# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=282 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 283 --- ## [Film: The Nevadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-the-nevadan/958393)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-the-nevadan/958393 "2022-01-26T02:32:57Z")
A 1950 Randolph Scott western. When the bad guys are assaulting Scott and his side kicks in a ranch house, there are three white towers in the far background with steam or smoke coming from them. What are they, a genera… --- ## [Come on Now. Beau Monde Seasoning Is Just Celery Salt? Isn't it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-beau-monde-seasoning-is-just-celery-salt-isnt-it/958256)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-now-beau-monde-seasoning-is-just-celery-salt-isnt-it/958256 "2022-01-26T02:34:06Z")
True story, about thirty years ago I was making this recipe. And it called for Beau Monde Seasoning. Any true gourmand knows what I went through to get it. I searched far and wide, high and low. Finally I found it at a … --- ## [Meaning of "Here's mud in your eye!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-heres-mud-in-your-eye/958209)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-heres-mud-in-your-eye/958209 "2022-01-25T16:38:51Z")
I’ve never understood this toast. How is drinking alcohol related to getting mud in one’s eye? I did a little googling, but the results were not edifying. I’m hoping somebody here can enlighten me or at least provide a p… --- ## [Another fun song ID question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-fun-song-id-question/958318 "2022-01-25T15:28:38Z")
Heard part of a song on the radio the other day (I’ve already checked the stations online playlist, but it doesn’t go back far enough). Overall sound of the vocal reminds me of late George Harrison, definitely a late 70s… --- ## [The Suicide Squad - 2021 version (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-suicide-squad-2021-version-open-spoilers/948141)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-suicide-squad-2021-version-open-spoilers/948141 "2022-01-25T04:53:34Z")
This movie is out today and is available for at home viewing and in theaters. I saw it at home, which has become my preferred way to see almost everything. Anyway……yeah, it’s much better than the original. Is it amazing… --- ## [Most famous or interesting fictional alumni from your school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-or-interesting-fictional-alumni-from-your-school/920108)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-famous-or-interesting-fictional-alumni-from-your-school/920108 "2022-01-24T23:50:54Z")
What’s the most famous and/or interesting alumni from your school? I went to Dartmouth, which has been represented in fiction fairly well as an elite but not exceptionally exclusive eastern liberal arts school with a lo… --- ## [Help me remember a British cop series- detective solves crime in city, sent to remote locale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-british-cop-series-detective-solves-crime-in-city-sent-to-remote-locale/958237)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-british-cop-series-detective-solves-crime-in-city-sent-to-remote-locale/958237 "2022-01-24T20:41:27Z")
What I remember (FWIW) from the first episode is that a British detective in London solves a controversial crime involving higher-ups, possibly in sex crimes related to a child or children. He’s a brilliant fellow and so… --- ## [You're President. How do you decorate the Oval Office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-president-how-do-you-decorate-the-oval-office/958248)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-president-how-do-you-decorate-the-oval-office/958248 "2022-01-24T15:43:44Z")
Drapes, carpet, busts, paintings, etc.? My taste in color would probably be considered horrid by many; I like gaudy red, orange and yellow and the drapes and carpet that I’d pick would make the Oval Office look like som… --- ## [Mangetout's "Slaughter Valley" videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetouts-slaughter-valley-videos/957484)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetouts-slaughter-valley-videos/957484 "2022-01-24T15:16:34Z")
Our own Mangetout has recently started uploading a new series of videos to his YouTube channel where he posts under the name “Atomic Shrimp”. In the past he’s posted mostly videos about scambaiting, food, and other misce… --- ## [Looking for a low-carb alternative to oatmeal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-low-carb-alternative-to-oatmeal/958278)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-low-carb-alternative-to-oatmeal/958278 "2022-01-24T11:09:25Z")
Just like the title says. I like a bowl of hot oatmeal in the morning, but it is just a tad too high in carb to suit me. What alternatives are there? --- ## [Meat Loaf is in the Rear View Mirror Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-is-in-the-rear-view-mirror-now/958162)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-loaf-is-in-the-rear-view-mirror-now/958162 "2022-01-24T04:20:19Z")
I’m not usually the type to participate in, much less start, threads about celebrities who have passed on, but damn it, Meat Loaf has died. The linked article suggests a more complex relationship between the artist and … --- ## [Obscure movie puns - like 1963 Cleopatra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-puns-like-1963-cleopatra/930809)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-movie-puns-like-1963-cleopatra/930809 "2022-01-24T00:04:09Z")
Here is a notorious mistranslation from Latin: Leges Romanorum bonae erant. The legs of the Romans were bony. In the 1963 movie Cleopatra, there is a scene where Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) is being deified. All oth… --- ## [Any cuisines where top chefs don’t make their own recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cuisines-where-top-chefs-don-t-make-their-own-recipes/958261)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cuisines-where-top-chefs-don-t-make-their-own-recipes/958261 "2022-01-23T14:59:49Z")
I was reading a book on Japanese culture. It made the fairly obvious point top Japanese chefs rarely invent new recipes. Traditionally, they mastered ancient techniques and sourced the best ingredients but placed littl… --- ## [Buckaroo Bonzai returns...in book form anyway (No Spoilers, Please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckaroo-bonzai-returns-in-book-form-anyway-no-spoilers-please/958234)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buckaroo-bonzai-returns-in-book-form-anyway-no-spoilers-please/958234 "2022-01-23T04:57:51Z")
For all of us that have been waiting 35 years for the fight against the World Crime League, that time is now. If anyone has already read it, can you post your opinion, spoiler free please. Found this while looking for … --- ## [Defusing the bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defusing-the-bomb/958143)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defusing-the-bomb/958143 "2022-01-23T01:48:54Z")
Who was it, who was a bomb expert here? Say the name and I’ll remember. Letal Weapon 2 is on TV. Earlier, Danny Glover was on a toilet that was rigged with a bomb. It looked like a block of C4 with the associated ele… --- ## [Are Hot Dogs sandwiches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hot-dogs-sandwiches/707928)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hot-dogs-sandwiches/707928 "2022-01-23T01:41:04Z")
Just read this question, figured it may make for some lively debate on the Dope. Or not. Somebody care to take the obviously wrong answer and just run with it, to be contrarian? Anyway, what say you? --- ## [What one object would you most strongly associate with a tv character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-object-would-you-most-strongly-associate-with-a-tv-character/958084 "2022-01-23T01:36:13Z")
The thread title is exactly what it says on the tin, for example: Fonzie: Black leather jacket Radar O’Reilly: Teddy Bear Laverne DeFazio: One of her iconic “L’s” (Or a glass of milk and Pepsi) Nick Yemana: a white … --- ## [RIP Ronnie Spector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ronnie-spector/957666 "2022-01-23T01:06:43Z")
Ronnie Spector has passed away. My lifelong crush. Sigh… https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/60s-icon-ronnie-spector-sang-baby-dies-78-82230668 --- ## [Tim-Tam Slam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tam-slam/957990)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-tam-slam/957990 "2022-01-22T19:13:18Z")
Anyone here done the Tim-Tam Slam? I was taught to do it by an Israeli. He called it the Tim-Tam Suck. Sorry, can’t do a link: please Google or whatever. --- ## [Who Sang Mathew Mark Luke and John song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-mathew-mark-luke-and-john-song/958176)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-mathew-mark-luke-and-john-song/958176 "2022-01-22T18:15:41Z")
My Google is letting me down. I’m only finding a kids nursery song. There’s a 60’s folk song by Joan Baez, CSN, or maybe Peter Paul & Mary? One of the folk singers. Mathew Mark Luke and John, or Martin, Luke or John so… --- ## [Yvette Mimieux has died at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-mimieux-has-died-at-80/958059)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yvette-mimieux-has-died-at-80/958059 "2022-01-22T13:44:34Z")
Article. Another object of my teen lust has gone. --- ## [What song am I thinking of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-am-i-thinking-of/958208 "2022-01-22T13:30:54Z")
Dreamy sounding song that has the word “daydream” in it. Man’s voice. I want to say 2000s or 2010s. This is a long shot but this group is amazing at this kind of thing. --- ## [RIP Betty White](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-betty-white/957000 "2022-01-22T13:16:09Z")
About two weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She will be missed, but she had one helluva run. --- ## [The Matrix Resurrections - discussion thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-resurrections-discussion-thread-open-spoilers/956481)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-resurrections-discussion-thread-open-spoilers/956481 "2022-01-22T04:44:35Z")
I’ll be watching this tonight now that it is finally out. Reviews are all over the place on this movie, from scathingly negative all the way up to “really good”. I thought we should probably have a discussion thread ded… --- ## [New orbiting film studio to be built in space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orbiting-film-studio-to-be-built-in-space/958127)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orbiting-film-studio-to-be-built-in-space/958127 "2022-01-22T03:32:58Z")
Axiom space (who currently is building an independent space station temporarily attached to the ISS) has been contracted to build a orbiting film studio, the S.E.E. The S.E.E.'s first use will be for Tom Cruise’s recent… --- ## [Is it "End scene!" or "And......... Scene!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-end-scene-or-and-scene/642851 "2022-01-22T03:18:02Z")
It originated as the signal an actor used to tell the casting person that he/she has concluded his audition scene. But this piece of thespian jargon has gone mainstream in the past 20 or so years. In television shows and… --- ## [The Hollies song "Hold On" lyrics help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hollies-song-hold-on-lyrics-help/958135)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hollies-song-hold-on-lyrics-help/958135 "2022-01-22T00:35:07Z")
The Holies song “Hold On” from the album Distant Light. All the lyrics sites that I’ve looked at have this for the last two verses: I was getting excited One thing on mind When she rushed out of the bedroom Said “You… --- ## [Has anybody read The Expanse books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-read-the-expanse-books/953720)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-read-the-expanse-books/953720 "2022-01-21T18:17:29Z")
With the last six episode season of The Expanse coming out soon, I find myself left with wanting more. Knowing nothing of TE outside of what I’ve seen on the streaming episodes, I’m not sure where to begin. I’m not sure… --- ## [Question for CSN&Y Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-csn-y-fans/958138)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-csn-y-fans/958138 "2022-01-21T17:14:12Z")
About the song “Carry On”: On the Deja Vu album, this is the title; however, on the Greatest Hits (issued 2005), the title is shown as “Carry On / Questions”. The length of time apparently is the same, per Wikipedia. Onl… --- ## [Cringe! (plus Discourse characters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cringe-plus-discourse-characters/958123)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cringe-plus-discourse-characters/958123 "2022-01-20T21:08:24Z")
My musical tastes are eclectic, and my iPod is on Shuffle. One song might be Green Day, and the next might be Johnny Cash. Just now, this made me cringe in two ways. The song was Carra Barra Wirra Canna, and its lyric… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=283)