# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=244 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 245 --- ## [Fiendishly obscure question: Identify the cartoon \["Star Trek: Voyager" "Workforce: Part II\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-the-cartoon-star-trek-voyager-workforce-part-ii/969308 "2022-08-09T11:14:02Z")
Synopsis Almost at the end of the ep, Tom Paris is watching some cartoon (had a 1930s feel to it), and one odd-looking character is ina tree dropping something on the head of another odd-looking character. And go. . . … --- ## [Thoughts on bass players who simply follow the guitarist(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109 "2022-08-08T23:59:10Z")
It seems there are some bass players who just follow whatever the guitarist is doing. Dee Dee Ramone comes to mind, as does Cliff Burton. What are your thoughts on this? Are they doing it because the music would be wors… --- ## [Batgirl movie put into the vault. Not to be released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991 "2022-08-08T22:02:21Z")
Wow, must be as bad as Catwoman or something? I wonder what the heck happened to make this movie so bad, they aren’t even shoving it over to streaming or Blu-ray? I mean, some version of it has to leak at some point, ma… --- ## [End of an era NBC’s long-running soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ moving exclusively to Peacock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073 "2022-08-08T13:38:49Z")
Wow for the first time ever (going back to the radio days) there’s not going to be a soap opera on NBC My dear departed mother would be hurling things violently as she was an avid watcher from when it started until the … --- ## [What is your best higher taste, lower calorie meal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-best-higher-taste-lower-calorie-meal/944498)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-best-higher-taste-lower-calorie-meal/944498 "2021-06-19T04:23:12Z")
I’ve been experimenting with eating a big lunch and a lower calorie supper - using things like homemade sushi, shrimp dinners and calamari. Seafood makes it easy. There are whole cookbooks devoted to good lower calorie… --- ## [Why haven't these books been made into movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-these-books-been-made-into-movies/916036)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-these-books-been-made-into-movies/916036 "2022-08-08T02:42:10Z")
Random musings whilst reading the “Remake” thread. What book (or books) do you think deserve to be made into decent movies? Try to avoid remakes if you can. My first choice: The Adventures of Alacrity Fitzhugh and Hoba… --- ## [Paper Girls on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-girls-on-amazon-prime/968808)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-girls-on-amazon-prime/968808 "2022-08-07T20:19:13Z")
I haven’t seen this yet, in fact I only just learned today it was turned into a TV show, but I read the comic it is based on and enjoyed it. I don’t want to give too much away but assuming the show is like the comic, it … --- ## [Please recommend a "B" western](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-b-western/967718)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-b-western/967718 "2022-08-07T17:36:49Z")
As Patrick F. McManus wrote in one of his books: As a young lad, he knew that the “B” stood for BEST. But I’ve never been able to get through the “singing cowboy” and similar “serial” westerns. Do you have a “B” wester… --- ## [Kill off one flavor in Neapolitan ice cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-neapolitan-ice-cream/968615)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-off-one-flavor-in-neapolitan-ice-cream/968615 "2022-08-07T17:16:09Z")
Originally Neapolitan ice cream was red, white and green-- cherry, vanilla, pistachio-- to match the colors of the Italian flag. America came along and decided that wasn’t right, and remade it with strawberry, vanilla a… --- ## [Basic Instinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-instinct/969176)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-instinct/969176 "2022-08-07T14:43:04Z")
So who killed Johnny Boz at the start of the movie? Was it Catherine because she was nuts or was it Roxie because she was jealous? --- ## [Quebec rock song: sounds like "To Quebec Sit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quebec-rock-song-sounds-like-to-quebec-sit/969112 "2022-08-07T12:58:06Z")
I recently took a trip through Quebec and I heard some very catchy music, like “J’te gâte all dressed” by Bleu Jeans Bleu and “Gossip” by Lisa LeBlanc. There was one song I liked that I’ve been having problems googling.… --- ## [How would you rank the Daniel Craig starring James Bond movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rank-the-daniel-craig-starring-james-bond-movies/969065)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-rank-the-daniel-craig-starring-james-bond-movies/969065 "2022-08-07T06:34:48Z")
Now that Daniel Craig is done and all his movies are available to home viewing\*, my wife and I have had a chance to re-watch them. He’s the best Bond and we like his movies the most. I believe I’ve seen all the pre-Craig… --- ## [Double Indemnity movie question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-indemnity-movie-question/969212)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-indemnity-movie-question/969212 "2022-08-06T21:51:44Z")
Something I’ve never grokked about DOUBLE INDEMNITY: the bit where Keyes makes Neff an offer. “How’d you like a $50 cut in salary?” “Do I laugh now or wait til it gets funny?” “…I’m serious.” Neff gets asked to stop … --- ## [Spider-man: No Way Home - Seen it thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-no-way-home-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/956048)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-no-way-home-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/956048 "2022-08-06T13:12:53Z")
I’m seeing this Friday night and my 13-year old daughter is excited. We’ve watched all the Marvel movies leading up to this one, though my kids have not yet seen Eternals. Anyway, the buzz is building now that it screene… --- ## [Anne Heche goes nuts, gets roasted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-heche-goes-nuts-gets-roasted/969168)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-heche-goes-nuts-gets-roasted/969168 "2022-08-06T12:13:40Z")
She crashes her car into a garage, drives away while people are trying to help her, speeds down the street and plows into a house, where the car, the house, and Anne Heche all catch fire. The house and car didn’t survive… --- ## [My home made ice cream keeps coming out crumbly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-made-ice-cream-keeps-coming-out-crumbly/968441)
**Author:** [@Andrew1010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew1010)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-made-ice-cream-keeps-coming-out-crumbly/968441 "2022-08-06T08:31:24Z")
I have been making ice cream lately and made a few batches each time I make it comes out crumbly and not able to really eat it in a cone I made a cooked custard ice cream and cooked it to 175 degrees I don’t think i let … --- ## [Kardashian and Davidson Call It Quits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kardashian-and-davidson-call-it-quits/969170)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kardashian-and-davidson-call-it-quits/969170 "2022-08-06T08:19:35Z")
“Due to distance and schedules.” Gee, I had such high hopes that those two crazy kids would make it work. --- ## [What's up with your spices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-your-spices/968809)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-your-spices/968809 "2022-08-06T06:23:11Z")
Was making a marinade for some chicken this afternoon. The recipe called for some rosemary. After adding some to the marinade, I noticed the use by date on the container was March of 2014. Went through all the spices and… --- ## [The Sandman trailer - upd, now on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-trailer-upd-now-on-netflix/965921)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-trailer-upd-now-on-netflix/965921 "2022-08-05T20:59:28Z")
New (second) trailer was released along with the date - 5 August I’m cautiously optimistic… First trailer: --- ## [Looking for info on author Dean F.V. Duvall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-info-on-author-dean-f-v-duvall/965774)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-info-on-author-dean-f-v-duvall/965774 "2022-08-05T17:35:31Z")
Back in the mid-80’s I used to get these free booklets about making money and such. They were interesting and some of the ideas they explored seemed like they would work. But I never bought any of the other things the co… --- ## [New Beavis and Butt-head episodes on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-beavis-and-butt-head-episodes-on-youtube/969107 "2022-08-04T23:12:50Z")
No copyright infringement intended here. Two new episodes of the return of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head are available to watch on Paramount+'s official YouTube channel, probably for a limited time in order to entice… --- ## ["Perfect Rice in 10 Minutes!" Except it's not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-rice-in-10-minutes-except-its-not/969032 "2022-08-04T23:10:55Z")
Fixing dinner last night, I pull out my box of \[Uncle\] Ben’s boil-in-bag rice. It says right on the front of the box in big letters “Perfect rice in 10 minutes!” Checking the cooking instructions, it says to boil for 12… --- ## [When was the first interracial kiss on TV in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-interracial-kiss-on-tv-in-the-us/969012 "2022-08-04T21:24:41Z")
Inspired by the Nicole Nichols memorial thread, I wondered if her kiss with Shatner on Star Trek was really the first? --- ## [Shows and movies that star the same actors in the same roles decades later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665)
**Author:** [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-that-star-the-same-actors-in-the-same-roles-decades-later/968665 "2022-08-04T17:52:38Z")
Star Trek Picard season 3 is reuniting most of the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation to tell a new story nearly 30 years later. The Matrix Resurrections did the same after a nearly 20 year gap. Jamie Lee Curtis… --- ## [Can someone please advise me on a DIY project on a metal table with a Faux Marble top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-advise-me-on-a-diy-project-on-a-metal-table-with-a-faux-marble-top/969087 "2022-08-04T17:39:28Z")
Hi, I have this metal table with a faux marble top that I’d like to fix-up. It was exposed to some sun and water and some other type of cleaner and now the top is damaged. The top is peeling on one corner and I want to… --- ## [Tell a joke that only someone from your region will understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-a-joke-that-only-someone-from-your-region-will-understand/968346 "2022-08-04T15:20:54Z")
Hampton Roads, Virginia: “Damn, that hurricane better slow its approach up the coast; if it hits Emporia going that speed, it’s gonna get pulled over.” --- ## [Does it help restaurants to keep mentioning old accolades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-help-restaurants-to-keep-mentioning-old-accolades/963443)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-help-restaurants-to-keep-mentioning-old-accolades/963443 "2022-08-04T14:45:21Z")
There is a pizza shop down the street from me. In the window are banners given out for winning competitions i.e., “Best Pizza in the Midwest”. The problem is that the newest banner dates from 2004. Every time I see it I … --- ## [In Nelly's 'Hot In Herre"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nellys-hot-in-herre/513847)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-nellys-hot-in-herre/513847 "2022-08-04T09:35:57Z")
he says something about a bowl in the basement, and the girl says ‘what?’ To which he replies that he’s just kidding like Jason (unless she’s gonna do it) As my band are keen to do this song I’d like to know, - to what… --- ## [What Are Some Everyday Foods That Consumers Generally Don't Make For Themselves (and instead buy professionally-made product)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-everyday-foods-that-consumers-generally-dont-make-for-themselves-and-instead-buy-professionally-made-product/968158 "2022-08-04T06:34:23Z")
I was watching a video about ramen and the host said that most Japanese don’t make ramen themselves – the process is apparently time-consuming and labor-intensive – and just prefer to buy it from ramen shops where it’s c… --- ## [What great lost shows do you want to see? which do you want to stay lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-great-lost-shows-do-you-want-to-see-which-do-you-want-to-stay-lost/968535 "2022-08-04T04:57:08Z")
So TIL that there was a 1990s US remake of the cult 80s British classic (and my personal greatest TV show of all time) the Young Ones. It never saw the light of day, and all that survives is the intro: So this defini… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=245)