# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=177 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 178 --- ## [Grocery staples in your household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-staples-in-your-household/979767)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-staples-in-your-household/979767 "2023-08-27T19:08:30Z")
What do you buy every time you go to the grocery store? For my family, that list is short - milk, eggs, bread, and fresh fruit - we always use enough to need it each week. Everything else only gets purchased when we run … --- ## [Work-in-Progress, Advance Readers Sought: Within the Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-in-progress-advance-readers-sought-within-the-box/986618)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-in-progress-advance-readers-sought-within-the-box/986618 "2023-08-27T06:20:46Z")
In 1982, after I’d come out but before I headed forth to major in women’s studies\*, I was in training to be a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and got crossways with the program and dismissed from it. That provoked my par… --- ## [Let's talk about modern folk music, and why it's weird and silly for the most part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-modern-folk-music-and-why-its-weird-and-silly-for-the-most-part/412193)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-modern-folk-music-and-why-its-weird-and-silly-for-the-most-part/412193 "2023-08-26T23:51:51Z")
What’s up with modern folk music? It seems that something happened to folk music at some point where it became a) specifically “grad school”-ish, with a sort of affluent “NPR sensibility” b) kind of silly and novelty-o… --- ## [Films that that had added footage AFTER completion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973 "2023-08-26T22:54:47Z")
I’m not talking about things like George Lucas’ “special editions” of the Star Wars films, or the “Extended Editions” and “Director’s Cuts” of movies. Or the way Disney re-released The Lion King with added animated fotoa… --- ## [Oh no ! ... Whitesnake's Bernie Marsden died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-whitesnakes-bernie-marsden-died/989151)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-whitesnakes-bernie-marsden-died/989151 "2023-08-26T21:08:04Z")
I always enjoyed the bluesy 1970ies Whitesnake … he - along Mickey Moody - is quite prominently featured on “Live - In the heart of the City” LP good YT clip (Bernie taking the 2nd solo) --- ## [Male film actors born in the U.S. in the past 100 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-film-actors-born-in-the-u-s-in-the-past-100-years/988833)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-film-actors-born-in-the-u-s-in-the-past-100-years/988833 "2023-08-26T16:57:32Z")
Brando was born in Nebraska in 1924, so essentially it’s a list of actors who first appeared in movies after World War II ended. Of the 20 actors listed below, I’d like you to rank the top ten, based strictly on their pe… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #9 - August 2023 - “Home”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-9-august-2023-home/987932)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-9-august-2023-home/987932 "2023-08-26T15:48:31Z")
This is the monthly thread for August 2023. The topic this month is “Home”, chosen by @Scougs Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. One entry per person per month. To make the photos easier … --- ## [Recommend a psychological thriller/drama movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-psychological-thriller-drama-movie/973465)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-psychological-thriller-drama-movie/973465 "2023-08-26T13:28:56Z")
… with a broad ‘battling inner demons/reality’ theme. I’ve enjoyed: American Psycho Jacob’s Ladder The Machinist Fight Club K-Pax So can you offer any movie title to fill in the blank of “If you enjoyed those, the… --- ## [Anyone watching the Tolkien Star Trek rugby sitcom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-tolkien-star-trek-rugby-sitcom/988947)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-tolkien-star-trek-rugby-sitcom/988947 "2023-08-25T19:31:22Z")
(Sorry, there is no Tolkien Star Trek rugby sitcom–I was testing out the fancy new automatic tags.) --- ## [The Sloop John B](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sloop-john-b/989032)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sloop-john-b/989032 "2023-08-25T17:30:16Z")
Has anybody ever done a recording of “The Sloop John B” (aka “The Wreck of the John B”, The John B Sails", &c) that includes the last two verses? --- ## [Shrimp recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-recipes/988930)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-recipes/988930 "2023-08-25T14:09:11Z")
Shrimp. Ya gotta love 'em. These are some go-to recipes: Jambalaya (Long recipe hidden in Summary) Summary• PREP TIME: 30 minutes • TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes • YIELD: 6 servings, about 3 quarts INGREDIENTS •… --- ## [Dead guy producing credit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-guy-producing-credit/989039)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-guy-producing-credit/989039 "2023-08-24T20:42:28Z")
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is my current walking on the treadmill watch. It is obviously based on the character created by Tom Clancy but the plot is not based on any of the books. I noticed Tom Clancy has producing credit a… --- ## [I'm Bewitched. Oh, them Stevens!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bewitched-oh-them-stevens/988690 "2023-08-24T19:24:13Z")
Who wouldn’t want to live on “Morning Glory circle”? Sam looks incredibly bad in maternity clothes. Come on, Darren let her twitch up some nice things. A boat, new golf clubs, you got good cars so we won’t go there. An… --- ## [Albert Brooks' Lost in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-lost-in-america/988499)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-brooks-lost-in-america/988499 "2023-08-24T04:47:49Z")
Saw it on VHS way back when, did not remember anything except the casino scene. Rediscovered it, have watched 4 times in the past month or so Just brilliant, so many great scenes, most beautifully understated. Favori… --- ## [Celebrity Airport Names? (Snoop Dogg?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-airport-names-snoop-dogg/988802 "2023-08-23T21:53:52Z")
Was listening to comedian Dwight Slade on comedy radio. Noting the airport in New Orleans was named after Louis Armstrong, he joked about future airports being named after current celebrities. (He didn’t mention Liverp… --- ## [Your favorite Ray Bradbury story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-ray-bradbury-story/988048 "2023-08-23T15:51:49Z")
So many to choose from, but I just reread “The Fog Horn” and that one’s haunted me ever since I first read it, decades ago. Here’s a link to the text. --- ## [So I made some curry with only a vague idea of what I was doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-made-some-curry-with-only-a-vague-idea-of-what-i-was-doing/988899 "2023-08-23T14:22:29Z")
I started with a can of coconut milk, and a cup of plain yogurt. Spiced that up with 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder, half teaspoon each of cumin and chili powder (didn’t really measure) and some onion powder and some ga… --- ## [What movies should I grab before Netflix stops sending DVDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-should-i-grab-before-netflix-stops-sending-dvds/988679 "2023-08-23T01:12:16Z")
It irritates me because they have a huge library of films that they likely will never put on the site. Why not keep sending them out? Was it really so unprofitable? I get that they want to funnel people to streaming, but… --- ## [Go Team Venture! - VB movie is in the works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-team-venture-vb-movie-is-in-the-works/983000)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-team-venture-vb-movie-is-in-the-works/983000 "2023-08-22T16:13:42Z")
There’s a Venture Brothers movie coming out that picks up where season 7 left off! The trailer below was posted yesterday. It looks great to me! --- ## [RAP is the most versatile music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-is-the-most-versatile-music/240974)
**Author:** [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-is-the-most-versatile-music/240974 "2023-08-22T07:25:25Z")
I was just thinking about how Rap and Hip Hop music can be effectively mixed with Jazz, Heavy Metal, Rock and Roll, R and B, Gospel, Classical, Country, etc. I have a CD that I burned that I call Rap, Rap and More Rap b… --- ## [In "The Great Escape", did Hilts really think the mole digging plan would work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-great-escape-did-hilts-really-think-the-mole-digging-plan-would-work/988892)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-great-escape-did-hilts-really-think-the-mole-digging-plan-would-work/988892 "2023-08-22T02:23:26Z")
Spoilers, obviously. So I was re-watching The Great Escape, which is one of my favorites. There’s a scene I always found funny, in which Steve McQueen’s character (Hilts) is asked by the senior officers to explain his u… --- ## [Who was the better dancer: Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988820)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-better-dancer-fred-astaire-or-gene-kelly/988820 "2023-08-22T01:55:16Z")
Who was the better dancer: Fred Astaire, or Gene Kelly? You’ll notice there are only two options. Pick one, or don’t vote. Today is Fred Astaire Day on TCM. Lots of good dancing, of course. Personally, I think Gene Kell… --- ## [Another "identify this SF story" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-sf-story-thread/988884)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-sf-story-thread/988884 "2023-08-21T22:59:52Z")
Sorry I couldn’t find the most recent thread about this, all my searches turned up ten years ago or older. Someone on another forum posted this description and it sounds interesting: the one in outer space where an ear… --- ## [Identify this science fiction short story, decades old, about gun battles on the freeways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-science-fiction-short-story-decades-old-about-gun-battles-on-the-freeways/979454)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-science-fiction-short-story-decades-old-about-gun-battles-on-the-freeways/979454 "2023-08-21T22:09:44Z")
I read this story at least 3, if not 4+ decades ago, I’m sure. I may even have the damn thing in my library, in some short story collection. But I’ve not been able to find it. No idea of the author. (I am embarrasse… --- ## [Complete the Simon or McCartney lyric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-simon-or-mccartney-lyric/988708)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-the-simon-or-mccartney-lyric/988708 "2023-08-21T14:39:29Z")
Sometimes lyricists just give up before finishing the job. Paul Simon for example in “The Boxer” left some filler lyrics in the final version of the song, “Li li li, li li li li li li li…”, because he felt lazy, or becau… --- ## [Is there any rock studio double album where the second disc is better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-rock-studio-double-album-where-the-second-disc-is-better/988680)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-rock-studio-double-album-where-the-second-disc-is-better/988680 "2023-08-21T13:10:06Z")
Has any rock band released a double album where you thought the second record or CD was better than the first one ? Nope for me. I immediately think of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. First record much better than the s… --- ## [What were the most "risque" shows of the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-risque-shows-of-the-1960s/817188)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-most-risque-shows-of-the-1960s/817188 "2023-08-21T08:23:39Z")
Were there any shows in the 60s which tackled or displayed taboo subject matter or which serve as a great time capuscle of the period? Compared to say, All in the Family in the 70s or The Sopranos? Something like Dragnet… --- ## [James Dean to Star in New Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-dean-to-star-in-new-movie/843175)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-dean-to-star-in-new-movie/843175 "2023-08-21T07:57:10Z")
Looks like being dead is no obstacle to working if you’re famous. The rules really are different for celebrities and the rich. So, opinions? Personally, I think some new Three Stooges shorts would be cool. Would Dope… --- ## [Bradley Cooper accused of “Jewface”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-cooper-accused-of-jewface/988729)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bradley-cooper-accused-of-jewface/988729 "2023-08-21T04:02:31Z")
Apparently there’s some controversy over Bradley Cooper playing Leonard Bernstein in an upcoming film while wearing a large prosthetic nose. While I do I find the choice odd on the face of it, accusations of Cooper usin… --- ## [Solar Opposites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433 "2023-08-21T00:50:49Z")
So this new series dropped today. I have watched the first two episodes…and it is Rick and Morty. If you like Rick and Morty, you will like Solar Opposites, because Solar Opposites is Rick and Morty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=178)