# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=32 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 33 --- ## [Megan 2.0 (sequel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megan-2-0-sequel/1028336)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megan-2-0-sequel/1028336 "2026-03-11T14:49:51Z")
I finally saw Megan 2.0 last night and, unlike many other sequels, it was significantly better than the original. The original was essentially the hackneyed “child’s toy turns evil” theme and looks like a low budget mov… --- ## [RIP Country Joe, from Country Joe and The Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-country-joe-from-country-joe-and-the-fish/1028302)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-country-joe-from-country-joe-and-the-fish/1028302 "2026-03-11T10:23:51Z")
I know very, very little about him. My only real connection is from the Woodstock album that a college friend and I played regularly for 4 years. Specifically the last few seconds of Rock and Soul Music (cued up to tha… --- ## [Hulk, Namor ownership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-namor-ownership/1028359)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulk-namor-ownership/1028359 "2026-03-11T09:37:18Z")
I understand that Marvel/Disney can’t make solo movies about the Hulk or the Sub-Mariner because Universal owns the film rights to those characters. But isn’t there a requirement that Universal make a new movie about the… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #39– February, 2026 – “Snuggles”: Poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-39-february-2026-snuggles-poll-added/1027271)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-39-february-2026-snuggles-poll-added/1027271 "2026-03-10T23:29:39Z")
This is the monthly thread for February, 2026. The topic this month is “Snuggles” chosen by @EddyTeddyFreddy. IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you not use Imgur to host your photos, as some members may not be able to s… --- ## [Print-on-demand hardcover books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-on-demand-hardcover-books/1028328)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-on-demand-hardcover-books/1028328 "2026-03-10T22:15:34Z")
I wanted a print copy of The Maltese Falcon with the original published text and spellings (apparently some “corrections” had worked their way into the published versions over the years) and I found one that I thought wa… --- ## [Where did steak fries go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-steak-fries-go/1028159)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-steak-fries-go/1028159 "2026-03-10T19:15:53Z")
Those potato-length wedges with seasoned crispy exteriors and fluffy interiors seemed to be ubiquitous at restaurants in the 90s. They are perfectly balanced between a thinner french fry and a baked potato. I can’t remem… --- ## [What movie prop would you like to own (and not sell for a profit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155 "2026-03-10T18:54:24Z")
If you could possess any simple movie prop (and not the thing it is supposed to represent on screen), what one thing would you like to have? For me, it would be a particular racing trophy from a particular movie. … --- ## [PBS-the Count of Monte Cristo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-the-count-of-monte-cristo/1028320)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-the-count-of-monte-cristo/1028320 "2026-03-10T16:42:32Z")
I knew the vague plot of the book (never read it), but the series still pulled me in quickly. Apparently some characters have been snipped out, but all in all I found it engaging and fun. Jeremy Irons had a surprisingly … --- ## [Are there any commercially sold canned foods that cannot be simply opened and eaten safely/healthfully if the situation demands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-sold-canned-foods-that-cannot-be-simply-opened-and-eaten-safely-healthfully-if-the-situation-demands/1028300)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-sold-canned-foods-that-cannot-be-simply-opened-and-eaten-safely-healthfully-if-the-situation-demands/1028300 "2026-03-10T14:36:59Z")
I’m not going full on prepper, but I’m starting to think about building up a several month’s worth stash of food – the state of the world and climate irregularities and all. And giving the current inflation, the can of … --- ## [Why Scooby-Doo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-scooby-doo/759731)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-scooby-doo/759731 "2026-03-10T14:08:24Z")
How did Scooby-Doo, of all possible properties, manage to survive for so long? Over the years it’s had countless soft reboots, hard reboots, reimaginings, and live action adaptations. Hell, there was a (surprisingly good… --- ## [Photograph: is this AI generated? retouched?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-is-this-ai-generated-retouched/1028313)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photograph-is-this-ai-generated-retouched/1028313 "2026-03-10T13:17:47Z")
I saw the picture below of Honor Elizabeth Waino, 1973-2001 on Quora (it’s also on Facebook) and somehow it didn’t look consistent with that era, as well as not quite like other pictures of her? From the more genuine-lo… --- ## [Has anyone seen either Operation Mincemeat or Schmigadoon! the Broadway show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-either-operation-mincemeat-or-schmigadoon-the-broadway-show/1028310)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-either-operation-mincemeat-or-schmigadoon-the-broadway-show/1028310 "2026-03-09T22:41:12Z")
We’re going to try and see one of the two in a few months. I’m leaning towards Mincemeat having seen the TV show of Schmigadoon! Mincemeat is London Play, now on Broadway and involves the True Story of an operation to t… --- ## [Brady Bunch House Made History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-house-made-history/1028311)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brady-bunch-house-made-history/1028311 "2026-03-09T17:22:38Z")
‘Brady Bunch’ house declared a historic landmark --- ## [What Thai dishes do you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thai-dishes-do-you-recommend/1028224)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thai-dishes-do-you-recommend/1028224 "2026-03-08T13:49:11Z")
In my town a new restaurant has just opened - serving Thai food. :sunglasses: I quite like curries (not too hot :wink:) and the sort of Indonesian food you can get in the Netherlands. Actually I just enjoy food! … --- ## [The Best Pun Title Awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pun-title-awards/1028077)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pun-title-awards/1028077 "2026-03-08T12:43:48Z")
As I observed in the “Amanda Seyfried and the Prosthetic Butthole” thread, certain articles (and other things) sometimes come up with superb puns, and I suggested that there ought to be a special award for them. In lieu… --- ## [Does anyone recognize this short story I read in the late '90s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-recognize-this-short-story-i-read-in-the-late-90s/1028285)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-recognize-this-short-story-i-read-in-the-late-90s/1028285 "2026-03-08T07:47:08Z")
It was presented as a reading exercise in one of the books used to teach English as a foreign language (probably Headway) . In it, a man probably in his early 30s, bumps into a former girlfriend who had walked out on hi… --- ## [Late-'60s/early-'70s science fiction sub-genre: Technology gone bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-science-fiction-sub-genre-technology-gone-bad/1011987)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-science-fiction-sub-genre-technology-gone-bad/1011987 "2026-03-07T07:16:29Z")
My friend Horror Mike posted a video: Did Elon Musk Remove AI Sci-Fi Film Colossus The Forbin Project To Protect His Own Super Computer? (9:07). He posits that Musk, who is developing AI called ‘Colossus’ caused Colossu… --- ## [Help with a song - what is this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-song-what-is-this/1028273 "2026-03-07T01:52:26Z")
I know I know I’ve heard it, but I don’t know if I’ve ever known it. To be clear, I mean what he’s playing on the uke. --- ## [Does Weird Al belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weird-al-belong-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/1028142)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weird-al-belong-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/1028142 "2026-03-06T17:39:08Z")
So, does Weird Al belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? I say, absolutely and unequivocally. He pulled parody music from the depths of AM radio/Dr. Demento and made it popular and relevant again. I think his legiti… --- ## [Let's talk about Liver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-liver/1028144)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-liver/1028144 "2026-03-06T17:09:07Z")
As you probably know, RFK Jr. recently suggested that if steak prices are too high for your budget, you should substitute “liver or the cheaper cuts of steak that are very, very affordable.” (Although there’s plenty to … --- ## [The current cover of Entertainment Weekly - That's Jim Carrey?!? {Old thread from 2003}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-cover-of-entertainment-weekly-thats-jim-carrey-old-thread-from-2003/169981 "2026-03-06T14:03:44Z")
Is it just me or does the person posing with Jennifer Aniston look nothing like Jim Carrey? But more like, I don’t know, Keanu Reeves younger brother or something? --- ## [Worst movie titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movie-titles/1027889 "2026-03-06T13:09:43Z")
For the purpose of this thread, I am retiring “Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?” and sticking it in the WTF Movie Title Hall Of Fame. :grin: Movie titles only (tv movies included). I was flicking through the free movi… --- ## [RIP Neil Sedaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-neil-sedaka/1028064)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-neil-sedaka/1028064 "2026-03-06T12:36:30Z")
Neil Sedaka, songwriter to the stars for decades, dies at 86 I almost titled this “Sedaka is Dead, bah bah bah dah”, but it felt too irreverent. This guy was ubiquitous in the 70s, and had a genius for simple pop songs… --- ## [Breezy, ephemeral songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-ephemeral-songs/1027703 "2026-03-06T03:34:18Z")
Recently I stumbled upon this song. I didn’t like it at first, but then became addicted. Only once ever before, I got the experience of a song growing on me, from distinctly unfavorable to ear-worm: T-ara’s Roly-poly, ba… --- ## [What movie prop do you accidentally own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170 "2026-03-05T18:46:11Z")
Do you coincidentally own a copy of something that is used thinly-disguised or undisguised as a movie prop? It must be something used as something other than its real purpose. For instance, if you have a hat that looks l… --- ## [12 Angry Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-angry-men/1027899)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-angry-men/1027899 "2026-03-05T15:41:24Z")
Just watched (most of) “12 Angry Men” for the first time. And I formed the opinion as I watched it, that although they are explicitly arguing about an Italian kid, they are implicitly arguing about the fate of a black k… --- ## [What could be more "Cafe Society" than Coffee, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156 "2026-03-05T13:35:36Z")
Small note: If you hate coffee, this obviously ain’t your thread. As I sit here sipping a cold-brew Kona with zero-sugar sweet creme creamer, I’ve got to ask-What is your coffee drink of choice? Caf or decaf? Light o… --- ## [In Jurassic Park what was the point of showing the Barbasol Can covered in mud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-jurassic-park-what-was-the-point-of-showing-the-barbasol-can-covered-in-mud/1027991)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-jurassic-park-what-was-the-point-of-showing-the-barbasol-can-covered-in-mud/1027991 "2026-03-05T12:12:03Z")
In the original Jurassic Park film after Nedry steals the dino embryo’s via his Barbasol can once he crashes his jeep and gets attacked by the dino there, there’s a scene of the Barbasol can falling out of his jacket poc… --- ## [Songs/movies/shows where you were missing a reference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-movies-shows-where-you-were-missing-a-reference/1020232)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-movies-shows-where-you-were-missing-a-reference/1020232 "2026-03-05T02:49:01Z")
Listening to a song from 1912 - If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews - and I recognize a few specific individuals from the names listed, but many others that I think are referring to actual people are completely outsi… --- ## [Crosby Stills Nash -Daylight Again album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-nash-daylight-again-album/1028192)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-nash-daylight-again-album/1028192 "2026-03-04T19:44:04Z")
Daylight Again is best known for the hit, Southern Cross. Wikipedia is oddly silent about the UFO’s. Daylight Again What up with that? There has to be a story that goes with UFO’s and phalluses. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=33)