# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=429 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 430 --- ## [NaNoWriMo: Plague Edition.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanowrimo-plague-edition/850763)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanowrimo-plague-edition/850763 "2020-04-01T06:04:55Z")
NaNoWriMo, which usually commences November 1, is encouraging people to use their quarantine time to write. I had actually planned on doing so, but now I’ve signed up for the latest iteration. There’s nobody local to me … --- ## [Steven Universe: Intriguing beyond belief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-universe-intriguing-beyond-belief/716356)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 404\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steven-universe-intriguing-beyond-belief/716356 "2020-04-01T03:30:06Z")
I woke up Saturday morning with a cool gray rain falling outside and thought “Yeah I’m staying in bed.” I was channel surfing and came across a Cartoon Network mini-marathon of their show Steven Universe, and I couldn’t… --- ## [Help with song ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-id/850748)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-song-id/850748 "2020-04-01T00:05:38Z")
The song in the first part of this YouTube video. --- ## [American singer who sounds like Elvis Costello?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-singer-who-sounds-like-elvis-costello/847283)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-singer-who-sounds-like-elvis-costello/847283 "2020-03-31T22:18:36Z")
Heard him on XM the other day. I just remember he’s from Austin TX. He has a group with his name in it. I bet someone from Austin knows his name. --- ## [Reading Shakespeare in the time of coronavirus. Anyone interested in discussing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-shakespeare-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-anyone-interested-in-discussing/850590)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-shakespeare-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-anyone-interested-in-discussing/850590 "2020-03-31T20:10:07Z")
Our library shut down before I could restock, so I surveyed what I wanted to read/reread from my shelves. I decided upon a beautiful leatherbound Complete Works of Shakespeare. Back in college I read (I think) 23 of hi… --- ## [Toothpick in the mouth. A cinema trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothpick-in-the-mouth-a-cinema-trope/850606)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothpick-in-the-mouth-a-cinema-trope/850606 "2020-03-31T20:04:29Z")
When did a toothpick in the mouth become a thing in movies and TV. What was it trying to signify. That somehow it looks cool? I find it annoying to see an actor doing it on the screen. So a few questions What is the te… --- ## [Maple sap! a nice refreshing beverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maple-sap-a-nice-refreshing-beverage/850348)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maple-sap-a-nice-refreshing-beverage/850348 "2020-03-31T20:02:44Z")
The Mrs. and I began tapping a few of our maple trees a couple of years ago, to supply ourselves with a personal stock of maple syrup. it’s been a fun hobby for the both of us, and makes us popular with friends and neig… --- ## [Self Made - Netflix miniseries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-made-netflix-miniseries/850746)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-made-netflix-miniseries/850746 "2020-03-31T19:22:24Z")
Has anyone else checked this out yet? It’s based on the life of “Madam” C.J. Walker, a black entrepreneur who made a fortune making and selling products specifically for African Americans. It stars Octavia Spencer, who s… --- ## [My new funky tuba video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-funky-tuba-video/850366)
**Author:** [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-funky-tuba-video/850366 "2020-03-31T17:52:04Z")
I got a new tuba recently, as some of you may know. (previous thread) Then my gigs dried up. So, what’s a guy to do when he’s stuck in the house? Make a video, of course! In my previous thread, some folks asked if I wou… --- ## [Please add to my list of bands with 'deer" themed names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-to-my-list-of-bands-with-deer-themed-names/850507)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-add-to-my-list-of-bands-with-deer-themed-names/850507 "2020-03-31T11:39:43Z")
Deer Tick Deer Hoof Deerhunter The Deer Tracks The Antlers …and also attempt to explain why there are so many (somewhat current) bands that have deer-themed names. --- ## [Catching "The Blob" 1958 W/ Steve McQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-the-blob-1958-w-steve-mcqueen/850527)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Taggart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Taggart)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-the-blob-1958-w-steve-mcqueen/850527 "2020-03-31T05:39:14Z")
Cheesy and campy but I’m watching. Does keep you riveted. --- ## [Kingdom on Netflix - Korean Zombie show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingdom-on-netflix-korean-zombie-show/850708)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingdom-on-netflix-korean-zombie-show/850708 "2020-03-31T03:52:01Z")
During the quarantine/lockdown, my wife and I have watched all of Kingdom, a Korean show made by Netflix for Korea Netflix. Because Netflix made it, they also produced an English audio dub if you are interested, though t… --- ## [1950s TV advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-advertising/850624)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-advertising/850624 "2020-03-31T02:38:24Z")
For obvious reasons I’m having a lot of time at hand to watch Youtube clips these days, so I have seen a number of episodes of 1950s game shows, notably Grouhco Marx’ You Bet Your Life. It seems the business model of TV … --- ## [Rob Lowe - stroke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rob-lowe-stroke/832016 "2020-03-31T02:33:33Z")
I’ll admit I’m not much of a game show fan ( Jeopardy and the NEW match game excepted :)). Nor do I know that much about Rob Lowe but I do remember seeing him in a few shows. I don’t remember him having that Popeye mouth… --- ## [Another 'Identify this Film' — Texas, graduating HS students, tiny town, highway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-film-texas-graduating-hs-students-tiny-town-highway/850631)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-identify-this-film-texas-graduating-hs-students-tiny-town-highway/850631 "2020-03-31T01:58:32Z")
Four male students are graduating high school and constitute the school’s entire graduating class. It’s a very tiny town. They’re doing the equivalent of a graduation party: parked smack dab in the middle of the highw… --- ## [Somewhere in the darkness, the Gambler, he broke even (RIP Kenny Rogers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-in-the-darkness-the-gambler-he-broke-even-rip-kenny-rogers/849945)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somewhere-in-the-darkness-the-gambler-he-broke-even-rip-kenny-rogers/849945 "2020-03-31T01:47:21Z")
It’s a little buried in the news right now because of everything going on right now, but it’s come out tonight that Kenny Rogers is dead of natural causes at age 81. I can’t say I was ever a huge fan of his, but he was … --- ## [what to do with this iffy canned crabmeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-this-iffy-canned-crabmeat/850536)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-this-iffy-canned-crabmeat/850536 "2020-03-30T20:28:27Z")
I have been gifted with several cans of Ocean Prince canned ‘pink’ crab. I opened a can, it’s half water, not lump crab at all, the texture of coarse sawdust. It tastes ok, I guess. but what should I make with it? I… --- ## [American Books You've Liked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-books-youve-liked/850387)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-books-youve-liked/850387 "2020-03-30T20:19:25Z")
Someone mentioned in another thread that To Kill a Mockingbird is a Great American Novel. I’ll go along that’s it’s one of them. Here’re a few more I’d add Housekeeping, by Marilyn Robinson Anything by Mark Twain The … --- ## [Substitute brandy for cognac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-brandy-for-cognac/850367)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-brandy-for-cognac/850367 "2020-03-30T19:03:26Z")
I’ve mentioned we like Vieux Carré cocktails. I have rye, sweet vermouth, and Benedictine liqueur; but I have no cognac. Sauce is expensive here in Washington, but I can get 750 ml of Courvoisier at Bevmo! for $33 plus… --- ## [Paging BAKER (bread baking question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-baker-bread-baking-question/850519)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-baker-bread-baking-question/850519 "2020-03-30T18:43:02Z")
Flour has become impossible to find, and bread is also scarce. I’d like to make a yeast loaf or two, but don’t have enough all-purpose flour. Here’s what I do have: About 2 cups all-purpose flour About 3 pounds of self… --- ## [Do you know any propaganda children's books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-propaganda-childrens-books/302090)
**Author:** [@leroy\_the\_mule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leroy_the_mule)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-propaganda-childrens-books/302090 "2020-03-30T18:41:51Z")
Books written to indoctrinate children into some non-instinctive worldview. While buying books for our kids I have found two–one is called “Bread and Dew”, a collection of illustrated stories from communist Moldova in … --- ## [Idiosyncratic verging on neurotic things you do with your food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiosyncratic-verging-on-neurotic-things-you-do-with-your-food/849509)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiosyncratic-verging-on-neurotic-things-you-do-with-your-food/849509 "2020-03-30T18:34:33Z")
The pepperoni slices on a frozen pizza have to be spaced equally apart, so that when it’s cut up, there’ll be a close-to-equal amount of pep on each slice. To insure this I’ll not only rearrange the loose pep slices but … --- ## [Question about The Plague by Camus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-plague-by-camus/850395)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-plague-by-camus/850395 "2020-03-30T18:24:01Z")
With the current state of the world, I decided to dust off one of my favorite books, that I last read in school about 3 decades ago. I’m about 1/4 of the way through, and am curious about a statement made by the narrato… --- ## [Elton John and others in benefit concert tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-others-in-benefit-concert-tonight/850579)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-and-others-in-benefit-concert-tonight/850579 "2020-03-30T14:08:08Z")
9 PM on Fox network performing from homes --- ## [Another LOTR Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lotr-question/849893)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-lotr-question/849893 "2020-03-30T04:04:18Z")
I’m sure this has been asked already, so if you have a link, please direct me. How was Strider so easily able to dispatch 5 Black Riders (including the Witch King) on Weathertop? Basically, all he had was a sword and a… --- ## [Country Star Joe Diffie RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-star-joe-diffie-rip/850640)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-star-joe-diffie-rip/850640 "2020-03-30T03:01:43Z")
'90s country music star Joe Diffie has passed away due to complications from COVID-19. --- ## [Movies that confuse you as to the year it was made in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-confuse-you-as-to-the-year-it-was-made-in/850639)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-confuse-you-as-to-the-year-it-was-made-in/850639 "2020-03-30T02:28:51Z")
Its weird how our perception of what an actor should look like throws off our ability to figure out when a movie was made. Such as: Mississippi Burning. You’ve got Gene Hackman looking about how he should look, maybe a … --- ## [What song is your cell ringtone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-your-cell-ringtone/565792 "2020-03-30T01:29:25Z")
When I upgraded recently, I bought “Small Town” as my ringtone. --- ## [Harper Lee was a Bloom County fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-was-a-bloom-county-fan/850345)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-was-a-bloom-county-fan/850345 "2020-03-29T22:21:43Z")
She asked Berke Breathed to keep Opus around. He brought back Opus for 2 other strips, Outland and Opus. Maybe I will now read to kill a mockingbird since I have so much free time now. --- ## [Has isolation changed your music consumption?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-isolation-changed-your-music-consumption/850610)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-isolation-changed-your-music-consumption/850610 "2020-03-29T20:18:43Z")
I found this interesting article about radio in the coronavirus area. The article notes radio listenership is way up while streaming is way down. However, three genres have actually gained streams–children’s, folk, and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=430)