# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=175 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 176 --- ## [Twinkies Coming Back July 15!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinkies-coming-back-july-15/661720)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinkies-coming-back-july-15/661720 "2023-09-11T18:27:51Z")
" Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month. The company that went bankrupt after an acrimonious fight with its unionized workers last year is back up and running under n… --- ## [Trying to remember a family movie from 80's/90's from one scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-family-movie-from-80s-90s-from-one-scene/989467)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-family-movie-from-80s-90s-from-one-scene/989467 "2023-09-11T16:36:47Z")
I saw this as a kid so my guess it came out no later than 1995. A group of 2-3 kids are staying with an uncle-type person, a real slovenly guy. One of the kids spills milk on the counter and gets upset about it. The guy … --- ## [Keeping fresh tomatoes in vinegar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854 "2023-09-11T15:51:58Z")
I like sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches, but being alone, I only use about a 1/3 of a tomato on a sandwich. I’ve been slicing them and putting them in vinegar in the fridge, which seem to be working well… but I’ve been… --- ## [What, exactly, is the appeal of going to a drive-in movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518 "2023-09-11T15:15:06Z")
Drive-in movies were apparently once quite popular, but haven’t really been a thing during my lifetime. I’ve always wondered, quite frankly, why? What’s the point? OK, I’ll try to answer my own question in part - I gues… --- ## [Ahmad Jamal has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755 "2023-09-11T13:02:06Z")
Jazz great dead at 92. Pianist, composer and jazz legend for six decades. --- ## [Why does Socrates in Plato's "The First Alcibiades" refer to the Peparethians as "ignoble Peparethians"? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874 "2023-09-11T11:37:31Z")
Why does Socrates in Plato’s “The First Alcibiades” refer to the Peparethians as “ignoble Peparethians”? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians? --- ## [Future Man--anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625 "2023-09-10T22:22:46Z")
I binged all 13 episodes over the past couple of nights. It is hilarious and well written. --- ## [Why Wednesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687 "2023-09-10T21:54:47Z")
It;s interesting that in every big city I’ve lived in, the daily paper has food day on Wednesday–restaurant reviews, recipes, wine selections, etc; why Wednesday and not other days, like say Fridays, when people do cooki… --- ## [Fighting movies where different arts battle each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838 "2023-09-10T21:42:26Z")
I recently watched Secret of the Chinese Kung Fu on Netflix DVD. The basic plot is: a sailor who has washed ashore in a small town must battle a wannabe crime boss. The sailor has kung fu! So the boss brings in hired mus… --- ## [Anime Scott Pilgrim series coming to Netflix November 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865 "2023-09-10T13:07:51Z")
Why am I only learning about this now? :slight\_smile: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off premiers on Netflix November 17 and the entire cast of the 2010 Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim film are reprising their roles. The show was devel… --- ## [Changing lyrics for the radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lyrics-for-the-radio/989744)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-lyrics-for-the-radio/989744 "2023-09-10T03:14:52Z")
The death of Jimmy Buffett reminded me that lyrics for ‘Margaritaville’ were changed for radio broadcast. Original: Nothin’ to show but this brand new tattoo But it’s a real beauty A Mexican cutie How it got here I … --- ## [Sweet Home Alabama: what key is it in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-home-alabama-what-key-is-it-in/989752)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-home-alabama-what-key-is-it-in/989752 "2023-09-09T21:21:03Z")
I don’t know if this has been covered here yet, but it led to a lively discussion this weekend on Facebook. What key would you say this classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song is in and why? Looking forward to some great Straight Do… --- ## [Does Corey Hart get released from jail in the "Sunglasses at Night" video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-corey-hart-get-released-from-jail-in-the-sunglasses-at-night-video/989764)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-corey-hart-get-released-from-jail-in-the-sunglasses-at-night-video/989764 "2023-09-09T11:14:48Z")
I’m not much for music videos, but perhaps my favorite is the one for Canadian singer Corey Hart’s signature song “Sunglasses at Night” see here. It was filmed at Toronto’s Don Jail. Hart was big during my childhood. Th… --- ## [Full Irish breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-irish-breakfast/989609)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-irish-breakfast/989609 "2023-09-09T01:59:20Z")
For a long time I have wanted to try a full English breakfast. I was at PJ McIntyre’s Irish Pub on the west side of Cleveland and they offer a full Irish breakfast among other Irish foods. The owner and several employees… --- ## [Can CGI ever replace actors entirely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cgi-ever-replace-actors-entirely/989437)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cgi-ever-replace-actors-entirely/989437 "2023-09-08T18:24:06Z")
I’m thinking that CGI could get (or has gotten?) close enough to imitating real-life appearances of humans that movies could be made in theory without any actual actors on screen. Is this impossible?: instead of Tom Cru… --- ## [Guy who "invented" bacon and eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-who-invented-bacon-and-eggs/989684)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-who-invented-bacon-and-eggs/989684 "2023-09-08T15:15:34Z")
Just got down reading todays Post-Dispatch 9/6 (link https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/eedition/5/c9/5c92ed5d-c794-522f-ae68-0f7ec4f493bf/64f7647d20932.magnified.jpg) if do… --- ## [Pop culture that has never been adapted to another medium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-that-has-never-been-adapted-to-another-medium/989659)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-that-has-never-been-adapted-to-another-medium/989659 "2023-09-08T08:28:18Z")
Calvin & Hobbes only exists as a comic strip. (The books are only collections of the original strip reprinted.) There has never been, and probably never will be, a Calvin & Hobbes movie, or a Calvin & Hobbes TV show, or … --- ## [What's a good way to come up with a heist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-come-up-with-a-heist/989695)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-come-up-with-a-heist/989695 "2023-09-08T07:17:03Z")
So I’m trying to write a story about a heist. The (possible) idea is that everyone else has magic or superpowers or amazing future tech, and he just has “ordinary” resources and skills. Is there a good way to come up wit… --- ## [Strange Planet: the series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-planet-the-series/987607)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-planet-the-series/987607 "2023-09-07T22:59:03Z")
For those not familiar with it, Strange Planet is a (typically) 4–panel comic reframing normal day-to-day activities by showing them experienced by aliens that narrate the activities using stilted language. Some of them … --- ## [It's A Wonderful Life - what happened to Martini??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-what-happened-to-martini/644557)
**Author:** [@ScatteredFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScatteredFrog)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-what-happened-to-martini/644557 "2023-09-07T14:05:56Z")
That is…when Clarence arranges for George to have never existed…all we know is that instead of Martini, Nick owns the bar and never heard of a guy named Martini. We know from earlier in the movie that Martini moved into… --- ## [Best sequel movies of the 21st century so far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sequel-movies-of-the-21st-century-so-far/989633)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sequel-movies-of-the-21st-century-so-far/989633 "2023-09-07T06:23:35Z")
The Two Towers The Dark Knight Mad Max: Fury Road Bladerunner 2049 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol What sequels released this century deserve to be included? --- ## [The Primevals has finally been released!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-primevals-has-finally-been-released/989691)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-primevals-has-finally-been-released/989691 "2023-09-06T13:04:17Z")
Back in July, but I just found out about it. In case you didn’t know, The Primevals was a labor of love by animator David Allen. He’s been working on it since the 1960s. In 1978 it looked as if it was finally going to b… --- ## [Very cool "light painting" animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-light-painting-animation/989677)
**Author:** [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-light-painting-animation/989677 "2023-09-06T08:26:22Z")
Mr. Legend found a very cool Instagram account. This guy does what he calls “light painting,” which is stop-action photography of, well, lights. It’s kind of amazing! POV: you have been light painting stop motion video… --- ## [Names some films with famous spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-some-films-with-famous-spoilers/989204)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-some-films-with-famous-spoilers/989204 "2023-09-06T01:04:40Z")
Just the titles, please, not the spoilers themselves. So far, I’ve got Charade, Platoon, Psycho, Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, Soylent Green, A Beautiful Mind and a few others. I need about twelve more. --- ## [Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-mouth-lead-singer-steve-harwell-has-died/989581)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smash-mouth-lead-singer-steve-harwell-has-died/989581 "2023-09-05T23:59:03Z")
--- ## [Underestimated Badass movie recs like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underestimated-badass-movie-recs-like/989514)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underestimated-badass-movie-recs-like/989514 "2023-09-05T08:28:41Z")
The Equalizer Mr. Nobody Polar I have also seen at least one featuring a woman badass. Any others? --- ## [Is Star Wars the biggest franchise where nobody has ever said the title ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-the-biggest-franchise-where-nobody-has-ever-said-the-title-ever/989571)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-star-wars-the-biggest-franchise-where-nobody-has-ever-said-the-title-ever/989571 "2023-09-05T06:17:17Z")
Or title drop as it’s sometimes called. Yes they have occasionally said the subtitle, but as far as I know nobody has ever actually said the words Star Wars together in Star Wars. Has anyone ever said “Fast and Furious”… --- ## [Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") dies at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-wright-dream-weaver-love-is-alive-dies-at-80/989635)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-wright-dream-weaver-love-is-alive-dies-at-80/989635 "2023-09-05T04:22:13Z")
They say things happen in threes. First Jimmy Buffett, then Steve Harwell, and now Gary Wright, who had two big hits in the mid 1970s but never had, or probably wanted, the same level of commercial success again. He ap… --- ## [A self-serving movie producer bemoans his inability to make money from immorality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-serving-movie-producer-bemoans-his-inability-to-make-money-from-immorality/989516)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-serving-movie-producer-bemoans-his-inability-to-make-money-from-immorality/989516 "2023-09-05T02:35:15Z")
I present to you Luca Barbareschi, the producer of Roman Polanski’s most recent film (which I shall not name here, you can find it in the link), who cannot get theater distribution for this film in the US, the UK or Fran… --- ## [Are there any foods that are good to eat raw but are worse after cooking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-that-are-good-to-eat-raw-but-are-worse-after-cooking/989531)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-that-are-good-to-eat-raw-but-are-worse-after-cooking/989531 "2023-09-05T01:43:10Z")
After cooking some might taste funny. There have to be some where the texture suffers from cooking to the point where you wouldn’t want it. Perhaps there is a rare food that is unhealthy to eat after cooking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=176)