# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=345 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 346 --- ## [Help me teach a noob to do needlepoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-teach-a-noob-to-do-needlepoint/937962)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-teach-a-noob-to-do-needlepoint/937962 "2021-03-16T14:06:39Z")
A young lady I used to work with has asked me to teach her how to do needlepoint. I am of course very willing to help and have gone shopping in my stash to come up with tools and such for her. I’ve been doing needlepoin… --- ## [Master and Commander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/520217)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-and-commander/520217 "2021-03-16T12:59:54Z")
I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and just marveling that A.) I was seeing a seemingly accurate depiction of 17th century sailing life; and B.) that the movie was more a snapshot of time for the stor… --- ## [What's the Music they're using (Guam soldiers visiting Marjorie Taylor Greene's office)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-theyre-using-guam-soldiers-visiting-marjorie-taylor-greenes-office/937984)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-music-theyre-using-guam-soldiers-visiting-marjorie-taylor-greenes-office/937984 "2021-03-16T05:18:40Z")
This video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1371544791994019844 I know I’ve heard that music, pretty sure it’s movie theme music, but can’t place it. Pirates of the Caribbean seemed likely but doesn’t seem to be any of th… --- ## [Oscars 2021 - nominations are out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2021-nominations-are-out/937972)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2021-nominations-are-out/937972 "2021-03-16T02:39:39Z")
You can read the entire list here. It was a rough year to be honest. Many top movies were likely delayed and despite there being some OK movies on the list, I think it is a subpar set of nominations. Best 2020 movie I … --- ## ["Naked and Afraid" TV series, any versions with full nudity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-tv-series-any-versions-with-full-nudity/937834)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-tv-series-any-versions-with-full-nudity/937834 "2021-03-16T02:10:31Z")
You know, where two naked people are turned loose in the jungle and spend a very uncomfortable 21 days to win - nothing. I ask because the show is produced in several other countries besides the US. European shows have t… --- ## [Claire Trevor: did she ever play a virtuous/good woman? (Possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claire-trevor-did-she-ever-play-a-virtuous-good-woman-possible-spoilers/937960)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claire-trevor-did-she-ever-play-a-virtuous-good-woman-possible-spoilers/937960 "2021-03-16T00:58:16Z")
I’ve seen Claire Trevor in several classic movies (Dead End, Stagecoach, Murder My Sweet, Key Largo, and probably others) and she always seemed to play a “bad” girl, sometimes hard-bitten and really evil, sometimes good-… --- ## [A question for guitar mavens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-guitar-mavens/937957)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-guitar-mavens/937957 "2021-03-16T00:28:52Z")
My husband plays classical guitar. When I get my stimulus check, I’m thinking of buying him a new instrument. All I know is it needs to ba a 6-string acoustic guitar with nylon strings. This guitar is in the right price … --- ## [News of the world movie with Tom Hanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-world-movie-with-tom-hanks/937956)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-world-movie-with-tom-hanks/937956 "2021-03-15T22:03:42Z")
It’s on Amazon now. It’s OK but it’s mostly just a series of bad things that happen to him and the girl he is helping get back now. --- ## [Mank (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mank-open-spoilers/928673)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mank-open-spoilers/928673 "2021-03-15T22:05:08Z")
So what do people think? It’s beautifully shot in black and white and has yet another stunning performance by Gary Oldman disappearing in the character but otherwise I was disappointed. First of all it’s based on a lar… --- ## [Alley Oop needs the reprint treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alley-oop-needs-the-reprint-treatment/937843)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alley-oop-needs-the-reprint-treatment/937843 "2021-03-15T20:03:12Z")
Oop was never one of my top favorite among ancient newspaper strips, but recently one of his time travel stories has been posted on a Facebook site for such stuff, and I have to say it leaves me wanting more. The art, of… --- ## [What is a "bridge" in a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bridge-in-a-song/932787)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bridge-in-a-song/932787 "2021-03-15T15:41:02Z")
I’ve read definitions online but I’m basically illiterate when it comes to music so those definitions are pretty much useless to me. Can someone give me a couple examples of bridges? I’m very familiar with Elvis songs s… --- ## [Anyone have a favorite recipe for cornmeal pudding (Indian) pudding? \[title fixed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-favorite-recipe-for-cornmeal-pudding-indian-pudding-title-fixed/921791)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-favorite-recipe-for-cornmeal-pudding-indian-pudding-title-fixed/921791 "2021-03-15T15:40:24Z")
Years ago, I made Indian pudding for the first time using a recipe from Diet for a Small Planet. For the milk, I used some homemade yogurt that didn’t set for some reason. The results were insanely delicious, to me, but… --- ## [Could Jim Croce be considered a "deep track" artist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jim-croce-be-considered-a-deep-track-artist/937807)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jim-croce-be-considered-a-deep-track-artist/937807 "2021-03-15T13:49:22Z")
I’ve loved Jim Croce since I was really little (probably 5-6 y/o). However, I barely ever hear his songs on the radio (even satellite radio!), and when 60s-70s era classic rock is being discussed, I pretty much never hea… --- ## [The Kind of Music You Hear While Seeing Local Bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-music-you-hear-while-seeing-local-bands/937850)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-music-you-hear-while-seeing-local-bands/937850 "2021-03-15T13:04:12Z")
Excluding original material. When I say “local” it doesn’t have to mean your city alone, but if you go around the world, what do the locals play? I’ve been all around North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and I’d… --- ## [Mortar and pestle spice grinding techniques](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortar-and-pestle-spice-grinding-techniques/937891)
**Author:** [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortar-and-pestle-spice-grinding-techniques/937891 "2021-03-15T05:30:45Z")
I’ve started grinding my own spices for vegetable soup with a mortal and pestle. I really like the added flavor, but I’m having a lot of problems grinding a few specific spices. I usually grind a mix of different spices… --- ## [Peter F. Hamilton -- Pandora's Star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-f-hamilton-pandoras-star/407730)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-f-hamilton-pandoras-star/407730 "2021-03-15T04:11:15Z")
Just finished reading the 1000 page sci-fi epic. Awesome! I’m a slow and infrequent reader and was originally daunted by the big size, but by the last 3rd of the book, I was incredibly comforted to know that there was an… --- ## [What fictional disasters are still upcoming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-disasters-are-still-upcoming/839209)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-disasters-are-still-upcoming/839209 "2021-03-14T20:03:42Z")
It seems like most of the best disasters from science fiction have already come to pass. My childhood favorite was always THE YEAR 1994. Lucky for us, we still have World War 3 in just a few years, if the Roddenberry or… --- ## [Vitamin C requirement? : Satisfied](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-requirement-satisfied/937857)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-c-requirement-satisfied/937857 "2021-03-14T15:02:34Z")
It was a glorious , unseasonably warm Saturday March 13th in Michigan. I suddenly had a worry for my Vitamin C levels. 3.5 double rye whiskey sours later , I think scurvy is defeated for a long while. Better safe than… --- ## [Wots in yarrrrr fryin pan, ARGH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wots-in-yarrrrr-fryin-pan-argh/937862)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wots-in-yarrrrr-fryin-pan-argh/937862 "2021-03-14T12:15:46Z")
standing here watching a new york strip steak cook. Total carnivory to-night! No greens or potato or bread or side dish at all. Just me and my steak. fresh meat, I crave sustenance! --- ## [Happy 100th birthday, Al Jaffee!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-al-jaffee/937860 "2021-03-14T01:04:32Z")
Today is the 100th birthday of Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee! He had the longest-running career of any comic artist, from 1942 to 2020. --- ## [Same old fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-old-fish/937730)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-old-fish/937730 "2021-03-13T18:09:46Z")
When I moved from L.A. to the Pacific Northwest, one of my thoughts was ‘Oh, boy! O, boy! Fresh fish!’ After all, Seattle is know for the Pike Place Fish Market, and the northern Pacific Ocean is where salmon live, ri… --- ## [Need Shrimp Recipe- Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-shrimp-recipe-fast/937801)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-shrimp-recipe-fast/937801 "2021-03-13T15:54:09Z")
Everyone else likes pizza on Fridays during Lent, but I’m effing sick of it. A local store had a sale: “Peel & Eat Shrimp, 2lbs $9.99”. Today, I get it out and I see that all of the shrimp is blue (raw). I’ve never co… --- ## [Oh no! Daft Punk disband](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-daft-punk-disband/933482 "2021-03-13T01:56:18Z")
Pitchfork article here: That’s a real shocker for me and I’m quite sad about the news. They always have been slow workers with long gaps between albums, so the headline story about Daft Punk I expected and hoped for w… --- ## [Who was the target audience for Ender's Game (Movie)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-target-audience-for-enders-game-movie/937668)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-target-audience-for-enders-game-movie/937668 "2021-03-12T22:42:21Z")
I recently watched Ender’s Game, and I couldn’t figure out who it was aimed at. Didn’t seem like a kid’s movie, but it didn’t quite seem like it was for adults either. Who was the target audience? I have not read the … --- ## [Favorite IMDB Lists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-imdb-lists/937790)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-imdb-lists/937790 "2021-03-12T17:11:11Z")
After seeing a great movie, I scroll down to the bottom right to see list categories. Sometimes they just have ones from the country they were made in, or the year, and not the subject matter. I wish I had organized thes… --- ## [Was there a Scene cut from "Constantine"...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scene-cut-from-constantine/937731)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scene-cut-from-constantine/937731 "2021-03-12T09:48:04Z")
I Swear that I remember a scene where Keanu Reeves rolls out of bed from Michelle Monahan (who plays a demon) and it is latter played up that she was the one who implanted the Lung Cancer. My HBOMax version (which is su… --- ## [Scene not original to Rocky Horror Picture Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-not-original-to-rocky-horror-picture-show/923538)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-not-original-to-rocky-horror-picture-show/923538 "2021-03-12T07:19:06Z")
RHPS, which came out in 1975, had a spectacular ending where the mansion turns into a ship and flies off into space. This morning on the Roku channel B-Movie TV I was watching a French horror/farce film called Tender Dr… --- ## [Help identifying a show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-show/937753)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-show/937753 "2021-03-12T03:48:35Z")
I’m not sure if it was a movie or TV show, but I’m thinking TV. The basics: a guy is trying out for a Shriner-type organization. Just as it kicks off, a grand poobah arrives in a wheel chair. So does a stripper with a b… --- ## [Anyone use Hoopla? (Library App) What do you like from it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-hoopla-library-app-what-do-you-like-from-it/933563)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-hoopla-library-app-what-do-you-like-from-it/933563 "2021-03-12T03:46:28Z")
So my library is offering Hoopla & Kanopy. Kanopy is another streamer. Not as sure what Hoopla is and what I can get out of it. --- ## [Do You Believe Stanley Kubrick's "Mysterious Messages"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-stanley-kubricks-mysterious-messages/937646)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-stanley-kubricks-mysterious-messages/937646 "2021-03-12T01:07:50Z")
I’ve seen at least a few documentaries how each of his movies are filled with clues about the ruling class of the world, and all the debauchery involved. “The Mysterious Work of Stanley Kubrick” and another about the fa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=346)