# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=192 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 193 --- ## [RIP Tina Turner (1939-2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tina-turner-1939-2023/984532 "2023-05-27T11:22:32Z")
We’ve got a preliminary report that Tina Turner passed away in her home in Switzerland after a long illness. --- ## [Movies That Helped You Understand People More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-helped-you-understand-people-more/984577)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-helped-you-understand-people-more/984577 "2023-05-27T10:49:33Z")
I was reading an interview with Roger Ebert who said about “Nashville” “After I saw it I felt more alive, I felt I understood more about people, I felt somehow wiser. It’s that good a movie.” You might even be able to … --- ## [What is this kitchen tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-kitchen-tool/984638)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-kitchen-tool/984638 "2023-05-27T05:00:26Z")
I have a kitchen utensil whose use is unknown to me, so I went looking on the internet and found it for sale on eBay, but I think the seller doesn’t know what it is either, as they refer to it as a “curved serrated kitch… --- ## [Schmigadoon season 2 (Spoilers be here)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schmigadoon-season-2-spoilers-be-here/983191)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schmigadoon-season-2-spoilers-be-here/983191 "2023-05-27T02:56:37Z")
I’m loving season 2 and all the different plays being parodied. Especially loving the Godspell and Sweeney Todd bits in episode 3. Anyone else watching this series at all? --- ## [Which band is usually credited with creating and popularizing Southern Rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-is-usually-credited-with-creating-and-popularizing-southern-rock/984443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-is-usually-credited-with-creating-and-popularizing-southern-rock/984443 "2023-05-27T02:21:50Z")
poll --- ## [Whatever happened to Liebfraumilch (Blue Nun)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-liebfraumilch-blue-nun/984208)
**Author:** [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-liebfraumilch-blue-nun/984208 "2023-05-27T02:17:15Z")
It seemed like “Blue Nun”, Liebfraumilch style, “crisp”, white wine was an ubiquitous serving and table wine everywhere here in the Midwest, back in the day. I haven’t seen it for years in the store or on the wine list. … --- ## [Romeo and Juliet(1968) Actors Sue Paramount for Child Abuse Over Underage Nudity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romeo-and-juliet-1968-actors-sue-paramount-for-child-abuse-over-underage-nudity/977630)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romeo-and-juliet-1968-actors-sue-paramount-for-child-abuse-over-underage-nudity/977630 "2023-05-27T01:52:13Z")
i would think they should of done this a decade or two ago …and also were the parents involved at any point? --- ## [Friends mom is furious because her adult friend gave her son pasta with red wine in the sauce should she of asked first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-mom-is-furious-because-her-adult-friend-gave-her-son-pasta-with-red-wine-in-the-sauce-should-she-of-asked-first/980647)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-mom-is-furious-because-her-adult-friend-gave-her-son-pasta-with-red-wine-in-the-sauce-should-she-of-asked-first/980647 "2023-05-27T01:45:51Z")
apparently the friend was babysitting and the kid wanted pasta for red sauce that had red wine in it … and it caused a stir should she of asked first ? I know they have jarred pasta sauce made with red wine … --- ## [Anime depictions of the Tomahawk cruise missile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616 "2023-05-26T20:35:29Z")
Like it says in the title…can anyone happen to point me out any examples of the Tomahawk cruise missile (the ol’ BGM-109—changing that first letter for a couple of variants) used in Japanese anime works? It is not, as i… --- ## [Odd Tasting Splenda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-tasting-splenda/984519)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-tasting-splenda/984519 "2023-05-25T21:47:15Z")
So being diabetic I use splenda as a non nutritive sweetener, have been since I discovered it ant I pretty much know how many drops it takes to do my bowl of oatmeal. This mornings bowl tastes odd, not sweetened at all a… --- ## [What “minor” streaming services do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-minor-streaming-services-do-you-like/983904)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-minor-streaming-services-do-you-like/983904 "2023-05-25T10:19:30Z")
By minor, I don’t mean Amazon, YouTubeTV, Sling or even HBO or Paramount etc. I’m thinking more along the lines of Fawesome or philo or any of the specialty streaming offerings. --- ## [Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910 "2023-05-25T03:46:11Z")
Fascinating site – screenshots of covers and pages from old comic books (some of them REALLY old, like, Golden Age) with rich snarky commentary – if this person ain’t a Doper she oughta be. Hours of fun for the whole fa… --- ## [Who scores modern music? (assuming the band has not done it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-scores-modern-music-assuming-the-band-has-not-done-it/984366)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-scores-modern-music-assuming-the-band-has-not-done-it/984366 "2023-05-24T23:39:07Z")
I was watching a video on John Bonham (drummer from Led Zeppelin) and the video producer used scored music to illustrate what Bonham was doing. My question is, who scores that music? In the case of Led Zeppelin they ma… --- ## [Ray Stevenson has passed away (Rome, Vikings)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-stevenson-has-passed-away-rome-vikings/984464)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-stevenson-has-passed-away-rome-vikings/984464 "2023-05-24T21:42:34Z")
He was hospitalized in Italy while working on a film. Aged 58. --- ## [The King of Elfland's Daughter,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-of-elflands-daughter/984531)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-of-elflands-daughter/984531 "2023-05-24T20:21:42Z")
One of Lord Dunsany’s fantasy novels. First, is it satire or an allegory for something happening in England at the time? The phrase “These fields we know” is often mentioned, to be changed at the end of the novel as Elfl… --- ## [Cooking with garbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-garbage/984281)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-garbage/984281 "2023-05-24T16:36:25Z")
I used to throw out all the ginger that comes with sushi I buy from the supermarket. (Each package is too small, a few pieces, to require any palate-cleansing between pieces.) then I came up with the idea of cooking it,… --- ## [Do You Know This Classic Rock Song, And Are You From Chicago (Or Reasonably Close)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-classic-rock-song-and-are-you-from-chicago-or-reasonably-close/984304)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-classic-rock-song-and-are-you-from-chicago-or-reasonably-close/984304 "2023-05-24T15:00:42Z")
Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta, Hayes & Jeremiah. AHJ were a local Chicago band, and I’m not sure how big they got outside of anywhere within a day’s drive of Chicago (so, say, a radius encompassing St. Louis, Indianapolis,… --- ## [I love “The Americans” but c’mon…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-the-americans-but-c-mon/979083 "2023-05-24T04:46:15Z")
Just how many hours in a day do Philip and Elizabeth have? Especially Phillip: – runs a travel agency full-time – has a wife and two children he loves and spends time with. At least he eats dinner with them most of th… --- ## ["Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me" (Netflix documentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-netflix-documentary/984391)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-nicole-smith-you-dont-know-me-netflix-documentary/984391 "2023-05-24T02:11:24Z")
I watched that last night. ZOMG what a trainwreck that poor woman was, and dragged her son down with her. I just hope her daughter has a better life than she did, although that wouldn’t be much of a stretch. Has anyon… --- ## [Songs that make you cringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-cringe/974173 "2023-05-23T19:41:35Z")
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins just sang I Love Paris on the ol’ iPod. Screamin’ Jay is known for his ‘spooky’ and ‘funny’ stuff, but he was actually a good singer. But this song… The ‘German’ and ‘Chinese’ parodies are pretty … --- ## [Best foreign language movies you've watched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-foreign-language-movies-youve-watched/956121 "2023-05-23T19:19:17Z")
I watched a German movie from 1931 called M last night. It’s a very disturbing crime thriller but also something that among movie surveys gets ranked as one of those must-see movies. I wouldn’t class it as a great film b… --- ## [Dallas? The New Restaurant Mecca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-the-new-restaurant-mecca/984445 "2023-05-23T16:23:58Z")
Wondering what Dopers On The Ground think about this article stating all the fine restaurants want to decamp to Dallas? Puff piece? Pure pork? Positively Passionate? --- ## [Flanken - BBQ, oriental or savory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanken-bbq-oriental-or-savory/984015)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flanken-bbq-oriental-or-savory/984015 "2023-05-23T10:16:35Z")
Which would you do? I have only ever braised them before, not looking to do that --- ## [Identify the Movie from this One Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-this-one-scene/984452)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-movie-from-this-one-scene/984452 "2023-05-23T06:58:34Z")
Ok, Dopers, I think this should be a quick solve, but I just can’t pull it. It’s been bouncing around my head all day and it’s frustrating that I can’t think of where I saw it. I digress … The scene features the main ch… --- ## [Does David Copperfield still do huge showpiece illusions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-david-copperfield-still-do-huge-showpiece-illusions/984373)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-david-copperfield-still-do-huge-showpiece-illusions/984373 "2023-05-23T02:06:54Z")
He never seems to have TV specials anymore and the last time I really remember even hearing about a big trick he planned, it was the one where he said he could teleport a person to anywhere on Earth. I believe I saw a f… --- ## [When the best drummer isn't the drummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-best-drummer-isnt-the-drummer/984438)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-best-drummer-isnt-the-drummer/984438 "2023-05-22T23:27:47Z")
This question is inspired by the (false!) claim that John Lennon once quipped that Ringo “wasn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles.” I’m looking for examples of bands where the drummer genuinely isn’t the best drumme… --- ## [Writers Strike - AI demands unlikely to succeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-strike-ai-demands-unlikely-to-succeed/984263)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-strike-ai-demands-unlikely-to-succeed/984263 "2023-05-22T14:59:27Z")
Haven’t been following it too closely but this specific demand struck me as doomed to failure. (MBA here stands for “minimum basic agreement” as I understand it) regulate use of artificial intelligence on MBA-covered p… --- ## ["So Lost without You" - video for my first single premieres March 31st](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lost-without-you-video-for-my-first-single-premieres-march-31st/981898)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-lost-without-you-video-for-my-first-single-premieres-march-31st/981898 "2023-05-22T10:11:10Z")
Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know that the video for my first single, “So Lost without You”, premieres on YouTube at 10 am EDT, Friday, March 31st, 2023. The link for it is here - So Lost without You (Official Mus… --- ## [New trend in TV show dialog device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trend-in-tv-show-dialog-device/984146)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trend-in-tv-show-dialog-device/984146 "2023-05-21T19:00:46Z")
The last few months I have noticed a dialog quirk come up again and again, on almost every show I watch. The character is getting angry or frustrated with another character, and is carrying on a barely-contained rant. Th… --- ## [Son of Zorn: the complete series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-zorn-the-complete-series/983656)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-zorn-the-complete-series/983656 "2023-05-20T19:36:57Z")
During my recent annual Spring vacation, I decided to take on a personal project about a subject that’s been gnawing at me for a long time. Well, all right, I’ve totally lost interest in a rather unsettling number of thi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=193)