# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=348 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 349 --- ## [What is a shuffle? Please post examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shuffle-please-post-examples/934121)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shuffle-please-post-examples/934121 "2021-03-02T17:34:54Z")
I’ve often heard that this or that song is a shuffle, in different genres. But I’ve never been clear what exemplifies a shuffle. I think it’s a special beat, but I can’t pinpoint it, though I sometimes have the hunch tha… --- ## [Who the hell is enjoying Hagar the Horrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-enjoying-hagar-the-horrible/739720)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-the-hell-is-enjoying-hagar-the-horrible/739720 "2021-03-02T17:27:15Z")
Somehow a few weeks ago it came up betwene my better half than I that “Family Circus” is stupid and unfunny. Later she texted me a picture of the day’s Family Circus with some ironic comment like “Jeffy is SOOO FUNNY!!!… --- ## [Any fans of the film "That Thing You Do"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-film-that-thing-you-do/474143)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-film-that-thing-you-do/474143 "2021-03-02T12:10:30Z")
I was able to catch the movie “That Thing You Do” with Tom Hanks the other day. The film follows a small band from Erie, PA as they hit the big time with a one hit wonder and just as quickly dissolve. This is one of tho… --- ## [Seasoning cast iron with fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoning-cast-iron-with-fire/933906)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasoning-cast-iron-with-fire/933906 "2021-03-01T21:19:34Z")
I have had the worst time seasoning my cast iron. I follow the rules: flaxseed oil in a molecules thick layer but it never gets that “Grandma’s iron” coat o’ goodness. I think one of the issues is the layers are so thi… --- ## [Poll: Is Frazz a rip-off of Calvin and Hobbes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-frazz-a-rip-off-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597504)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-frazz-a-rip-off-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597504 "2021-03-01T19:10:12Z")
Inspired by this thread, I have to ask: Is Frazza rip-off of Calvinand Hobbes I read C&H as a kid, and I never heard of Frazz until today. So I will admit right up front, I don’t know much about Frazz. I have, howeve… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2021-edition/931955)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2021-edition/931955 "2021-03-01T18:13:20Z")
So how is everyone’s 2021 going? SSND pretty much here, though the change in White House occupancy is an improvement, I mean, isn’t Major the CUTEST dog ever?! And Champ brings some much needed dignty back to the Oval Of… --- ## [Anyone remember this old one-panel joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-old-one-panel-joke/933925)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-old-one-panel-joke/933925 "2021-03-01T16:34:44Z")
Except I don’t remember any the exact particulars, if it was a cartoon, a line drawing, or a painting. So the description following may be wrong in almost every detail. But the gist of it is that it’s a scene of a virtua… --- ## [Underwater (2020)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwater-2020/933858)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwater-2020/933858 "2021-03-01T15:25:10Z")
Maybe I’m just out of it but that movie didn’t hit like most others. I couldn’t remember the characters much beyond their note, I didn’t know where they were going, what they were doing or why beyond survival. It felt m… --- ## [More Mondegreens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-mondegreens/914987)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-mondegreens/914987 "2021-03-01T14:29:06Z")
I was listening to Billy Joel and I heard this: “They were all impressed with your Harlequin dress And the people that you knew Abby Lane” But nooooo, it’s really: They were all impressed with your Halston dress And… --- ## [I'm kinda finding UHD / 4k TV a bit off-putting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-finding-uhd-4k-tv-a-bit-off-putting/933671)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-kinda-finding-uhd-4k-tv-a-bit-off-putting/933671 "2021-02-27T19:28:04Z")
Don’t get me wrong. I love our new 60" OLED smartTV. Especially since it really doesn’t take up more space than our 12 year old old 50" 1080 TV (with the giant bezel). But there are times watching shows in 4k, that I’… --- ## [Another "help me remember a movie" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-a-movie-thread/933744)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-a-movie-thread/933744 "2021-02-27T19:12:17Z")
This is what I sort of remember. It was a foreign movie-- possibly Italian. Not recent, probably within the last 25-ish years. The setting was also not recent-- maybe in the 1950s or earlier? All I recall is one scene b… --- ## [The Doors - What Do You Think Of This Band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-what-do-you-think-of-this-band/932385)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-what-do-you-think-of-this-band/932385 "2021-02-27T18:37:14Z")
First off, it’s stunning that The Doors (while Jim was alive) had such little time together. First album was in Jan 1967 (there was NOTHING like that then), and L.A. Woman was released in 1971, which are both my favorite… --- ## [Actors/performers with distinctive voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-performers-with-distinctive-voices/932606)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-performers-with-distinctive-voices/932606 "2021-02-27T18:02:28Z")
I was watching The Godfather, Part II recently, and I noted the performance of G.D.Spradlin, who plays the corrupt U.S. senator Pat Geary. He was in lots of movies and TV shows, and you recognize his voice the instant yo… --- ## [Does anyone get this Hagar the Horrible strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-hagar-the-horrible-strip/927781)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-hagar-the-horrible-strip/927781 "2021-02-27T02:50:36Z")
https://www.comicskingdom.com/shared\_comics/813075ee-a4be-481a-8181-57f65cf8d113 He’s a viking, maybe he got hung up on the word “club” as a weapon and he wants to murder someone? But his son said “book club.” That’s … --- ## [What is the cat in Willow's poster? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cat-in-willows-poster-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/594811)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-cat-in-willows-poster-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/594811 "2021-02-27T02:15:27Z")
I’m posting this question by a friend on another forum because the SDMB is good for this sort of trivia: In the later series of Buffy, Willow has a print of an orange cat on her wall. It’s def hanging when she lives in… --- ## [The Mouse That Roared, but Politely of Course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mouse-that-roared-but-politely-of-course/933855)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mouse-that-roared-but-politely-of-course/933855 "2021-02-27T01:07:11Z")
Not so long ago, I posted a thread asking about posters’ experiences with micronations. So, you can imagine my joy when seeing this Murdoch Mysteries episode taking place in a micronation. --- ## [Clementines not like they used to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clementines-not-like-they-used-to-be/933761)
**Author:** [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clementines-not-like-they-used-to-be/933761 "2021-02-26T23:54:56Z")
We’ve always enjoyed clementine season. But in the last ?ten? years or so, they’ve changed: they used to be lovely loose-skinned treats that were easy to peel. All of a sudden one year most of them were tight-skinned. Ar… --- ## [Ok, this is long enough, where was the Pizza Planet truck in The Incredibles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-long-enough-where-was-the-pizza-planet-truck-in-the-incredibles/344570)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-long-enough-where-was-the-pizza-planet-truck-in-the-incredibles/344570 "2021-02-26T21:52:29Z")
A tradition in Pixar films is to put the Pizza Planet Truck somewhere in the movie. It seems that the Pizza Planet truck appears on the freeway towards the end of The Incredibles as reported somewhere in Wikipedia, but … --- ## [Borat 2 movie on the way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borat-2-movie-on-the-way/921257)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borat-2-movie-on-the-way/921257 "2021-02-26T20:42:44Z")
Can’t be funnier than the original but maybe it will be close --- ## [Beatles Drumming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-drumming/855479)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-drumming/855479 "2021-02-26T19:04:59Z")
I noticed in “Baby You Can Drive My Car”, I believe (or, Daytripper?) the drumming is very simple, and in parts there is drumming along with a tambourine. Ringo can’t be doing it all. Does he have an unknown helper, or i… --- ## [Looking for a television series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-television-series/933776)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-television-series/933776 "2021-02-26T17:06:18Z")
On what network, cable or internet based, can I find The New Avengers? --- ## [Best way to get into enjoying poetry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-into-enjoying-poetry/931348)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-into-enjoying-poetry/931348 "2021-02-26T14:42:57Z")
So asking for a friend, if I wanted to really start enjoying poetry who are some good poets or poems to read? I love poetic languange in prose its the bees knees I love all sorts of structure and choice of punctuation a… --- ## [Songs That Are Also Ghost Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-also-ghost-stories/933342)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-also-ghost-stories/933342 "2021-02-26T14:39:08Z")
I read something recently, probably on these boards, about how a belief in the supernatural was one of the common characteristics of human societies. Not me personally , I like to think – but I have to confess it goes a … --- ## [Are some genres "for kids"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-genres-for-kids/933228)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-genres-for-kids/933228 "2021-02-26T11:26:22Z")
Into the thread about Joss Whedon, @Manwich dropped an accusation that genre fiction is for children. This led to some discussion that was an irrelevant hijack in that thread, but I thought it was worth discussing, so I … --- ## [Has your butter become less spreadable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-butter-become-less-spreadable/933088)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-butter-become-less-spreadable/933088 "2021-02-26T08:06:46Z")
I tend to cook with olive oil and use butter on bread. Growing up, we had to keep the butter in the fridge. I prefer to keep some butter at room temperature to allow for easy spreading. Except for the last few months,… --- ## [Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101/933646)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-ferlinghetti-beat-poet-and-small-press-publisher-dies-at-101/933646 "2021-02-26T06:06:58Z")
Seems like this ought to get mentioned here. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet And Small-Press Publisher, Dies At 101 Lawrence Ferlinghetti has died in San Francisco. He was 101. Ferlinghetti is probably best known for… --- ## [What is the name for turkey tails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-turkey-tails/933403)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-turkey-tails/933403 "2021-02-26T03:50:09Z")
You know, that fatty, bony bit of the roasted turkey that most people don’t use. --- ## [Latency with every new laptop I've tried: How do I get back to home recording?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latency-with-every-new-laptop-ive-tried-how-do-i-get-back-to-home-recording/929129)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latency-with-every-new-laptop-ive-tried-how-do-i-get-back-to-home-recording/929129 "2021-02-26T02:46:18Z")
I play guitar and love to write little songs and record them, but for years I’ve been stymied because no modern laptops can handle real-time recording, and I’m baffled. My previous laptop was an HP Spectre i7 that had b… --- ## [Jimmy Neutron episode with double-triple-quadruple negatives to confuse teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-neutron-episode-with-double-triple-quadruple-negatives-to-confuse-teacher/933739)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-neutron-episode-with-double-triple-quadruple-negatives-to-confuse-teacher/933739 "2021-02-26T00:52:11Z")
I once looked over my kids’ shoulders to see a Jimmy Neutron episode where his buddy said to the teacher something like, “Could I not never be unexcused from not taking this test?” And the teacher was baffled so the kid … --- ## [How often does a commercial remind you of a song you'd forgotten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638 "2021-02-26T00:39:07Z")
Commercials occasionally get the rights to use classic songs. Sometimes it’s a song that I’ve heard constantly on oldies stations. Downy surprised me with a song I haven’t heard in decades. I couldn’t remember the title… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=349)