# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=233 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 234 --- ## [Battlebots '22](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-22/968416)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlebots-22/968416 "2022-10-12T05:18:03Z")
'20 and '21 seasons Got some unexpected news from Primetimer about the upcoming year in Battlebots. There will be a special event, Battlebots Champions, starting August 4. Details here. No word yet on who will be compet… --- ## [Question about Nursery Rhyme This Little Piggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nursery-rhyme-this-little-piggy/973026)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-nursery-rhyme-this-little-piggy/973026 "2022-10-12T02:06:16Z")
What does Piggy went to the market mean to you? poll “This Little Piggy” Lyrics This little piggy went to the market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy had none, And … --- ## [What would an Amish Westworld be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-amish-westworld-be-like/973047)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-an-amish-westworld-be-like/973047 "2022-10-11T23:20:39Z")
Delos has opened up a new theme park world. Instead of the Wild West or Feudal Japan or Ancient Rome they choose an Amish theme What would Amishworld be like? Would they follow the same pattern of a relatively tame core… --- ## [Fish'n'chips - Guinness batter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishnchips-guinness-batter/932394)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fishnchips-guinness-batter/932394 "2022-10-11T19:45:27Z")
I always use Newcastle Brown Ale to make the batter for fish’n’chips. I do have some Newcastle, but I also have Guinness Stout. Should I use the Guinness to make the batter for Super Bowl Dinner tonight? Or should I s… --- ## [Red Chili with brisket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chili-with-brisket/973046)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chili-with-brisket/973046 "2022-10-11T16:57:18Z")
I usually use chuck roast but I have a chance to get a small grass-fed brisket. I would be cooking the chili overnight in a crockpot, take it to work and cook it another 3 to 4 hours. So will the brisket be inedible? … --- ## [Serial (the podcast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-the-podcast/700417)
**Author:** [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Replies:** 446\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-the-podcast/700417 "2022-10-11T16:23:54Z")
This is a just-started new series of podcasts from a producer of “This American Life”. http://serialpodcast.org/ Two episodes have been posted so far, with weekly updates. The current series is about a 17-year-old hig… --- ## [Let's talk about our personal creative projects here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-personal-creative-projects-here/713977)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-personal-creative-projects-here/713977 "2015-04-01T17:41:14Z")
Woodworkers, knitters, painters, flower arrangers and metalworkers, composers and picture takers and candlestick makers, whoever you are and whatever you create … let’s talk about it here! :slight\_smile: So many of us h… --- ## [Mandolin tuning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning/972990)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandolin-tuning/972990 "2022-10-10T19:21:59Z")
I play (to a sort of limited extent) guitar and bass and my sister tried to learn mandolin. Out of curiousity I am thinking of seeing if I could buy one of her mandolins. Looking at fretboards online. ITSM that the notes… --- ## [Fake barber scene in western](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-barber-scene-in-western/972955)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-barber-scene-in-western/972955 "2022-10-10T18:42:16Z")
Just watched “My Name is Nobody” one of the spaghetti westerns from the early 70’s. Henry Fonda is getting a shave from a ‘bad guy’ posing as a barber, who is getting ready to cut his throat. Fonda’s character is wise … --- ## [What story was this in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-story-was-this-in/971949)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-story-was-this-in/971949 "2022-10-10T18:08:16Z")
In some post-apocalyptic novel where people are struggling with TEOTWAWKI, it turns out that some old woman’s flower garden include opium poppies, which allows the survivors to produce a crude laudanum. I thought this wa… --- ## [My favourite episode of Q.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favourite-episode-of-q-i/972979)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favourite-episode-of-q-i/972979 "2022-10-10T16:35:28Z")
I love Q.I. generally but this episode is just incredible. The sci-fi themes, the Trek-ish costumes, the absolute delight of the sci-fi nerds, especially Susan Calman, who is currently my absolutely most beloved comedian… --- ## [The Good Place - it really holds up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-it-really-holds-up/972293)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-it-really-holds-up/972293 "2022-10-10T14:09:22Z")
My wife and I watched The Good Place when it originally aired. We decided to go back and try the entire show, which is only four short seasons of 13 episodes each. It’s a very nice show that definitely does not overstay… --- ## [Why does Shrek resemble this illustration from "Max und Moritz" (1865)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-shrek-resemble-this-illustration-from-max-und-moritz-1865/972972)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-shrek-resemble-this-illustration-from-max-und-moritz-1865/972972 "2022-10-09T21:54:38Z")
This is an illustration from the 1865 children’s story Max und Moritz of a grain mill with an output chute featuring a grotesque decoration–which looks a lot like the character Shrek: The same mill was depicted in a Ge… --- ## [Pedal Steel Guitar songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedal-steel-guitar-songs/972279 "2022-10-09T19:08:37Z")
Recent posts on CSNY have reminded me what a great song Teach Your Children is. The harmony is golden, of course, but the other great thing about it is the steel guitar. Can anyone recommend any other great pedal steel … --- ## [Who is Oscar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-oscar/972978)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-oscar/972978 "2022-10-09T16:27:44Z")
All the musicians in Thelonious Monk’s “In Walked Bud” (lyrics by Jon Hendricks) are pretty readily identifiable. Dizzy, Byas, etc. O.P. I guess could be either Oscar Pettiford or Oscar Peterson. But who is the “Oscar” … --- ## [Oldest Radio Recording Extant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-radio-recording-extant/217715)
**Author:** [@myles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myles)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-radio-recording-extant/217715 "2022-10-09T15:48:58Z")
There’s lots of radio broadcasts from the 1940’s and 1950’s around in the form of audiotape and on the internet, but what is the oldest radio entertainment broadcast still extant and available to the listening public? --- ## [Confess, Fletch (2022 movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-fletch-2022-movie/972332)
**Author:** [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confess-fletch-2022-movie/972332 "2022-10-08T19:53:26Z")
There was this earlier thread for fans of the books, so I’ll state my biases for this thread. I like the first movie a lot, but not so much the second movie which is too over the top silly. I read the first book and, fra… --- ## [Cooking something non-German for German hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-something-non-german-for-german-hosts/970332)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-something-non-german-for-german-hosts/970332 "2022-10-08T19:22:06Z")
I’ll be in and around Cologne later this year and would like to cook for our hosts while there. Ideally something they’re less likely to experience at home but that I can either get ingredients for in the local grocery o… --- ## [The Stars are Still Alive, Let's Make a Sequel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-are-still-alive-lets-make-a-sequel/839975 "2022-10-08T15:58:08Z")
Pepper Mill was watching A Very Brady Renovation last night on HGTV, featuring a bunch of the actors who played the Brady kids, now grown up. Earlier in the evening, I had been watching John Huston’s The Man Who Would be… --- ## [Is "The Bonfire of the Vanities" the most miscast movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-the-most-miscast-movie-ever/972333)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-the-most-miscast-movie-ever/972333 "2022-10-08T02:35:51Z")
If not the most, it has got to be up there. Tom Hanks as a womanizing bond trader? Come on. --- ## [Commemoration of an important day in pop culture: October 5, 1962](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commemoration-of-an-important-day-in-pop-culture-october-5-1962/972751)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commemoration-of-an-important-day-in-pop-culture-october-5-1962/972751 "2022-10-07T21:05:45Z")
Sixty years ago today, the first Beatles single, Love Me Do, was released. On the same day, the first James Bond film, Dr No, opened in cinemas. Two coinciding events that shaped modern Britishness and helped define the … --- ## [On The Beach (1959) is available on Youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-1959-is-available-on-youtube/972860)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-1959-is-available-on-youtube/972860 "2022-10-07T20:58:52Z")
When I was a kid, I saw that a Frankie Avalon type film was going to be on TV called On the Beach Needless to say, I was a bit shocked, doubly so when you see it falls into the category of films like Miracle Mile and Th… --- ## [Loretta Lynn has died at age 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-has-died-at-age-90/972708)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-has-died-at-age-90/972708 "2022-10-07T19:07:01Z")
Gutsy lady, loved by millions. Rest in peace, Loretta. Another one of those people that I couldn’t believe was 90… --- ## [Sketches that became series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketches-that-became-series/972738)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketches-that-became-series/972738 "2022-10-07T18:02:05Z")
The Honeymooners started out as sketches on Jackie Gleason’s various variety shows. The Simpsons were short bits of animated filler for The Tracey Ullman Show. The Carol Burnett Show begat Mama’s Family. And after that, … --- ## [Korean drawing genius Kim Jung Gi dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-drawing-genius-kim-jung-gi-dies/972892)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/korean-drawing-genius-kim-jung-gi-dies/972892 "2022-10-07T17:06:50Z")
Just read about it, this is so sad. There are many videos of him painting, I am going to watch some now. He was amazing, rest in peace. And no, discourse, this topic is not similar to the one from 19 years ago about … --- ## [Can't google song name??? (SNL Wes Anderson parody)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-google-song-name-snl-wes-anderson-parody/767879)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-google-song-name-snl-wes-anderson-parody/767879 "2022-10-07T14:36:22Z")
Couple of years ago SNL did a parody trailer for a film supposedly by Wes Anderson, “The midnight coterie of sinister intruders”. At the time I was able to find the song at the end on youtube. Now, a few years later, I … --- ## [What was the first book to take place in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-to-take-place-in-the-past/972672)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-to-take-place-in-the-past/972672 "2022-10-07T12:17:28Z")
How long ago did our authors of books describe the past? Who was the first one? Or lets say the future? Id suspect it would be about the 1800th century with Jules Verne etc. Anyone know of earlier? --- ## [Down the rabbit hole of Korean Street Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-korean-street-food/972862)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-korean-street-food/972862 "2022-10-07T06:07:10Z")
So I discovered the ASMR Korean Street Food youtube videos. Have some questions - there is a green that looks like wide bladed grass, probably a foot or so long? Any idea what it is? I saw over on SoraNews an article ab… --- ## [Does 'Fresh' grocery-store fish inherently taste better than frozen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-grocery-store-fish-inherently-taste-better-than-frozen/959165)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fresh-grocery-store-fish-inherently-taste-better-than-frozen/959165 "2022-02-18T13:49:14Z")
Yesterday I had the opportunity to buy a few items from the top wholesale gourmet food supplier in LA. They had caviars, A5 wagyu, delicious smoked salmon etc. For dinner, I prepared some of their premium salmon filets… --- ## [Are there any good prequels that actually stand alone and don't need the original to make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-prequels-that-actually-stand-alone-and-dont-need-the-original-to-make-sense/972657 "2022-10-07T04:23:26Z")
Usually a prequel no matter how good can never be standalone because it relies too much on people understanding the original work to help it make sense or at the very least streamline details. I love Star Wars: Rogue On… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=234)