# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=410 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 411 --- ## [An OMFG Reaction Video to Edgar Winters Frankenstein Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omfg-reaction-video-to-edgar-winters-frankenstein-live/854953)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-omfg-reaction-video-to-edgar-winters-frankenstein-live/854953 "2020-06-03T02:41:26Z")
I really didnt think I would like this but it absolutely rocks. Edgar moves from instrument to instrument. The musicianship is off the charts. Why he wasnt a bigger star astonishes me. Amazing. --- ## [What style refrigerator do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-style-refrigerator-do-you-prefer/854764)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-style-refrigerator-do-you-prefer/854764 "2020-06-03T01:48:36Z")
We’ve had side-by-sides for most of the past 35 years. My wife always wanted a freezer in the bottom, mainly because she’s short. When we bought our house a year ago, the previous owner left a freezer on the bottom style… --- ## [I don't really like binge watching TV shows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-like-binge-watching-tv-shows/854577)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-really-like-binge-watching-tv-shows/854577 "2020-06-03T01:46:26Z")
It seems like the default viewing method nowadays, but I just don’t enjoy watching that much of one thing all at once. I get the appeal, if you like it, great. I like the occasional movie marathon, and I’m fine watching … --- ## [cheeseburgers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeseburgers/854837)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeseburgers/854837 "2020-06-03T01:37:57Z")
It’s after midnight and I want a cheddar cheeseburger on toasted bread with lettuce, tomato and mayo. But I am too weary to make it. A reason to get up in the morning. I might dream of this burger, and while I do not cu… --- ## ["AND WHAT IS SO RARE AS A DAY IN JUNE?" audio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-what-is-so-rare-as-a-day-in-june-audio/854875 "2020-06-03T00:00:37Z")
Can anyone find someone reading this poem on the internet somewhere? --- ## [Stupid little movies you love from the 90's-early 2000's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100 "2020-06-02T23:04:40Z")
Not even guilty pleasure…just love U-571. I don’t care about the historical complaints. No one said it wasn’t fiction. Fast-paced. Great cast. Subverts a lot of expectations as far as the cast goes. Passenger 57. I’m p… --- ## [Ok memorial weekend 1977 your at the movies which one would or did you see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-memorial-weekend-1977-your-at-the-movies-which-one-would-or-did-you-see/854395)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-memorial-weekend-1977-your-at-the-movies-which-one-would-or-did-you-see/854395 "2020-06-02T22:44:40Z")
here’s an article talking about a rare feat … this weekend saw two popular movies open at the theaters at the same time and the sales pitch to the theatre bookers and it attempts to dispel a few myths about a certain mov… --- ## [I tried "butter cheese" for the 1st time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-butter-cheese-for-the-1st-time/854367)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-butter-cheese-for-the-1st-time/854367 "2020-06-02T19:19:48Z")
What new snacks have you tried out for the 1st time lately? Dr. Q the M knows his cheese, so I expect that he’s familiar with what ze Germans refer to as “butterkase” (there should be an umlaut above the a there). It’s … --- ## [I Pit Money Heist Season Three (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-money-heist-season-three-spoilers/848042)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-money-heist-season-three-spoilers/848042 "2020-06-02T19:12:09Z")
First: I did like Parts 1 & 2 and most of Season 3 very much. It’s utter fantasy — but I like some kinds of fantasies. The plot is fun with much suspense. Some of the characters are almost like caricatures from a com… --- ## [Filthy Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filthy-rich/854834)
**Author:** [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filthy-rich/854834 "2020-06-02T13:07:25Z")
So, is anyone watching “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” on Netflix? --- ## [Necco Wafers make their triumphant return!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-make-their-triumphant-return/854791)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-make-their-triumphant-return/854791 "2020-06-02T12:58:13Z")
Story here. Another company is making the classic candy, and claiming the only change is to improve the flavor of the chocolate disks. I loved the chocolates, sometimes you could find whole rolls of the chocolate, I got… --- ## [FYI Star Trek TOS on Netflix has the Updated FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-star-trek-tos-on-netflix-has-the-updated-fx/854324)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-star-trek-tos-on-netflix-has-the-updated-fx/854324 "2020-06-02T05:10:49Z")
Maybe this was common knowledge and has been this way a long time (I only just noticed) but if you watch the original Star Trek on Netflix you can see the updated special effects that had previously only been available o… --- ## [Question re British salaries for head chefs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-british-salaries-for-head-chefs/854734)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-british-salaries-for-head-chefs/854734 "2020-06-02T02:28:46Z")
On Pluto TV, I stumbled across an episode of “Kitchen Nightmares,” the British version. I didn’t catch the date it was filmed, but Ramsay didn’t look all that much different from now. Anyway. At least four times durin… --- ## [Album titles that are puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-that-are-puns/854704)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/album-titles-that-are-puns/854704 "2020-06-02T01:57:11Z")
In the tribute album thread, Thudlow Boink helpfully posted a link to a wikipedia list, and I noticed that many of those albums have (mostly bad) puns as titles. The worst is the Jeff Lynne tribute album “Lynne Me Your E… --- ## [Cocktail guy part II, Sazerac secrets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktail-guy-part-ii-sazerac-secrets/854886)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktail-guy-part-ii-sazerac-secrets/854886 "2020-06-02T00:59:08Z")
So I posted a thread a couple weeks ago https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=896311 being in a position that making cocktails was going to be part of my future. Yada, Yada, Yada I was thinking about co… --- ## [Question about Wes Anderson's "Rushmore" (1998)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-wes-andersons-rushmore-1998/854874)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-wes-andersons-rushmore-1998/854874 "2020-06-01T22:23:15Z")
I recently re-watched Wes Anderson’s Rushmore (1998) featuring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, and Bill Murray — Rushmore (film) - Wikipedia I hadn’t seen it in a long time and quite enjoyed it. I was really astonis… --- ## [Anyone still use a film camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-use-a-film-camera/854738)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-use-a-film-camera/854738 "2020-06-01T22:21:09Z")
I was surprised Nikon still makes 2 film cameras, they are low end models. --- ## [funniest scenes on The Office, US version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scenes-on-the-office-us-version/854396)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-scenes-on-the-office-us-version/854396 "2020-06-01T20:41:06Z")
I watched the first few seasons when they originally aired, and I liked the show but I didn’t really laugh that much. I think one reason was the awkwardness of some of the scenes, but anyway I am watching again from the … --- ## [Lori Loughlin and husband plead guilty and get short prison stays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-loughlin-and-husband-plead-guilty-and-get-short-prison-stays/854241 "2020-06-01T14:09:56Z")
She gets 2 months, he gets 5. Plus fines and community service. --- ## [Needlepoint forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needlepoint-forums/588033)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needlepoint-forums/588033 "2020-06-01T09:20:52Z")
I’m getting back into needlepoint after years of being away. I can remember the basics–barely. Anyone know of any active needlepoint forums? I’m not ready to take a class so figured I would just hang out on a forum. --- ## [Help me remember this stupid movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-stupid-movie/854840)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-stupid-movie/854840 "2020-06-01T07:27:56Z")
It’s less than twenty years old, and it feels like I saw it on Disney Channel. The setting is a high school. The stupid detail that I recall involves the new basketball coach. His background is in Tour de France-style b… --- ## [How did Lorraines dad not know who John F. Kennedy was in Back To The Future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lorraines-dad-not-know-who-john-f-kennedy-was-in-back-to-the-future/854473)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-lorraines-dad-not-know-who-john-f-kennedy-was-in-back-to-the-future/854473 "2020-06-01T01:53:00Z")
I know he was just a state senator at this point but wasn’t his Medal Of Honor PT-109 incident fairly well known even before his Presidential campaign? --- ## [Best fast food hamburgers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-hamburgers/412382)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fast-food-hamburgers/412382 "2020-06-01T01:42:10Z")
I’m talking national, or at least large regional chains here. No local or small regional chains. BK/McD/Hardees/CJ/Wendys etc… I would have to say Hardees/CJ has the best burgers in the biz. They are so tasty and the… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2020-edition/852990)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2020-edition/852990 "2020-06-01T01:34:50Z")
May first! Here we are …reading in quarantine. For those of you who are essential workers, please continue to take care of yourselves and even though the government and your employers don’t appreciate you, those of us in… --- ## [Fred Willard now the late Fred Willard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-now-the-late-fred-willard/853938)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-now-the-late-fred-willard/853938 "2020-05-31T23:19:12Z")
He was 86. Quite a career. --- ## [Help me identify this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/854807)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/854807 "2020-05-31T20:30:19Z")
It was the introduction music to a segment on KSFO radio in San Francisco in the 70s. The lyrics went: “There are many ways to say hello my friend It’s easy as ABC Hello my friend Bonjour mon ami (Cockney accent) H… --- ## [Which Train do you Take? (Gotta read the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-train-do-you-take-gotta-read-the-op/854443)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-train-do-you-take-gotta-read-the-op/854443 "2020-05-31T19:57:13Z")
Mankind has achieved eternal peace and harmony, all of us brothers, imagining no countries (or religions, too). It was touch and go there for a while, but we did it, ladies and gents! World peace is at hand! However, yo… --- ## [Watchmen (comic books series) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-comic-books-series-question/854694)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-comic-books-series-question/854694 "2020-05-31T19:29:07Z")
Was it ever explained in the comic book series why Rorschach investigated Edward Blake’s murder? If I recall correctly, he didn’t know Blake was the Comedian until he found it out during the course of his investigation.… --- ## [One-won split in English accents/dialects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-won-split-in-english-accents-dialects/854759)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-won-split-in-english-accents-dialects/854759 "2020-05-31T19:02:13Z")
This Twitter post displays six maps of Great Britain (and portions of Ireland) showing the geographical distribution of six vowel splits/mergers. Five of them I’m familiar with (pour-poor, book-spook, spa-spar, put-but, … --- ## [How does one wash broccoli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-wash-broccoli/854518)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-wash-broccoli/854518 "2020-05-31T18:19:59Z")
The diligent Cafe Society reader has taken note, of course, of my thread this morning on the subject of cooking stuff in a slow cooker. As I write this, this a work in progress. This leads to a tangential matter: In a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=409) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=411)