# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=313 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 314 --- ## [Songs where the meaning is completely obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-meaning-is-completely-obvious/948683)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-meaning-is-completely-obvious/948683 "2021-08-19T15:29:23Z")
I saw some clickbait listicle recently about songs that people heard a bunch of times before figuring out that they had “dark meanings” and one of the entries was “Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks (here in case you’ve never h… --- ## [Tony Bennett announces his retirement (sort of)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-bennett-announces-his-retirement-sort-of/948651)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-bennett-announces-his-retirement-sort-of/948651 "2021-08-19T13:56:49Z")
well his son/manager did …but this depresses me --- ## [Watching an old movie / TV show: "Hey, there's that actor from the other, more recent thing!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-an-old-movie-tv-show-hey-theres-that-actor-from-the-other-more-recent-thing/946473)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-an-old-movie-tv-show-hey-theres-that-actor-from-the-other-more-recent-thing/946473 "2021-08-19T13:41:33Z")
Watching an old 'Untouchables" episode on one of those on-air retro TV channels while making dinner the other day, a young Peter Falk did a really good job playing a smooth, charming gangster. It was a fun episode seeing… --- ## [Movie sequels with catchy names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sequels-with-catchy-names/949020)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-sequels-with-catchy-names/949020 "2021-08-19T10:46:43Z")
Something imaginative other then just, “Movie Part 2” etc. Two of my favorites are: “2 Fast 2 Furious” “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” Actually all of the Sharknado sequels have funny names. --- ## [Songs recorded by two artists in (relatively) short succession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-by-two-artists-in-relatively-short-succession/945010)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-by-two-artists-in-relatively-short-succession/945010 "2021-08-19T03:23:02Z")
Two or more bands record the same song, often because they wrote it together. One is not explicitly a cover, but has some linkage. “Our Lips are Sealed” - the Go-Go’s (1981) and Fun Boy Three (1983) - two members wrote … --- ## [Most prophetic piece of Science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prophetic-piece-of-science-fiction/944506)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prophetic-piece-of-science-fiction/944506 "2021-08-19T00:45:43Z")
Novel, short story, TV, Movies. Take your pick. Going for over-all accuracy but good examples of single pick of “wow, that happened” are welcome as well. I have my own pick but will wait for a few others to go first. --- ## [Fictional popes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-popes/948049)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-popes/948049 "2021-08-18T18:04:46Z")
I recently saw again the movie(based on a book) The Shoes of the Fisherman. Anthony Quinn plays a Russian priest, Roman rite, who becomes Pope Kiril. I once read another book titled The Vicar of Christ, in which and Am… --- ## [Highest salary for an actor who was acting in a movie for the very first time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-salary-for-an-actor-who-was-acting-in-a-movie-for-the-very-first-time/949036)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-salary-for-an-actor-who-was-acting-in-a-movie-for-the-very-first-time/949036 "2021-08-18T17:10:19Z")
Random trivia question that I’m trying to find the answer to, to no avail: What is the highest salary that was ever paid to an actor or actress who was acting in a movie for the very first time ever in their career? --- ## ["Panic" series on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panic-series-on-amazon-prime/943502)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panic-series-on-amazon-prime/943502 "2021-08-18T16:08:27Z")
More of a YA drama starring a bunch of hardly known twenty something actors playing late teens. Most well known is Ray Nicholson, Jack’s son. Storyline is promising. Based upon Lauren Oliver’s novel of the same name, … --- ## [Mediterranean Salsa – a la La Shish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mediterranean-salsa-a-la-la-shish/337960)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mediterranean-salsa-a-la-la-shish/337960 "2021-08-18T15:54:36Z")
La Shish serves up some kick-ass salsa that you can dip some pita into. I’ve decided that I must know how to recreate this sauce in my own kitchen. Not sure how popular or authentic this dip is in Mediterranean cuisine, … --- ## [Beer brewed with corn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-brewed-with-corn/948676)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-brewed-with-corn/948676 "2021-08-18T15:52:56Z")
I’ve never heard of Broken Bat Brewery, but I love baseball and my social media algorithms decided to show me their ad. Is it at all possible to make a good beer with corn? I always thought of corn and rice as being a… --- ## [Was there really a dance to the Orlons "Wah-Watusi?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-dance-to-the-orlons-wah-watusi/949037)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-dance-to-the-orlons-wah-watusi/949037 "2021-08-18T14:34:50Z")
Going way back, the Orlons had a hit record with “The Wah-Watusi”. The lyrics refer to a dance by that name, but I don’t recall ever seeing it at the time or seeing a video that resembles what the lyrics suggest - “… ba… --- ## [The 2021 Bulwer-Lytton Winners are up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2021-bulwer-lytton-winners-are-up/949083)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2021-bulwer-lytton-winners-are-up/949083 "2021-08-18T12:43:35Z")
Here they are My faves: The cat purred like a Geiger counter beside the fireplace which crackled like gunfire (which reminded Detective Greenwich of his service in The Ukraine and The Latvia), this feline being the on… --- ## [TV detectives who got the most good guys killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-detectives-who-got-the-most-good-guys-killed/948345)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-detectives-who-got-the-most-good-guys-killed/948345 "2021-08-18T01:46:51Z")
Clients, witnesses, stoolies. Er, sources. I’m going to go with Peter Gunn. He “knows people” in the under world. Fromer convicts, con men, under world infomants. Their name is legion, and they get killed like swatted f… --- ## [No, multiple streaming services does not mean "we're basically back to cable"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-multiple-streaming-services-does-not-mean-were-basically-back-to-cable/948921)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-multiple-streaming-services-does-not-mean-were-basically-back-to-cable/948921 "2021-08-17T19:59:42Z")
Around the internet, all the time I see people get angry at the number of streaming services available, and declare that it’s like having cable all over again, or that it’s worse than cable. This is just wrong. First, 2… --- ## [Why arugula in everything nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arugula-in-everything-nowadays/948608)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arugula-in-everything-nowadays/948608 "2021-08-17T19:49:30Z")
Every time I go out to eat at a somewhat fancy restaurant, I see they put arugula all over the place. It’s in salads. It’s in sandwiches. Etc. Why? Not only does it taste horrible, but the sharp leaves make it actuall… --- ## [Possible cuts of beef as either/or options rather than a full list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cuts-of-beef-as-either-or-options-rather-than-a-full-list/948960)
**Author:** [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-cuts-of-beef-as-either-or-options-rather-than-a-full-list/948960 "2021-08-17T14:21:30Z")
I’ve been able to easily find the various possible cuts of beef and where they originate on the animal, however I can’t seem to find a chart showing the consequences of picking certain items. For example, the Coulotte S… --- ## [Keurig K-Supreme Plus C -- cup size vis-a-vis pod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-k-supreme-plus-c-cup-size-vis-a-vis-pod/948751)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keurig-k-supreme-plus-c-cup-size-vis-a-vis-pod/948751 "2021-08-17T02:32:50Z")
This machine offers five cup sizes (4, 6, 8, 10, 12 oz.). Somewhere I read the cup size doesn’t affect the brew strength. So if I select a 12 oz. cup I get twice as much coffee, with all other aspects the same, as if I’d… --- ## [Beloved Childhood Foods You Would Never Eat Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-childhood-foods-you-would-never-eat-today/946643 "2021-08-16T20:12:40Z")
I was processing invoices today, and one of the items on them was chocolate milk. I used to love chocolate milk, but am grossed out by it as an adult. Weird, because I like hot chocolate. Another childhood treat I wou… --- ## [Plot question about In the Heat of the Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-in-the-heat-of-the-night/948943)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-in-the-heat-of-the-night/948943 "2021-08-16T17:15:24Z")
I’ve got a question about a plot point in the 1967 film In the Heat of the Night. The movie features Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger as Virgil Tibbs and Bill Gillespie, a pair of police officers who reluctantly team up t… --- ## [Pure Leaf iced tea shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-leaf-iced-tea-shortage/945834)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-leaf-iced-tea-shortage/945834 "2021-08-16T14:43:15Z")
Has anyone in other parts of the country noticed a shortage of Pure Leaf iced tea in convenience stores? I have noticed the empty shelves in 7-11, QuickChek and Wawa which are pretty much all of the convenience store aro… --- ## [Why all the reboots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-reboots/948514 "2021-08-16T03:04:23Z")
My wife and I watched the “Fantasy Island” reboot last night due to a lack of anything else we could find to watch. It was a 21st century update with Mr. Roarke’s grand niece running the show now. It was as cheesy and un… --- ## [Glengarry Glen Ross question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glengarry-glen-ross-question/948031)
**Author:** [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glengarry-glen-ross-question/948031 "2021-08-15T23:41:14Z")
So, I haven’t seen Glengarry Glen Ross is many years, but a recent podcast made me think about it again. When I originally saw it, I thought that Alec Baldwin’s alpha male character was a reminder of what Shelley had lo… --- ## [Seducing people in time loop movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seducing-people-in-time-loop-movies/948598)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seducing-people-in-time-loop-movies/948598 "2021-08-15T15:11:49Z")
Groundhog Day and Palm Springs are movies based around the same basic concept. One man is repeating the day over and over again in a small town, which nobody else remembers. How the universe works, whether everybody goes… --- ## [Tolkien and women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-women/947972)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-women/947972 "2021-08-15T15:03:24Z")
Continued from thread “Great Books” that no one seems to like… to avoid hijacking that thread further: I don’t know whether Tolkien was familiar with either of those works, but they’re not the same kind of thing he was… --- ## [The Non-War film with the highest body count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-war-film-with-the-highest-body-count/948435)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-war-film-with-the-highest-body-count/948435 "2021-08-15T07:24:41Z")
I watched a re-run of a Die Hard movie last night, and knowing the plot, decided to count the bodies. I gave up after a few minutes. War films will have the biggest fatality rate, but some films, like the Die Hard serie… --- ## [Is there a trope for 'You know if you had a gun'/ Why are you meleeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-trope-for-you-know-if-you-had-a-gun-why-are-you-meleeing/947289)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-trope-for-you-know-if-you-had-a-gun-why-are-you-meleeing/947289 "2021-08-15T05:32:03Z")
Most often i see this in MCU projects. The number of times in the Loki series any kind of projection weapons were used was like three. None of the TVA people had projection weapons. Even worse when you have fliers with … --- ## [Mrs Hudson has left Baker Street - R.I.P. Una Stubbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-hudson-has-left-baker-street-r-i-p-una-stubbs/948553)
**Author:** [@arles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-hudson-has-left-baker-street-r-i-p-una-stubbs/948553 "2021-08-14T20:54:25Z")
Una Stubbs has died at the age of 84. --- ## [Great Movie-Related Interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-related-interviews/948293)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movie-related-interviews/948293 "2021-08-14T19:28:10Z")
Directors, actors, critics – anything you enjoyed could be something one of us might like. Please post the title, because a lot of YouTube videos are taken down, and uploaded later. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroiann… --- ## [For musicians: Recommendations for Custom-fitted In Ear Monitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-musicians-recommendations-for-custom-fitted-in-ear-monitors/948622)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-musicians-recommendations-for-custom-fitted-in-ear-monitors/948622 "2021-08-14T17:59:03Z")
Or, I guess they don’t have to be custom fitted, so long as they provide adequate hearing protection. Ideally, an IEM + transmitter / receiver set that accommodates multiple users, protects hearing, and permits differen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=312) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=314)