# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=236 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 237 --- ## [Any White Chocolate fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-white-chocolate-fans/967831)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-white-chocolate-fans/967831 "2022-09-24T23:55:12Z")
Nestle Crunch White was my first experience with white chocolate. I was hooked on them for awhile. They’re hard to find now. Amazon has them. I buy Kit kat White at Walgreens. They’re very good. Amazon sells Lindt CLAS… --- ## [Door dash disruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-disruption/971915)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/door-dash-disruption/971915 "2022-09-24T17:16:16Z")
I’ve been reading online about DoorDash drivers refusing to deliver meals without tips. My factual questions are: Do restaurants provide refunds, since meals were not delivered? replacement meals does not seem viable sin… --- ## [Do you learn a lot about a TV show before actually watching it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-learn-a-lot-about-a-tv-show-before-actually-watching-it/972036)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-learn-a-lot-about-a-tv-show-before-actually-watching-it/972036 "2022-09-23T20:34:41Z")
When I first learn about a show that sounds good, I go to Wikipedia and read about it, including the episode synopses for the series, before watching the first episode. (I just did that for the Netflix show Derry Girls, … --- ## [Best single-episode Star Trek characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-star-trek-characters/971793)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-episode-star-trek-characters/971793 "2022-09-23T20:17:42Z")
What are some of your favorite and most memorable single-episode Star Trek characters? Of course this list has to start with Edith Keeler from The Original Series’ “City on the Edge of Forever”. Roga Dana… --- ## [Remake a movie, but with right-wing themes and actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-a-movie-but-with-right-wing-themes-and-actors/972090)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-a-movie-but-with-right-wing-themes-and-actors/972090 "2022-09-23T19:34:16Z")
I’ll start: Jaws. Chief Brody: Kevin Sorbo Quint: John Vought Hooper: Gary Sinese Mayor Vaughn : Ben Stein The Shark: Gina Carino In the end, they decide not to kill the shark because it would unfair to all the pe… --- ## [Huh, so Nukees has ended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-nukees-has-ended/972081)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-so-nukees-has-ended/972081 "2022-09-23T13:30:34Z")
Don’t know if it’s a strip that anyone follows, and honestly, I stopped following it for the most part long ago, but it ran for 25 years, and just ended a few weeks ago. https://www.nukees.com/ It was one of my first w… --- ## [Can Anybody Translate This Telugu Batman Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-translate-this-telugu-batman-song/972056)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-translate-this-telugu-batman-song/972056 "2022-09-22T23:00:58Z")
The SDMB was a great help translating Filipino Batman. Now, I need your help again! --- ## [What, for you, is \*the\* defining band of your generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-for-you-is-the-defining-band-of-your-generation/971525 "2022-09-22T22:12:51Z")
There’s a Washington Post “perspective” article talking about the timelessness, or something, of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Which have had a surprising number of hits over their career, and over a surprising number of y… --- ## [The Paper Chase ending question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-chase-ending-question/711963)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-paper-chase-ending-question/711963 "2022-09-22T12:15:38Z")
At the very end, when Hart makes a paper airplane out of his grades and throws it into the ocean, what does that mean? Is he quitting law school, or does it simply mean he has put school in perspective and will continue… --- ## ["I thought he was Welsh" -- is that a punchline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-he-was-welsh-is-that-a-punchline/971711)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-he-was-welsh-is-that-a-punchline/971711 "2022-09-21T18:00:58Z")
All this talk about Wales reminds me of something. I may have heard this exchange in a movie or sitcom. Character A: “Character B talks/behaves oddly because reasons.” Character B: “Oh. I just thought he was Welsh.” O… --- ## [Peppermint or Spearmint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peppermint-or-spearmint/971759 "2022-09-20T23:21:58Z")
I offer you a stick of gum. I’ve got peppermint and I’ve got spearmint. Which do you choose? (Note: If you opened this thread, you must choose one, or you WILL be murdered in your sleep by bears and wolves.) poll --- ## [Moon Knight - Top 10 Reasons Why It Sucked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-top-10-reasons-why-it-sucked/971933)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-top-10-reasons-why-it-sucked/971933 "2022-09-20T22:36:07Z")
I just got around to watching it. I will say I knew nothing of the character before watching. If it was an original, stand alone show it would have sucked less, but: Moon Knight was barely in it. I didn’t do the math, … --- ## [The Immersive van Gogh — who’s gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immersive-van-gogh-who-s-gone/961329)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immersive-van-gogh-who-s-gone/961329 "2022-09-20T22:13:41Z")
I saw this tonight in San Francisco. I’m neither an art fan nor an art aficionado, but this show was very good! Have you seen it? Your thoughts? --- ## [Pirate Jenny lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-jenny-lyrics/971170)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-jenny-lyrics/971170 "2022-09-20T14:04:04Z")
Okay, this is a little microscopic, but that’s what Dopers do, right? I have been listening to “Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht” by Frankie Armstrong and Dave Van Ronk. Armstrong does a dynamite rendition… --- ## [Period dramas with multiracial casts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-dramas-with-multiracial-casts/971675)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-dramas-with-multiracial-casts/971675 "2022-09-20T13:53:22Z")
So I noticed Mrs. Cardigan watching a costume drama on Netflix recently (think it was called Bridgerton) in which a number of roles depicting English gentry were played by black actors. This is not the first such time t… --- ## [HBO's "OZ". Did it get ever... well...get good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138 "2022-09-19T22:16:21Z")
HBO has started replaying OZ from the begining and I’ve managed to catch a lot of it having missed it the first go 'round. I have to say… It kind of sucks. Ham fisted directing. Trite stories. LOST’s Michael’s to the cam… --- ## ["Sweet Sweet Connie" Hamzy, made infamous by Grand Funk Railroad, dies at 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535 "2022-09-19T22:00:50Z")
I actually read about it in my local newspaper yesterday; it stopped just short of saying that she was a groupie. Here’s a link with a different story. And another story. --- ## [Why does the release date of the new Stephen King book “Fairy Tale” have to be @#$&\*$# Sept. 6?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999 "2022-09-19T21:55:59Z")
So today, Labor Day Monday, also is my birthday. On this lazy birthday day I thought I would treat myself by buying and downloading on my Kindle Stephen King’s new novel “Fairy Tale”, which seems to be getting good pre-r… --- ## [Did you ever run across a record store with a listening booth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727 "2022-09-19T20:46:35Z")
Back in the day (as you’ll recall), when you bought an LP, you were usually buying a pig in a poke. Often there was no way to hear the songs (aside from a hit single or two) before plunking down your money. So many visi… --- ## [Anyone remember episode of Malcom in t mid when asthma kid says who invented spoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280 "2022-09-19T13:35:33Z")
First off, don’t try googling ‘malcolm’ or ‘malcolm in the middle’ w/ ‘spoony spoonikus’ or ‘spoony spoonicus,’ or ‘invented the spoon.’ The episode was like 99 season, this one, when Malcolm becomes dumb like Reese. At… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth's funeral music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715 "2022-09-19T08:17:54Z")
Let’s talk about it, starting with the procession of the casket from Buckingham to Westminster Palace. Likes, dislikes, most and least favorite? What are you hoping to hear, or not hear, on Monday? All the high Anglican… --- ## [Most scene stealing very minor movie role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414 "2022-09-19T02:17:55Z")
Inspired by this thread, Most influential very minor movie role - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board, let’s do a scene stealing thread. Rules are, must be a speaking role, must be in only one scene. … --- ## [Advice on BBQing an 8 lb ribeye roast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724 "2022-09-19T01:10:30Z")
So the store had a fantastic deal on ribeye roasts- 2/3 off. I figure I will BBQ / slow smoke it tomorrow, but I’ve never done a beef roast before. Plenty of briskets and pork shoulders, but those of course you slow bbq … --- ## ["Overboard" comic archive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733 "2022-09-18T23:10:50Z")
Overboard (comic strip) - Wikipedia by Chip Dunham is a daily strip chronicling the misadventures of the hilariously incompetent crew of the anachronistic pirate ship Revenge. It’s main publisher Go Comics has an archive… --- ## [I watched Twin Peaks for the first time (no open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-twin-peaks-for-the-first-time-no-open-spoilers/971764)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-twin-peaks-for-the-first-time-no-open-spoilers/971764 "2022-09-18T22:30:06Z")
There is an old thread on this. I decided to start a new one with no spoilers. Season 1. Episode 1 (The Pilot) - well for starters I was whooshed for a while. The campy acting with over-reaction to everything and the in… --- ## [Covid Cuisine (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-cuisine-need-answer-fast-ish/971744)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-cuisine-need-answer-fast-ish/971744 "2022-09-18T22:27:59Z")
Three of us have tested positive The fourth will likely do so (just did PCR test today). I’m working on a grocery delivery order. With all 4 of us likely to be unable to prep anything elaborate, we need idea for very… --- ## [Is this really true, that Eminem has a #1 song on the Christian music chart?!?!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-true-that-eminem-has-a-1-song-on-the-christian-music-chart/971717)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-true-that-eminem-has-a-1-song-on-the-christian-music-chart/971717 "2022-09-18T19:18:04Z")
I haven’t heard the song, nor do I want to, but I’m wondering if people here have, and can explain it - and no, I don’t think he converted. --- ## [Popular shows/movies you've never seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-shows-movies-youve-never-seen/971705)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-shows-movies-youve-never-seen/971705 "2022-09-18T13:53:02Z")
Title is self-explanatory. What are some popular/critically-acclaimed shows/movies you’ve never seen? I’ve never seen a single episode of X-Files, and I’ve never seen The Godfather, any Tarantino movie, Forrest Gump, or… --- ## [Salvage Kings on hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvage-kings-on-hulu/971737)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salvage-kings-on-hulu/971737 "2022-09-18T01:48:45Z")
It’s about a demolition and salvage company in Canada. Fascinating what they can find to sell in these old places before they knock it down, but it is kind of sad to see the old buildings go down. For example, in one th… --- ## ["Sorry we can't serve our soup because our microwave is broken"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-cant-serve-our-soup-because-our-microwave-is-broken/971466)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-we-cant-serve-our-soup-because-our-microwave-is-broken/971466 "2022-09-17T21:08:29Z")
Went to a local regional chain sit down resturant. Ordered a meatloaf meal with soup on the side. After I ordered the waitress came up and told me “Sorry but we can’t serve our soup because the microwave is broken, do yo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=237)