# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=439 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 440 --- ## [This BC comic is pretty racist, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bc-comic-is-pretty-racist-right/848460)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-bc-comic-is-pretty-racist-right/848460 "2020-02-24T23:19:40Z")
I recently found an old umbrella that was given as a gift for a newspaper subscription in the early 1990s. It is covered with Sunday strips from various comics (Dennis the Menace, Garfield, Cathy, Peanuts, etc.) This is … --- ## [Question for Jewish Dopers: Is this taking the keto craze a bit too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-dopers-is-this-taking-the-keto-craze-a-bit-too-far/848151)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jewish-dopers-is-this-taking-the-keto-craze-a-bit-too-far/848151 "2020-02-24T23:13:02Z")
“This”, in case you are wondering, is latkes (potato pancakes) made with cauliflower. :confused: Has anyone else heard of this? I saw a recipe online, and I’m pretty sure I saw an ad for frozen latkes, sold at the loc… --- ## [Vieux Carré cocktails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vieux-carre-cocktails/848446)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vieux-carre-cocktails/848446 "2020-02-24T22:17:13Z")
I know I’ve mentioned that since the office Christmas party, Vieux Carré cocktails are my new favourite drink. I had three at the party, and then didn’t have another until a few weeks ago at a ‘Cajun’ restaurant in Bell… --- ## [I don't get Honeycrisp apples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-honeycrisp-apples/847791)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-honeycrisp-apples/847791 "2020-02-24T20:26:37Z")
They taste the same as most apples and they are higher cost. Is this just a fad? --- ## [Another "What is this?" post. \[Jew's Harp\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-is-this-post-jews-harp/848363)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-is-this-post-jews-harp/848363 "2020-02-24T17:39:52Z")
Found thiswhile cleaning out my BIL’s apartment today. My wife doesn’t know what it is. It’s about 4½ inches long, 3 inches wide an the tang sticks up about an inch. The two things on each side of the tang have England s… --- ## [Actors who started out as "serious" and then became better known for comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-started-out-as-serious-and-then-became-better-known-for-comedy/847877)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-started-out-as-serious-and-then-became-better-known-for-comedy/847877 "2020-02-24T15:57:48Z")
How many actors can you think of who began their careers playing serious dramatic roles, but then drifted into comedic ones, to the point where they are today remembered primarily as “funny” actors? The big one that I c… --- ## [Just saw Sonic a second time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-sonic-a-second-time/848075)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-sonic-a-second-time/848075 "2020-02-24T15:27:54Z")
And now that I’ve had time to really digest overall I’m happy with how it turned out. Keep in mind, I’ve been a Sonic the Hedgehog fan since the 16 bit era so my expectations were high going into this. I really apprecia… --- ## [Opinions on The Color Purple film (spoilers ok)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-the-color-purple-film-spoilers-ok/848367)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-the-color-purple-film-spoilers-ok/848367 "2020-02-24T14:22:38Z")
The Color Purple is showing tomorrow at AMC, I’ve never seen it. It seemed to be one of those Oscar bait ‘very important films’ when it came out, although admittedly my tastes weren’t exactly sophisticated when the film … --- ## [fictional presidents of the USA in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-presidents-of-the-usa-in-real-life/790810 "2020-02-24T05:27:50Z")
Which fictional presidents would you like/least like to have been a real life president? Dave (Kevin Kline) from 1993’s Dave I wouldn’t mind in real life. Wouldn’t like the president from The Dead Zone as a real life p… --- ## [The Practice to Boston Legal - slightly alternate universes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-practice-to-boston-legal-slightly-alternate-universes/847648)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-practice-to-boston-legal-slightly-alternate-universes/847648 "2020-02-24T03:35:02Z")
Boston Legal was billed as a follow-on to The Practice, like Archie Bunker’s Place to All in the Family or Frasier to Cheers, but the continuity drift between the two is much more radical - characters that appear to be t… --- ## [What is the prize for winning America's Got Talent: Champions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-prize-for-winning-americas-got-talent-champions/848371)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-prize-for-winning-americas-got-talent-champions/848371 "2020-02-23T22:39:59Z")
In the regular AGT, they make it clear that the winner gets $1 million and some show in Vegas or something. The big prize is paid out over 20 years, but there is a reduced lump sum you can choose as well. Anyway, the Ch… --- ## ["Freedom's just another word..."--meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedoms-just-another-word-meaning/344911)
**Author:** [@scatmanjohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scatmanjohn)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedoms-just-another-word-meaning/344911 "2020-02-23T20:19:11Z")
What does “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose” mean? I’ve never been able to parse this statement. Has anyone else had trouble figuring it out? --- ## [Why did Mel Brooks stop working with Madelaine Kahn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mel-brooks-stop-working-with-madelaine-kahn/848118)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mel-brooks-stop-working-with-madelaine-kahn/848118 "2020-02-23T13:22:08Z")
The “Blazing Saddles or Airplane! ?” thread got me to thinking about Madelaine Kahn. I was reading thru her Wikipedia entry and was struck by this sentence, talking about her work with Mr. Brooks: Why? She was undeni… --- ## [Too Many Cooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-cooks/703976)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-cooks/703976 "2018-10-29T16:02:12Z")
This 12 minute film showed at 4AM the other night on Adult Swim, in the middle of a bunch of infomercials. A bizarre, “what the hell did I just watch” parody of 80s/90s sitcom openings. Worth watching in its entirety, b… --- ## [Why did the Founding Fathers use such flowery prose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-founding-fathers-use-such-flowery-prose/848200)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-founding-fathers-use-such-flowery-prose/848200 "2020-02-23T00:02:34Z")
I’m a fan of the American revolutionary era, described once by Abigail Adams as “times in which a genius would wish to live”. One of the things that has always struck me about that time was that the people most involved… --- ## [She moved on up. RIP Ja'net Dubois](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-moved-on-up-rip-janet-dubois/848190 "2020-02-22T15:23:16Z")
Searched and did not find a thread about Ja’net Dubois’s death. She died yesterday at 74. She saved Penny from an abusive situation (if not Janet Jackson herself) and could sing the hell out of theme songs. I guess I’ve… --- ## [Nurse Kellye, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-kellye-rip/848336)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-kellye-rip/848336 "2020-02-22T14:32:07Z")
Winchester called her “Lt Nakahara” in at least one episode: She’s now in that big post-op in the sky. :frowning: --- ## [Top 50 Movies of the 1970s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-50-movies-of-the-1970s/848314)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-50-movies-of-the-1970s/848314 "2020-02-22T13:32:14Z")
Harry and Tonto Nashville One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest Network A Woman Under The Influence Harold and Maude Fat City McCabe and Mrs. Miller A Clockwork Orange Mikey and Nicky The Godfather The Godfather II … --- ## [Good whitewater paddling video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-whitewater-paddling-video/848335)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-whitewater-paddling-video/848335 "2020-02-22T12:49:36Z")
Bhutan --- ## [Blackadder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackadder/843409)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackadder/843409 "2020-02-22T02:04:29Z")
I was watching the election night episode of Blackadder the Third and I noticed the joke that when the “Standing at the Back, Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party” guy is explaining their policies, he DOESN’T qualif… --- ## [The Guardian ranks the Studio Ghibli movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardian-ranks-the-studio-ghibli-movies/847461)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardian-ranks-the-studio-ghibli-movies/847461 "2020-02-21T22:39:00Z")
As with most lists, it gets some things horribly, horribly wrong. Argue about it here. --- ## [The problem with the dark craft beer situation these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-the-dark-craft-beer-situation-these-days/848199)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-problem-with-the-dark-craft-beer-situation-these-days/848199 "2020-02-21T22:18:26Z")
It seems every little corner liquor store has at least 2 dozen varieties of craft beer, with many larger local stores having several dozen. It seemed like a great situation at first for us beer snobs. A quick walk over … --- ## [Samantha Reed Smith: child actress/child peace activist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-reed-smith-child-actress-child-peace-activist/823379)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-reed-smith-child-actress-child-peace-activist/823379 "2020-02-21T21:30:28Z")
I just want to remember a girl who wrote to an “Evil Empire” and made a journey for peace. She became a bit of a celebrity but she kept her feet on the ground. A little girl from Maine led America on a tour of the Soviet… --- ## [If your "mixed greens" salad was 90% dandelion, would you complain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-mixed-greens-salad-was-90-dandelion-would-you-complain/848272)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-mixed-greens-salad-was-90-dandelion-would-you-complain/848272 "2020-02-21T20:50:07Z")
I like dandelion greens. But they don’t hold up well to dressing. Or heat. So my “steak Cobb salad on ‘mixed greens’” was soggy, no crunch. Would you complain? --- ## [Girl Genius: Bosun Higgs is a Jagermonster, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-genius-bosun-higgs-is-a-jagermonster-right/694367)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-genius-bosun-higgs-is-a-jagermonster-right/694367 "2020-02-21T20:15:47Z")
He’s invincible in a fight, he can heal quickly from practically any injury, he’s working for the Heterodynes secretly at present while pretending to serve the Wulfenbachs, Mama Gika knows him but won’t talk about him, a… --- ## [Bojack Horseman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman/843300)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman/843300 "2020-02-21T20:00:23Z")
Netflix recently released the first two seasons of this show on DVD. In Canada, they are not widely available. Recently purchased them to see why people were talking about this show. It’s very, very funny. Not surpri… --- ## [Philadelphia Museum of Art - Painting of a Subway Platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-museum-of-art-painting-of-a-subway-platform/848257)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-museum-of-art-painting-of-a-subway-platform/848257 "2020-02-21T18:13:20Z")
I was at this museum about 5 years ago and remember a painting of some people in a subway, perhaps some walking down some steps, and others maybe just standing around. It was not a “realist” painting, but certainly not a… --- ## [GILMORE GIRLS fans: Did/do you like Rory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-fans-did-do-you-like-rory/848210)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-fans-did-do-you-like-rory/848210 "2020-02-21T17:45:06Z")
For about a month now I have been re-watching "Gilmore Girls when I wake up at 4 AM rather than simply lying in bed and cursing the darkness. I have noticed that, in those episodes where the title characters’ stories are… --- ## [Whyat were they thinking when they recorded \*that\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyat-were-they-thinking-when-they-recorded-that/848185)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyat-were-they-thinking-when-they-recorded-that/848185 "2020-02-21T17:02:59Z")
So, listening to my old Easy Rider Soundtrack (ripped from Vinyl, naturally) and this Kyrie Eleison song comes on and, I mean, like, wow. I get how drugs can make you do some crazy stuff in the moment but writing, devel… --- ## [Question about The Godfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-godfather/486716)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-godfather/486716 "2020-02-21T13:57:43Z")
I caught part of the Godfather on AMC last night, I still have not seen the entire film. One thing puzzled me, when Michael had his brother in law killed in the car why did he go through the whole story of telling him he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=438) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=440)