# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=433 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 434 --- ## [Rest in Peace Genesis P-Orridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-genesis-p-orridge/849519)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-genesis-p-orridge/849519 "2020-03-17T15:25:58Z")
Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV frontman Genesis P-Orridgehas died at age 70. My innocent self was exposed to this music in 1979 and it changed my outlook on what I wanted to hear going forward. The music was raw, sexua… --- ## [I want to learn drumming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-drumming/846644)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-learn-drumming/846644 "2020-03-17T15:01:20Z")
I’ve been thinking about trying to learn drumming. I don’t want a full drum kit in my house, both because of the space it takes and because of the volume of the sound it produces (I have some hearing loss and try to prot… --- ## [Forgot the #$%& bacon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-the-bacon/849601)
**Author:** [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgot-the-bacon/849601 "2020-03-17T13:23:06Z")
We got our first huge grocery delivery on Friday (since self-quantining for a week) and we were disappointed with what was left out or substituted. So we donned our best gloves and masks (quickly discarded when faced wit… --- ## [Test Your Musical IQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-musical-iq/848279)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-your-musical-iq/848279 "2020-03-17T10:08:10Z")
Mine is 89. :eek: --- ## [Animations: prince, talking pig, magic monkey...and..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animations-prince-talking-pig-magic-monkey-and/750390)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animations-prince-talking-pig-magic-monkey-and/750390 "2020-03-17T03:06:25Z")
I was watching terribly late/early tv this morning and some strange dramatic cartoon was on. I just watched part of it because it was just too odd and uncomfortable for me. Ther was a prince on horseback with his three … --- ## [What cartoon character had this speech impediment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-character-had-this-speech-impediment/849544)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-character-had-this-speech-impediment/849544 "2020-03-17T00:53:49Z")
Help me out Gen X’ers. I was remembering Yosemite Sam as always whistling his "S"s but I can’t find a single example\* of it. What cartoon character had this speech impediment? It’s not a lisp,like Sylvester, it’s a whis… --- ## [What would be the better way to prepare / store 16 oz. of ground meat? See OP for details.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-better-way-to-prepare-store-16-oz-of-ground-meat-see-op-for-details/849485)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-better-way-to-prepare-store-16-oz-of-ground-meat-see-op-for-details/849485 "2020-03-17T00:39:39Z")
So I have a 16 oz. package of ground bison. My plan is to make 4 oz. hamburger patties and have one a day for the next four days. Would I be better off cooking one today and freezing the other 12 ounces in 3 separate c… --- ## [Was Rod Serling scientifically illiterate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-rod-serling-scientifically-illiterate/849212)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-rod-serling-scientifically-illiterate/849212 "2020-03-16T21:59:05Z")
…or did he just figure that it would be easier to simply presume his audience was? I’m currently binging The Twilight Zone on Netflix. In some of the episodes, we’ve got astronauts who land (or crash-land) on what they … --- ## [Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" to be made into a series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lev-grossmans-the-magicians-to-be-made-into-a-series/599968)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lev-grossmans-the-magicians-to-be-made-into-a-series/599968 "2020-03-16T21:17:19Z")
I guess Fox has optioned his books into a 1-hour television series. I think a series for the book would be better than a movie. I’m just hoping it doesn’t get the Firefly treatment. --- ## [I guess it's time for Flu Songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-its-time-for-flu-songs/849455)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-its-time-for-flu-songs/849455 "2020-03-16T18:43:57Z")
Songwriters don’t often wax poetic about pandemics and epidemics, but surely there must be a few. The first that comes to mind is Waitress by Live: We all get the flu We all get AIDS We’ve got to stick together, afte… --- ## [Spring is sproinging – planting thoughts for a new year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-sproinging-planting-thoughts-for-a-new-year/849126)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-is-sproinging-planting-thoughts-for-a-new-year/849126 "2020-03-16T16:23:05Z")
I’ve been needing to think of happier things lately, so I was delighted to swing by the local Home Depot today and see spring planting stuff being stocked in legion. For the last couple years, I’ve had a plant called Mi… --- ## [When Meaning is Lost in Alternate Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-meaning-is-lost-in-alternate-titles/839724)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-meaning-is-lost-in-alternate-titles/839724 "2020-03-16T15:44:51Z")
So, for the second time (that I can recall readily) I’ve watched a British film based on a British novel of the same name, released in the US under an alternate title that completely removes all subtext, leaving it devoi… --- ## [Do you like the Rutles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-rutles/849385 "2020-03-16T15:13:02Z")
The Beatles parody movie from the 70s? --- ## [Harmonica sounds bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonica-sounds-bad/844143)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonica-sounds-bad/844143 "2019-11-30T03:17:29Z")
Sometimes, my harmonica will be out of tune, and I won’t be able to make a sound, no matter how hard I blow. Then, it’ll go back to sounding fine. Is there something wrong with my harmonica? --- ## [Museum Virtual Tours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536 "2020-03-16T01:20:59Z")
If you like museums, and don’t already have enough online content, this article has links to 12 museums that offer virtual tours. I have really been enjoying the Rijksmuseum so far. --- ## [Sawyer Sweeten, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ star, dead at 19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawyer-sweeten-everybody-loves-raymond-star-dead-at-19/718417)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawyer-sweeten-everybody-loves-raymond-star-dead-at-19/718417 "2020-03-16T00:25:13Z")
One of the twin boys from the show. Suicide. If you recall the show, the twins were featured and so was their real sister. --- ## [buttering corn on the cob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob/849326)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buttering-corn-on-the-cob/849326 "2020-03-15T20:41:22Z")
for all of my life, whenever my family had a meal that one of our sides was corn on the cob, we buttered our corn with a slice of bread with butter loaded up on it that you held cupped in your hand and spun the cob aro… --- ## [Favorite Books on Directors, Actors, Etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-books-on-directors-actors-etc/848833)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-books-on-directors-actors-etc/848833 "2020-03-15T18:06:18Z")
I love biographies, but I really love autobiographies, because its (hopefully) coming from the source, even if they might leave out a few details. Or a book about Hollywood, or the movie-making process… I just bought on… --- ## [In Plutarch's Lives, what are the sections/paragraphs/chapters called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-plutarchs-lives-what-are-the-sections-paragraphs-chapters-called/849533)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-plutarchs-lives-what-are-the-sections-paragraphs-chapters-called/849533 "2020-03-15T16:45:42Z")
Since today is the Ides of March, I like to quote Plutarch (since he predates Shakespeare) The text is available here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14140/14140-0.txt The Paragraph dealing with the ides is numbered LX… --- ## [Teena Marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teena-marie/848717)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teena-marie/848717 "2020-03-15T08:18:49Z")
I find myself wanting to understand about Teena Marie. To ponder the implications of her life and oeuvre for race relations in America. But first, a question: Without looking her up, how many of you know who Teena Marie… --- ## [Ever know a Deadhead that only listened to the Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-deadhead-that-only-listened-to-the-dead/849349)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-deadhead-that-only-listened-to-the-dead/849349 "2020-03-15T06:34:31Z")
Was remembering some of the interesting people I roomed with while doing campaign work after college. There was one guy who only listened to the Grateful Dead and it was nonstop, 7 am and I’m wanting coffee and not wanti… --- ## [To share: fun drummer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-share-fun-drummer/849120)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-share-fun-drummer/849120 "2020-03-15T02:21:03Z")
Pink, Pokemonish monster laying down the grooves. DISCLAIMER: kit does not get “destroyed” - just hyperbole. Gets played hard, though, especially starting around 33 second mark - gets cookin! --- ## ["We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/849499)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-badges/849499 "2020-03-15T01:31:27Z")
How did this become so popular? Was it “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”, or was it all the movies that came after that referenced it, usually through parody? --- ## [Walk of Life by Dire Straits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-life-by-dire-straits/849287)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-of-life-by-dire-straits/849287 "2020-03-15T00:05:04Z")
A very catchy song completely dis served by the sports footage based music video. I understand that it’s about street musicians, and a lot of the lyrics are referencing songs commonly played by buskers. But WTF is “I g… --- ## [Hulu's "High Fidelity" series starring Zoe Kravitz, Season 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulus-high-fidelity-series-starring-zoe-kravitz-season-1/849421)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulus-high-fidelity-series-starring-zoe-kravitz-season-1/849421 "2020-03-14T20:20:35Z")
“High Fidelity” is one of my all-time favorite novels and the 2000 film (with John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jack Black, Todd Louiso, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lisa Bonet, Lili Taylor, and Tim Robbins) is also one of my favorite … --- ## [We're Here Because We're Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-here-because-were-here/849432)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-here-because-were-here/849432 "2020-03-14T18:02:07Z")
I’m trying to remember what movie/show this is from. A character (a clown?) is singing We’re Here Because We’re Here. He realises it’s inappropriate (or something) and sort of trails it off. Like: ♫ \*We’re here becau… --- ## [Amazing Race has a detour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-has-a-detour/849405 "2020-03-14T16:51:59Z")
Variety states that Amazing Race suspended the race after 3 legs due to Covid-19. StG --- ## [When Were Headbands Last In Style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-were-headbands-last-in-style/734492)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-were-headbands-last-in-style/734492 "2020-03-14T14:44:48Z")
Jor-El (Krypton) wore them… so did Wonder Woman. Has any fashion designer ever used them? Aside from some Southwestern USA Indian tribes, i haven’t seen them on anyone. A cool look that deserves to come back --- ## [LOTR: How powerful was Gandalf...and why didn't he flex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-how-powerful-was-gandalf-and-why-didnt-he-flex/849048)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-how-powerful-was-gandalf-and-why-didnt-he-flex/849048 "2020-03-14T13:42:45Z")
I get that Gandalf was trying to hold back and let the peoples of Middle Earth sort out their own stuff. An enlightened position. As such we rarely see Gandalf strut his stuff and see him go full-on beast mode. The on… --- ## [Ford v Ferrari -- I haven't seen it yet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ford-v-ferrari-i-havent-seen-it-yet/843192 "2020-03-14T12:56:55Z")
But it’s a bullseye in my wheelhouse. Spoiler: The good news is that THERE IS NO CGI! It’s real cars making really loud noises and back then scaring the bejeezus out of Henry II. It’s getting good reviews and I regr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=432) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=434)