# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=260 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 261 --- ## [What is the K as in Concerto No.5 in A major K 219?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-k-as-in-concerto-no-5-in-a-major-k-219/964348)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-k-as-in-concerto-no-5-in-a-major-k-219/964348 "2022-05-14T14:32:23Z")
I have seen classical music listed in programs, sometimes with a K as in the thread title, and sometimes with an Op. as in Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op. 61. I know the Op stands for opus, but what does the K stand for? … --- ## [Identify old radio program - conceited actor, hick guests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-old-radio-program-conceited-actor-hick-guests/964389)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-old-radio-program-conceited-actor-hick-guests/964389 "2022-05-14T12:02:51Z")
A while back I heard an old time radio program - I’m not sure whether it was a one-shot or part of a series. The main character is a theatrical actor who lives in an elegant mansion, but in recent years he has been maki… --- ## [Beers With Fresh Hops In It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-with-fresh-hops-in-it/964295)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beers-with-fresh-hops-in-it/964295 "2022-05-14T01:09:16Z")
Now, I have to tell you all. I am a purist when it comes to herbs and spices. I think they should always be fresh. Dried herbs and spices are sometimes the only thing possible, or at least practical, in foodstuffs. But I… --- ## [What does 'as-dur' mean in classical music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-as-dur-mean-in-classical-music/964367)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-as-dur-mean-in-classical-music/964367 "2022-05-13T18:11:07Z")
I was trying to find Chopin’s Aeolean Harp and as to not get buried in wind harp sounds I added the ‘as dur’ as I know that was part of the title. Lo and behold there are other songs with ‘as-dur’ in the title. I think… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a couple of kits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-of-kits/964313)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-of-kits/964313 "2022-05-13T17:31:45Z")
I haven’t posted any completed model projects here for the longest time; but today I’m planning to post pictures of two of my recent completions. Both are from the same company, Ramshackle Games, out of England. Their… --- ## [Clarice Starling's handbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarice-starlings-handbag/431196)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarice-starlings-handbag/431196 "2022-05-13T16:03:46Z")
IIRC she had a good purse and cheap shoes. So what kind of handbag was it? What’s a handbag that would impress a sociopathic cannibal? Probably not Dooney & Bourke I’m thinking… --- ## [Forgotten Song Identification Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-song-identification-please/964361)
**Author:** [@WhyKickAMooCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyKickAMooCow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-song-identification-please/964361 "2022-05-13T15:12:39Z")
A work colleague is at risk of losing face to her brother unless a half remembered song can be identified; so I wondered if the wonderful people at The Dope might be able to help! It’s an indie type song from pre-1985 (… --- ## [Who is the Killer in the Richard Marx Song "Hazard" (1992)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-killer-in-the-richard-marx-song-hazard-1992/964074)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-killer-in-the-richard-marx-song-hazard-1992/964074 "2022-05-12T20:53:43Z")
As a child of the MTV generation, I was always a sucker for songs that also told a story. The song “Hazard” is structured around the nameless singer, who resides in the town of Hazard, and has always always been somethi… --- ## [BBQ and Grilling: A stupid question for the ages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-and-grilling-a-stupid-question-for-the-ages/964135)
**Author:** [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-and-grilling-a-stupid-question-for-the-ages/964135 "2022-05-12T20:12:08Z")
I recently got a small Weber grill, the type that takes charcoal. Here’s the catch, I’ve used gas for so many years I don’t remember a damn thing… okay I don’t know a damn thing about cooking over traditional fire vs gas… --- ## [Can somebody explain what the Simple Dimple Challenge is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-what-the-simple-dimple-challenge-is/964217)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-what-the-simple-dimple-challenge-is/964217 "2022-05-12T15:35:29Z")
I tried looking it up and all I found was that it’s supposedly involves dancing to a particular song which is titled “Simple Dimple Pop It”. But I have seen videos which appear to feature other songs. As far as I can te… --- ## [James Bond infectious diseases article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-infectious-diseases-article/964216)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-infectious-diseases-article/964216 "2022-05-12T00:34:18Z")
Someone a couple months ago pointed me to a great article involving the hazards that James Bond experiences in his movies, particularly in terms of infectious diseases. I thought it would be nice to talk about it. It… --- ## [Anyone watching The Big Conn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-big-conn/964290)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-big-conn/964290 "2022-05-11T22:57:29Z")
This documentary on AppleTV directly addresses the area in which I have worked just about my entire career. Just wondered if any of you are watching and, if so, what you think? --- ## [West Side Story 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-2021/950813)
**Author:** [@Hermione1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-2021/950813 "2022-05-11T18:11:46Z")
After a teaser trailer in April, the first full-length trailer premiered on 9/15, the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month. Good LORD, this looks good! West Side Story is probably my favorite classic musical. I grew up… --- ## [Roku TV won't stream Prime Video sometimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-tv-wont-stream-prime-video-sometimes/964237)
**Author:** [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-tv-wont-stream-prime-video-sometimes/964237 "2022-05-11T05:31:39Z")
I have been having an intermittent problem with Amazon video on my TLC RokuTV. When the problem shows up, it will do everything EXCEPT actually stream the video. Starts up, shows the menus, search works, etc…just won’t… --- ## [ID this movie: "Big W"? (NOT "It's a Mad x4 World")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-big-w-not-its-a-mad-x4-world/964219)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-big-w-not-its-a-mad-x4-world/964219 "2022-05-11T02:29:00Z")
In The Girl at the Baggage Claim (a work of nonfiction), Gish Jen describes how her father told her about a movie he had once seen: …he did not even know its name. However, he did remember its plot, which involved a gr… --- ## [Just a short funny Interstellar anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-short-funny-interstellar-anecdote/964099)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-a-short-funny-interstellar-anecdote/964099 "2022-05-11T01:52:36Z")
So I’d decided I was probably never going to watch it and I wanted to know what the movie was about…so I read the wiki plot breakdown. I’d needn’t worried about beating myself up for spoiling a movie I should have sat d… --- ## [Share your new funk songs here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-new-funk-songs-here/957265)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-new-funk-songs-here/957265 "2022-05-10T20:41:59Z")
Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are bringing on the funk! Here are two great songs: Are there other current artists putting out funk like this? Share anything from the last five or ten years! … --- ## [Cuisinart issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisinart-issue/964233)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuisinart-issue/964233 "2022-05-10T14:00:01Z")
I can never get my cuisinart to line up correctly. There are three main parts, the bowl (with the handle), the lid (with a part that clicks into the handle), and the little feeder part that fits into the lid. I say “cl… --- ## [Baker's Chocolate Chip cookie recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/964147)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/964147 "2022-05-10T01:16:59Z")
I always used the recipe on the back of Baker’s chocolate chips for my cookies, but either Baker’s stopped making chocolate chips, or none of the stores in my area carry them. Does anyone have the recipe off the Baker’s… --- ## [Zero Hour!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour/964097)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zero-hour/964097 "2022-05-09T22:45:57Z")
All my life, I haven’t seen Zero Hour! I finally did. I couldn’t help laughing, due to its being remade as Airplane! --- ## [Ozark Finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozark-finale/964127)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozark-finale/964127 "2022-05-09T20:45:22Z")
I made it through all 4 seasons, with all its crazy twists and turns, and while I had a few questions about the ending, which my wife was easily able to answer, I still found it satisfying. Did anyone else watch the ent… --- ## [Egg Bites (miniature frittatas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-bites-miniature-frittatas/963684)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-bites-miniature-frittatas/963684 "2022-05-09T17:39:03Z")
I’ve been buying Three Bridges Egg Bites from Costco for some time now. Having run out, I homemade a dozen on Wednesday. My wife and I each had one, and the rest got wrapped and frozen. I had two for breakfast yesterd… --- ## [Things we used to laugh at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-used-to-laugh-at/963961)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-we-used-to-laugh-at/963961 "2022-05-09T14:32:40Z")
. . . but wluld never fly on network television today. As a comic, I think “adult” comedy has its place in an adult context, where adults can seek it out usinv their own judgmen… --- ## [RIP, George Pérez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-perez/964130)
**Author:** [@wjChia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wjChia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-perez/964130 "2022-05-09T12:25:57Z")
An absolute legend of the comics world has left us. A few months ago, he announced that he has terminal cancer, and thankfully the comics industry has spent the time since then celebrating his life and work. --- ## [Star Trek: You're the captain and THIS is your assignment. How do you proceed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-youre-the-captain-and-this-is-your-assignment-how-do-you-proceed/964012)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-youre-the-captain-and-this-is-your-assignment-how-do-you-proceed/964012 "2022-05-09T05:28:57Z")
You’re the captain of the Enterprise (take you pick). Starfleet has found an inhabited planet that is pretty much identical to early 21st century Earth. On this planet is a mineral. It’s worthless to them, but invaluable… --- ## [Candy recipe: Does anyone know a recipe to replicate Nips Caramel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-recipe-does-anyone-know-a-recipe-to-replicate-nips-caramel/964169)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-recipe-does-anyone-know-a-recipe-to-replicate-nips-caramel/964169 "2022-05-09T03:30:57Z")
My GF’s favorite candy is Nips Caramel (see below). She does not like anything else that is similar (e.g. Wurthers caramel). Unfortunately, it seems Nips are not made any more. So, I would get loads of boyfriend points… --- ## [Most Shameless Kids Advertising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameless-kids-advertising/963390)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shameless-kids-advertising/963390 "2022-05-08T22:40:24Z")
Growing up, advertising directly to children was something done aggressively by almost every relevant big company. Maybe it still is, I do not watch any of it. One reads about newer laws and restricted hours and corpor… --- ## [Einstein on the Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-on-the-beach/964111)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-on-the-beach/964111 "2022-05-08T15:45:38Z")
At the end of Einstein on the Beach, the bus driver tells a “soothing story” about two lovers sitting on a park bench &c. This one at 4:05: Does anybody know anything about it, like who wrote those lyrics,… --- ## [Doubled book titles -or- when did book titles stop having "or" in them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubled-book-titles-or-when-did-book-titles-stop-having-or-in-them/964126)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubled-book-titles-or-when-did-book-titles-stop-having-or-in-them/964126 "2022-05-08T14:56:27Z")
19th century books seemed to have double titles frequently, like Frank’s Campaign; or, What Boys Can Do on the Farm for the Camp Timothy Crump’s Ward; or, The New Years Loan, And What Became of It Moby-Dick; or, The W… --- ## [Help me with the ‘snot’ rhyme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-snot-rhyme/704956 "2022-05-08T14:36:48Z")
I bet most anglophones have heard this at some point in their lives: If you’re dancing with your honey And your nose is wet and runny You may think it’s funny But it’s not! (snot) I recite this with … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=261)