# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=224 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 225 --- ## [What the…I thought sweet potatoes were orange…?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-i-thought-sweet-potatoes-were-orange/975504)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-i-thought-sweet-potatoes-were-orange/975504 "2022-11-29T13:10:59Z")
So Thanksgiving is at Mrs. solost’s family. We were assigned with bringing a sweet potato casserole, which I was responsible for buying the sweet potatoes and making the casserole. I personally can’t stand sweet potatoes… --- ## [This is driving me crazy what song is this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-driving-me-crazy-what-song-is-this/975713)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-driving-me-crazy-what-song-is-this/975713 "2022-11-29T00:34:52Z")
The violins at about 3:45 are aping what song?? The lyrics would be like “and you can something something ….lalalalala” --- ## [Damn. Legendary Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson dies aged 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-legendary-dr-feelgood-guitarist-wilko-johnson-dies-aged-75/975433)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-legendary-dr-feelgood-guitarist-wilko-johnson-dies-aged-75/975433 "2022-11-28T21:56:37Z")
Great band ! --- ## [Fascinated by alternate history, Beatles version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinated-by-alternate-history-beatles-version/975528)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinated-by-alternate-history-beatles-version/975528 "2022-11-28T21:54:04Z")
A subgenre that appeals to me very much is “what if” premise fiction, but only when very well thought-out. Tarentino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Inglourious Basterds” belong to this subgenre–witty, clever, tho… --- ## [Drag Story Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drag-story-time/975362)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drag-story-time/975362 "2022-11-28T10:47:14Z")
Ok, I admit I don’t get it. I don’t have kids so I never did the story time thing. I’m in the camp of: If you’re ok taking your kids to drag story time, go ahead. If you’re not, don’t go. But you don’t get to tell o… --- ## [Repairing old LP covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-old-lp-covers/975641)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-old-lp-covers/975641 "2022-11-28T04:43:56Z")
I’ve got some old LPs, from the 1960s, and I’ve bought some replacements for the old paper envelopes they came in, but now a lot of the cardboard covers (the pretty ones, with pictures of the artists on the fronts and so… --- ## [Help finding a movie scene, wrecked candle fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650 "2022-11-28T04:26:38Z")
My apologies for the vagueness of my description, which mirrors the vagueness of my memory. I’m looking for a scene, which may have been from an 80’s comedy, maybe a John Hughes one, and the actor may have been John Can… --- ## [Songs you know that AREN'T parodies but you'll probably never hear anybody else sing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-know-that-arent-parodies-but-youll-probably-never-hear-anybody-else-sing/955661)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-know-that-arent-parodies-but-youll-probably-never-hear-anybody-else-sing/955661 "2022-11-28T00:25:40Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone else who knows all four verses of “The Star Spangled Banner” or Gene Roddenberry’s lyrics to the Star Trek theme. Without looking them up, can you tell us the real lyrics to “I’m Popey… --- ## [Thor: Love and Thunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-love-and-thunder/963008)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-love-and-thunder/963008 "2022-11-28T00:07:05Z")
A teaser trailer is out: I like the trailer. Check out Natalie Portman as Thor at the end. Taika Waititi is directing the movie. Release date is July 8, 2022 --- ## [Songs With (For Lack of a Better Choice of Words) Easter Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-easter-eggs/975594)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-easter-eggs/975594 "2022-11-27T23:58:12Z")
I’m looking for songs that have Easter Eggs, although that’s probably not the exact term I need to use. Basically I’m looking for mistakes (such as Sting sitting on the piano before “Roxanne”), melodic nods to other song… --- ## ["There are exactly 5 different ways to tell a stand-up joke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-exactly-5-different-ways-to-tell-a-stand-up-joke/974911)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-exactly-5-different-ways-to-tell-a-stand-up-joke/974911 "2022-11-27T23:18:16Z")
I heard a stand-up comedian on a podcast claim that pretty much all jokes can be summed up into 5 different categories but only those 5. He wound up only saying 2 before he got distracted but was curious if this is actua… --- ## [Any interest in an SDMB photography competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-sdmb-photography-competition/975343)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-sdmb-photography-competition/975343 "2022-11-27T21:10:20Z")
I’m a hobbyist photographer, and one thing that keeps me interested is the challenge that comes with working to a brief. To that end, I wondered about the viability of an SDMB photography competition. The way I’d see it … --- ## [Happy 100th birthday Charles M. Schulz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-charles-m-schulz/975589)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-charles-m-schulz/975589 "2022-11-27T06:10:24Z")
Thank you Sparky for your creativity, dedication, and influence. --- ## [Movies filmed on a location you know well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-filmed-on-a-location-you-know-well/971515 "2022-11-27T02:37:38Z")
New Yorkers, Los Angelenos and Vancouverans probably don’t need to reply. What are the films or shows that you connect with strictly because of the location where they are filmed? Nothing to do with where the plot says … --- ## [Old book/author mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-book-author-mystery/975568)
**Author:** [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-book-author-mystery/975568 "2022-11-26T20:39:08Z")
My wife and youngest daughter went to an estate sale and came home with a small stack of old hardcover books. One was published in 1894 with an inscription stating it was a Christmas gift in 1912. Another of the books i… --- ## [Can you grow Cloudberries in the U.S; Detroit area specifically if possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-cloudberries-in-the-u-s-detroit-area-specifically-if-possible/975559)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-grow-cloudberries-in-the-u-s-detroit-area-specifically-if-possible/975559 "2022-11-26T16:51:11Z")
I had some in back in collage, from Northern European friends. And I remember they were so good. My yard when I moved in had a nice raspberry patch. But, over the years the patch seemed to die off by 20% each year, un… --- ## [Eggs in stuffing/dressing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-stuffing-dressing/975412)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-stuffing-dressing/975412 "2022-11-26T16:33:04Z")
Ok in this week’s MMP someone mentioned a stuffing/dressing recipe that used eggs and apparently some people knew about it and used them in theirs and a lot of us were of the"eggs in stuffing what the hell ?" so I d… --- ## [Will a ham fall off the bone if simmered long enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-ham-fall-off-the-bone-if-simmered-long-enough/975536)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-ham-fall-off-the-bone-if-simmered-long-enough/975536 "2022-11-26T00:35:46Z")
I have a big ham bone left over from TG. It’s got a considerable amount of meat left on it. I was going to throw it in a crock pot along with some navy beans and chopped veggies and make a nice navy bean soup. So shoul… --- ## [Never wrote a book before...I just kind of picked at it for a couple years...no clue about what to do next...advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-wrote-a-book-before-i-just-kind-of-picked-at-it-for-a-couple-years-no-clue-about-what-to-do-next-advice/975462 "2022-11-25T19:15:40Z")
I know there are some authors on here. I have seen their posts and bought a few books. I have never written before, know of no one of my friends, family or acquaintances that has and I am clueless. Since I retired, I … --- ## ["In the land of Mars, where the ladies smoke cigars..".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-land-of-mars-where-the-ladies-smoke-cigars/552700 "2022-11-25T17:32:29Z")
What’s the origin of this playground rhyme / song? It’s set to the archetypal “snake charmer” music, the words I remember were: In the land of Mars, Where the ladies smoke cigars, Every puff they take Is enough to k… --- ## [Sanjay Pasari- What would you prefer Novel or Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanjay-pasari-what-would-you-prefer-novel-or-movie/975518)
**Author:** [@sanjaypasari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanjaypasari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sanjay-pasari-what-would-you-prefer-novel-or-movie/975518 "2022-11-25T15:30:05Z")
What would you like to do reading a novel or watching a movie of a novel? I personally like to read novel than watch a movie of that novel. I think movie made from a novel is worse than the novel. What do you guys think… --- ## [All in the Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family/975399)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-family/975399 "2022-11-25T04:59:11Z")
Much is made about how groundbreaking All in the Family was a half century ago. Controversial, but arguably necessary for society to see bigotry portrayed in that manner at the time. I assume most here had at least one … --- ## [What's the Worst Thing You Ever Ate at a Restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/974287)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 347\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/974287 "2022-11-25T04:55:49Z")
I mean worst tasting. I’ve eaten restaurant food that had me throwing up afterwards, but didn’t taste so bad on the way in. There was a chicken soup in a little Montana hole in the wall place that I have remembered for… --- ## [Slumberland (no spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slumberland-no-spoilers-in-op/975470)
**Author:** [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slumberland-no-spoilers-in-op/975470 "2022-11-24T22:11:23Z")
Anyone catch Slumberland on Netflix yet? My kids (17 and 33) and I (old as the hills) all loved it. It was cute and fun and silly. Jason Mamoa certainly had a good time with it. I loved the actor who played Nemo. She wil… --- ## [What’s the buzz on The Fabelmans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-buzz-on-the-fabelmans/975497)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-buzz-on-the-fabelmans/975497 "2022-11-24T18:23:35Z")
Looking at possible films to go see today and stumbled upon The Fabelmans. Pure Oscar bait with the November release, being a film about making films, anti-Semitism and Spielberg? Or will I actually enjoy the movie rath… --- ## [Your corned beef and cabbage recipes with uncanned meat, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-corned-beef-and-cabbage-recipes-with-uncanned-meat-please/975254)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-corned-beef-and-cabbage-recipes-with-uncanned-meat-please/975254 "2022-11-24T03:54:37Z")
When I was a kid, my grandma would make this dish. She used canned corn beef. I’ve picked up a package of raw corned beef. It’s thawed out and I’d like some suggestions. Should I be searing this first? Just boilig it wit… --- ## [Cher's rich and fruity singing voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chers-rich-and-fruity-singing-voice/975064)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chers-rich-and-fruity-singing-voice/975064 "2022-11-23T23:58:18Z")
Out shopping the other day, I heard a Cher song being played in a store, and then later heard another one I didn’t recognise but was fairly sure it was hers as well. I remember thinking that it had to be Cher because sh… --- ## [greatest entrances in movie history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-entrances-in-movie-history/831469 "2022-11-23T19:19:24Z")
The definition of “entrance” is is an appearance of a character in a movie that has an immediate impact, and it is the first time you see the character. Examples- Rita Hayworth in Gilda. The first time you see her is a … --- ## [John Wick: Chapter 4 Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wick-chapter-4-trailer/974697)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wick-chapter-4-trailer/974697 "2022-11-23T15:21:58Z")
As long as they keep making them, I’ll keep watching them. --- ## [Cold Smoking Salmon - Wish me luck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-smoking-salmon-wish-me-luck/975153)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-smoking-salmon-wish-me-luck/975153 "2022-11-23T14:13:49Z")
First time cold smoking salmon. I’ve hot smoked salmon many times but decided to experiment this time for the meat course of our weekly charcuterie dinner. I made my standard cure of salt and brown sugar but kept it on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=225)