# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=288 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 289 --- ## [What movie was this? (Scant clues)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-scant-clues/956744)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-scant-clues/956744 "2021-12-28T20:43:58Z")
This happened in the 70’s but that doesn’t mean the flick was from then. I was watching the late late movie on TV. I think it was a light comedy/drama. A guy is told by his boss he’s being canned. Another scene is the … --- ## [Another “what movie was this” with scant details](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-movie-was-this-with-scant-details/956745)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-movie-was-this-with-scant-details/956745 "2021-12-28T18:04:14Z")
Another movie I remember falling asleep to in the 70’s. A guy and girl are being investigated for murdering her father by sabotaging his small airplane causing a fatal crash. I seem to think that they got away with it … --- ## [How has cream cheese not been a staple in my kitchen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-cream-cheese-not-been-a-staple-in-my-kitchen/956386)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-cream-cheese-not-been-a-staple-in-my-kitchen/956386 "2021-12-28T14:43:55Z")
So, the background: A few weeks ago, I had a bagel brunch with a friend of mine, and had some cream cheese left over. I decided to use it up in a grilled cheese sandwich, an experiment which turned out very well. Well… --- ## [Bow-chicka-bow-wow: What instrument does this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-bow-wow-what-instrument-does-this/298501)
**Author:** [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-bow-wow-what-instrument-does-this/298501 "2005-04-09T02:46:03Z")
You know the sound. That lusty, cheap-70’s-porn-film-sound, imitated (and ridiculed) by many. I believe it was used in the song for Shaft. What instrument is used to make this sound? Or do people do it vocally? It can’… --- ## [Model railroaders, advice for a newb, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-railroaders-advice-for-a-newb-please/954455)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-railroaders-advice-for-a-newb-please/954455 "2021-12-28T01:37:34Z")
Now that the Holidays are around the corner, I started waxing nostalgic for a model railroad around the ol’ tree. The problem is, I used to have some modelling skils, more to keep up with another hobby of mine–BattleTec… --- ## [Letterkenny (Canadian TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterkenny-canadian-tv-show/810497)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterkenny-canadian-tv-show/810497 "2021-12-28T00:32:37Z")
My friend turned me on to this show via random YouTube clips and I’m hooked! Being an American, the show’s only available to me via nefarious means so we won’t talk about that. I just love character-driven shows with a l… --- ## [Rate "Spider-man: No Way Home." - Just a poll. No spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-spider-man-no-way-home-just-a-poll-no-spoilers/956733)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-spider-man-no-way-home-just-a-poll-no-spoilers/956733 "2021-12-28T00:20:36Z")
If you’ve seen “Spider-man: No Way Home”, how many stars would you give it from 0 to 5? poll I didn’t allow for half stars but if you feel you must, please put it in a comment. --- ## [Bringing Store Brand Chips to Office Potluck, am I a jerk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-store-brand-chips-to-office-potluck-am-i-a-jerk/956525)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-store-brand-chips-to-office-potluck-am-i-a-jerk/956525 "2021-12-28T00:06:35Z")
Office is having a company potluck and I was assigned to bring chips and dip since I wasn’t willing to make anything myself. It’s for about 30 other people. We were given no money amount required so my immediate response… --- ## [Wheel of Fortune 12/21/2021 WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-12-21-2021-wtf/956446)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune-12-21-2021-wtf/956446 "2021-12-27T22:16:21Z")
Wow! Just wow! I know rules is rules but this woman got butt invaded. Royal screwing starts @ 16:45 --- ## [RIP Jean-Marc Vallée at Age 58 (Director Dallas Buyers Club, Wild, Big Little Lies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jean-marc-vallee-at-age-58-director-dallas-buyers-club-wild-big-little-lies/956739)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jean-marc-vallee-at-age-58-director-dallas-buyers-club-wild-big-little-lies/956739 "2021-12-27T19:10:26Z")
There was a thread here about Dallas Buyers Club Heart Attack may be the cause: --- ## [Looking for a cable TV comedy short with two guys quoting movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-cable-tv-comedy-short-with-two-guys-quoting-movies/956695 "2021-12-27T20:23:28Z")
I think this was from the 1980s or 1990s, a short film that was run between features on either HBO, Showtime, or Cinemax: Two guys (security guards?) are in a warehouse, sitting/standing amongst boxes. They have nothin… --- ## [35 mm slide show presentations. Remember those?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-mm-slide-show-presentations-remember-those/956636)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35-mm-slide-show-presentations-remember-those/956636 "2021-12-27T17:20:07Z")
My uncle was a professional photographer, and was also active in the boating/yachting culture in the 1970s. He would go on trips, take hundreds of photos, and develop them as slides. He had a slide projector and a big, w… --- ## [Are you tired of turkey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-turkey/955299)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tired-of-turkey/955299 "2021-12-27T07:46:50Z")
I’m not! Just made myself a turkey salad sandwich ad it is DELICIOUS! Pretty sure this is the 7th day in a row that my food intake has involved a pretty good serving of turkey. Should have enough for at least 1 - mayb… --- ## [Is there ever a legitimate reason to have real bullets in a stage gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-a-legitimate-reason-to-have-real-bullets-in-a-stage-gun/956623)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-a-legitimate-reason-to-have-real-bullets-in-a-stage-gun/956623 "2021-12-27T01:44:01Z")
I thought about putting this question in the thread about the shooting involving Alec Baldwin, because it’s that situation which prompted it, but I decided not to derail it. My question is why there would ever be real b… --- ## [Last of The Untouchables RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-untouchables-rip/956646)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-of-the-untouchables-rip/956646 "2021-12-26T21:49:28Z")
Nicholas Georgiade has died at the age of 88. He played Agent Rico Rossi on the TV show The Untouchables. His character was on the show so there would be an Italian good guy besides all those Mafiosi. All the Untouchab… --- ## [Rib roast: to freeze or not to freeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-roast-to-freeze-or-not-to-freeze/956290)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-roast-to-freeze-or-not-to-freeze/956290 "2021-12-26T18:02:48Z")
More ‘when to freeze’ than ‘whether to freeze’ actually. So it’s my turn to make Christmas dinner, which in my family is a traditional English roast with Yorkshire puddings. My wife was going to pick up a rib roast from… --- ## [When did Jim Gaffigan make it big as a comedian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-jim-gaffigan-make-it-big-as-a-comedian/956343)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-jim-gaffigan-make-it-big-as-a-comedian/956343 "2021-12-26T14:26:35Z")
Was his breakthrough album ‘beyond the pale’? I remember seeing him doing stand up comedy before that, but he wasn’t really a big name. --- ## [Trying to find this Japanese artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-this-japanese-artist/956641)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-this-japanese-artist/956641 "2021-12-26T14:00:08Z")
A long time back (maybe 30-35 years) the art of a young Japanese girl was featured in Smithsonian Magazine. At about 10 years old she was considered a prodigy, making watercolors of mostly animals, I think. I can’t remem… --- ## [A Charlie Brown Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-charlie-brown-christmas/956657)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-charlie-brown-christmas/956657 "2021-12-26T13:51:41Z")
A little late for this, but I just realized I had not watched it yet this year. Favorite quotes? I’ll start with this one. Lucy: I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It… --- ## [I'm thinking of a horror movie scene - someone using a camera flash to see in the dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-a-horror-movie-scene-someone-using-a-camera-flash-to-see-in-the-dark/605340)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-a-horror-movie-scene-someone-using-a-camera-flash-to-see-in-the-dark/605340 "2021-12-26T03:31:10Z")
What movie is this from? I distinctly remember it: Someone (a woman, I think) is trapped in a dark place and can’t see anything around her. The only source of light she has is a disposable camera. She fires the shutter … --- ## [Doctor Lester Fisher R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-lester-fisher-r-i-p/956648)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-lester-fisher-r-i-p/956648 "2021-12-26T03:30:19Z")
Doctor Lester Fisher of the Lincoln Park Zoo and the Ark in the Park segments on Chicago’s long running Ray Rayner Show has died at the age of 100. The good die young. --- ## [Best #1 Song of the Year: 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2021/956414)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2021/956414 "2021-12-25T20:54:20Z")
It’s that time again! Much like 2020, 2021 has been a weird year for pop music. The chart is almost as volatile as it was last year, with 19 songs reaching the top spot, only a handful of them staying on top for more th… --- ## [What movie do you like to watch between Christmas and New Year's Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-do-you-like-to-watch-between-christmas-and-new-years-eve/956625)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-do-you-like-to-watch-between-christmas-and-new-years-eve/956625 "2021-12-25T16:22:22Z")
Do you have a movie that you return to in the six days post Christmas? It might even be a movie that is often considered a “Christmas movie”, but which you never have time for in the pre-holiday rush. I’ll start with t… --- ## [Poet Robert Bly has died at age 94](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poet-robert-bly-has-died-at-age-94/954784)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poet-robert-bly-has-died-at-age-94/954784 "2021-12-25T08:01:52Z")
I used the tag “celebrity-death,” but I’m guessing not too many young’uns will remember this poet and guru of the 1990s. I read his books, but then, I’m old. … Bly argued in his 1990 book, Iron John: A Book About Me… --- ## [Am I the only one who looks at Journey's escape album art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-looks-at-journeys-escape-album-art/956615)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-looks-at-journeys-escape-album-art/956615 "2021-12-25T04:45:24Z")
Album an thinks that it may be proof that the Xerox/Parc/mac mouse evolution into the 3 button mouse , was a prescient Sci-FI attack craft? Ok , but is that not a space attack mouse? --- ## [The answer is 42 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-answer-is-42-years-old/952643)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-answer-is-42-years-old/952643 "2021-12-25T01:16:43Z")
The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything that is. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first published in October of 1979 making it 42 years old now. I know people could argue that since the radio series cam… --- ## [Following Along: A guide to reading Tom King's Batman/Catwoman limited series (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-along-a-guide-to-reading-tom-kings-batman-catwoman-limited-series-open-spoilers/933703)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/following-along-a-guide-to-reading-tom-kings-batman-catwoman-limited-series-open-spoilers/933703 "2021-12-25T00:21:56Z")
I just got Issue No. 3 of Tom King’s Batman/Catwoman limited series. It’s a beautiful book with intimate examinations of the lives and minds of its characters, with Catwoman/Selina Kyle being the principal focus, especia… --- ## [Red Pepper Flakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-flakes/956509)
**Author:** [@Jebbilene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebbilene)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-pepper-flakes/956509 "2021-12-24T17:53:09Z")
A lot of American products have red pepper flakes in the ingredients, and American recipes sometimes use red pepper flakes as well. Where I’m from (Australia), ‘red pepper flakes’ are not something you can buy. The inter… --- ## [Silly quick model completed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-quick-model-completed/956566)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-quick-model-completed/956566 "2021-12-24T17:19:16Z")
At IPMS a couple months ago, a friend showed off a completed model of a Triebflugel which took my fancy. The Triebflugel is a suicidally stupid proposed design for a VTOL interceptor using ramjets to spin a three-winged… --- ## [I'm writing a Christmas screenplay -- got any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-writing-a-christmas-screenplay-got-any-advice/956489)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-writing-a-christmas-screenplay-got-any-advice/956489 "2021-12-24T16:47:13Z")
Thinking ahead, waaay ahead to Christmas 2022, I am putting together a plan to produce a local community play based on an obscure, but charming, children’s story. Since we are in the very earliest stages of planning – b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=289)