# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=300 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 301 --- ## [PSA: Onions recalled in multiple states and Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-onions-recalled-in-multiple-states-and-canada/953001)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-onions-recalled-in-multiple-states-and-canada/953001 "2021-10-27T12:15:20Z")
Throw 'em out folks: --- ## [Looking for a 80s song/video title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-80s-song-video-title/953278)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-80s-song-video-title/953278 "2021-10-27T09:29:09Z")
When I was a kid in the early 80s there was an oft-played video on MTV and it was a rant video by a punk/new wave group possibly British in which there were maybe 3 lines in it and the only 2 I can remember is "(w… --- ## [Trying new food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-new-food/953030)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-new-food/953030 "2021-10-27T03:19:48Z")
Is there a food item that has been around for a long time that you never tried until later in life. For example, I ate some Eggo brand toaster waffles for the first time ever the other day. They’ve been around “forever… --- ## [O Mighty Isis...Joanna Cameron R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-mighty-isis-joanna-cameron-r-i-p/953206)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-mighty-isis-joanna-cameron-r-i-p/953206 "2021-10-26T21:37:40Z")
Like many little girls, I had a fascination with ancient Egypt. I used to watch Ms. Cameron on Saturday mornings. Isis is one superhero I wish would have a reboot. R.I.P. --- ## [Wait, there really is a DeAndre Cole and a What Up With That? that's being parodied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-there-really-is-a-deandre-cole-and-a-what-up-with-that-thats-being-parodied/953113)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-there-really-is-a-deandre-cole-and-a-what-up-with-that-thats-being-parodied/953113 "2021-10-26T21:21:57Z")
Doing some searching I found a video and a website for a real DeAndre Cole who has a show called What Up With That?. I had assumed that the SNL sketch was purely made up and not parodying anything real. It appears thou… --- ## [Gunther is dead and cancer is a piece of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunther-is-dead-and-cancer-is-a-piece-of-shit/953127)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gunther-is-dead-and-cancer-is-a-piece-of-shit/953127 "2021-10-26T19:24:57Z")
James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' has died | CNN. Stupid cancer. --- ## [Variations In Lyrics to 'Good King Wenceslas'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-lyrics-to-good-king-wenceslas/953188)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variations-in-lyrics-to-good-king-wenceslas/953188 "2021-10-26T18:46:14Z")
I’ve actually noticed this phenomenon in several songs. They were allegedly written by one artist, but the lyrics are sometimes markedly different (don’t get me started on Battle Hymn of the Republic :wink: ). But you’d … --- ## [William Shatner heads off to the final frontier (space, not death)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868 "2021-10-26T08:14:23Z")
No, this isn’t an RIP thread or anything like that. Shatner, the 90 year old Canadian actor who gained fame as Capt. James T. Kirk on the science fiction show Star Trek, will be taking off on the next flight of Jeff Bezo… --- ## [Which band from, say, the 60’s…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-from-say-the-60-s/953024)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-from-say-the-60-s/953024 "2021-10-26T05:14:55Z")
Has had the most lead singers? Define as you will. --- ## [Any Drum Corps International fans or alums around?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drum-corps-international-fans-or-alums-around/953195)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drum-corps-international-fans-or-alums-around/953195 "2021-10-26T01:57:00Z")
Title says it all! Alum myself (90’s), kind of a fan still in that I watch a lot of drumline lot videos. :smile: Haven’t been to a show for maybe 3-4 years, but there’s one here in the Kansas City area every summer. Exce… --- ## [Soprano's credit: Marie Donato 2 to 5/7 to 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-credit-marie-donato-2-to-5-7-to-9/67136)
**Author:** [@djbdjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-credit-marie-donato-2-to-5-7-to-9/67136 "2021-10-25T22:18:07Z")
This strange credit appears after some Soprano’s episodes (one such is #31). What is “2 to 5/7 to 9”, a character’s name? I have searched for Marie Donato and get some hits on this person joining show, but no mention of … --- ## [Midnight Mass - anyone else watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-mass-anyone-else-watching/951304)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midnight-mass-anyone-else-watching/951304 "2021-10-24T17:26:45Z")
New limited series from Mike Flanagan. I just started it tonight and liked the first episode really well. I thought Haunting of Hill House was amazing and that Bly House was…well, pretty good. Reviews for Midnight Mass … --- ## [Real bands cameoing as fictional bands in movies/TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-bands-cameoing-as-fictional-bands-in-movies-tv/952714)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-bands-cameoing-as-fictional-bands-in-movies-tv/952714 "2021-10-24T16:56:35Z")
TIL from Craig “Dave Lister” Charles (on his new 6 Music show) that in the Red Dwarf episode where he meets his waster younger self and his crappy band “Smeg and the heads”, the band in question is played by the real met… --- ## [What can I do with this bunch of mushrooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-bunch-of-mushrooms/953039)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-bunch-of-mushrooms/953039 "2021-10-24T16:08:03Z")
I had a Whole Food cart that was $6.50 short of free delivery. Had run across a Chef’s Mix 8 oz package of mushrooms for 7 bucks. I would not buy 8 ounces of mystery mushrooms for 7 dollars but for, um. . . errr… $3.50? … --- ## [New frypans not flat — WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-frypans-not-flat-wtf/952862)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-frypans-not-flat-wtf/952862 "2021-10-23T16:20:59Z")
My cheap Aldi frypans started out flat, but after a moderate amount of use the bottoms warped into a bit of a dome, high in the center. I got some new T-fal pans and was shocked to see on first use that melting butter fl… --- ## [Is Thor funny in the comic books like he is in the movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thor-funny-in-the-comic-books-like-he-is-in-the-movies/953044)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thor-funny-in-the-comic-books-like-he-is-in-the-movies/953044 "2021-10-23T15:37:12Z")
Or is funny Thor just written that way as an extension of Chris Hemsworth comic instincts? --- ## [Generic Heavy Metal music in 80s movies (and after)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-heavy-metal-music-in-80s-movies-and-after/953033)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generic-heavy-metal-music-in-80s-movies-and-after/953033 "2021-10-23T12:54:42Z")
I’m watching “Donnie Darko” for the first time, it’s on TV, and I’m not impressed. The film is boring and paints a picture of mental illness that’s totally askance, but that doesn’t matter for this thread, because the on… --- ## [Wow, that's a BAD cover of that song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-thats-a-bad-cover-of-that-song/951415 "2021-10-23T11:01:13Z")
Nothing intentionally bad, no home brews, and no parodies, please. I will start with Olivia Pascal’s massacre of “Glad All Over”. It looks like they shut off her mic half the time, they should have shut it off the oth… --- ## [Would you eat at a Kitchen Nightmares restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-at-a-kitchen-nightmares-restaurant/952522)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-at-a-kitchen-nightmares-restaurant/952522 "2021-10-23T07:06:39Z")
For those of you who’ve never seen Kitchen Nightmares, it’s a show (actually, two shows, a UK and a US version but they’re pretty much the same show) in which Gordon Ramsay fixes a failing restaurant. All the shows are … --- ## [Margaritas Must Contain Tequila!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaritas-must-contain-tequila/952990)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaritas-must-contain-tequila/952990 "2021-10-23T06:27:07Z")
I am drinking a ON THE ROCKS brand Margarita. And it is quite good. But it makes me think of a very good point, to share with all of you. Margaritas must have Tequila in them, to be true margaritas! I bring this up, be… --- ## [Music across cultures - Frequencies and Intervals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-across-cultures-frequencies-and-intervals/952793)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-across-cultures-frequencies-and-intervals/952793 "2021-10-23T03:31:49Z")
This is something I have always wondered about. How is that musical notes across various cultures are of the same frequency ? Separated by continents and time and evolving separately how did they end up using the same … --- ## [Godspell Actor Merrell Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godspell-actor-merrell-jackson/953038)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godspell-actor-merrell-jackson/953038 "2021-10-23T01:07:28Z")
I was looking at videos on Youtube and really enjoyed a clip from the film version of Godspell with Merrell Jackson singing “All Good Gifts”. Trying to find out more about him, it turns out that he died at age 39 in 199… --- ## [Raiders Of The Misplaced Arc (Uncharted Movie Trailer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-misplaced-arc-uncharted-movie-trailer/953025)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-misplaced-arc-uncharted-movie-trailer/953025 "2021-10-22T21:33:20Z")
So, the long rumored Uncharted movie is just around the corner. At this point I am unsure what to think but the movie looks like it could be fun. I’m not sure Wahlberg is old enough for the Sully charact… --- ## [Idea for an album of covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-album-of-covers/952997)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-album-of-covers/952997 "2021-10-22T20:20:50Z")
This is so obvious I’d have to think that it’s been done, so fight my ignorance: an album covering songs whose titles are all the names of women. I came up with this when I tried to teach myself to play Dylan’s “Sara” on… --- ## [So I picked up a $27 bottle of bee pollen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-picked-up-a-27-bottle-of-bee-pollen/952363)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-picked-up-a-27-bottle-of-bee-pollen/952363 "2021-10-21T22:38:17Z")
I stopped at a rest area in upstate NY and picked up a couple of bottles of local honey. I love that stuff (even started a thread on it), but hadn’t been up that way since before the pandemic. Unfortunately they didn’t… --- ## [You Only Live Twice - question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-live-twice-question/952652)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-only-live-twice-question/952652 "2021-10-21T22:31:32Z")
The pre-credits bit in YOLT involves Bond getting introduced as Our Man In Hong Kong before kissing a woman — “Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?” — followed by her flipping the bed back into the … --- ## [Rejected Law & Order Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-law-order-series/952568)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejected-law-order-series/952568 "2021-10-21T22:21:40Z")
Department of Transportation NYS Gaming Commission K9 Unit Animal Control Home Owners’ Association --- ## [LOTR: Was the Doom of Mandos a curse or a prophecy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-was-the-doom-of-mandos-a-curse-or-a-prophecy/952800)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-was-the-doom-of-mandos-a-curse-or-a-prophecy/952800 "2021-10-21T21:49:45Z")
Title kinda says it all. The elf Feanor asks some other elves for some boats, they refuse, Feanor kills them and takes the boats. (super condensed version) Mandos, a Valar, pronounced the Doom of Mandos proclaiming bad… --- ## [Did Bo Burnham shoot his 'inside' special in the guest house of the nightmare on elm street house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bo-burnham-shoot-his-inside-special-in-the-guest-house-of-the-nightmare-on-elm-street-house/952867)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bo-burnham-shoot-his-inside-special-in-the-guest-house-of-the-nightmare-on-elm-street-house/952867 "2021-10-21T17:29:08Z")
You can see some photos of the guest house here. The guest house seems to have the same design as the one from the Bo Burnham special. However it looks far less depressing than it did in the special, if thats the sa… --- ## [Random Halloween Songs/Sounds/Themes You Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-halloween-songs-sounds-themes-you-like/952626)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-halloween-songs-sounds-themes-you-like/952626 "2021-10-21T17:11:11Z")
Not sure this will go anywhere but if you have any fun Halloween randomness you would like to share… I wish they would bring back the special Halloween Forum or perhaps expand it to the Fall/Winter Holiday… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=301)