# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=306 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 307 --- ## [Grant Imahara dies at 49 of an aneurysm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-imahara-dies-at-49-of-an-aneurysm/915278 "2021-09-24T15:12:47Z")
This makes me so sad. Not only did I like him on MythBusters, if you’re pretty regularly on Wil Wheaton’s board game show, where he was a fun person to watch. This fucking year. --- ## [Are there generally accepted lyrics to Have A Tequila?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-generally-accepted-lyrics-to-have-a-tequila/951216 "2021-09-24T13:49:47Z")
Have A Tequila is a parody of Hava Nagila. The thing is, I’ve only heard these partial lyrics: ♫ Have a tequila Have a tequila Have a tequila \[something something something\] ♫ ♫ Uncle Herschel brought some schnapps … --- ## [RIP: Roger Michell (Notting Hill Director) Dead at 65](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-michell-notting-hill-director-dead-at-65/951236)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-michell-notting-hill-director-dead-at-65/951236 "2021-09-24T03:39:08Z")
I like Notting Hill, but I think that is the only movie of his I’ve seen. --- ## [Return of the son of what are the best rock concerts you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-son-of-what-are-the-best-rock-concerts-youve-seen/950951)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-son-of-what-are-the-best-rock-concerts-youve-seen/950951 "2021-09-24T03:16:57Z")
Really enjoying the most disappointing concert thread, and being reminded of a few meh live experiences I’ve had got me thinking in the other direction. I did a search and AFAICT the last time there was a “best concerts”… --- ## [ABBA is making a comeback. When should entertainers call it quits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-making-a-comeback-when-should-entertainers-call-it-quits/950121)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abba-is-making-a-comeback-when-should-entertainers-call-it-quits/950121 "2021-09-24T02:51:02Z")
Heard on the radio yesterday, that ABBA is releasing a new album and doing a virtual concert with ABBA-tars, where they’re singing, but are replaced by holographic versions of their younger selves. https://www.ft.com/con… --- ## [Humor that doesn’t age well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-doesn-t-age-well/949723)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humor-that-doesn-t-age-well/949723 "2021-09-23T22:17:40Z")
I’m watching Steve Martin’s “Wild and Crazy Guy” routine, and find it hard to believe that people paid good money to watch him back then. Was he universally liked? If so, that humor REALLY hasn’t aged well: … --- ## [What media hottie has the best hips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-hottie-has-the-best-hips/334532)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-media-hottie-has-the-best-hips/334532 "2021-09-23T21:55:19Z")
A thread about Teri Hatcher reminded me of what I consider one of her best features – her hips. They’re smooth and rolling and lead quite naturally to where they’re supposed to lead to. Let’s face it, some women have hip… --- ## [Pop songs with unusual (or unique) words in the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-unusual-or-unique-words-in-the-lyrics/951118)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-unusual-or-unique-words-in-the-lyrics/951118 "2021-09-23T19:55:37Z")
The new Billy Bragg song uses the word “autodidact”, which I’m gonna go out on a limb and say is the only use of the word in a popular music track (by some definition of popular music track). Does the dope agree with me… --- ## [The history of fan fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-fan-fiction/951206)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-fan-fiction/951206 "2021-09-23T18:26:14Z")
I am interested in the history and genres of fan fiction. Are there any good books and/or websites that could enlighten me? --- ## [I love this British shit and I move move to England!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 393\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998 "2021-09-23T17:58:34Z")
(horrific failure to add a gif from Major League II) My wife and I have been binging English stuff for a while now. We started with Sherlock and Death in Paradise on Netflix We have now moved on to Midsomer Murders and… --- ## [Documentaries On Cults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-cults/951119)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-cults/951119 "2021-09-23T14:07:33Z")
I’ve seen a handful, and most are very good. I just woke up from a nap, but once I get some caffeine, I’ll look some of them up. “Holy Hell” is the only one I can remember at the moment after a quick search. --- ## [Stupid TV game show contestants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-tv-game-show-contestants/949702 "2021-09-22T23:30:15Z")
So I am watching The Game Show Network with My Beloved and something called America Says pops up. Basically, they poll a bunch of people and the contestants have to guess what the most common answers are, being given fi… --- ## [Comedic Denouement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedic-denouement/951009)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedic-denouement/951009 "2021-09-22T22:42:49Z")
Is there a name for the comedic denouement we see at the very end of films like Animal House, Stripes, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High where a humorous caption tells what ultimately happens to some of the characters f… --- ## [September Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-guy/951096)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-guy/951096 "2021-09-22T10:43:40Z")
Apologies if this has already been posted this year. I searched and didn’t find anything. The September Guy did it again. For the past six years, he’s released a video on Sept 21, dancing to the song, “September”, by … --- ## [Spindown by Andy Crawford](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spindown-by-andy-crawford/945901)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spindown-by-andy-crawford/945901 "2021-09-22T09:59:05Z")
I just finished a fun book by Andy Crawford called Spindown. Well thought-out novel about a future generation ship, and it explores some interesting social and political issues as well. The first part is part crime nov… --- ## [Can you identify this Turkish treat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-turkish-treat/951046)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-turkish-treat/951046 "2021-09-22T08:39:19Z")
On a Turkish Air flight yesterday, I was served a portion of what I first thought was salmon mousse. Then I sniffed it and decided it was hummus. But when I tasted it, it was more like halvah. I wanted to ask what the… --- ## [AlRawabi School for Girls (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix/950968)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alrawabi-school-for-girls-netflix/950968 "2021-09-22T06:35:00Z")
Anyone else watching this? I wouldn’t have even known it existed except that I read about it in the New Yorker. I’ve watched two episodes so far (I think its a miniseries of 8 episodes). It’s pretty dark and not terribly… --- ## [Favorite Breweries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-breweries/950788)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-breweries/950788 "2021-09-22T04:46:49Z")
So in reading this thread, I got to wondering rather than individual beers that people like, what are the breweries that they like, that are basically “go-to” breweries, and you know that anything they make will most lik… --- ## [UK Dopers: What is "soft cheese" in this recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-is-soft-cheese-in-this-recipe/950981)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-what-is-soft-cheese-in-this-recipe/950981 "2021-09-22T01:25:23Z")
A recent deep dive into Wikipedia lead me to the entry for Snickers pie. The article is barely more than a stub and by Wikipedia’s standards I’m not even sure it should exist, as it basically amounts to “Here’s a dessert… --- ## [Look more George?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-more-george/951069)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-more-george/951069 "2021-09-21T22:59:56Z")
At the beginning of the song “So much trouble in the world” by Bob Marley on the Album Survival, the first 1 second has the audible speech of what I would say is “Look more George”. Anyone know what the actual words are… --- ## [A couple of short videos of models I built](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-short-videos-of-models-i-built/950409)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-short-videos-of-models-i-built/950409 "2021-09-21T18:50:35Z")
My wife showed me how to make short videos of photos. So I did these two of models I built: The first is my scratchbuilt “Legion of super-Heroes Clubhouse”. The second is a Fantastic Plastic resin kit of… --- ## [Idea for new reality tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-new-reality-tv-series/951023 "2021-09-21T15:06:22Z")
Title- Virtual/Reality The show would involve taking the top players of simulation software and sticking them in real world situations to see how much their gaming prepares them for the real thing. A tank gamer would t… --- ## [Are Sci-Fi fans the biggest complainers about continuity? And](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sci-fi-fans-the-biggest-complainers-about-continuity-and/950807)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sci-fi-fans-the-biggest-complainers-about-continuity-and/950807 "2021-09-21T14:56:15Z")
And is continuity a reasonable expectation? I was reading a thread on my FB Star Trek group. A person was complaining about the show Picard bc there was a one off episode in Next Gen wherein a Romulan told Data (paraphr… --- ## [America's Got Talent '21 sort-of wrapup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-21-sort-of-wrapup/950948)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-21-sort-of-wrapup/950948 "2021-09-21T14:35:28Z")
All right, I know y’all don’t care very much, but this is probably the last time I’ll ever write about this show and there’s something I’d like to get a bit of closure on. First off, a quick rundown of the final. Jimmi… --- ## [Brooklyn 99 - Season 8 discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-99-season-8-discussion/948621)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-99-season-8-discussion/948621 "2021-09-21T13:38:59Z")
Two new episodes premiered last night, looks like they will be on 2 episodes at a time all season. I loved it! They hit hard on police racism, didn’t hit us over the head with “new mom in a job” stuff but also didn’t le… --- ## [Is there a book about Losers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-about-losers/950885)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-book-about-losers/950885 "2021-09-21T07:25:48Z")
i just had an idea for a book I’d like to read (or write!) about people who have lost (wars, debates, elections, and other such things) but who persist in pursuing and refighting their cause instead of accepting their lo… --- ## [Son of Bachelor Kibble Returns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-bachelor-kibble-returns/950954)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-bachelor-kibble-returns/950954 "2021-09-20T21:54:53Z")
Wow, someone is making something sort of solid Soylent, kind of. Words sort of fail me =) I hit up This is why I am broke now and then for fun crap, and they have a posting for https://squareat.com . Compressed “pure” … --- ## [What if: Sleestaks had actually existed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-sleestaks-had-actually-existed/950967)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-sleestaks-had-actually-existed/950967 "2021-09-20T18:35:42Z")
Would they have picked off early hominids and prevented humans from evolving? Or would these ancestors just spent their time in trees? --- ## [Jane Powell, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-powell-rip/950976)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-powell-rip/950976 "2021-09-20T17:33:57Z")
She died three days ago at the age of 92, but I haven’t seen anything about it here. She was a teen and young adult musical star for MGM in the 40’s, and in the 50’s was in such movies as Royal Wedding with Fred Astaire… --- ## [That's A Fine Pickle I've Gotten Myself In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-fine-pickle-ive-gotten-myself-in/947763)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-fine-pickle-ive-gotten-myself-in/947763 "2021-09-20T17:16:42Z")
I was wandering through a farmers market yesterday and spotted some pickling cukes, so on a whim I bought them. Once home, I looked up a quick pickling recipe for fridge pickles, sliced up the cukes and less than 6 hours… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=305) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=307)