# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=450 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 451 --- ## [Sinatra as Dirty Harry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinatra-as-dirty-harry/846062)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinatra-as-dirty-harry/846062 "2020-01-13T21:30:42Z")
Orgriginaly Old blue eyes was going to play dirty harry.do you think th is would of worked? --- ## [Do all OR craft gins taste like peppermint schnapps? How am I supposed to make martinis with this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-or-craft-gins-taste-like-peppermint-schnapps-how-am-i-supposed-to-make-martinis-with-this/846017)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-or-craft-gins-taste-like-peppermint-schnapps-how-am-i-supposed-to-make-martinis-with-this/846017 "2020-01-13T19:29:04Z")
Here in Oregon we have a thriving craft spirit industry, which I believe may be encouraged by our system that restricts the sale of spirits to state liquor stores. All this sounds great, but so far I’ve tried two local … --- ## [Great movies that somehow got by you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-that-somehow-got-by-you/846009)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-that-somehow-got-by-you/846009 "2020-01-13T15:13:18Z")
My wife and I watch a lot of movies. We have several watching venues - on demand, stick, netflix, etc. so it’s unusual that there is a film I haven’t at least heard of. Yesterday I was scrolling through options and saw … --- ## ["Bullitt" Mustang sold for 3.4-million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullitt-mustang-sold-for-3-4-million/846350)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullitt-mustang-sold-for-3-4-million/846350 "2020-01-13T14:55:22Z")
One of the two 1968 Mustang GT Fastbacks Steve McQueen drove in Bullitt sold at auction in Florida. The father of the current owner bought it decades ago for $3,400 and his mother drove it to work for years before it wa… --- ## [Linda Ronstadt documentary on CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-ronstadt-documentary-on-cnn/845784)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linda-ronstadt-documentary-on-cnn/845784 "2020-01-13T14:47:00Z")
It’s a very good doc. They talk to many of the people she worked with in the 60s until now. She doesn’t appear on camera much I guess due to her illness. I would think CNN will show it again this week. It prem… --- ## [Northern Exposure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/845680)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure/845680 "2020-01-13T13:54:47Z")
This nearly perfect show (until the last season) isn’t streaming anywhere. Thankfully I had bought my wife the first 5 seasons on DVD a few years back. So she popped in the Three Amigos episode S3.16 (Call of the Wild n… --- ## [Isaac Asimov: Today January 2, 2020 is 100th Anniversary of his Birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-asimov-today-january-2-2020-is-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/845798)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-asimov-today-january-2-2020-is-100th-anniversary-of-his-birth/845798 "2020-01-13T05:26:21Z")
Isaac Asimov was born January 2, 1920. He is considered to be one of the greats of Science Fiction. Do people still read him much? \[I remember reading the Foundation series quite some time ago. I liked it; but I never… --- ## [Your Top 10 Favorite Actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-favorite-actors/846116)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-favorite-actors/846116 "2020-01-13T01:15:52Z")
Mine are: Leonardo DiCaprio Justin Whalin Tobey McGuire Zac Efron Robert Pattinson Mark Hamill Robert Redford Brad Pitt Dean Cain Macualay Culkin --- ## [Hunger Games: Who won Katniss Everdeen's long struggle with President Snow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-who-won-katniss-everdeens-long-struggle-with-president-snow/846183)
**Author:** [@wei\_ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei_ji)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunger-games-who-won-katniss-everdeens-long-struggle-with-president-snow/846183 "2020-01-12T19:31:38Z")
I’ve been thinking for some time about the final conversation (and its result) between Katniss Everdeen and President Snow in the closing part of the Hunger Games trilogy. He tells Katniss that he didn’t bomb and kill h… --- ## [Help finding cartoon character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-cartoon-character/846199)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-cartoon-character/846199 "2020-01-12T19:14:38Z")
I remember reading a comic in the late 70s (and the book was old then) about a teen girl that turned into a raging monster. Her parents lived in fear. I can’t remember the name… any clues? --- ## [Looking for a type of plastic for crafting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-type-of-plastic-for-crafting/846177)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-type-of-plastic-for-crafting/846177 "2020-01-12T18:07:57Z")
I believe this exists. Thicker colored transparent plastic, rigid but cutable with scissors. The idea is that you heat it and it becomes malleable so you use a heat gun, shape it and hold it until it cools then it hold… --- ## [A question about women. And werewolves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-women-and-werewolves/846266)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-women-and-werewolves/846266 "2020-01-12T02:46:51Z")
A female human menstruates once a lunar month. B. A full moon occurs once a lunar month. iii. A standard issue\* werewolf would take wolf form once a lunar month. If a female werewolf’s menses were simultaneous with a… --- ## [Aussie Dopers - Vegemite harder to spread??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-vegemite-harder-to-spread/571771)
**Author:** [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussie-dopers-vegemite-harder-to-spread/571771 "2020-01-11T21:21:31Z")
Is it just me - it is just me, I’m sure - but lately the Vegemite I spread on toast seems to be thicker than before, and invariably (a) tears the toast, and (b) ends up clumping awkwardly. I don’t recall having this issu… --- ## [What do artists do on tour on days off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-artists-do-on-tour-on-days-off/846028)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-artists-do-on-tour-on-days-off/846028 "2020-01-11T18:23:47Z")
I assume if they have a show Monday and Wed. after the Mon. show they head to the Wed city right away? So they don’t have to worry about travel problems, they have an extra day if there is a problem with the plane/bu… --- ## [Delivery Pizza - Is there a way to get my pizza "firm"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-is-there-a-way-to-get-my-pizza-firm/845928)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delivery-pizza-is-there-a-way-to-get-my-pizza-firm/845928 "2020-01-11T15:16:30Z")
I like eating pizza from the local chains and mom’n’pop shops, but the thing is that I prefer my pizza to be “firm”, as in you can hold a slice and immediately not have it go limp in your hands immediately causing toppin… --- ## [Cannibalism trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibalism-trope/845958 "2020-01-11T04:26:39Z")
The Good Guy™ being roasted on a spit is never killed and cleaned. Heck, he’s never even undressed. --- ## [Anyone else disfavor pull quotes and negative space in magazines? (Atlantic redesign)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-disfavor-pull-quotes-and-negative-space-in-magazines-atlantic-redesign/845974)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-disfavor-pull-quotes-and-negative-space-in-magazines-atlantic-redesign/845974 "2020-01-11T04:02:16Z")
I was prompted to post this by the Atlantic magazine’s \[url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2019/11/introducing-new-look-atlantic/601762/\] recent redesign. The Atlantic is the only print mag we subscribe to tha… --- ## [Absinthe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absinthe/845121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absinthe/845121 "2020-01-11T00:57:21Z")
I really want some absinthe. I like Pernod, and I like ouzo. I should like absinthe, right? --- ## [HELP! Name this mid 80's band!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-this-mid-80s-band/355536)
**Author:** [@Olive\_The\_Other\_Reindeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olive_The_Other_Reindeer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-this-mid-80s-band/355536 "2020-01-10T22:50:09Z")
A friend recorded a song off the radio in the mid 80’s called “Acid Rain”. No one, even the DJ that played it, knows the name of the band. They sound British or Aussie, and the list of bands that have a song by that na… --- ## [Hyper-realistic animation versus real human actors: Preference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-realistic-animation-versus-real-human-actors-preference/846098)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyper-realistic-animation-versus-real-human-actors-preference/846098 "2020-01-10T21:51:38Z")
Suppose that in the near future, animation technology reached such an extent of hyper-realism that it appeared nearly the actual same as real-life human actors, and movie studios began using this Hyper-Realistic Animatio… --- ## [Eddie Murphy's SNL return](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphys-snl-return/845224 "2020-01-10T21:27:58Z")
Forgot it was on, but I tuned in just in time for Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood. I have to admit, I’m digging the nostalgia trip (at least the two old-timey characters I’ve seen-- Mr. Robinson and Buckwheat). The Christmas… --- ## [Five gooold rings: A postseasonal enquiry about a Christmas song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-gooold-rings-a-postseasonal-enquiry-about-a-christmas-song/846135)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-gooold-rings-a-postseasonal-enquiry-about-a-christmas-song/846135 "2020-01-10T16:46:31Z")
Around 1964 - '69, when I was in elementary school, we used to sing The Twelve Days Of Christmas in season. When we got to the fifth day, my true love always gave to me “five golden rings”. Later on, when I heard the s… --- ## [RIP Mike Resnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mike-resnick/846174)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mike-resnick/846174 "2020-01-10T06:59:13Z")
According to his daughter Laura, Science fiction author Mike Resnickhas died. He won five Hugo Awards and was a well-known anthologist. --- ## [Help identify this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/843133)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/843133 "2020-01-10T04:44:41Z")
I tried every google angle I can think of with no luck. Help appreciated. Campbell’s Soup song: --- ## [The Testaments - Handmaid sequel. Anyone interested in discussing? SPOILERS ANTICIPATED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-testaments-handmaid-sequel-anyone-interested-in-discussing-spoilers-anticipated/842095)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-testaments-handmaid-sequel-anyone-interested-in-discussing-spoilers-anticipated/842095 "2020-01-10T00:06:14Z")
My wife and I recently read Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. Anyone else interested in discussing this book - or anything else Handmaid-ish? I’m happy for this thread to go wherever folk wish. I’ll start off es… --- ## [Roland Emerich's "Midway" will make "Pearl Harbor" look like "Saving Private Ryan"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-emerichs-midway-will-make-pearl-harbor-look-like-saving-private-ryan/836739)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roland-emerichs-midway-will-make-pearl-harbor-look-like-saving-private-ryan/836739 "2020-01-09T23:37:09Z")
Here’s the trailer: Discuss… --- ## [Favorite Foreign Actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actors/845681)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actors/845681 "2020-01-09T21:24:33Z")
Someone whose language you don’t understand… -Matti Pellonpää -Marcello Mastroianni -Patrick Dewaere -Toshiro Mifune --- ## [Bands Who Broke Up Over A Woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-who-broke-up-over-a-woman/846141)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-who-broke-up-over-a-woman/846141 "2020-01-09T18:16:26Z")
I’m watching a documentary on Mick Jagger, and some “expert” talks about Anita Pallengberg, and then throws out how many bands have broken up because members of a band were fighting over her, but I can’t think of any. C… --- ## [Adult cartoons.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-cartoons/846070)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-cartoons/846070 "2020-01-09T16:05:49Z")
Why are most adult cartoons comedies? Why aren’t there more adult cartoons that are like The Sopranos or The Wire? --- ## [How Seinfeld changed TV.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seinfeld-changed-tv/845795)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seinfeld-changed-tv/845795 "2020-01-09T02:55:56Z")
I’ve been getting into watching TV shows and analyzing them lately. I’ve been reading that Seinfeld is the most influential TV show of all time. I was just a kid when Seinfeld ran, so I didn’t watch it growing up. For t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=451)