# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=374 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 375 --- ## [Are there any edible protein bars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-edible-protein-bars/925181)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-edible-protein-bars/925181 "2020-11-12T17:23:48Z")
I regularly find that I have a need for some kind of densely packed nutritious calorie object that is not a handful of trail mix. Hiking or horseback riding or snowshoeing, I run out of calories far from home. But I have… --- ## [Songs used in a context that's different from the intent of the song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-used-in-a-context-thats-different-from-the-intent-of-the-song/925185)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-used-in-a-context-thats-different-from-the-intent-of-the-song/925185 "2020-11-12T07:06:31Z")
This thread Is “Yakety Sax” inherently funny, or are we just conditioned into considering it funny by Benny Hill? got me to thinking about songs that are completely the opposite of the context they’re used in. Entrance … --- ## [Looking for a good loose leaf tea by mail service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-loose-leaf-tea-by-mail-service/925061 "2020-11-12T05:25:42Z")
Seven months out of the year, I really don’t drink hot beverages of any kind. This time of the year though, a nice steaming mug of comfort is most welcome. I certainly drink my share of coffee but, in general, I prefer t… --- ## [Simba elephant in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simba-elephant-in-a-movie/925332)
**Author:** [@Hugo1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugo1957)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simba-elephant-in-a-movie/925332 "2020-11-11T17:27:08Z")
I too am looking for the movie in which they say up Simba up and it is an elephant I watch circus world with John Wayne and I watch The Greatest Show on Earth with Charlton Heston and that elephant is not in those movies… --- ## [What iconic characters are linked to a specific portrayal by a specific actor in your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iconic-characters-are-linked-to-a-specific-portrayal-by-a-specific-actor-in-your-mind/923530)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iconic-characters-are-linked-to-a-specific-portrayal-by-a-specific-actor-in-your-mind/923530 "2020-11-11T16:33:20Z")
Batman, Spiderman, James Bond - some stories have been told and retold so many times that the character could be played by anyone\*. But sometimes there is a character who is created for the screen or portrayed by an act… --- ## [Was the "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger" SNL sketch real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-cheeseburger-cheeseburger-snl-sketch-real/925210)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-cheeseburger-cheeseburger-snl-sketch-real/925210 "2020-11-11T05:11:43Z")
Going back to the old Olympia Grill SNL sketch, from 1978 do you think Dan Akroyd was really cooking cheeseburgers on that grill or was it just good acting, props, and sound effects? It sure looks real. --- ## [Who here knows anything about the gossip site Crazy Days and Nights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-knows-anything-about-the-gossip-site-crazy-days-and-nights/925087)
**Author:** [@IHateCarCommercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IHateCarCommercials)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-knows-anything-about-the-gossip-site-crazy-days-and-nights/925087 "2020-11-11T00:28:08Z")
Is it legit? Like, does the guy actually have real sources feeding him real information? I’m aware that Enty has a disclaimer at the bottom stating that it’s a mixture of fact and fiction, but I figured he just put tha… --- ## [Looking for recommendations for how-to-write-essays books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-how-to-write-essays-books/853844)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-how-to-write-essays-books/853844 "2020-11-10T13:39:20Z")
I’d like to get a little into writing prose, specifically essays - not the academic type that is required as a deliverable in tertiary education (I’ve written my fair share of those), but rather the lengthier, more liter… --- ## [Are you watching the revamped Weakest Link? Does the pacing of the quiz bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-revamped-weakest-link-does-the-pacing-of-the-quiz-bother-you/925186)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-revamped-weakest-link-does-the-pacing-of-the-quiz-bother-you/925186 "2020-11-10T04:25:03Z")
I really want to like the Weakest Link. Jane Lynch does a credible job replacing Anne Robinson. The pacing of the show is bugging the heck out of me. There’s so little quiz content. They answer 4 or 5 questions. Then … --- ## [RIP Alex Trebek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alex-trebek/925067)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alex-trebek/925067 "2020-11-10T03:06:08Z")
Posted in the Jeopardy thread, but deserving of its own thread, I think. --- ## [There's a version of hello fresh ect for cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-version-of-hello-fresh-ect-for-cats/924831)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-version-of-hello-fresh-ect-for-cats/924831 "2020-11-09T23:12:52Z")
ok now I’ve seen everything … https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/smalls-is-a-cat-food-delivery-service-that-satisfies-my-picky-cat-—-the-company-offers-an-extensive-menu-of-wet-and-dry-foods/ar-BB14I9RQ?oci… --- ## [Joyce Carol Oates- recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joyce-carol-oates-recommendations/925119)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joyce-carol-oates-recommendations/925119 "2020-11-09T22:07:03Z")
I somehow never got around to reading any of Joyce Carol Oates’ books, until Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. which I’m close to finishing. I want more. Any recommendations? --- ## [Who was the best Bond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-bond/920259)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-bond/920259 "2020-11-09T20:45:17Z")
Obviously I mean after Roger Moore could have been if he was younger and in a good Bond movie. Most common answer I’ve heard - “Sean Connery because I saw him first”. But now plenty of other Bonds have been seen first a… --- ## [Misheard lyrics that, it turns out, you heard correctly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-that-it-turns-out-you-heard-correctly/417830)
**Author:** [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misheard-lyrics-that-it-turns-out-you-heard-correctly/417830 "2020-11-09T20:38:32Z")
James Blunt’s song “Wisemen” had my favourite “mondegreen”, or so I thought. There’s a line that sounds just like"those three wise men, they’ve got a semi by the sea" (“semi” is slang for a modest house that forms half o… --- ## [Name that show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-show/925167)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-show/925167 "2020-11-09T20:05:32Z")
TV show sometime in '78-'85 (I was living with my ex) about a single mother advertising for domestic help. A very proper butler applies, having misinterpreted “English major” (the woman’s college degree) in the ad as me… --- ## [Animal House - why did John Belushi destroy the guitar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-house-why-did-john-belushi-destroy-the-guitar/696786)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-house-why-did-john-belushi-destroy-the-guitar/696786 "2020-11-09T19:42:06Z")
Was John Belushi a hater of folk music? Did he hate the guys singing? What made it so bad? The music performance or just a shitty song? It’s actually supposed to be slow and cloying. I can’t think of a more irritati… --- ## [His Dark Materials season 2 (spoilery)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-season-2-spoilery/925161)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-season-2-spoilery/925161 "2020-11-09T18:00:49Z")
Started last night. First episode really dragged for the most part. --- ## [RIP Sean Connery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401)
**Author:** [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sean-connery/924401 "2020-11-09T16:10:58Z")
From the BBC: One of those actors I assumed would live forever… :cry: --- ## [Why isn't Mexican food more popular in Spain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-mexican-food-more-popular-in-spain/838149)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-mexican-food-more-popular-in-spain/838149 "2020-11-09T14:11:15Z")
I understand Spanish cooking is regional and uses local ingredients. And I’m very fond of tortilla espanola and most appetizers made from seafood, chorizo, peppers, olive oil, eggs, ham, figs, nuts, dough and saffron. … --- ## [Quibi shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quibi-shutting-down/923535)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quibi-shutting-down/923535 "2020-11-09T04:43:45Z")
$1.75 billion up in smoke in only 6 months Quibi streaming service shutting down after less than 1 year | Ars Technica --- ## [Little things you do to make home more pleasing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-you-do-to-make-home-more-pleasing/921624)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-you-do-to-make-home-more-pleasing/921624 "2020-11-09T02:59:30Z")
It could be anything. I put cooking oil in different bottles, the kind with the stopper on the hinge contraption. Vegetable oil goes in a large clear bottle, peanut oil goes in a smaller dark glass bottle and olive oil … --- ## [Just discovered amazing re-imagining of Hanna Barbera characters by DC Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-amazing-re-imagining-of-hanna-barbera-characters-by-dc-comics/924450)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-amazing-re-imagining-of-hanna-barbera-characters-by-dc-comics/924450 "2020-11-08T23:24:34Z")
I’m probably late to this, but I just came across this recent re-imaginings of Hanna-Barbera characters by DC Comics. I wonder if anyone else has read them and what they think, and, of course, I hope to get folks into it… --- ## [Alex Trebek dead at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-dead-at-80/925075)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-dead-at-80/925075 "2020-11-08T19:15:59Z")
Story. 6-12 months to live is a typical diagnosis. He wants to finish out the current Jeopardy season. A message from Alex Trebek --- ## [Alex Trebek diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-diagnosed-with-stage-4-pancreatic-cancer/830655)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-trebek-diagnosed-with-stage-4-pancreatic-cancer/830655 "2019-03-06T22:38:45Z")
Story. 6-12 months to live is a typical diagnosis. He wants to finish out the current Jeopardy season. A message from Alex Trebek --- ## [Two old Batman storylines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-old-batman-storylines/924988)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-old-batman-storylines/924988 "2020-11-08T14:27:26Z")
When I was a kid in the 1950s I would pore over my uncle’s stash of 1940s - 50s comics. I remember two scenes from Batman and wonder if anyone can place them. Batman and Robin are trapped in a silo with large (100lbs)… --- ## [Does this variant on the Superman story exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-variant-on-the-superman-story-exist/924683)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-variant-on-the-superman-story-exist/924683 "2020-11-07T15:56:12Z")
Superman’s story is pretty iconic, and so naturally there have been countless what-if variants on it. I’ve thought of what seems like a pretty obvious one, but I don’t know if it exists already. The basic framework is … --- ## [Geoffrey Palmer RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoffrey-palmer-rip/924929)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geoffrey-palmer-rip/924929 "2020-11-07T05:12:55Z")
Died yesterday in UK, aged 93. Many of us probably remember him as the alternately curmudgeonly, sensible, and sentimental Lionel Hardcastle in the Britcom “As Time Goes By.” I also remember him fondly for an earlier pro… --- ## [Johnny Depp loses 'wife beater' libel case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-depp-loses-wife-beater-libel-case/924534)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-depp-loses-wife-beater-libel-case/924534 "2020-11-06T22:07:59Z")
The judge said: “I have found that the great majority of alleged assaults of Ms Heard by Mr Depp have been proved to the civil standard.” He said that “a recurring theme in Mr Depp’s evidence was that Ms Heard had co… --- ## [Any good dreadful/paranormal novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-dreadful-paranormal-novels/924750)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-dreadful-paranormal-novels/924750 "2020-11-06T19:22:06Z")
Now, when I say “paranormal,” I don’t mean “creepy monster with no face jumpscare me and eat my thigh off.” I mean the type that fills you will uneasiness and dread. I’ve always been into creepy stuff like this on the in… --- ## [The Voice -- Fall 2020 Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-fall-2020-season-thread/924733)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-fall-2020-season-thread/924733 "2020-11-06T17:16:36Z")
Auditions are finished and the coaches have selected their teams. Covid restrictions made the experience pretty cold and sterile. :innocent: No studio audience and no contestant relatives. Carson still talks to the cont… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=375)