# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=274 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 275 --- ## [A question for guitarists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-guitarists/960592)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-guitarists/960592 "2022-03-07T17:18:11Z")
Is there a term for the tendency for some players to, usually when strumming cowboy chords, to insert a strum of open strings when changing chords? --- ## [Actress is pregnant but no one notices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-is-pregnant-but-no-one-notices/960379)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-is-pregnant-but-no-one-notices/960379 "2022-03-07T05:02:41Z")
Typically when an actress gets pregnant IRL, the show that she’s on will take measures to hide the fact by having her stand behind things, wear oversized clothes, or carrying large handbags. Often, as the pregnancy advan… --- ## [How do you vinylophiles store your records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-vinylophiles-store-your-records/960483)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-vinylophiles-store-your-records/960483 "2022-03-07T01:58:49Z")
After 31 years without a turntable, I just went and bought one and set it up. This decision was largely the result of trying to decide what to do with the record collection I’d already winnowed down from 1,500 to say … --- ## [How do people who kiss on-screen avoid falling in love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-kiss-on-screen-avoid-falling-in-love/960357)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-who-kiss-on-screen-avoid-falling-in-love/960357 "2022-03-06T19:44:17Z")
Maybe I’m immature for my age, but if a woman smiles at me in a certain way, I can’t stop thinking about her for a week. How in the world do actors who kiss on-screen avoid falling in love? --- ## [Let’s talk chicken stock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-talk-chicken-stock/958694)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-talk-chicken-stock/958694 "2022-03-06T15:23:54Z")
I made a batch of it over the weekend and just heated up and enjoyed a big mug of it. So, so good on a cold winter day. My method is, my wife brings home rotisserie chickens when she shops at Costco. I’ll freeze the lef… --- ## [Stage-produced sitcoms and scenes set elsewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-produced-sitcoms-and-scenes-set-elsewhere/960557)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-produced-sitcoms-and-scenes-set-elsewhere/960557 "2022-03-06T13:16:33Z")
This is not one of the big questions of life, only a small thing that I’ve wondered about. As I understand it, the conventional way of producing sitcoms is to record them in front of a live studio audience, where the sta… --- ## [Anyone gotten a book printed? (Short run, color pics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-gotten-a-book-printed-short-run-color-pics/960373)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-gotten-a-book-printed-short-run-color-pics/960373 "2022-03-06T07:13:45Z")
It’s going to be a birthday present for my mom. But not a surprise. She’s been writing up a history of her life (and her ancestors’). I’ve been editing it and scanning photos from her extensive shoeboxes of yellowing sn… --- ## [Question: song used in both "Mad Men" and "The Aviator"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-song-used-in-both-mad-men-and-the-aviator/960542)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-song-used-in-both-mad-men-and-the-aviator/960542 "2022-03-06T05:48:25Z")
What is the song played in the Mad Men episode “The Grownups” (during the first dance at the wedding of Roger Sterling’s daughter Margaret)? I believe it’s the same song played in The Aviator, when Hughes takes Katherin… --- ## [Is Kate Mckinnon actually on SNL this season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kate-mckinnon-actually-on-snl-this-season/954536)
**Author:** [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kate-mckinnon-actually-on-snl-this-season/954536 "2022-03-06T00:25:24Z")
Ok, so I think I’ve seen three episodes this season, certainly the last two, and while Kate is listed in the titles (quite far away weirdly), she’s not been in any sketches or appears at the end. The rest of the cast whi… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2022-edition/958722)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2022-edition/958722 "2022-03-05T21:08:13Z")
Whoop! Almost missed this again! So here we are 2022 and it feels and looks remarkably similar to 2020… Except for the kitten trying to steal my pot pie in my lap. So what are we all reading? On audiobook, I’m reading… --- ## [The "Forbidden Riff" - Guitar enthusiast challenges ubiquitous social norm!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forbidden-riff-guitar-enthusiast-challenges-ubiquitous-social-norm/960522)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forbidden-riff-guitar-enthusiast-challenges-ubiquitous-social-norm/960522 "2022-03-05T19:06:41Z")
This YouTuber is a huge guitar nerd and I just love this video for the way it shows how much he engaged with the equipment in the various parts of this part of this store(? or is it a convention?) before he tries playing… --- ## [Amazing Race 33](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-33/957298)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-33/957298 "2022-03-05T15:19:18Z")
It’s back! Oh. My. God. How did they find do so many ignorant people? Don’t know what a bobby is? Or what Big Ben looks like? --- ## [I'm Hosting the party and playing The Beatles - choose Red or Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358 "2022-03-05T14:45:25Z")
I keep The Beatles Red and Blue albums on all my devices. Thats almost 60 songs. I don’t have the original Beatles albums except on old & badly scratched vinyl. I’m hosting the party with beer,wine and soda pop. Which B… --- ## [Stars that got better at playing their instruments after they got famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993 "2022-03-04T22:34:27Z")
Rightly or wrongly I think that musicians tend to not improve musically after they get famous. I’m not talking about writing better songs. I mean getting better at the technical aspects of playing their instruments. I t… --- ## [Oreo Cookie symbol question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419 "2022-03-04T21:58:39Z")
What is the meaning (if any) of the symbol stamped on Oreo cookies? --- ## [Anna Netrebko fired from the Met Opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442 "2022-03-04T18:59:56Z")
Renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has been let go from the Met Opera. Not because she’s Russian, but because she’s refused to distance herself from Vladimir Putin. I’ve always been a huge fan of Netrebko, and not m… --- ## [Serendipitous Arts/Entertainment Discoveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424 "2022-03-04T18:43:42Z")
In the year prior to covid I was looking through the various articles that surface in my phone’s newsfeed and there was one along the lines of “Dozer is one of the most under-rated stoner rock bands” or something along t… --- ## [Substitute yogurt for sour cream in Beef Stroganoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423 "2022-03-04T17:21:46Z")
Title question pretty much says it all. In the eternal quest of ‘what to make for dinner tonight?’ I have mushrooms, onions, noodles and ground beef. So I’m thinking an easy Beef Stroganoff. But sadly, I do not have sour… --- ## [Heavy Metal (magazine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388 "2022-03-04T17:09:06Z")
Somewhere in the depths of my storage unit I have a collection of Heavy Metal magazines, from Issue 1 to… sometime in the late-'80s? Early- to mid-'90s? I had a subscription until they changed their format and I lost i… --- ## [New movie version of Cyrano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-version-of-cyrano/953813)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-version-of-cyrano/953813 "2022-03-04T16:14:14Z")
I just happened to see the trailer for this new movie. I must lead by noting that Cyrano de Bergerac is probably my favorite play ever. It is a drama, a comedy, a romance and a tragedy. The 1950 movie with Jose Ferrer is… --- ## [Help me identify this 1970s late night TV episode on which Ray Charles was a guest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-late-night-tv-episode-on-which-ray-charles-was-a-guest/960135)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-late-night-tv-episode-on-which-ray-charles-was-a-guest/960135 "2022-03-04T02:22:25Z")
(Late night TV: I feel like it has to be either SNL or Fridays, but I can’t confirm the episode for either one.) At some point in the late 1970s, I was watching a weekend late-night comedy sketch show, and Ray Charles … --- ## [Beforeigners on HBO (open spoilers for first two seasons after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beforeigners-on-hbo-open-spoilers-for-first-two-seasons-after-op/960069 "2022-03-03T23:59:02Z")
A recent episode of the Imaginary Worlds podcast clued me on to Beforeigners, a Norwegian sci-fi/fantasy show I had previously heard nothing of. It sounded intriguing, so I basically binged the first two seasons. And wow… --- ## ['Fresh Water Otter' commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-otter-commercial/960161 "2022-03-02T17:29:46Z")
ISTR a commercial when I was very young in the '60s in San Diego, that had a ‘fresh water otter’ as a mascot. ‘\[Something, something\], the Fresh Water Otter!’ Does anyone else recall it? Was it a bottled water commerc… --- ## [Question about book endpapers - Heinlein related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-endpapers-heinlein-related/960298)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-endpapers-heinlein-related/960298 "2022-03-02T02:42:04Z")
Robert Heinlein’s 1941 serial “Methuselah’s Children” was put into book form by Gnome Press in 1958. The volume is a bibliographer’s nightmare. There are at least four different colors of the boards and the publisher cha… --- ## [Bad things that "you" did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-that-you-did/960151)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-that-you-did/960151 "2022-03-02T01:14:28Z")
I’ll start. Links to videos of the song are always helpful if the song may not be well-known. You left me here on your way to paradise You pulled the rug right out from under my life source you left me just when … --- ## [What changes would you have suggested for the Lord of the Rings novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changes-would-you-have-suggested-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-novel/959782)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-changes-would-you-have-suggested-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-novel/959782 "2022-03-01T22:25:48Z")
Tolkien wrote the book, I think, pretty much on his own. I just finished another re-read of it and I love it more than almost any other book out there. I have no idea how much genius could be contained within one mind an… --- ## [What happened to “Get Fuzzy”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-get-fuzzy/959914)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-get-fuzzy/959914 "2022-03-01T18:31:49Z")
I used to really enjoy it but around 2013 Darby Conley stopped drawing new strips. Wikipedia article says it’s not known what happened. Any of the Teeming Millions have any idea? --- ## [Star Trek DS9 Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ds9-documentary/831033)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ds9-documentary/831033 "2022-03-01T17:28:11Z")
I am so excited for this. DS9 is my favorite Trek. --- ## [Things to smear/spread/sprinkle on or otherwise apply to toast or similar surfaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-smear-spread-sprinkle-on-or-otherwise-apply-to-toast-or-similar-surfaces/958316)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-smear-spread-sprinkle-on-or-otherwise-apply-to-toast-or-similar-surfaces/958316 "2022-03-01T14:46:40Z")
My every-morning ritual is to have one cup of coffee and one slice of Whole Foods sourdough bread, toasted very very dark. My mother used to call almost-burned toast “healthy toast.” I was thinking of starting a Marmite… --- ## ["Respect" (No Spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respect-no-spoilers/960279)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respect-no-spoilers/960279 "2022-03-01T12:25:40Z")
The full figured Jennifer Hudson and her fabulous voice are perfect casting for the part of Aretha Franklin. She did a fabulous job with the role and, though the movie was a tad long at 2:35, it kept me involved the who… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=275)