# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=344 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 345 --- ## [Name a song you would have liked to hear Elvis Presley record before he died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-you-would-have-liked-to-hear-elvis-presley-record-before-he-died/937943)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-you-would-have-liked-to-hear-elvis-presley-record-before-he-died/937943 "2021-03-19T18:08:58Z")
The Doors - Riders On The Storm I could see Elvis crooning that one… Maybe even cut some of the instrumental stuff so its “radio friendly” for E and his audience. --- ## [Murder Among the Mormons - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-among-the-mormons-open-spoilers/938208)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-among-the-mormons-open-spoilers/938208 "2021-03-19T14:59:36Z")
I’ve just watched the TV miniseries “Murder Among the Mormons”. I was disappointed in many ways, but it was really well done. No spoilers in this post, due to mouse-over. :slight\_smile: But I’m curious if anyone else saw… --- ## [Why were bars always on corners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-bars-always-on-corners/937160)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-bars-always-on-corners/937160 "2021-03-19T07:45:33Z")
While reading the question regarding We Five’s song “You Were on My Mind,” it occurred to me to wonder something. Why were bars always on corners? The first time I heard the song, I understood “the corner” to mean a bar… --- ## [Recommend me a bread book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-bread-book/933315)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-bread-book/933315 "2021-03-19T02:41:04Z")
I have made bread all my life (my grandma taught me how when I was about eight), but my repertoire is limited. I’d like to expand it some, but my requirements do not seem to be popular. So I am asking the bakers on the D… --- ## ["I'm ready to go, Z-12!" How's your Perlinger-fu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-to-go-z-12-hows-your-perlinger-fu/633203)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-ready-to-go-z-12-hows-your-perlinger-fu/633203 "2021-03-19T01:34:18Z")
Does anyone besides me (and some nice people on another message board which was the sole relevant though fruitless Google return on “PSA physical fitness head in box”) remember a public service TV spot from the late 60’s… --- ## [Induction vs gas (propane) cooktop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/induction-vs-gas-propane-cooktop/937664)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/induction-vs-gas-propane-cooktop/937664 "2021-03-19T01:06:26Z")
I have about had it with my non-induction electric cooktop. It’s an electric smooth top which is peachy to clean, but it seems to have the response time of lava and the heat transfer ability lukewarm coffee. So it’s ti… --- ## [Significance of the twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-the-twist/938092)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-the-twist/938092 "2021-03-18T19:56:48Z")
Listening to Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, I remembered what a great song “Down By the Seaside” is. I had to laugh at this part: Do you still do the twist? Do you find that you remember things that well? Some go twis… --- ## [Nicknames or Calling Cards Adopted as Legal Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-or-calling-cards-adopted-as-legal-names/937990)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-or-calling-cards-adopted-as-legal-names/937990 "2021-03-18T19:12:18Z")
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (middleweight boxes extraordinaire) recently died. Member Loach (2020 Death Pool Champion - can’t leave that out) pointed out that he made the “Marvelous” portion part of his legal name. What oth… --- ## [RIP Frank Thorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-thorne/937556)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-thorne/937556 "2021-03-18T19:06:09Z")
Apparently he died on Sunday, an his wife died the same day. I knew him as the artist for a long run of Red Sonya for Marvel. He wasn’t the one who changed her costime from a long-sleeved mail shirt, shorts, and buccane… --- ## [A is for Alibi. Open spoilers. Is a major plot point not explained?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-alibi-open-spoilers-is-a-major-plot-point-not-explained/938099)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-alibi-open-spoilers-is-a-major-plot-point-not-explained/938099 "2021-03-18T14:00:01Z")
Inspired by the thread on mystery book solutions. I’ve been reading the Alphabet series books by Sue Grafton, and the first book in the series has a major twist that I still don’t understand. Towards the end, Kinsey Mi… --- ## [Homemade Sarsaparilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-sarsaparilla/938150)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-sarsaparilla/938150 "2021-03-18T04:47:41Z")
I’m going to tell a short story now. But I am definitely looking for input and your own experiences, as I think you shall see. About 20 years ago, I got interested in making my own Sarsaparilla. (I also got interested i… --- ## [Night of the Living Dead confusion (spoilers for movie from 1968)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-confusion-spoilers-for-movie-from-1968/937662)
**Author:** [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-living-dead-confusion-spoilers-for-movie-from-1968/937662 "2021-03-18T02:57:42Z")
I watched the 1968 Night of the Living Dead with my older son recently. It was the first time I saw the whole movie, but I had read about it more than once. The general consensus of everything that I have read is the B… --- ## [Hobbes was just plain terrible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbes-was-just-plain-terrible/937595)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbes-was-just-plain-terrible/937595 "2021-03-18T00:18:23Z")
After seeing a recent Calvin and Hobbes thread, it occurred to me the subject of how good a friend Hobbes really is has never come up. Like, anywhere, ever. (And before anyone brings it up, I’m not really the one to ask … --- ## [What if "Back to the Future" took place in 1990?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-back-to-the-future-took-place-in-1990/846461)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-back-to-the-future-took-place-in-1990/846461 "2021-03-17T23:52:56Z")
I did a thread similar to this some years back when there was talk of possibly doing a BTTF reboot. Anyway, I thought it’d be fun to speculate on this again. What would it be like if Marty traveled from 2020 to 1990. Wh… --- ## [And you can eat the bowl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888 "2021-03-17T23:48:35Z")
I was deciding the best way to cook some calamari and found a good recipe in a Guy Fieri cookbook. (I find his shows tough to watch but his recipes are often amazing). His recipe is served in a bread bowl which you can… --- ## [Someone explain this plot point from Young Sheldon please. (involves football)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-this-plot-point-from-young-sheldon-please-involves-football/937521)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-this-plot-point-from-young-sheldon-please-involves-football/937521 "2021-03-17T22:51:12Z")
This begins with Sheldon telling his father that a team shouldn’t “punt” on “fourth down.” His brother says “You always punt on fourth down, everybody knows that.” Sheldon says that the other team has a 72% chance of sc… --- ## [Coming to Disney+ in April '21: Ewoks movies, Clone Wars, Rio, Night at the Museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-disney-in-april-21-ewoks-movies-clone-wars-rio-night-at-the-museum/938046)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-disney-in-april-21-ewoks-movies-clone-wars-rio-night-at-the-museum/938046 "2021-03-17T22:43:39Z")
Coming to Disney Plus in April are the two live-action Star Wars Ewoks movies, Caravan of Courage and Ewoks: Battle for Endor, both of which have been long-sought-after for Star Wars completionists on the Facebook groups… --- ## [RIP Henry Darrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-henry-darrow/938123)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-henry-darrow/938123 "2021-03-17T19:47:41Z")
Henry Darrow had a face you’d recognise every time you saw it. In my case it was always like, ‘Oh, that’s… Damn, I know that guy!’ I remember watching The High Chaparral when I was a kid. The last time I noticed him… --- ## [Looking for a particular comic strip archive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976 "2021-03-17T19:42:43Z")
I am looking for the last two years (1977-79) of “The Jackson Twins” comic strip. My local paper, The Seattle Times carried it when I entered the U.S.A.F., and the strip stopped running on March 25th, 1979, a year befor… --- ## [Curses or oaths you've adopted from literature or movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-or-oaths-youve-adopted-from-literature-or-movies/930524)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curses-or-oaths-youve-adopted-from-literature-or-movies/930524 "2021-03-17T12:11:22Z")
I was just making an omelet, and much of the egg stuck to the bottom of the pan, which caused me to exclaim “Jesus please us!”. Which is something a character in one of Stephen King’s books once said, though I have on i… --- ## [Chicken Salt: An American looking for info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-salt-an-american-looking-for-info/937985)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-salt-an-american-looking-for-info/937985 "2021-03-17T08:04:36Z")
Around November or December we had a thread that had people recommending a bunch of different types of bottled sauces. Mostly they were hot sauces but some were brown sauces (Pickapeppa) and a few other things. That thre… --- ## [Who to follow on Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-to-follow-on-twitter/937826)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-to-follow-on-twitter/937826 "2021-03-17T03:32:54Z")
I did a search but the most recent thread on this topic is 8 years old. Who do you follow that is amusing, educational, or otherwise entertaining? FWIW among those I follow are Ken Jennings, Steve Martin, Bill Maher, C… --- ## [Clone Wars is oh so bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-wars-is-oh-so-bad/925805)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clone-wars-is-oh-so-bad/925805 "2021-03-17T00:21:46Z")
Because of recent events on The Mandalorian (no spoilers) I decided to watch Clone Wars. I’m about 6 episodes in and it is horrible. It is so formulaic: Anakin disobeys orders for some personal mission Refuses to tra… --- ## [What is your opinion of the Matthew Shardlake novels by C.J. Sansom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-matthew-shardlake-novels-by-c-j-sansom/938052)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-matthew-shardlake-novels-by-c-j-sansom/938052 "2021-03-16T23:48:54Z")
I just heard about these and I’m definitely intrigued. They’re obviously not short reads. The Amazon reviews are mixed. So, let’s hear what the teeming millions have to say. I assume these should be read in order? --- ## [How did you like the old movie Patch Adams (1998)? We finally watched it, for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-like-the-old-movie-patch-adams-1998-we-finally-watched-it-for-the-first-time/937870 "2021-03-16T23:09:44Z")
We finally watched it, 23 years after it first came out. My wife and I really enjoyed it, me more than she. But I’m more of a romantic than she is. I found it very touching. How did you like it? And… …boy, oh boy do I … --- ## [The weirdest pairings of band/artist and producer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-pairings-of-band-artist-and-producer/931832)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-pairings-of-band-artist-and-producer/931832 "2021-03-16T22:06:14Z")
I’m listening to the Ramones’ “End Of The Century”. In 1979, Phil Spector producing the Ramones maybe was the most surprising combination. Granted, the Ramones also in a way had had their own wall of sound before, but th… --- ## [Strange slang terms in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-slang-terms-in-songs/937971)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-slang-terms-in-songs/937971 "2021-03-16T17:56:33Z")
Wondering about a couple of slang terms in songs once popular, unresponsive to a quick Google. The term “dry roasters” in a Jay-Z song (Renegade), and the term “lightly leads” in a Squeeze song (Cool For Cats). Any ide… --- ## [The United States vs. Billie Holliday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-vs-billie-holliday/937965)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-vs-billie-holliday/937965 "2021-03-16T16:44:10Z")
I searched for what I assumed would be the thread(s) discussing USvBH but was unable to find any. Ok so anyway. Despite my love for Billie and my respect for Andra, I had absolutely zero intention of watching this beca… --- ## [Breaking Bad Minisodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-minisodes/938026)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-minisodes/938026 "2021-03-16T15:35:55Z")
Talk about my You Tube discovery of the day! I loved Breaking Bad when it came out and I remember the craze back in the day of “Webisodes”. But I never knew until today that Breaking Bad did a set of them: … --- ## [Ever turn actor's names into nicknames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-turn-actors-names-into-nicknames/937365 "2021-03-16T14:18:36Z")
For example, I’ve been rewatching some Psych lately, and saw one yesterday with “Lewd” Imman Phillips. And whenever I think of the specific actors in question, I think of “Loofa” Rigno and James “Gandolf” Feeny, for exam… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=343) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=345)