# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=212 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 213 --- ## [San Francisco or Yukon Sourdough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-or-yukon-sourdough/978870)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-or-yukon-sourdough/978870 "2023-01-30T11:36:39Z")
I need a sourdough starter and I wonder how much of the “OMG sourdough bread HAS to be San Francisco Sourdough!” is hype or possibly the water/air in San Francisco and you just don’t get that flavor anywhere else even wi… --- ## [Muppet word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-word/570748)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-word/570748 "2023-01-30T07:36:56Z")
Muppet fans: Just something that’s been bugging me through the years. In the original Muppet Movie, when Kermit and Fozzie meet Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Dr. Teeth says something like “this is problem upon whic… --- ## ['His Dark Materials' to be a BBC TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-to-be-a-bbc-tv-series/736587)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-to-be-a-bbc-tv-series/736587 "2023-01-30T05:43:48Z")
I just saw that Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials fantasy trilogy is going to be adapted to a series for BBC television. I’m pretty happy to hear it. I read the novels about 10 years ago. I liked The Golden Compas… --- ## [How to make sourdough more sour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sourdough-more-sour/979005)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sourdough-more-sour/979005 "2023-01-29T02:05:59Z")
How to make sourdough more sour: --- ## [Tip for cleanup on Foreman grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-cleanup-on-foreman-grill/978954)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-cleanup-on-foreman-grill/978954 "2023-01-29T18:26:37Z")
I tried a tip that went a long way towards cleaning my old George Foreman grill: fold a sheet of lightly oiled aluminum foil on the top and bottom of the cooking surfaces. It conducts heat flawlessly, and all I have to i… --- ## [Monthly photo competition #2 - Jan 2023 - "Skies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-2-jan-2023-skies/977679 "2023-01-29T11:13:55Z")
This is the monthly thread for January 2023. The topic this month is “Skies”. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here . One entry per person per month. To make the photos easier to review (and to … --- ## [Crazy coincidences (Cafe Society Style)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-coincidences-cafe-society-style/978887)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-coincidences-cafe-society-style/978887 "2023-01-28T20:36:30Z")
Was watching a Cheers ep last night…Sam’s Goddaughter appears with a note from her father (The deceased Coach’s brother) “Dear Sam, take care of my daughter. If you let anything happen to her, I’ll go into a shed and blo… --- ## [What are some popular music songs, not jazz or classical, that has baritone sax part or solo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762)
**Author:** [@Ang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ang)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762 "2023-01-28T16:15:37Z")
I am very familiar with baritone sax parts in jazz and classical music. I enjoy the bari sax in other kinds of music, but I can’t think of titles and bands that use it. I could use some help in expanding my repertoire.… --- ## [Why round tea bags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143 "2023-01-28T14:47:31Z")
Almost every tea product I know of uses square tea bags. Except Tetleys. Tetley teabags are round. Wouldn’t that mean wastage in the teabag fabric? Square teabag, little wastage. Cut on the square, nothing in-betwee… --- ## [Is a shooting star a symbol for something ephemeral in the English language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925 "2023-01-28T14:18:57Z")
For the first time in ages I am about to work for Berlin’s Film Festival, the Berlinale, again. That is the reason I have put this thread in Cafe Society and tagged it “movies”, but if the mods want to move it to Factual… --- ## [Hey Classical music fans - another identify this tune request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-classical-music-fans-another-identify-this-tune-request/978924)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-classical-music-fans-another-identify-this-tune-request/978924 "2023-01-28T11:36:37Z")
Can any one tell me where this tune. comes from ? Thanks in advance. Edit : damn, i pasted the wrong link… fixed now ! --- ## [Avatars Jake Sully and Patrick Mahomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-jake-sully-and-patrick-mahomes/978919)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-jake-sully-and-patrick-mahomes/978919 "2023-01-28T08:05:02Z")
Is it just me or does Jake Sully really look like Patrick Mahomes? --- ## [Who did it first: band name-drops own name in song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-it-first-band-name-drops-own-name-in-song/978458)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-it-first-band-name-drops-own-name-in-song/978458 "2023-01-27T21:01:39Z")
Some bands or singers name-drop their own name in a song. Presumably\* so listeners know who’s performing. I first noticed this in K-pop, but since I became aware of the idea, I hear it in R&B and rap as well. Where did i… --- ## [People who are "gutted" when an elderly celebrity dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684 "2023-01-27T18:48:44Z")
I frequent a music forum and read the threads when a musician dies. There are a variety of reactions. David Crosby died recently. He was 81, not in the best of health (this was known) and had intentionally lived a fai… --- ## ["The dog it was that died."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-it-was-that-died/978234)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-it-was-that-died/978234 "2023-01-27T13:41:57Z")
No cheating nor looking it up. Does this phrase, exactly as written, mean anything to you? If so, what do you remember about it? Please spoiler your explanation so others can come at it fresh. --- ## [First song to mention computers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-song-to-mention-computers/781967)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-song-to-mention-computers/781967 "2023-01-27T05:53:52Z")
I was listening to the Kinks’ “20th Century Man” and musing about how much I feel just like Ray Davies back in 1971 now as a “21st Century Man”. “Too much aggravation”, indeed…Anyway, I thought about how computers fueled… --- ## [The King Crimson documentary - have you seen it yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-crimson-documentary-have-you-seen-it-yet/978847)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-king-crimson-documentary-have-you-seen-it-yet/978847 "2023-01-27T04:07:22Z")
The documentary is called “In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson at 50”. In my humble opinion, it is the best rock documentary ever made. But it’s difficult to track down - despite being screened to rave rev… --- ## [Lance Kerwin is the latest of us old timers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-kerwin-is-the-latest-of-us-old-timers/978816)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lance-kerwin-is-the-latest-of-us-old-timers/978816 "2023-01-27T03:57:08Z")
I had such a crush on him when I was a pre-teen. I will also mention that Salem’s Lot, the TV mini-series, scared the bejesus out of me. --- ## [Have you ever eaten so much of something you never want to eat it again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-so-much-of-something-you-never-want-to-eat-it-again/978559)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-so-much-of-something-you-never-want-to-eat-it-again/978559 "2023-01-26T22:19:50Z")
I’ll go on binges where I’ll eat the same thing, usually leftovers for a week at a time, and I’ll be off it for a month or so, then have it again. But I’ve never been completely put off something that I like. My Dad, be… --- ## [Film Cast-Reality Coherence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cast-reality-coherence/977217)
**Author:** [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-cast-reality-coherence/977217 "2023-01-26T20:54:36Z")
So does anyone else see a present-day film with say, Harrison Ford, in it and think “well in this universe, either they didnt make Indiana Jones or Tom Selleck got the part” And then you hope for a glimpse of this alter… --- ## [Thinking about Willy Wonka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-willy-wonka/788455)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-willy-wonka/788455 "2023-01-26T20:28:24Z")
Spoilers I suppose but, come on, even the most recent movie came out twelve years ago. And the book was written in 1964. We saw the story pretty much from the point of view of the kids (mostly Charlie) and their familie… --- ## [Name of Photographer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-photographer/978823)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-photographer/978823 "2023-01-26T07:20:33Z")
I know there have been a billion photos taken of NYC, there was a series in black and white of NYC in winter, at night. Really stunning shots of bridges, benches, and Central Park with the skyscrapers lit up in the back… --- ## [Bram Stoker's Dracula, translation of a line \[in Romanian\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256 "2023-01-25T23:55:22Z")
Hello, I just saw this movie, and I’m wondering about the scene in the cinema right after Mina and Dracula first meet. He takes her aside, and tells her do not fear him. She tells him a few times to stop it. Then he s… --- ## [Well the far right gets revenge: M&Ms says it's replacing 'beloved spokescandies' with Maya Rudolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-far-right-gets-revenge-m-ms-says-its-replacing-beloved-spokescandies-with-maya-rudolph/978680)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-far-right-gets-revenge-m-ms-says-its-replacing-beloved-spokescandies-with-maya-rudolph/978680 "2023-01-25T19:55:34Z")
:roll\_eyes: is all I can say --- ## [Sam Smith on SNL - anyone willing to discuss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-smith-on-snl-anyone-willing-to-discuss/978626)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-smith-on-snl-anyone-willing-to-discuss/978626 "2023-01-24T15:03:13Z")
I’ve been vaguely aware of Sam Smith for some time - but only enough to know that I didn’t particularly care for his music. He was on SNL yesterday, and I wondered if any of you might be able to provide some context for… --- ## [Mushroom jerky recipes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-jerky-recipes/978675)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-jerky-recipes/978675 "2023-01-24T05:06:21Z")
This stuff is the BOMB, if you like jerky. I first encountered it in packages from a local farmer’s market mushroom seller, and decided to try making my own, and it was yum! The basic idea couldn’t be simpler: slice so… --- ## ['Try-hard' songs and albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-hard-songs-and-albums/978663)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/try-hard-songs-and-albums/978663 "2023-01-24T02:15:51Z")
I thought of this when the G ‘n’ R song “November Rain” came on the car radio yesterday: how, when they came out with, not a double album, but for some reason two separate simultaneously released albums ‘Use Your Illusio… --- ## [Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-science-fiction-and-fantasy-project/978620)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-science-fiction-and-fantasy-project/978620 "2023-01-23T23:44:34Z")
I need to make a list of Oregon science fiction and fantasy authors (both past and current), and science fiction movies and television shows made in and/or based in Oregon. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. --- ## [Disney's "Encanto" (OPEN SPOILERS after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneys-encanto-open-spoilers-after-first-post/956601)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneys-encanto-open-spoilers-after-first-post/956601 "2023-01-23T23:01:43Z")
Disney’s 60th animated motion picture, Encanto, dropped today on Disney+ after being out in theaters for about 30 days. I watched it and it was fantastic. Perhaps my favorite Disney film since Tangled. So let’s talk a… --- ## [RRR - Tollywood movie on Netflix. Anyone else see this thing yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rrr-tollywood-movie-on-netflix-anyone-else-see-this-thing-yet/966390)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rrr-tollywood-movie-on-netflix-anyone-else-see-this-thing-yet/966390 "2023-01-23T21:53:33Z")
Netflix\* Indian movie and yowza, what a movie. The most expensive movie in Indian movie history and every penny is there on the screen. It has almost everything in it. Insane action sequences, huge dance numbers(well, o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=213)