# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=319 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 320 --- ## [Your top three movie soundtracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-movie-soundtracks/946750)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-three-movie-soundtracks/946750 "2021-07-19T21:32:26Z")
Not television. Not a song from a soundtrack. Not from a filmed concert. What are your three favorite theatrical movie soundtracks? Mine are: Ringo Starr and Harry Nillson’s Son Of Dracula All This And World War II,… --- ## [Dumbest scene from Aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-scene-from-aliens/945986)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-scene-from-aliens/945986 "2021-07-19T20:01:53Z")
Just saw this flick again the other day. This scene again struck me as stupid/ cringworthy: Space Marine Paxton and cigar chomping sergeant grudgingly accept Ripley into their ranks after she shows mad skilz on the Forkl… --- ## [What was the "Message" I was supposed to get from "Courage Under Fire"? (Spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-message-i-was-supposed-to-get-from-courage-under-fire-spoiler/614202)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-message-i-was-supposed-to-get-from-courage-under-fire-spoiler/614202 "2021-07-19T17:13:40Z")
Dear Fans: This movie is complete bullshit. If one approaches this movie “the way they want us to POV”, we get another “feel-good” happy ending Meg Ryan and Justice for All movie. But the problem is that Meg Ryan neve… --- ## [Community - observations of a couple of strange casting choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603 "2021-07-19T16:33:10Z")
Hey, so my wife and I never saw Community, but we are watching it now and finding it to be good, but not great. We’re on season 3 and the show’s quality is quite up and down. Anyway, that isn’t the main point of this thr… --- ## [Existing movies you would like to see, but which don't seem to be available, or you haven't gotten around to them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existing-movies-you-would-like-to-see-but-which-dont-seem-to-be-available-or-you-havent-gotten-around-to-them/946764)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existing-movies-you-would-like-to-see-but-which-dont-seem-to-be-available-or-you-havent-gotten-around-to-them/946764 "2021-07-19T14:57:17Z")
NOT movies you’d like to see made, but movies which were made and which presumably still exist. (They either aren’t readily available or you haven’t gotten around to them.) I’ll start with two. “Trader Horn” (1931). … --- ## [What is "standard" flatware in country X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-standard-flatware-in-country-x/940386)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-standard-flatware-in-country-x/940386 "2021-07-19T14:33:28Z")
The thread on the use of “the small fork” reminded me that we didn’t have any “small forks” in our everyday flatware when I grew up in Norway. I did a quick image search first on “flatware” and then on “bestikk”\*. Most o… --- ## [Lupin on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lupin-on-netflix/946023)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lupin-on-netflix/946023 "2021-07-18T21:33:21Z")
I just finished watching Lupin on Netflix. It’s a French-import cop/criminal/heist show, with quite a bit of race/class consciousness. (The protagonist is a black son of a poor immigrant, all of which factor in quite a b… --- ## [Captain Jack McCarthy - what'd he say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-jack-mccarthy-whatd-he-say/91810)
**Author:** [@ShouldBeWorking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShouldBeWorking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-jack-mccarthy-whatd-he-say/91810 "2021-07-18T20:39:43Z")
When I was a kid, I watched a television show with a guy dressed up like a salty, sea captain named Captain Jack McCarthy. (This was in NY in the late 60’s/early 70’s). He would introduce cartoons and stuff. At the clos… --- ## [How do you use a stick of butter in the butter dish? Scrape or slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-stick-of-butter-in-the-butter-dish-scrape-or-slice/946665)
**Author:** [@ajmakria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajmakria)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-a-stick-of-butter-in-the-butter-dish-scrape-or-slice/946665 "2021-07-18T18:06:13Z")
This discussion is one that is inspired by a previous one that I read/responded to on here. That discussion was an older one and didn’t seem to be attracting a lot of attention anymore but I found it intriguing so I want… --- ## [valmorphanize!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valmorphanize/306873)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valmorphanize/306873 "2005-06-04T13:44:04Z")
Just watching Team America on DVD. Whence comes the word “valmorphanize?” Is it simply a jab at all those kooky kids’ shows/action movies that have such cheesy terms for their vehicles’ super jets/etc.? Or does it have s… --- ## [Biz Markie - dead at age 57](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biz-markie-dead-at-age-57/946689)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biz-markie-dead-at-age-57/946689 "2021-07-18T06:26:42Z")
--- ## [What are the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mahabharata-and-ramayana-epics/946599)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-mahabharata-and-ramayana-epics/946599 "2021-07-18T02:50:11Z")
Off shoot from the other thread. What are these two epics about? Are they easily accessible for someone who knows nothing of Hindu culture? --- ## [A Writer I Must Share With You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-writer-i-must-share-with-you/946521)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-writer-i-must-share-with-you/946521 "2021-07-18T02:18:10Z")
Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer and author. She was the recipient of both the Hugo and Nebula awards and in 1995 the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Octavia … --- ## [Have you ever been cut from a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-cut-from-a-movie/946408)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-cut-from-a-movie/946408 "2021-07-18T01:12:58Z")
Have you, or someone you know, ever had the opportunity to be in a movie, only to have the scene(s) edited out? And is the deleted scene available or is it lost forever? --- ## [What was cartman saying in German in the latest southpark episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-cartman-saying-in-german-in-the-latest-southpark-episode/238660)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-cartman-saying-in-german-in-the-latest-southpark-episode/238660 "2021-07-17T20:27:17Z")
http://www.spscriptorium.com/Season8/E804script.htm when I say “Es ist Zeit für sauberen,” you all chant back “Wir müssen die Juden ausrotten.” What does that mean? --- ## [Comedy series similar to Community &c](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-series-similar-to-community-c/853638)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-series-similar-to-community-c/853638 "2021-07-17T06:24:54Z")
Based on the glowing recommendations in the Community thread I binged the entire series. I’d have missed that gem if not for the fans. That made me wonder whether there is other stuff I’m missing out on. The thing is, t… --- ## [Streaming + crossovers makes me stabby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-crossovers-makes-me-stabby/946652)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-crossovers-makes-me-stabby/946652 "2021-07-17T05:43:40Z")
I hate when they do this with the Marvel shows. And now I hate it even more as I try to watch Chicago PD and Chicago Fire. As I’m going from one episode to the next I get spoilered in the previews bc nobody gave me a he… --- ## [Real music died in the 1970s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-music-died-in-the-1970s/944199)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 394\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-music-died-in-the-1970s/944199 "2021-07-17T05:02:15Z")
Chilling out, listening to the Allman Brothers, America, the Eagles, Bread, the O’Jays, the Isley Brothers, Santana, Christopher Cross, etc. Great music. What the hell happened after 1979? --- ## [Parents - which kids' shows did you HATE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-kids-shows-did-you-hate/946103)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-kids-shows-did-you-hate/946103 "2021-07-17T02:56:00Z")
The opposite of this thread: Parents - which kids’ shows did you like? I don’t have any children myself, but I know a lot of parents and for some reason (I’ve never seen it myself) they pretty much universally despise C… --- ## [Foods that you love in one form but hate in another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-you-love-in-one-form-but-hate-in-another/946320 "2021-07-16T23:00:30Z")
Like the title says. I’m looking for more than “I like this recipe more than this” but share whatever you feel is appropriate. I think pineapple is one of the most wonderful things in the world. I will eat fresh pineapp… --- ## [Mentally pretending that a movie's music is from a different source](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-pretending-that-a-movies-music-is-from-a-different-source/946654)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-pretending-that-a-movies-music-is-from-a-different-source/946654 "2021-07-16T17:36:59Z")
Wondered if anyone else felt this way: IMHO, some Disney or cartoon music, such as the orchestral rendition of “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid, or other Disney scores, is some of the greatest stuff ever com… --- ## [What is this book's title and author?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-books-title-and-author/946587 "2021-07-16T16:37:20Z")
In the late 80’s or early 90’s I read a fiction novel about gender reversed society. It wasn’t a fantasy or sci-fi novel, or set on some other planet, etc. The protagonist of the book was a male, but was timid, shy , e… --- ## [Why the vehement opposition to pineapple on pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 466\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-vehement-opposition-to-pineapple-on-pizza/933875 "2021-07-16T15:38:53Z")
As someone who enjoys pineapple on pizza (but only when paired with things like ham or bacon; it doesn’t go along with most other toppings), I am bemused and baffled by the rage that many people express against pineapple… --- ## [Mistakes in recorded songs you'e heard a million times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-in-recorded-songs-youe-heard-a-million-times/939547)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistakes-in-recorded-songs-youe-heard-a-million-times/939547 "2021-07-15T20:40:12Z")
Ok, I’m sure this topic has been covered before, but nothing like it is popping up on “Your topic is similar to…” so here goes. I finally left my house and braved going out to get a haircut this morning. While there, Jo… --- ## [Small TV Coincidences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-tv-coincidences/943538)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-tv-coincidences/943538 "2021-07-15T17:46:00Z")
I saw a weird little coincidence yesterday morning- I had the Today Show on background. There was a new commercial for (I think) a Buick SUV in which the driver and all three of her passengers were the same person. The t… --- ## [When is Music Inappropriate for Children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-music-inappropriate-for-children/946497)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-music-inappropriate-for-children/946497 "2021-07-15T16:38:34Z")
Kind of inspired by the thread about why some films are deemed inappropriate. My son has just discovered popular music and holy shit have things changed since when I was a kid. He likes rap, and the blatantly pornograph… --- ## [What's your favorite addition to ramen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-addition-to-ramen/941715)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-addition-to-ramen/941715 "2021-07-15T16:21:18Z")
A few month ago I discovered the joy of good imported ramen noodles from the Asian grocery store. So much better than the cheap stuff they sell at the regular supermarket. My go to way of serving is with a hard boiled … --- ## [The Blues Men 'Greats'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blues-men-greats/946093)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blues-men-greats/946093 "2021-07-15T16:06:31Z")
Let’s start with Freddy King, he didn’t play a guitar he attacked the guitar! https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=uJAtXf-xFL0&feature=share --- ## [Fish sandwich ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-sandwich-ideas/946411)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-sandwich-ideas/946411 "2021-07-15T15:31:59Z")
I’ve recently started making “fish hamburgers” and would like to hear your variations on the idea: Chop raw fish, onion and parsely very fine; mix with egg, breadcrumbs and salt; form patties and brown on both sides in a… --- ## [What's the deal about no cheese on pasta with fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-about-no-cheese-on-pasta-with-fish/945676)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-about-no-cheese-on-pasta-with-fish/945676 "2021-07-15T14:38:21Z")
I have heard that Italians insist that parmesan/romano/etc. cheese does not belong on pasta with fish. In fact, once on Chopped, a judge gave a low rating to someone who dared do this, which I thought was really funny –… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=318) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=320)