# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=423 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 424 --- ## [Christian comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-comedy/852088)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-comedy/852088 "2020-04-20T20:52:03Z")
Christian comedy is a subgenre of comedy where the material presented is aimed towards a Christian audience. The performances are typically held on church grounds or at off-site, church-sponsored venues. Had no idea thi… --- ## [OK, talk at me about about breadmakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-talk-at-me-about-about-breadmakers/852162)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-talk-at-me-about-about-breadmakers/852162 "2020-04-20T18:43:47Z")
So my 19 year old is home from college. Has been for a month. Is finishing up her online finals next week. Her birthday is in two weeks and I’m thinking breadmaker. She’s expressed interest in such in the past and al… --- ## [Need wine making recommdations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-wine-making-recommdations/852197)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-wine-making-recommdations/852197 "2020-04-20T17:34:43Z")
I have misplaced a couple of books I used to have about making wine. There are, I assume, a lot of online sites, but if any Dopers can recommend any of them, I’d appreciate it. I always like “recipe” sites I’ve gotten … --- ## [Medical dramas in the age of Corvid19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dramas-in-the-age-of-corvid19/852124)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dramas-in-the-age-of-corvid19/852124 "2020-04-20T14:35:12Z")
I got to wondering how medical drama will or won’t include the new reality of the current pandemic in their shows? There are obvious plot lines to use about Corona expose/patients/ventilator shortage and so forth, but w… --- ## [Arrowverse returns April 21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrowverse-returns-april-21/852182)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrowverse-returns-april-21/852182 "2020-04-20T13:01:04Z")
Just a heads-up that the Arrowverse shows resume airing, after this coronavirus-induced hiatus, on April 21. The Flash - April 21 Legends of Tomorrow - April 21 Batwoman - April 26 Supergirl - May 3 In addition, Sta… --- ## [Covid 19 benefit concert on April 18th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-benefit-concert-on-april-18th/851267 "2020-04-20T03:52:46Z")
Hosted by Fallon and Kimmel and Colbert On CBS, ABC, NBC networks plus streaming sites . Performers listed on the link. Global Citizen announces One World: Together At Home benefit | CNN --- ## [The most unerotic kiss in movie history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unerotic-kiss-in-movie-history/852149)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-unerotic-kiss-in-movie-history/852149 "2020-04-20T02:26:39Z")
It’s a late Sunday night in times of corona, I’m listening to the new Pearl Jam album (not their best) and watch TV with one eye. So I caught the last 20 minutes of Red Sonja, a very cheesy typical 80s action vehicle for… --- ## [What spices would you add to boring pasta sauce from a jar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-spices-would-you-add-to-boring-pasta-sauce-from-a-jar/851957)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-spices-would-you-add-to-boring-pasta-sauce-from-a-jar/851957 "2020-04-19T23:43:34Z")
I’ve got quite a bit of pasta and jarred pasta sauce from Whole Foods to eat over the next month or so. I’ll definitely add crushed red peppers to the pasta sauce when I heat it up, what else would you suggest? Basil? Or… --- ## [Latinitas non canina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinitas-non-canina/852125)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latinitas-non-canina/852125 "2020-04-19T20:13:33Z")
So, Harry Potter has “Petrificus Totalus” and ilk (according to Tv Tropes, this is popular for exotic-sounding magical or scientific terminology). From the Warhammer thread there are “Adepti Astartes”, one Liber Medicina… --- ## [The Voice US Season 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-us-season-15/821613)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-us-season-15/821613 "2018-12-20T19:34:02Z")
I haven’t been paying much attention to The Voice lately. This video clip caught my eye. This is a preview of the season that starts on Sept. 24, 2018. This is a clip of a 13 year old girl who is so good, I’m not sur… --- ## [Nat King Cole 44-track CD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nat-king-cole-44-track-cd/852131)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nat-king-cole-44-track-cd/852131 "2020-04-19T17:46:10Z")
Looking for name and i.d. details of 44-track Nat King Cole CD on YouTube with duration of 2:08:28 Translation and language, please? Probably says Nat King Cole. แนท คิง โคล --- ## [Questions about To Kill a Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-to-kill-a-mockingbird/528255)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-to-kill-a-mockingbird/528255 "2020-04-19T15:29:36Z")
In chapter 26, when Cecil Jacobs is presenting on Hitler, he says the following: “. . .old Adolf Hitler has been after the Jews and he’s puttin’ 'em in prisons and he’s taking away all their porperty and he won’t let an… --- ## [Where have you eaten out since the lockdown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-eaten-out-since-the-lockdown/851936)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-eaten-out-since-the-lockdown/851936 "2020-04-19T10:57:17Z")
So outside of home cooking and grocery/convenience stores, where have you eaten since your area got stay-at-home orders? And how often? –Local places The Spar and It’s Greek to Me –Subway, because I got gifted a card … --- ## [Seeking movie recommendations - lighthearted (but not stupid/juvenile)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-movie-recommendations-lighthearted-but-not-stupid-juvenile/850733)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-movie-recommendations-lighthearted-but-not-stupid-juvenile/850733 "2020-04-19T09:58:52Z")
In other words, quality movies with no heavy themes. Profanity ok if not gratuitous. No restriction on year released. No sci-fi, heavy drama, horror, juvenile comedies. Animated ok. Black and white ok. Not “Pandemic”, … --- ## [“Devs” on FX on Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devs-on-fx-on-hulu/849950)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devs-on-fx-on-hulu/849950 "2020-04-19T04:34:44Z")
Is anyone watching this? I was surprised to find no thread about it because it seems perfect for this board. I guess it’s kind of niche, since it’s not even on the FX cable channel but only on their new imprint within Hu… --- ## [Cliffhangers resolved by character falling off the cliff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliffhangers-resolved-by-character-falling-off-the-cliff/852054)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliffhangers-resolved-by-character-falling-off-the-cliff/852054 "2020-04-19T04:04:49Z")
Any good examples of cliffhangers where one of the main characters is left in a a tight almost inescapable situation at the end of the episode/season, leaving viewers to think “How’s he going to escape this”, the answer … --- ## [Food left out for ten hours. :( What can I salvage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-left-out-for-ten-hours-what-can-i-salvage/499879)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-left-out-for-ten-hours-what-can-i-salvage/499879 "2020-04-19T01:19:36Z")
I made pasta (rotini) and sauce (separately, thank God) for supper tonight, then promptly left both pots on the stove (which was off) for ten hours, almost literally jumping out of bed to slam them in the fridge when the… --- ## [It had to happen (Corona Movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-had-to-happen-corona-movie/852093)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-had-to-happen-corona-movie/852093 "2020-04-19T01:01:00Z")
And to get it out this quickly, it has to be bad satire. No. I haven’t seen it, so enter at your own risk. Corona Zombies Trailer --- ## [Explain "You're Going to Lose That Girl" to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-youre-going-to-lose-that-girl-to-me/852071)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-youre-going-to-lose-that-girl-to-me/852071 "2020-04-18T23:25:53Z")
I’m not talking about the title when the lyrics clearly say “You’re gonna lose that girl”. My question is what is the singer’s motivation. He addressing the song to somebody he knows and telling him that he’s at risk of… --- ## [Quarantuba!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantuba/852069)
**Author:** [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantuba/852069 "2020-04-18T22:06:40Z")
That’s right, another self indulgent thread about tubas from Jumpbass. I figured folks need a bit of levity not related to The Big Sick, so I’m continuing making weird tuba videos. Y’all seemed to like my rendition of Fu… --- ## [John Prine in critical condition \[EDIT: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-in-critical-condition-edit-rip/850627 "2020-04-18T20:48:09Z")
It was posted on his Facebook page by his family. He was hospitalized on 3/26, has been intubated and is in critical condition. They said that he had a sudden onset of conditions. --- ## [RIP Gene Deitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gene-deitch/852066)
**Author:** [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gene-deitch/852066 "2020-04-18T18:21:39Z")
I grew up on many of his cartoons, not realizing they had any connection to each other due to the many styles he adopted for them, particularly with the Weston Woods children’s books adaptations where he faithful repl… --- ## [Rewatched 1917: discouraged at what passes for great movies these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290 "2020-04-18T16:29:39Z")
I watched a screener for 1917 a couple months back. I was distracted by the editing gimmick, and disappointed Hollywood/mainstream movies’ continuing inability–refusal?–to make a big budget war movie that isn’t pro-war p… --- ## [Can anyone help identify this comic book from the early-mid 1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-identify-this-comic-book-from-the-early-mid-1970s/852055)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-identify-this-comic-book-from-the-early-mid-1970s/852055 "2020-04-18T15:28:31Z")
Some time during the period 1974-1977, my parents went on a trip to Europe, and one of the souvenirs they came back with for me was a comic book. I’ve been trying to do searches online to see if I can identify the issue/… --- ## [What's the worst song ever that reached #1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-song-ever-that-reached-1/851170)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-song-ever-that-reached-1/851170 "2020-04-18T13:19:41Z")
Just as the thread title suggests, what is the worst song of all time that hit #1 on a Billboard chart or its equivalent in your country? You’re not allowed to say “Macarthur Park,” the disco version of which did reach #… --- ## [Vale Matthew Seligman \[RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vale-matthew-seligman-rip/852040)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vale-matthew-seligman-rip/852040 "2020-04-18T13:19:26Z")
Amazing Soft Boys bass player but he did heaps afterwards too. Great player through punk and whatever, just always sounding good. Holds together the insects hatching out from under the skin: --- ## [Oh, hell. Jazz great Lee Konitz, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hell-jazz-great-lee-konitz-rip/851992)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hell-jazz-great-lee-konitz-rip/851992 "2020-04-18T02:10:19Z")
Dead at 92 of the ‘rona. The last remaining member of the groundbreaking 1949 Miles Davis “Birth of the Cool” Nonet, member of the Lennie Tristano Sextet, and bandleader in his own right. --- ## [The Mandela Effect and Geena Davis in a Green Bikini](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-and-geena-davis-in-a-green-bikini/850179)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mandela-effect-and-geena-davis-in-a-green-bikini/850179 "2020-04-17T21:19:33Z")
So late one night over the past weekend I was looking for something fluffy and innocuous to watch to take my mind off current events, and Amazon Prime had “Earth Girls are Easy” in their recommended movies. I’ve been on … --- ## [Authors who write themselves into the book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-write-themselves-into-the-book/851854)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-who-write-themselves-into-the-book/851854 "2020-04-17T19:12:17Z")
The late Clive Cussler did this a lot. At first he just described the character, or gave his “CC” initials, but eventually he outright named himself. His character always came out of nowhere – a sort of \* Cussler ex mach… --- ## [Dill Pickle Sour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dill-pickle-sour/851961)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dill-pickle-sour/851961 "2020-04-17T16:59:51Z")
I finished off a bottle of dill pickles and, staring at a bottle of the pickle-juice left behind, googled and found recipe for dill pickle sours. 3 oz bourbon, 1 oz pickle juice from the dill pickle jar, juice of 1/2 le… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=424)