# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=270 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 271 --- ## [Order Your Meal: Appetizer, Entree with Two Sides, Beverage and Dessert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-your-meal-appetizer-entree-with-two-sides-beverage-and-dessert/961117)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-your-meal-appetizer-entree-with-two-sides-beverage-and-dessert/961117 "2022-03-23T22:49:01Z")
Me first. I’ll start with a nice cinnamon scented pumpkin bisque, and for the main course, a medium rare T-bone steak with horseradish mashed potatoes and a big scoop of cottage cheese on a separate plate. For drink, s… --- ## ["All the Girls in France Do the Hoochie-Coochie Dance"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-girls-in-france-do-the-hoochie-coochie-dance/213304)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-girls-in-france-do-the-hoochie-coochie-dance/213304 "2022-03-23T22:35:40Z")
Thanks to those wonderful old-music sites from a recent thread, I have been listening to a lot of pop tunes, c1910–30. One musical leitmotif that recurs frequently is the “Little Egypt” music, which I sang as a child as, … --- ## [Are these movies school-appropriate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-movies-school-appropriate/961381)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-movies-school-appropriate/961381 "2022-03-23T22:02:40Z")
State “end of course” tests are coming up next week (with a full quarter yet to go in the course, of course), and while we’re doing intensive test prep until them, I figure that on the test days, my students will have th… --- ## [Creative works set in the early 1940s that ignore WWII?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-works-set-in-the-early-1940s-that-ignore-wwii/959578)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-works-set-in-the-early-1940s-that-ignore-wwii/959578 "2022-03-23T22:02:08Z")
I’m currently watching seasons 6 and 7 of When Calls the Heart, which are set in 1916 and 1917. And they’ve yet to mention World War I, despite the fact that Canadians fought in it. This got me wondering…while this over… --- ## [Half Remembered Skit or Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-remembered-skit-or-commercial/961571)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-remembered-skit-or-commercial/961571 "2022-03-23T20:41:09Z")
I have a fragment of a memory and I was hoping someone can ID it. It was either a skit or a commercial with football players in a huddle. The QB was a real and famous QB and the rest of the players were kids. The QB wo… --- ## [Illustrating my artwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrating-my-artwork/960943)
**Author:** [@shinnen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shinnen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrating-my-artwork/960943 "2022-03-23T15:15:06Z")
Hi, I make elaborate stickpins and would like to show them. I don’t really want to go to the trouble of setting up my own website; and am wondering if anyone here has ideas as to where I might illustrate them? Thanks, … --- ## [Arrival (seen it - open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-seen-it-open-spoilers/771366)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrival-seen-it-open-spoilers/771366 "2022-03-23T14:47:55Z")
The spouse’s company had a screening of “Arrival” last night so we went. . . . . . Spoiler space, but feel free to post open spoilers. . . . . . . . . I really enjoyed it. Good, smart sci-fi. It’s not an a… --- ## [If George R.R. Martin finishes "Winds of Winter", will you read it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-r-r-martin-finishes-winds-of-winter-will-you-read-it/961044)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-r-r-martin-finishes-winds-of-winter-will-you-read-it/961044 "2022-03-23T13:25:24Z")
Let’s pretend it’s magical make-believe land, and George R.R. Martin has finished The Winds of Winter (book 6 of the Song of Ice and Fire series, or Game of Thrones for the TV watchers). Will you read it? Tell us why, an… --- ## [Mythological Monsters Killed Via Trickery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythological-monsters-killed-via-trickery/961448)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythological-monsters-killed-via-trickery/961448 "2022-03-23T11:45:37Z")
I’m looking for examples from myth or folklore of a monster being defeated by things such as getting it to jump into lava or off a cliff or even into a larger monster that eats it. Basically stuff that’s not “Hero stabs… --- ## [Tiny Desk Concerts (NPR Music) is awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-desk-concerts-npr-music-is-awesome/719829)
**Author:** [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-desk-concerts-npr-music-is-awesome/719829 "2022-03-23T07:50:49Z")
Links: website, Youtube It’s a tiny idea really, but amazingly executed. The tagline describes it best: Intimate video performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered Bob Boilen. I’ve been hooked on this… --- ## [TV shows with final episodes that completed the story line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-final-episodes-that-completed-the-story-line/961361 "2022-03-23T04:17:08Z")
No limited-run or mini-series please. I’m looking for shows with finales that resolve major issues enough to let viewers know that the series is over. For example, I remember a show I watched from first episode to last… --- ## [1989 Christmas Vacation/Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1989-christmas-vacation-simpsons-roasting-on-an-open-fire-open-spoilers/961520)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1989-christmas-vacation-simpsons-roasting-on-an-open-fire-open-spoilers/961520 "2022-03-22T21:03:18Z")
There are almost identical outdoor Christmas decorations scenes in both the Christmas Vacation film and the first Simpsons episode. Interesting that both works were released almost at the same time. Christmas Vacation wa… --- ## [The state of Record Labels these days (or how do you listen to music)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-record-labels-these-days-or-how-do-you-listen-to-music/961276)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-record-labels-these-days-or-how-do-you-listen-to-music/961276 "2022-03-22T18:20:32Z")
I ran across a cool record cover the other day, online. I really wanted to buy it (for the art and the music) but I have no record player. But it made me start thinking, how do record companies primarily sell music these… --- ## [Garlin Gone From Goldbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlin-gone-from-goldbergs/956220)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlin-gone-from-goldbergs/956220 "2022-03-22T15:37:22Z")
I first saw this story a couple weeks ago when Jeff Garlin gave an interview with Vanity Fair about the issue and claimed that he wasn’t fired and that his antics on set were just him being “silly.” Upon further reading… --- ## [Duets between two male singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878 "2022-03-22T03:51:25Z")
It seems like when a duet is sung, in pop music, it’s almost always between a man and a woman. The contrast of high and low voices has led to this being the norm, I guess, plus the fact that most duets tend to be romanti… --- ## [A "Hey it's that guy" moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hey-its-that-guy-moment/959635 "2022-03-22T00:01:31Z")
The other week I watched the 1980 movie “Hopscotch” (great movie - Walter Matthau, Ned Beatty (and Sam Waterston with jet-black hair), and noticed in one small scene, this guy who I remembered as the professor from “Re… --- ## ["It's not a remake; it's a new movie based on the same source"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-remake-its-a-new-movie-based-on-the-same-source/961402)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-a-remake-its-a-new-movie-based-on-the-same-source/961402 "2022-03-21T19:48:08Z")
I watched the 2021 film Nightmare Alley last night. I didn’t think I’d like it, but I did. There was an earlier film of the same name in 1947 starring Tyrone Power, based on the same book by William Lindsay Gresham that … --- ## [Premade spice blends: Do you use them? Which ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premade-spice-blends-do-you-use-them-which-ones/956160)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premade-spice-blends-do-you-use-them-which-ones/956160 "2022-03-21T16:47:59Z")
I came across a random Huffpost article about spice blends while poking around the web. It starts off with this statement: While some chefs turn up their noses at spice blends ― such as everything bagel seasoning or Ol… --- ## [Please identify this YA novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-ya-novel/961406)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-ya-novel/961406 "2022-03-21T03:06:43Z")
A girl goes out to the corner store and the family friend (who is later revealed to be the uncle) is acting terrified and very jumpy. He gives her her change and ushers her out the door as fast as he can. She finds a str… --- ## [How do you find your music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-your-music/961319)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-your-music/961319 "2022-03-20T15:45:36Z")
Used to be easy. Just walk into a record store, browse the titles, find stuff that looked interesting. Now I stream on my iPhone, and it’s easy to look for stuff that I already know about. My library is mainly old fav… --- ## [Fiendishly obscure actor ID: The culprit in cartoon "Who Killed Who? \[sic\] (1943)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-actor-id-the-culprit-in-cartoon-who-killed-who-sic-1943/961248)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-actor-id-the-culprit-in-cartoon-who-killed-who-sic-1943/961248 "2022-03-20T04:58:41Z")
Video here If you don’t want to watch the whole cartoon, at the end in a brief live action segment the culprit is revealed to be. . . . Well, who the hell is it? My best guess is that it’s most likely . That would ma… --- ## [How spicy is tradtional Arribiatta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spicy-is-tradtional-arribiatta/954889)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spicy-is-tradtional-arribiatta/954889 "2021-11-25T19:27:54Z")
I just ate luck with a jar pasta sauce from Meijer. It was called a Arrabbiata sauce. It was good enough, but there was nothing “angry” about it at all, very even tempered in all honesty. But it got me to thinking about… --- ## [What do I do with pancetta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-pancetta/953239)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-pancetta/953239 "2022-03-20T01:57:09Z")
Imperfect Produce accidentally sent me a package of diced pancetta that I didn’t order. When they make a mistake they always just tell me to keep it, no charge. Anyways, what do I do with it? I’ve never owned pancetta b… --- ## [I thought it was an After school special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-an-after-school-special/961225)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-an-after-school-special/961225 "2022-03-19T23:57:16Z")
Does anyone remember a after school special with Helen Hunt as a girl who was injured and I think wanted to be a cheerleader? Sort of like she was in an accident and then went to a dance and could hardly walk and the me… --- ## [Spatial reference in films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/961338)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spatial-reference-in-films/961338 "2022-03-19T23:16:41Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but I’m often baffled by what Hitchcock (and for all I know other film-makers) used to call “spatial reference,” meaning telling the viewer where characters in a film are physically in relation to oth… --- ## [Why do you put oil in that boiling pot of pasta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-put-oil-in-that-boiling-pot-of-pasta/953403)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-put-oil-in-that-boiling-pot-of-pasta/953403 "2022-03-19T17:37:48Z")
Well? :slight\_smile: --- ## [Cryptoland and The Red Ape Family - two cartoons about stuff worth something to somebody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptoland-and-the-red-ape-family-two-cartoons-about-stuff-worth-something-to-somebody/960807)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptoland-and-the-red-ape-family-two-cartoons-about-stuff-worth-something-to-somebody/960807 "2022-03-19T16:45:48Z")
As you’ve no doubt heard if you’ve been paying any attention, crytocurrency, most notably the investment pioneer Bitcoin and the commerce-centric Ethereum, is a big deal right now. And quite recently non-fungible tokens,… --- ## [Performers who kept their names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performers-who-kept-their-names/954697 "2022-03-19T13:43:33Z")
Many performers change their names for various reasons, most notably because of union recommendations.\* Many of those performers chose to change their names legally. The ones that don’t usually don’t advertise that they … --- ## ["Wait, it's a different guy?" moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157 "2022-03-19T07:08:03Z")
While reading the thread about spotting actors in other roles, (Hey it’s that guy!)… Years ago I was watching “Leave it to Beaver” and there he was, Harrison Ford! Only it wasn’t. It was Buddy Hart. Look at this guy. … --- ## [Science fiction and vacuum tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-and-vacuum-tubes/960654)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-and-vacuum-tubes/960654 "2022-03-19T03:09:42Z")
I was re-reading the short story “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson this weekend. It’s a science fiction classic from 1957 dealing with the exploration of Jupiter through the use of genetically engineered clones. There was … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=271)