20T18:29:13Z")
A BBQ Pit thread is currently running a hijack about bison meat. I thought I’d start a thread for burgers that are made with meat (i.e., no ‘vegie burgers’ as tasty as they are, bean burgers, Impossible burgers, etc), b… --- ## [How to become a single malt connoisseur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115 "2023-12-20T18:14:15Z")
At a recent holiday party, a family member offered me a glass of 12 year old Macallan single malt whisky. I told him offering it to me was casting pearls before swine as I’m no judge of whiskey, but he insisted. So I sip… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter A? See rules in OP \[Final Poll Added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-a-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994671 "2023-12-20T12:02:09Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name t… --- ## [L.A. DJ Jim Ladd has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791 "2023-12-19T22:51:10Z")
Jim Ladd, Radio Veteran and SiriusXM Personality, Dead at 75 He was the inspiration for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “The Last DJ" I used to hear him on KMET. --- ## [Delusional Egomaniacal LOTR fan-fiction writer has a bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800 "2023-12-19T20:53:25Z")
Demetrious Polychron is a fan-fiction writer. He wrote what he described as a “pitch-perfect” prequel to the Lord of the Rings books. Sure that the Tolkien estate would be eager to collaborate on publishing his books, he… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R? See rules in OP: final poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479 "2023-12-19T19:51:29Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name… --- ## [Legal question: Tarzan, his cousin, and the House of Lords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792 "2023-12-19T16:01:13Z")
Not sure if this belongs in CS or IMHO. It is the late 19th Century. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, disappears. While missing, his son and heir, John Junior, is born. One day, the child is playing with his father’… --- ## [Booze for the Holidays - Box Wine Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724 "2023-12-19T11:04:28Z")
With out of town friends coming for the New Year holiday, I got my booze shopping done on Friday. This year we are making said friend’s traditional eggnog (his departed father’s version) rather than mine: raw eggs, cre… --- ## [Halving a raisin bran muffin recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797 "2023-12-19T06:30:21Z")
So I want to bake some raisin bran muffins. I have a recipe I used in the past that was okay, but like most of them it makes a dozen muffins, way too much for just us. Halving the ingredient amounts is no problem excep… --- ## [Philadelphia Experts: Novelist needs help with city geography and outlying neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-experts-novelist-needs-help-with-city-geography-and-outlying-neighborhoods/994700)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-experts-novelist-needs-help-with-city-geography-and-outlying-neighborhoods/994700 "2023-12-19T04:34:46Z")
My sophomore novel is centered in and around Philadelphia. I’ve made two trips to Philly, but spent too much time downtown, near U of Penn. I would sincerely appreciate help with the following: I need to base one of th… --- ## [Bad Santa (2003)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611 "2023-12-19T00:56:16Z")
I don’t know about you, but I love this movie. I love it more than I love A Christmas Story. I love it more than I love Christmas Vacation or Die Hard. Someday I’ll get tired of those movies. This one will forever remain… --- ## [Duets you wish would (or could have) exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-you-wish-would-or-could-have-exist/994740)
**Author:** [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-you-wish-would-or-could-have-exist/994740 "2023-12-18T10:18:08Z")
I was just watching (for the umpteenth time) the music video of Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton doing Rena’s older hit “Does He Love You”. Two queens of country music blending their voices in a duet which, to my mind, pre… --- ## [That one scene in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-scene-in-a-movie/994344 "2023-12-17T23:29:52Z")
When you like a movie, no matter how good or bad it is, there is sometimes a scene that, if you miss it, you are disappointed for the rest of the film. I have quite a number of those but here are three to start, and I i… --- ## [Just What is so Disgusting about Hot Dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781 "2023-12-17T15:06:52Z")
Again I’m browsing food related stuff on YouTube, both for good and bad foods (according to the people posting them). I watched videos about foods people find disgusting. Invariably, hot dog wieners are brought up. I… --- ## [Scrapple? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrapple-really/994617)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrapple-really/994617 "2023-12-17T13:31:32Z")
So, scrapple. Never tried it before, but I pickled up a frozen Jones Dairy Farm package of it the other day, thawed it overnight, and tried a slice today. The package says to cook it in the oven but I just fried it up … --- ## [British Dopers: Tell Me More About Christmas Pantos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-tell-me-more-about-christmas-pantos/992836)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-tell-me-more-about-christmas-pantos/992836 "2023-12-17T10:58:31Z")
I’m obsessed with the idea of the LGBTQ community in the US adopting Christmas pantos and making them their own. Put a saucy drag queen in the lead role (or make her the emcee), have her exchange witty banter with the au… --- ## [Happy Beethoven's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/994680)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/994680 "2023-12-17T07:31:20Z")
https://youtu.be/p3qfJQGngQc --- ## [Those posters of African-American hairstyles at the barbershop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-posters-of-african-american-hairstyles-at-the-barbershop/994512)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-posters-of-african-american-hairstyles-at-the-barbershop/994512 "2023-12-17T03:43:57Z")
At the barbershop today to get my thrice-annual “alright, I’m getting too shaggy, time to get this buzzed off” cut. I’ve nevwr bothered much with my hair, and I’ve been getting it cut the same way since I was 13 - I get … --- ## [Question for anyone with the low tier Netflix subscription with ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-anyone-with-the-low-tier-netflix-subscription-with-ads/994065)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-anyone-with-the-low-tier-netflix-subscription-with-ads/994065 "2023-12-16T22:44:31Z")
How bad are the ads? --- ## [Showtime’s “The Curse.” reveals the dark side of HGTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showtime-s-the-curse-reveals-the-dark-side-of-hgtv/993380)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showtime-s-the-curse-reveals-the-dark-side-of-hgtv/993380 "2023-12-16T22:30:14Z")
I started watching This Old House in the late 1970’s and loved the show. I watched every episode of the New Yankee Workshop and Roy Underhill’s the Woodright’s Shop. PBS used very skilled contractors and woodworkers to… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter J? See rules in OP \[final poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994363)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-j-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994363 "2023-12-16T20:12:29Z")
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