# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=385 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 386 --- ## [Darwyn Cooke (comics) Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwyn-cooke-comics-q/921318)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darwyn-cooke-comics-q/921318 "2020-09-23T15:05:25Z")
There’s a dimly-remembered story about the late Darwyn Cooke, the wonderful cartoonist responsible for DC’s “New Frontier” some years back, punching out a Marvel editor and getting blackballed from ever working there aga… --- ## [Several Questions About Your Musical Preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-about-your-musical-preferences/921197)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-questions-about-your-musical-preferences/921197 "2020-09-23T11:34:46Z")
So, this evening, while making a very simple dinner for Vaderling and myself, I found myself in the mood for instrumental jazz. So, that’s what I put on spotify, just some playlist that came up first on search. Now, I … --- ## [My new favorite vegetable: kabocha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-vegetable-kabocha/921280)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-vegetable-kabocha/921280 "2020-09-23T11:28:52Z")
It is also called “Japanese squash” and here in Hawai’i it is known as “Hawaiian squash.” It’s a winter-type squash with green skin and orange flesh. You can eat the skin, so it’s quite easy to prepare - just cut up, sc… --- ## [Frozen custard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-custard/921033)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-custard/921033 "2020-09-23T00:51:40Z")
what puzzles me is that whatever city I’m in, frozen custard stands are only open during summer, while ice cream stands/stores are open all year round, why? --- ## [Your favorite villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-villains/919841)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-villains/919841 "2020-09-22T21:30:05Z")
Khan from Star Trek Wrath of Khan. The Skeksis from the Dark Crystal. --- ## [In praise of Aldi’s Grocery Stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-aldi-s-grocery-stores/920578)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-aldi-s-grocery-stores/920578 "2020-09-22T21:25:32Z")
In the Pit Aldi’s came up, I want to say I enjoy shopping there. Most of their products are Of good quality. Eggs are cheap and dairy, imported cheeses. Their branded products are a good buy. They carry a chocolate chi… --- ## [Tom Hardy rumored to have been selected as new 007 - James Bond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-hardy-rumored-to-have-been-selected-as-new-007-james-bond/921165 "2020-09-22T19:19:27Z")
Hardy is one of my favorite current actors. I think he will continue the edgy Bond, and stay away from the campy Bond. --- ## [eighties fonts + design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eighties-fonts-design/106830)
**Author:** [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eighties-fonts-design/106830 "2020-09-22T18:59:17Z")
i’ve discovered the need to make an 80s music compilation cd for myself, which i’ve entitled punky brewster’s breakfast club is saved by the bell, because i like long titles. i’ve finished the tracklist, and it’s a nice … --- ## [Cracker Barrell sells alcohol now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrell-sells-alcohol-now/921027)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrell-sells-alcohol-now/921027 "2020-09-22T16:37:50Z")
I think they are popular with non drinking Christians. Maybe they lose sales. --- ## [Rank all the Star Trek movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-all-the-star-trek-movies/921179)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-all-the-star-trek-movies/921179 "2020-09-22T16:35:31Z")
I did. Wrath of Khan This is a cliched choice, and in many respects Wrath of Khan isn’t many of the things I like Star Trek to be. It’s violent, and doesn’t have a lot of ethical dilemmas. However, it has a near per… --- ## [WandaVision new Marvel / Disney trailer drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandavision-new-marvel-disney-trailer-drops/921112)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wandavision-new-marvel-disney-trailer-drops/921112 "2020-09-22T14:23:59Z")
It’s hard to make out what the plot is, but it looks pretty cool. :slight\_smile: They’re doing a good job replicating 50s/60s television shows. --- ## [Schitt's Creek sweeps the Emmy Awards for comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek-sweeps-the-emmy-awards-for-comedy/921164)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek-sweeps-the-emmy-awards-for-comedy/921164 "2020-09-22T04:25:02Z")
So yesterday, Schitt’s Creek won, I believe, every award for comedy at the Emmy Awards (best comedy, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, etc.). So what, if anything, does this mean? … --- ## [Looking for books by Merlyn Belanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-books-by-merlyn-belanger/921054)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-books-by-merlyn-belanger/921054 "2020-09-22T00:46:49Z")
I am looking for books by Merlyn (Mel) Belanger. They are: Retrospect and Prospect Letters to Billy-O Ah, Sweet Mystery The Man Who Invented Christianity \* As far as I know these are the only books he wrote, and I… --- ## [Nothing new in American art/culture since 1980?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-new-in-american-art-culture-since-1980/920377)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-new-in-american-art-culture-since-1980/920377 "2020-09-21T20:14:26Z")
I am reading “Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History,” by Kurt Andersen – Amazon.com. It is mainly about what the author calls “political economy” (“the economy is weather, the political economy is cli… --- ## [do you have catch phrases, song lyrics, movie quotes you cannot not say when certain things happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-catch-phrases-song-lyrics-movie-quotes-you-cannot-not-say-when-certain-things-happen/846974 "2020-09-21T19:46:10Z")
Examples- I’ll start with one from the comedian who can no longer be named, about an operation and the patient is under general anesthia, and the doctor says “Ooops!” And the patient says “What did you say!?” Every time… --- ## [Connection between alcohol and sugar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connection-between-alcohol-and-sugar/920982)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connection-between-alcohol-and-sugar/920982 "2020-09-21T17:44:48Z")
In his famous 1940s essay on “British Cookery” – British Cookery | The Orwell Foundation – George Orwell wrote, regarding the unusual presence of sugar in British cuisine: “Part of the trouble is that alcohol, even beer… --- ## [TV shows starting to air post shutdowns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111 "2020-09-21T17:37:15Z")
TV shows are starting to produce and air again. For the most part, it looks like reality/game show stuff right now but a few regular shows are shooting. Friday I checked out the soap opera that has started airing these… --- ## [Why do some streaming movie services not always have movie trailers even though the trailers exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-streaming-movie-services-not-always-have-movie-trailers-even-though-the-trailers-exist/921147)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-streaming-movie-services-not-always-have-movie-trailers-even-though-the-trailers-exist/921147 "2020-09-21T14:33:09Z")
One thing I find frustrating about services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO is that they don’t always have the trailers available for the movies. This is both for their own content and regular studio content. Sometimes they… --- ## [Animated shows where the characters change outfits regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-shows-where-the-characters-change-outfits-regularly/514286)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-shows-where-the-characters-change-outfits-regularly/514286 "2020-09-21T05:06:50Z")
Are there any animated TV shows where the characters wear different clothes, instead of the same outfit each day? I can’t think of any! Well, in terms of webcomics, Questionable Content does feature the characters in dif… --- ## [Toots Hibbert dead at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toots-hibbert-dead-at-77/920417)
**Author:** [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toots-hibbert-dead-at-77/920417 "2020-09-20T23:19:21Z")
The great Toots Hibbert of the legendary Toots and the Maytals has died at 77. \[Gave Reggae its name.\](BBC News - Toots Hibbert: Jamaican reggae legend dies aged 77 Toots Hibbert: Jamaican reggae legend dies aged 77 - B… --- ## [Comics I Don't Understand - Bill Bickel RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-i-dont-understand-bill-bickel-rip/921046)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-i-dont-understand-bill-bickel-rip/921046 "2020-09-20T22:34:11Z")
Sad news for any followers of the CIDU blog. The blogger Bill Bickel has died suddenly, aged 65. I think I learned about CIDU from the SDMB. Certainly it has been mentioned here a few times. The CIDU blog was a disc… --- ## [Does art really have any effect on society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-art-really-have-any-effect-on-society/920797)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-art-really-have-any-effect-on-society/920797 "2020-09-20T22:11:15Z")
E.g., does the mainstreaming of black music do anything to heal racism? Or is any socially relevant content in art a symptom, rather than a cause, of social change? --- ## [Yet another "help ID the story "request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-help-id-the-story-request/921052)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-help-id-the-story-request/921052 "2020-09-20T20:14:13Z")
When I was in grade school, in the mid-1960’s, I used to love buying books at the school book fairs. There was a fantasy, or sci-fi story I remember part of, but of course no title or author. It would be amusing to rea… --- ## [I honestly think I’m additive to Twizzlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-honestly-think-i-m-additive-to-twizzlers/920800)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-honestly-think-i-m-additive-to-twizzlers/920800 "2020-09-20T19:30:31Z")
I buy them by the pound. Have only six delicious strands a day…but Jones for them at night. No Red Vines for me! --- ## [A mysterious book (The Whispering Muse, by Sjón)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-book-the-whispering-muse-by-sjon/921051)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-book-the-whispering-muse-by-sjon/921051 "2020-09-20T15:32:53Z")
while perusing the mixed media library in my home (books on top, videos on the bottom half, a smattering of video games at the very bottom) in one prong of a multifront effort to pry the vaderling away from xbox and yout… --- ## [Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah: Am I missing something? (Redditor's interpretation vs. my interpretation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohens-hallelujah-am-i-missing-something-redditors-interpretation-vs-my-interpretation/919294)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonard-cohens-hallelujah-am-i-missing-something-redditors-interpretation-vs-my-interpretation/919294 "2020-09-20T14:32:48Z")
Despite the title I am just going to post the link to the comment section about Cohen’s estate refusing to let the RNC use it in their convention. That is only the source, this post is NOT about politics. My opinion is… --- ## [Allie Brosh (Hyperbole and a Half) is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allie-brosh-hyperbole-and-a-half-is-back/921019)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allie-brosh-hyperbole-and-a-half-is-back/921019 "2020-09-20T05:36:15Z")
Allie Brosh, whose illustrations you’d probably recognize even if you don’t know her name, is back with a new book and an article in the New Yorker. She’s got horses now! Also kids, and possibly one more dog than before.… --- ## [The remainder of 2020 shall be Peepless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-remainder-of-2020-shall-be-peepless/920465 "2020-09-20T03:20:58Z")
--- ## [Don't never let nobody make a movie of your Book's Story -- Winston Groom dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-never-let-nobody-make-a-movie-of-your-books-story-winston-groom-dies/920938)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-never-let-nobody-make-a-movie-of-your-books-story-winston-groom-dies/920938 "2020-09-19T22:07:57Z")
The author of the novel Forrest Gump, from which the movie was liberally adapted, died at the age of 77 He started out his sequel, Gump and Company, with the lines. I have to admit, I’ve never read either book, but … --- ## [The melodic and rhythmic structure of ambulance/police sirens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-melodic-and-rhythmic-structure-of-ambulance-police-sirens/921013)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-melodic-and-rhythmic-structure-of-ambulance-police-sirens/921013 "2020-09-19T21:13:45Z")
So how much musical design / composition goes into the creation of those annoying “rooOooOooooo… wah wah wah wah… roooOooooooooo WaaOAO WAAoooWAooo waaooooo” sirens? Is there some composer sitting down and thinking, “OK,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=386)