# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=225 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 226 --- ## [Woah! I just found my waffle iron on ebay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-i-just-found-my-waffle-iron-on-ebay/975346)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-i-just-found-my-waffle-iron-on-ebay/975346 "2022-11-23T07:50:13Z")
well, not just ebay, I went down a waffle-warren on a whim today. I found my vintage 1950s sunbeam waffle iron priced for $45 on a site called offerup, $105 on ebay and $129 on etsy :exploding\_head: So have you ever do… --- ## [Our first OLED-TV - what to watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-first-oled-tv-what-to-watch/975360)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-first-oled-tv-what-to-watch/975360 "2022-11-22T22:44:25Z")
I was able to negotiate with my wife into getting an OLED TV (specifically an LG C2 version) - I had to let her take over our sunroom as a sewing room, and I get the new TV in a different room. Anyway, what’s something … --- ## [“Disenchanted” on Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disenchanted-on-disney/975170)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disenchanted-on-disney/975170 "2022-11-22T19:03:19Z")
This morning, my sister screened “Enchanted”, to put us in the frame of mind to watch the sequel “Disenchanted”, which we immediately watched. As always, “Enchanted” lived up to its title (enchanting). I’m sorry to repo… --- ## [Another Sweet and Savory thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sweet-and-savory-thread/975232)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-sweet-and-savory-thread/975232 "2022-11-22T16:44:39Z")
Or Sweet and Salty, whichever. So, whilst visiting the parents the other day, I made myself a cheese and jelly sandwich before dinner(am so an adult! eating dessert before dinner proves it!!) Ma Vader was shocked. “I … --- ## [While I am speaking of rather obscure artists from the 80s, LLoyd Cole and the Commotions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-i-am-speaking-of-rather-obscure-artists-from-the-80s-lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions/975296)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-i-am-speaking-of-rather-obscure-artists-from-the-80s-lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions/975296 "2022-11-22T15:10:07Z")
The album Rattlesnakes. Loved it when it came out in 84 , forgot about it until now. I’ve just played the first song, Perfect Skin, will save the rest of the album for another deliver day drive. --- ## [What's your go to karaoke song(s) for people who don't have great voices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-karaoke-song-s-for-people-who-dont-have-great-voices/975243)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-karaoke-song-s-for-people-who-dont-have-great-voices/975243 "2022-11-22T12:43:22Z")
(a) karaoke song(s) for people who don’t have great voices? (b) what about some suggestions for people who DO have great singing voices? I’ll start off with (a) Jackson Brown - Somebody’s Baby It starts o… --- ## [Let's Figure Out The Best Weird Al Song, Part 1: Parody Nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-figure-out-the-best-weird-al-song-part-1-parody-nominations/975223)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-figure-out-the-best-weird-al-song-part-1-parody-nominations/975223 "2022-11-22T04:39:28Z")
We did something like this ten years ago, but in honor of the Weird Al movie, let’s do it again. In this round I invite one and all to nominate Weird Al PARODIES. Weird Al originals like “Albuquerque” or “One More Minu… --- ## [Gift wine for Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-wine-for-thanksgiving/975235)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-wine-for-thanksgiving/975235 "2022-11-21T19:32:12Z")
For the first time in years, I’m spending Thanksgiving with a family that’s not my own. I want to bring a bottle of wine to dinner, but I’ve never met these people before in my life and I don’t drink myself. What’s a goo… --- ## [RIP SF Writer Greg Bear at 71](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sf-writer-greg-bear-at-71/975249)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sf-writer-greg-bear-at-71/975249 "2022-11-21T18:19:25Z")
I had a long and informative meeting with Greg’s care team this afternoon: neurologist, critical cardiac care doctor, surgeon, and palliative care team. The neurologist showed me the MRI images and carefully explained t… --- ## [Can we talk about hard cider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-hard-cider/975230)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-hard-cider/975230 "2022-11-21T13:02:16Z")
Recently spent a couple of weeks tooling around New England, and I couldn’t help noticing the hard cider scene there was very competitive. Craft beer was quite numerous and competitive as well, but the cider section of a… --- ## [Can You ID this Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/975275)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-movie/975275 "2022-11-21T03:59:13Z")
I got an image of a scene of a movie that is probably from the 80s. These short creatures that may have been children are throwing these little bombs or grenades at the heroes. My memory is they are all in black or maybe… --- ## [What are some of the best things you ever ate at a restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-best-things-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/975082)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-best-things-you-ever-ate-at-a-restaurant/975082 "2022-11-21T03:48:30Z")
Obviously a counterpoint to ‘What’s the Worst Thing You Ever Ate at a Restaurant?’. That thread was taking some detours into posters describing things they’ve particularly enjoyed at restaurants, and I was thinking of so… --- ## [You're at a low-level comic convention and you see a booth with someone you want to talk to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-at-a-low-level-comic-convention-and-you-see-a-booth-with-someone-you-want-to-talk-to/975216)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-at-a-low-level-comic-convention-and-you-see-a-booth-with-someone-you-want-to-talk-to/975216 "2022-11-21T03:34:36Z")
I’ll just give you the exact scenario. I was just at an event that I THOUGHT was basically a comic-book/vintage toy flea-market. And until I got to the end, it basically was. Small venue, a couple of people were cosplay… --- ## [Weird Al Yankovic biopic coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-biopic-coming/958019)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-yankovic-biopic-coming/958019 "2022-11-21T01:50:21Z")
On the plus side, Al is co-writing, On the possibly minus side…Daniel Radcliffe?? Al is over six feet tall, while Dan is only 5’5". It reminds of of when they cast Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. --- ## [Lifelong teetotalers and non-alcoholic beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifelong-teetotalers-and-non-alcoholic-beer/975142)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifelong-teetotalers-and-non-alcoholic-beer/975142 "2022-11-20T23:55:21Z")
I’m curious to know about the experiences of lifelong teetotalers and non-alcoholic beer or wine. I guess a lot of people who never drink alcohol do so for religious reasons, so does NA beer still seem haram to you? If … --- ## [Does anyone enjoy the "guest" bits on SNL's Weekend Update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-enjoy-the-guest-bits-on-snls-weekend-update/974844)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-enjoy-the-guest-bits-on-snls-weekend-update/974844 "2022-11-20T20:46:34Z")
I don’t know, maybe it’s me, but I don’t understand the bits, now a regular thing, where someone interrupts the mildly funny mocking of current events to do a few minutes of schtik. It always seems irrelvant, and never f… --- ## [Another "please identify this old comic strip"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-please-identify-this-old-comic-strip/975231)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-please-identify-this-old-comic-strip/975231 "2022-11-20T17:01:24Z")
It may still be around for all I know, but the last time I saw it was well over 30 years ago; I started seeing it probably in the 60’s. There’s absolutely no reason for me to be curious about it except nostalgia. Situat… --- ## [Dispatches from Elsewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispatches-from-elsewhere/848877)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispatches-from-elsewhere/848877 "2022-11-20T11:48:11Z")
Has anyone watched this new series yet? It’s on AMC (started on Sunday) and stars Jason Segel, Sally Field, Richard Grand among others. I read about it in the Sunday newspaper’s Parade magazine. It sounded interesting… --- ## [Eric Flint has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-flint-has-died/968184)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-flint-has-died/968184 "2022-11-19T16:46:06Z")
Science fiction author Eric Flint has died. Probably best known for his alternative history series and shared world that started with 1632. I did enjoy the series quite a lot but it got so big it got away from me. --- ## [Help! Melodramatic Funky Winkerbean annoys me, yet I must read!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-melodramatic-funky-winkerbean-annoys-me-yet-i-must-read/49395)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-melodramatic-funky-winkerbean-annoys-me-yet-i-must-read/49395 "2022-11-19T16:17:30Z")
Anyone else find themselves inexplicably drawn to this comic strip to see what latest calamity, or big issue, the gang will have to face, and yet hate themselves for being addicted? The whole Funky is a drunk loser with… --- ## [Currently doing an actor/musician production of 'Man of La Mancha'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currently-doing-an-actor-musician-production-of-man-of-la-mancha/975162)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/currently-doing-an-actor-musician-production-of-man-of-la-mancha/975162 "2022-11-19T16:14:29Z")
Like the topic says, I’m doing an actor/muso production of ‘Man of La Mancha’ - we’ve still got another 19 shows to do, including tonight’s. I’m playing The Governor/The Innkeeper, and I’m playing classical guitar, stee… --- ## [Trying to remember a noir film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-noir-film/975182)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-noir-film/975182 "2022-11-19T04:07:30Z")
Filmed in B&W in the 1950s I would say. It takes place in a small bar where the patrons have been taken hostage. Towards the end a policeman crawls through the overhead ductwork to try and take out the bad guy. --- ## [Microsoft Word and everyone else: Stop defaming passive voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-and-everyone-else-stop-defaming-passive-voice/975077)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-word-and-everyone-else-stop-defaming-passive-voice/975077 "2022-11-18T22:05:12Z")
There’s nothing wrong with the passive voice, so please cut it out with broad, generalized writing advice discouraging its use. The passive voice can be very useful. Especially in legal and technical documents, there are… --- ## [U2's Numb and a TV Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161 "2022-11-18T20:01:20Z")
When U2’s song Numb came out, I remember there being a TV commercial that sounded very similar out at the same time or maybe before. Can someone here help? Here’s Numb: --- ## [Another take on "How rich is Uncle Scrooge"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-take-on-how-rich-is-uncle-scrooge/826757)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-take-on-how-rich-is-uncle-scrooge/826757 "2022-11-18T18:25:39Z")
There have been various debates based on the volume of his money bin, or whether “jillion” can be compared to other putative values. But recently I came across this excerpt, which can be taken as canon at least at the ti… --- ## [Has anybody else read Stephen King's short story 'The Jaunt.' Wow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-read-stephen-kings-short-story-the-jaunt-wow/846574)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-else-read-stephen-kings-short-story-the-jaunt-wow/846574 "2022-11-17T17:11:53Z")
Slight spoilers here. I finished reading ‘The Jaunt’ a few days ago, and I have to tell you guys that it’s probably the one thing I’ve read in years that has really stuck with me. Truly unsettling. I am always kind of… --- ## [Is there music that cannot be danced to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-music-that-cannot-be-danced-to/972504)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-music-that-cannot-be-danced-to/972504 "2022-11-17T16:58:06Z")
I recently came across this: The Nice – Intermezzo From The Karelia Suite/Rondo - French TV Show, March 1 1969 (Film) - YouTube Yikes! Are these woman intentionally dancing oddly or is the music being played (by “The Ni… --- ## [Gallagher has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallagher-has-died/974754)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallagher-has-died/974754 "2022-11-17T16:43:14Z")
It is now safe for watermelons to come out of hiding. He brought me much simple joy, may he RIP. --- ## [What is the meaning to this song lyric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-to-this-song-lyric/971896)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-to-this-song-lyric/971896 "2022-11-17T12:06:27Z")
I was listening to one of my favorite albums from the 80’s today, Adam Ants "Friend or Foe". There is a song on the album called “Crackpot History and the Right to Lie”. The song generally is about his feelings about f… --- ## [Almost done with "New Tricks" - what next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299 "2022-11-16T20:39:11Z")
My father in law is 92 and has cancer. My wife and I go over to his house every Sunday (or sometimes she brings him over here) and we have dinner together and watch some TV. For the last year or so it’s been one or two e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=224) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=226)