# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=446 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 447 --- ## [Glaceed Oranges & Their Ilk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaceed-oranges-their-ilk/846996)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glaceed-oranges-their-ilk/846996 "2020-01-27T15:49:41Z")
The Failing New York Times has a recipe for simplified glaceed oranges. Does anyone here have experience? I do not. (Boil for twenty minutes in water, discard. Boil in a sugar solution for twenty minutes. Remove the fr… --- ## [Star Trek (TOS) Patterns of Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-patterns-of-force/846897)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-patterns-of-force/846897 "2020-01-27T13:08:44Z")
I think on all levels…this is the most insane episode of Trek ever written. The historian who blows the Prime Directive out of the water, John Gill, his plan is apeshit bonkers. How…wha…why?? And how was giving away nuc… --- ## [Brave New World; no Alpha females or Beta males?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-new-world-no-alpha-females-or-beta-males/846934)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-new-world-no-alpha-females-or-beta-males/846934 "2020-01-27T06:13:45Z")
So I just finished rereading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and one big thing struck me. Every Alpha character is male and every Beta character is female. Does this mean that all Alphas are male and al Betas are femal… --- ## [Do you like this song that I wrote for my girlfriend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-this-song-that-i-wrote-for-my-girlfriend/846962)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-this-song-that-i-wrote-for-my-girlfriend/846962 "2020-01-27T04:17:07Z")
Currently plan to sing it for them on their soon-coming birthday. But while there are some lines that may have specific personal significance, I am hoping it’s also a song that more general audiences would appreciate. (I… --- ## [The Yellow Scream: Bob Ross's alter ego](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yellow-scream-bob-rosss-alter-ego/847012)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yellow-scream-bob-rosss-alter-ego/847012 "2020-01-27T00:29:35Z")
Maybe nobody else will find this as delightful as I do, but this guy paints his feelings into his canvas every bit as much as Bob Ross does. I freaking love it. (Watch at least 30 seconds to get the feel; it’s a little o… --- ## ["Polish the Turd" writing projects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-the-turd-writing-projects/846814)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-the-turd-writing-projects/846814 "2020-01-26T21:28:18Z")
This question has been floating around my head: Has anyone ever been given an absolutely asinine and rock-stupid premise, scenario, or idea for a story or plot and told to make something good out out of it? The situation… --- ## [Chantilly Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chantilly-cake/846980)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chantilly-cake/846980 "2020-01-26T20:16:56Z")
My cafe has recieved a request to make a cake called Chantilly cake. I’ve googled it and found that, depending on region, it can take a number of different forms and flavors. Being as it’s for a club called The Lincoln… --- ## [Wheeler Dealers 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeler-dealers-2020/846982)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheeler-dealers-2020/846982 "2020-01-26T18:39:59Z")
Anyone know if there will be a new season of Wheeler Dealers? --- ## [Who is the very best and very worst comedian of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-very-best-and-very-worst-comedian-of-all-time/846612)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-very-best-and-very-worst-comedian-of-all-time/846612 "2020-01-26T16:25:19Z")
I got to watching some Youtube clips of Don Rickles yesterday and I’ve never LOL’d so hard or so long. I would guess most people might think that Robin Williams was the funniest person ever. But he is almost entirely cer… --- ## [The Two Popes - thoughts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-popes-thoughts/846994)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-popes-thoughts/846994 "2020-01-26T15:17:15Z")
It was a movie of three parts, really. The beginning, the end, and the muddle. Pryce and Hopkins were as good as they could be, for the most part. Particularly good was their dialogue in the garden at Castel Gandalfo … --- ## [Cast Iron on the outdoor grill: Storing it IN the grill, lid on and covered--would it rust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-on-the-outdoor-grill-storing-it-in-the-grill-lid-on-and-covered-would-it-rust/846602)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-on-the-outdoor-grill-storing-it-in-the-grill-lid-on-and-covered-would-it-rust/846602 "2020-01-26T02:57:06Z")
I have a not-so-weird idea but a kind-of-weird storage issue: I do sous vide weekly and have found that searing on the grill with a propane “flame thrower” (they call it a weed burner but it’s practically a jet engine) … --- ## [Little cultural things you don't want people to forget.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-cultural-things-you-dont-want-people-to-forget/846494)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-cultural-things-you-dont-want-people-to-forget/846494 "2020-01-25T22:36:08Z")
You know…little things that people over time might forget or misremember. For instance: The initial outrage over Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder WASN’T that “He’s doing blackface!!!” Since the pictures hit the inte… --- ## [Please recommend books on 19th Century wealthy Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-books-on-19th-century-wealthy-americans/846874)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-books-on-19th-century-wealthy-americans/846874 "2020-01-25T18:20:23Z")
I’ve read quite a bit about the fabulously wealthy and the Robber Barons. What I’d like to read now is a non-fiction book about the everyday lives of wealthy families in 19th Century America, those who didn’t need to wo… --- ## [Meaning of Chivato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-chivato/846940)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-chivato/846940 "2020-01-25T17:32:07Z")
(Not sure where this goes, I’ll start here…) In the movie Young Guns, Chavez calls Billy the Kid Chivato. Sources online say this was an actual nickname. Not sure if that’s true as there is a lot of conflicting info out… --- ## [Beef thawing problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-thawing-problem/846593)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-thawing-problem/846593 "2020-01-25T06:58:28Z")
For some years I’ve been making hamburgers using a Cooks Illustrated recipe. You start with sirloin tips and boneless short ribs, neither of which seem to actually exist, at least in my area. But that’s a separate issue.… --- ## [Was the music in "Grease" accurate for 1959?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-music-in-grease-accurate-for-1959/846674)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-music-in-grease-accurate-for-1959/846674 "2020-01-25T05:50:05Z")
I’m most familiar with the 1978 movie, though I have seen the live TV movie from a few years ago. But I’m musically dyslexic, so I doubt my ability to judge. I can think of two specific songs: “Those Magic Changes” sound… --- ## [Final film shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-film-shot/846764)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-film-shot/846764 "2020-01-25T05:16:01Z")
From this post in the “don’t remember name of” thread, it got me thinking of more final shots that totally lingered in the mind, like the freeze frame at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, or Leatherface swin… --- ## [A name for this action trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-for-this-action-trope/846928)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-name-for-this-action-trope/846928 "2020-01-25T01:05:06Z")
A Good Guy and a Bad Guy are fighting. The Good Guy is on the ropes and the camera cuts from a view of both characters to a shot of the Bad Guy from the Good Guy’s point of view just as the Bad Guy is about to finish the… --- ## [Kids Baking Championship Season 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-baking-championship-season-8/846512)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-baking-championship-season-8/846512 "2020-01-24T21:14:47Z")
And we’re back with Val and Duff and cute little baking geniuses who can whip up a pate a choux without breaking a sweat. We’re two episodes in and they have an lively mix. Two kids with speech impediments, a girl with… --- ## [Mummenschanz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummenschanz/846733)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mummenschanz/846733 "2020-01-24T21:03:14Z")
Who here has seen Mummenschanz? I’ve seen them in person 3 times and for some reason got to thinking about them today. I went to YouTube to see if they had clips up and not only did they have a bunch, they had this one,… --- ## [1950s/60s "The Price is Right" episodes on BUZZR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-60s-the-price-is-right-episodes-on-buzzr/844072)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-60s-the-price-is-right-episodes-on-buzzr/844072 "2020-01-24T20:01:35Z")
Years ago, GSN aired the still-existing weekly prime time episodes of NBC’s (later ABC’s, but there aren’t nearly as many) The Price is Right with Bill Cullen. Recently, BUZZR has started airing them, but have made some … --- ## [Biggest music act “retirement ripoff” ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-music-act-retirement-ripoff-ever/845840)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-music-act-retirement-ripoff-ever/845840 "2020-01-24T19:17:10Z")
Not in any order but I nominate: Motley Crue- claimed a few years back that they testified in court and signed an affidavit they were on their last tour. 2020? Not only touring, but HEADLINING A STADIUM tour with Def L… --- ## [RIP - Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS News Anchor, Is Dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lehrer-longtime-pbs-news-anchor-is-dead-at-85/846873)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lehrer-longtime-pbs-news-anchor-is-dead-at-85/846873 "2020-01-24T17:55:44Z")
For a long time he was partnered with Robert MacNeil I watched him for several years. In fact he was the last news anchor I followed–as I switched to the internet for news coverage many years ago. --- ## [Pet Shop Boys Pandemonium Tour from the O2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-shop-boys-pandemonium-tour-from-the-o2/846883)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-shop-boys-pandemonium-tour-from-the-o2/846883 "2020-01-24T15:54:14Z")
This is a full concert. I am a huge fan of the PSB. This is a really high quality full concert. The visuals are amazing. If you like the PSB or modern electronic dance music and modern art give it a chance.… --- ## [Sequels that are better known than the original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-are-better-known-than-the-original/840798)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sequels-that-are-better-known-than-the-original/840798 "2020-01-24T14:40:30Z")
So we’ve already got a thread for collecting sequels that are better than the original, as well as one for parodies that are better known than the original. How about we make a list of sequels that are better known than… --- ## [Jazz drummers who were band leaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-drummers-who-were-band-leaders/846621)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-drummers-who-were-band-leaders/846621 "2020-01-24T12:35:49Z")
I’ve been listening to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers all week, absolutely amazing music. I’m familiar with Buddy Rich as well, I do need to dive more deeply into his music. Who else should I seek out? --- ## [ID an anime? (Magical girl, Cronenbergian demon possession, time resets ending)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-anime-magical-girl-cronenbergian-demon-possession-time-resets-ending/846882)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-anime-magical-girl-cronenbergian-demon-possession-time-resets-ending/846882 "2020-01-24T03:12:19Z")
I was wondering if anyone could ID an anime I saw a video review for, a few months back, but now I can’t remember the name of. It was (IIRC) a “Magical Girl” genre series, but with a couple of interesting elements—one s… --- ## [Coming to a McDonald's in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-to-a-mcdonalds-in-japan/846328 "2020-01-24T02:22:32Z")
McDonald’s will be selling a dessert item in Japan that translates as “adult cream pie” in English. And no, the word “coming” in the title wasn’t an intentional pun, but I decided to leave it in. :smiley: --- ## [Glass by M. Night Shyamalan. Anybody else getting excited for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-by-m-night-shyamalan-anybody-else-getting-excited-for-this/826954)
**Author:** [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-by-m-night-shyamalan-anybody-else-getting-excited-for-this/826954 "2020-01-23T22:32:50Z")
It’s a sequel to his last film Split and also a sequel to Unbreakable. I always loved Unbreakable and thought Split was pretty damned good. Shyamalan has Bruce Willis, Sam Jackson, and James McAvoy reprising their role… --- ## [Split, the Seen-It Thread (No Spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-seen-it-thread-no-spoilers-in-op/777811)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-the-seen-it-thread-no-spoilers-in-op/777811 "2020-01-23T22:07:54Z")
Split, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film. I didn’t bother to see his last two or three, as I found him going progressively downhill, and his later stuff was awful by everyone’s account anyway. But I’d heard with Split, he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=445) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=447)