# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=308 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 309 --- ## [What Is This Sandwich Being Discussed Here? (Sounds like "Bee-ALL-ee")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sandwich-being-discussed-here-sounds-like-bee-all-ee/950611)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-sandwich-being-discussed-here-sounds-like-bee-all-ee/950611 "2021-09-14T14:11:18Z")
In this video, the talk show host and the house band are discussing flattened bagels (“flagels”) and they discuss the apparently-similar … “biali”??? WTF are they saying? --- ## [What food flavor or flavors do you dislike the most and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-flavor-or-flavors-do-you-dislike-the-most-and-why/949655)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-flavor-or-flavors-do-you-dislike-the-most-and-why/949655 "2021-09-13T02:38:54Z")
For me, it is hazelnut flavored coffee. I find even the smell of it off-putting. To me hazelnut coffee is a complex flavor. It starts with a strong base of “creme” very similar to creme soda, which I also dislike. The… --- ## [Movies you watch(ed) when high.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-ed-when-high/950008)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-watch-ed-when-high/950008 "2021-09-13T02:17:08Z")
Since that last thread had legs, I thought it might be interesting to talk about movies you could watch under the influence. 2001 A Space Odyssey is, of course, mandatory viewing. --- ## [Mentalist stage acts: how do they do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentalist-stage-acts-how-do-they-do-it/949107)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentalist-stage-acts-how-do-they-do-it/949107 "2021-09-12T23:15:02Z")
I watch America’s Got Talent (don’t judge!) and virtually every season one of the finalist acts is a mentalist. The details vary, of course, but a typical act would boil down to: a stooge (usually one of the judges) wri… --- ## [Taco Bell Fire sauce discontinued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-fire-sauce-discontinued/948304)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-bell-fire-sauce-discontinued/948304 "2021-09-12T18:20:10Z")
I keep my fridge stocked with the supplies to make a late night burrito when I need to put to rest a belly full of booze. Taco Bell Fire sauce is a critical component. Months ago my grocery store stopped carrying it, a… --- ## [Los Angeles Foodie Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-foodie-question/950520)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-foodie-question/950520 "2021-09-12T00:17:23Z")
mrAru was wisting after a restaurant in LA of the past called the Iranian Shish Kebab House, that closed \[because the head cook and his staff apparently walked out\] back in the 1970s. I know it is a long shot, but he was… --- ## [Trying To Identify This Horror/Suspense TV/Streaming Show, Description In OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-this-horror-suspense-tv-streaming-show-description-in-op/950497)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-this-horror-suspense-tv-streaming-show-description-in-op/950497 "2021-09-12T00:09:12Z")
Mrs. Homie and I watched this a few years ago. I don’t know if there were only a few episodes, or if we lost interest. The protagonist was a young woman, in an unhappy relationship with her boyfriend. They meet at a rest… --- ## [Favorite burgers: a poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-burgers-a-poll/948740)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-burgers-a-poll/948740 "2021-09-11T04:05:08Z")
I heard someone saying how great In N Out burgers are and I got my hopes up, but I wasn’t impressed. I wonder if we love what was popular wherever we grew up, like it “defined” the expectation of what a burger “should” … --- ## [Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-has-died/949444)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-stones-drummer-charlie-watts-has-died/949444 "2021-09-11T01:16:27Z")
I just saw a news flash from my BBC app, indicating that the publicist for Stones drummer Charlie Watts announced that Watts has died, at the age of 80. A few weeks ago, Watts had to bow out of an upcoming Stones tour; … --- ## [Internal rhyme in lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-rhyme-in-lyrics/950448)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-rhyme-in-lyrics/950448 "2021-09-11T00:48:06Z")
Great lyricists have my endless admiration. They can express some part of the human condition and convey it to millions of people so effectively that it’s practically fixed in their DNA. Been thinking lately about inter… --- ## [Songs with only one verse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-only-one-verse/947387)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-only-one-verse/947387 "2021-09-10T22:05:50Z")
For absolutely no reason at all, I’ve been on a Fastball (of The Way fame) jag lately. I’ve only recently begun to appreciate their music. Anyway, after listening to ‘Out of My Head’ a few times I realized it only has 1… --- ## [AGT - America's Got Tragedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agt-americas-got-tragedy/946196)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agt-americas-got-tragedy/946196 "2021-09-10T20:19:51Z")
One contestant’s wife died in a plane crash, another’s wife dies of cancer, and tonight the contestant’s parents were killed in front of her. When did this show turn into Queen For A Day? --- ## [RIP Art Metrano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-art-metrano/950460 "2021-09-10T17:01:52Z")
He was in the Police Academy movies, but I never saw them. I still remember him from this stupid but insanely funny “magic” act he used to do on variety shows in the 1960s and 1970s --- ## [Timing (breaks) in live TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-breaks-in-live-tv-shows/950002)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timing-breaks-in-live-tv-shows/950002 "2021-09-10T16:27:52Z")
By live TV shows I mean sitcoms and the like which were (are?) performed in front of a live audience. What I’m wondering about is how they dealt with situations where they needed long breaks in middle of a scene or show… --- ## [Help me get my hands on some salmiak!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-hands-on-some-salmiak/947249)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-my-hands-on-some-salmiak/947249 "2021-09-10T15:55:28Z")
As a lover of licorice, I would like to try salmiak; it is definitely not something I can buy locally. So I would like help locating some to buy; there are, of course, many commercially-produced brands available on Am… --- ## [Term for classical Spanish music style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-classical-spanish-music-style/950345)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/term-for-classical-spanish-music-style/950345 "2021-09-10T15:44:42Z")
In Spanish orchestral music, there is that style that the string section will play that is sweeping, majestic and heroic. Often heard during movie scenes like Zorro making a dramatic rescue or some such (Or when Spanish… --- ## [RIP Michael Constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-michael-constantine/950384 "2021-09-10T04:03:16Z")
Everybody’s grandpa, dad, uncle, bad guy, lawyer, and building super – of any nationality or ethnicity. Αιώνια του η μνήμη I hope that’s correct. --- ## [Twilight Zone--Obsolete Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-obsolete-man/950300)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-obsolete-man/950300 "2021-09-09T18:37:31Z")
I’ve seen it before, but the closing narration is chilling: The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshiped. Any state, any entity, any ideolo… --- ## [Did "Dazed and Confused" style hazing exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dazed-and-confused-style-hazing-exist/568924)
**Author:** [@The\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Jay)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dazed-and-confused-style-hazing-exist/568924 "2021-09-09T16:04:05Z")
Just watching Dazed and Confused. Did that style of “hazing” actually exist in the US? With high school students abusing younger kids like that? --- ## [Where does this trope originate: vamp enters private eye's office with a case for him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-trope-originate-vamp-enters-private-eyes-office-with-a-case-for-him/947086)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-trope-originate-vamp-enters-private-eyes-office-with-a-case-for-him/947086 "2021-09-09T01:12:01Z")
You must have seen this kind of scene in some media or other: a film noir-style private eye is napping or brooding at his desk. The door opens and in walks a vampish dame; she’ll likely be richly dressed and there may be… --- ## [Kansas violinist/singer Robby Steinhardt dies at 71](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-violinist-singer-robby-steinhardt-dies-at-71/946874)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kansas-violinist-singer-robby-steinhardt-dies-at-71/946874 "2021-09-08T20:50:41Z")
He had been ill for several months with pancreatitis and sepsis. Nasty stuff. In this documentary, which was probably made for PBS, he said that not only was he always first chair in his school orchestra, he tried ou… --- ## [According to this.. rock will be dead in 20 years or less (literatly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-this-rock-will-be-dead-in-20-years-or-less-literatly/950194)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-this-rock-will-be-dead-in-20-years-or-less-literatly/950194 "2021-09-08T19:56:10Z")
even tho this is mainly about “classic” rock what scares me is a lot of the stars that haven’t passed on already of 70s-90s are reaching geezerhood… and well there’s not much left once the 90s acts finish off I mea… --- ## [Just signed up for Fresh-n-Lean food delivery service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-signed-up-for-fresh-n-lean-food-delivery-service/949441)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-signed-up-for-fresh-n-lean-food-delivery-service/949441 "2021-09-08T19:20:20Z")
When we first locked down, I lost about 20 lbs (of the 40 I could stand to lose). I guess I thought this would be over soon and I felt challenged and energized and all that crap. Since then I’ve put it all back on. I hav… --- ## [Legends of Tomorrow Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legends-of-tomorrow-season-6/939710)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legends-of-tomorrow-season-6/939710 "2021-09-08T17:55:39Z")
Season 6 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow premieres on May 2, 2021. Note the schedule change: Legends now airs on Sunday rather than Tuesday. In other words, Legends and Supergirl have switched days. It’s the Legends…IIIN SP… --- ## [Rock Stars Scoring Drugs On The Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-scoring-drugs-on-the-road/950262)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-scoring-drugs-on-the-road/950262 "2021-09-08T14:42:46Z")
First off, I wonder if there were any bands or artists who refused to tour certain places because they had no drug contacts, or being so addicted to something they refused to tour for a certain period of time or a certai… --- ## [A musical illiterate asks What's this chord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-illiterate-asks-whats-this-chord/950192)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-musical-illiterate-asks-whats-this-chord/950192 "2021-09-08T12:16:38Z")
I became sort of interested in a certain musical chord, which has an unusual “haunting” quality, when I was a kid. We had a player piano, and you could visualize chords as they scrolled by as punched holes in a paper rol… --- ## [Menu items only you remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menu-items-only-you-remember/950275)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menu-items-only-you-remember/950275 "2021-09-08T01:09:04Z")
Another thread for some reason reminded me of how for a short time in the early 1990s Burger King offered “dinner baskets”. As I recall they offered chicken fingers, popcorn shrimp, and I think there was a third one I c… --- ## [Question for Tater Tot lovers (and specifically, Ore-Ida brand)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-tater-tot-lovers-and-specifically-ore-ida-brand/949707)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-tater-tot-lovers-and-specifically-ore-ida-brand/949707 "2021-09-07T21:49:44Z")
The last two bags I’ve purchased aren’t the same as they were in the past; the cooking time and temperature are the same, but the taste and texture are different. These are not as crunchy, and not as flavorful as they w… --- ## [Doper Movie Party Nite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-movie-party-nite/950266)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-movie-party-nite/950266 "2021-09-07T21:18:26Z")
Do you like to watch movies with others, but want to do so Covid-safe online, instead of IRL? There are free browser extensions that allow you to do that. Scener looks best to me: “Scener is a free service that enables y… --- ## [Good news, George R.R. Martin fans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-george-r-r-martin-fans/949694)
**Author:** [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-george-r-r-martin-fans/949694 "2021-09-07T19:25:50Z")
No, not that. He’s announced that he’s finished principal photography on Night of the Cooters, based on the Harold Waldrop short story, with a screenplay by Joe Lansdale, and directed by and starring Vincent D’Onofrio. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=307) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=309)