# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=331 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 332 --- ## [Are the British tabloids really THAT bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-british-tabloids-really-that-bad/846170)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-british-tabloids-really-that-bad/846170 "2021-05-23T02:21:06Z")
The Washington Post article about Meghan and Harry “quitting the Firm,” says, "\[Meghan\] said that when she first met the prince, ‘my British friends said to me, “I’m sure he’s great but you shouldn’t do it, because the B… --- ## [Interbred Children in Star Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interbred-children-in-star-trek/941086)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interbred-children-in-star-trek/941086 "2021-05-22T22:59:52Z")
Not sure why I was thinking about this particular thing, but I was. In Star Trek, it is shown that many of the main peoples in the galaxy share common dna via being seeded on their various planets by some sort of long g… --- ## [Recommend Me a Free Flash Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-free-flash-game/428913)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-free-flash-game/428913 "2007-12-16T18:27:12Z")
I need some free time-wasters in the coming weeks. Share your favorites. I’ll start with Burger Restaurant, which I found surprisingly hilarious at the later levels. --- ## [Bad Christmas Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-christmas-songs/430678)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-christmas-songs/430678 "2007-12-27T22:09:47Z")
I was at the Japanese restaurant tonight, and the Old People Music station they normally have was playing “classic” Christmas music, all the traditional favourites, done in the crooner styles popular in the thirties and … --- ## [Gritty, Natural, Realistic Movies of the 1970s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gritty-natural-realistic-movies-of-the-1970s/932167)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gritty-natural-realistic-movies-of-the-1970s/932167 "2021-05-22T14:12:11Z")
From all the ones I’ve checked out, they’ve all been really good and would love to find more. I know a few below are on YouTube, too. -Fat City -Minnie And Moskowitz -The Visitors -The Blue Motel -Wanda and “Les Ch… --- ## [Tragically Hip release new album: Saskadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragically-hip-release-new-album-saskadelphia/942550)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragically-hip-release-new-album-saskadelphia/942550 "2021-05-22T12:42:58Z")
Six songs that got cut from Road Apples and were thought lost in the Universal lot fire. --- ## [Help me identify a commercial from a tune snippet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419 "2021-05-22T02:18:31Z")
This morning I woke up with a snippet of a commercial running through my head. I know I’ve seen the commercial lately, and it’s driving me crazy. Please help me save my sanity by identifying it. Apparently I am a failur… --- ## [Why are Chinese restaurants (and seemingly only them) operating with "pass-through" doors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-restaurants-and-seemingly-only-them-operating-with-pass-through-doors/942575)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chinese-restaurants-and-seemingly-only-them-operating-with-pass-through-doors/942575 "2021-05-22T01:34:20Z")
It could just be a Hampton Roads phenomenon; I haven’t done any traveling during the pandemic. But at every Chinese restaurant I’ve gone to during the pandemic, they block the entrance to the restaurant (or at least the… --- ## [Historically accurate battle tactics in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-accurate-battle-tactics-in-movies/942412)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-accurate-battle-tactics-in-movies/942412 "2021-05-21T16:55:28Z")
Specifically I’m talking about pre-gun battle tactics. What movies show historically accurate battle tactics? I don’t care if the plot is accurate just the tactics. Hell it would be great if they showed any tactics even … --- ## [Scared to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-death/942603)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scared-to-death/942603 "2021-05-21T14:43:42Z")
Are there any horror movies out there where the would be killer tries to scare her/his victims to death, without doing any actual physical harm. If possible, I would like to avoid situations where the victim(s) has a kn… --- ## [Masochistic song ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masochistic-song-id/942607)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masochistic-song-id/942607 "2021-05-21T08:27:23Z")
I say masochistic because the song has the worst beginning. In all cosmos. Heard it once, on the radio, maybe 45 years ago. IIVaguelyRC - a very sparse sounding beginning (instrumentally) with these beyond-absolutely-g… --- ## [Best #1 Song of the year: 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2020/930671)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-song-of-the-year-2020/930671 "2021-05-20T20:42:20Z")
I’ve put off posting this OP for too long (due to some technical difficulties that took me awhile to figure out), but it’s that time again! Tragically, the results from the old polls were lost in the move to Discourse, s… --- ## [When did portion size escalation in restaurants, takeout ,delivery become common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-portion-size-escalation-in-restaurants-takeout-delivery-become-common/942397)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-portion-size-escalation-in-restaurants-takeout-delivery-become-common/942397 "2021-05-21T05:16:24Z")
I took this from a discussion in another thread as not to derail the topic : So when did the half a cow/pig/chicken meals washed down with a gallon o’ drink of your choice? start being common --- ## ["Drug 1 And Drug 2" songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-1-and-drug-2-songs/942050)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-1-and-drug-2-songs/942050 "2021-05-20T06:53:44Z")
I’m listening to the wonderful Green On Red compilation “The Little Things In Life”, and “Pills And Booze” comes up, which let me notice that there are a bunch of songs of that sort. The ones that come to my mind are: O… --- ## [John Mulaney is Back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mulaney-is-back/942077 "2021-05-20T03:06:36Z")
A quote from Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness “John Mulaney is my favorite comedian, now that Louis CK is hot garbage (please, Mulaney, please don’t be hot garbage). I love his standup.” I agree with that statement except I don’t… --- ## [Paul Mooney has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mooney-has-passed/942499)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mooney-has-passed/942499 "2021-05-19T19:14:05Z")
He was 79. How are we going to get by without his insightful predictions as Negrodamus? Loved his bite and fuckallayall’s attitude. --- ## [Hmm, did I just accidently buy into the hype train? Buckwheat honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-did-i-just-accidently-buy-into-the-hype-train-buckwheat-honey/942315)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmm-did-i-just-accidently-buy-into-the-hype-train-buckwheat-honey/942315 "2021-05-19T16:47:25Z")
So I was at the store needing to buy some honey. There on the shelf was the darkest honey I have ever seen. I won’t claim myself to be any kind of honey connoisseur, usually just Clover, Wildflower, maybe a small pot of … --- ## [Das Boot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/das-boot/558151)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/das-boot/558151 "2021-05-19T14:31:07Z")
In the scene culminating in the attack on the U-boot by a destroyer, the captain is wearing a grey-and-red football scarf. It looks like it ends in ‘-ling’. Anyone know what it is? --- ## [Trying to track down a story about Joni Mitchell and David Bowie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-track-down-a-story-about-joni-mitchell-and-david-bowie/942470)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-track-down-a-story-about-joni-mitchell-and-david-bowie/942470 "2021-05-19T13:52:31Z")
There’s an old anecdote–I think it was from the early 90s–about David Bowie and Joni Mitchell. Both were painters as well as musicians, and there was some kind of event celebrating musicians who distinguished themselves … --- ## [James Bond parodies, pastiches and rip-offs in the movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241 "2021-05-19T02:00:21Z")
So I’m watching B-Movie TV the other day and a Filipino movie titled For Y’ur Height Only pops up. It stars Weng Weng as Agent 00, a 2’ 9" superspy. A superstar in his own country, he did one other movie as Agent 00(T… --- ## [Charles Grodin dies at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-grodin-dies-at-86/942385)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-grodin-dies-at-86/942385 "2021-05-19T01:24:03Z")
--- ## [Pubic hair in ads--since when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubic-hair-in-ads-since-when/942190)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pubic-hair-in-ads-since-when/942190 "2021-05-19T00:28:55Z")
I woke up late yesterday and saw an ad for a shaving product to straighten the outline of m’lady’s pubic patch, including a demonstration on a live model. Basic cable, about 11AM; not a place or time where the audience … --- ## [Movies,plays, or TV shows in which an actor comes back to play a completely different character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-plays-or-tv-shows-in-which-an-actor-comes-back-to-play-a-completely-different-character/942070)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-plays-or-tv-shows-in-which-an-actor-comes-back-to-play-a-completely-different-character/942070 "2021-05-18T22:05:30Z")
I’m thinking here about things like Sleuth. In the 1972 film, Michael Caine played Milo Tindle, but in the 2007 film (with a completely different script by Harold Pinter) he plays Andrew Wyke. I’m not looking for cameos… --- ## [Out There Sequels you think Could Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-there-sequels-you-think-could-work/941251 "2021-05-18T21:31:45Z")
Lifeforce…get a solid horror director. Lean more into the Quatermass and sci-fi govt. branch aspects of the film. Have Steve Railsback cameo in the beginning. Love to have Mathilda May back but not sure how it would work… --- ## [Unusual events at concerts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216 "2021-05-18T20:54:02Z")
I have several but I will list 2. Eagles concert and they announced no opening act but my friend and I knew there was another group. Everyone is screaming as the lights go down and the band says “we are Blue Steel” an… --- ## [Hella goofiest things that were meant to be serious/shocking - any medium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hella-goofiest-things-that-were-meant-to-be-serious-shocking-any-medium/939822)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hella-goofiest-things-that-were-meant-to-be-serious-shocking-any-medium/939822 "2021-05-18T16:09:42Z")
I hope nobody saw Futureworld. So, to explain - it’s a sequel to the movie Westworld, and the concluding scene, below, shows Peter Fonda giving the bad guy the Big Finger as he quickly ducks into the last car of some pu… --- ## [The origin of the Charlie's Angels pose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-the-charlies-angels-pose/942286)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-the-charlies-angels-pose/942286 "2021-05-18T00:39:54Z")
I’m having a bit of a Berenstein Bears moment. Everyone knows the famous Charlie’s Angels three-person pose. One in the middle, standing straight and facing forward, hands in an action pose (typically holding a gun, ext… --- ## [A Godfather question for photographers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-godfather-question-for-photographers/941560)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-godfather-question-for-photographers/941560 "2021-05-17T23:31:23Z")
At the wedding party, everyone lines up for the group picture, and Michael grabs Kay. IRL, would that photographer have been able to get everybody in the shot from as close as he was? Looked to me like he would have had … --- ## [Can You Identify This Rockabilly Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-rockabilly-song/942321)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-rockabilly-song/942321 "2021-05-17T22:03:56Z")
From 00:00 until 00:07, a fun rockabilly song plays in the background before it fades out. Anyone recognize it? --- ## [Do they sing "doned" in "Carry on Wayward son?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110)
**Author:** [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110 "2021-05-17T17:10:29Z")
On just the second line of “Carry on Wayward son”, it seems to me that they say “doned” instead of done. Am I just crazy or maybe a problem of editing? Carry on, my wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=330) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=332)