# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=48 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 49 --- ## [Help finding a video, or better yet, a videographer(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-video-or-better-yet-a-videographer/1025388)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-video-or-better-yet-a-videographer/1025388 "2025-12-04T05:36:48Z")
Yo SD, can one of you brilliant teeming millions help me find some videos? Back in the early 2000s, maybe even as late as 2010, there was a person who made videos for YouTube (?) that seemed to be a symptom of their men… --- ## [Help me find this song please, it's been +- 15-20 years!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-song-please-its-been-15-20-years/1025389)
**Author:** [@MysticJaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysticJaguar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-song-please-its-been-15-20-years/1025389 "2025-12-04T04:12:48Z")
Hi goodevening! Hope y’all are doing good. This is my first post ever and I stumbled upon this website in my search for a song. It’s been since the 2000’s that I heard it and please bear with me. If I remember correctly… --- ## [Concerts where you can't hear the vocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-you-cant-hear-the-vocals/1025383)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-you-cant-hear-the-vocals/1025383 "2025-12-04T01:45:56Z")
How does this happen? We sit there for ever while they say ‘check 1-2-3’ over and over into the mics for what feels like hours. They constantly ask to have someone adjust things until they’re happy. Then the show star… --- ## [CalMeacham Pop Culture Articles in Small Press Journals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calmeacham-pop-culture-articles-in-small-press-journals/1025364 "2025-12-03T21:52:39Z")
I just found out that The Three Stooges Journal finally published the article I wrote for them based on my Straight Dope Board thread from a year ago, “Moe Howard and the Australian Mermaid”. It appeared in the Summer 20… --- ## [Beatles Anthology 2025 on Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-anthology-2025-on-disney/1025271)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-anthology-2025-on-disney/1025271 "2025-12-03T21:13:36Z")
As a long-time fan I found the “new” version of the documentary very enjoyable (and a little bittersweet as well). I saw the original when it was broadcast in 1995 and have the DVD box set and still the 2025 version was … --- ## [Help me find a quotation about a bad ruler sleeping till noon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quotation-about-a-bad-ruler-sleeping-till-noon/1025333)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-quotation-about-a-bad-ruler-sleeping-till-noon/1025333 "2025-12-03T00:49:22Z")
This might or might not have been quoted in a Peanuts comic, and if so, the speaker would be Linus Van Pelt. It runs something like this: “A great ruler asked his chief advisor, ‘How might I best benefit my people?’ The… --- ## [R.I.P. Tom Stoppard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-tom-stoppard/1025244)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-tom-stoppard/1025244 "2025-12-02T23:07:35Z")
He will be missed. --- ## ["The Chair Company", new comedy series by Tim Robinson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chair-company-new-comedy-series-by-tim-robinson/1023928 "2025-12-02T19:56:15Z")
It’s on HBO Max; first episode came out last night. Robinson is the king of awkward comedy – if you like his other stuff I think you’ll love this one. I thought it was hilarious. Filmed almost like a prestige mystery/th… --- ## [Share your unorthodox (healthy-ish) snack or treat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-unorthodox-healthy-ish-snack-or-treat/1024936 "2025-12-02T16:08:34Z")
(Define as you see fit) I’ve been eating these lately. Love them. Marinated Artichokes On The Go! --- ## [Songs that represent the current political environment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-represent-the-current-political-environment/1025181)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-represent-the-current-political-environment/1025181 "2025-12-02T16:06:13Z")
This could probably go in the Politics section, but had to pick one. I was driving and the song “Spirits in the Material World” by The Police came on. I never paid much attention to the song’s lyrics in the past, but n… --- ## [2026 Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025317)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-celebrity-death-pool/1025317 "2025-12-02T04:31:29Z")
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The Rules: You pick 13 celebrities (that’s thirteen, not ten) whom you predict will die within the calendar year 2026. If any of your celebrities dies, you score 100 points… --- ## [TV shows where all the actresses are taller than the actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-all-the-actresses-are-taller-than-the-actors/1025003)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-all-the-actresses-are-taller-than-the-actors/1025003 "2025-12-02T00:35:29Z")
Are there any scripted TV shows whose regular cast (i.e., excluding recurring or guest stars) meets all of the following criteria, at least for one whole season? The cast contains at least three adults. The adults incl… --- ## [Do you add anything to Manwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-add-anything-to-manwich/1024942)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-add-anything-to-manwich/1024942 "2025-12-01T20:44:35Z")
I like some diced celery and a dash of garlic powder. --- ## [Glass Onion (a Knives Out Mystery) was in Theaters Nov. 23 -29, now on Netflix (Dec. 23, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 495\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-was-in-theaters-nov-23-29-now-on-netflix-dec-23-2022/975388 "2025-12-01T17:29:03Z")
Just a note to remind people who like to see movies in a theater of its very limited theater run (I will wait until it streams) Note WP review is a repost on non-paywalled MSN: --- ## [\*\*Monthly Photo Competition #36– November, 2025 – “A Whole Lot of \_\_\_\_\_”\*\* \[Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-36-november-2025-a-whole-lot-of-poll-added/1024478)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-36-november-2025-a-whole-lot-of-poll-added/1024478 "2025-12-01T12:20:25Z")
This is the monthly thread for November, 2025. The topic this month is “A Whole Lot of \_\_\_\_\_”, chosen by @Dung\_Beetle. IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you not use Imgur to host your photos, as some members may not be … --- ## [Thanksgiving dinner - what you have to have and what you never had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-what-you-have-to-have-and-what-you-never-had/1024806)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-dinner-what-you-have-to-have-and-what-you-never-had/1024806 "2025-11-30T23:52:28Z")
I know we’ve had threads like this, but it’s been a while, so let’s give it a shot. When I was a kid. my grandmother never had green bean casserole or sweet potatoes with marshmallows. But she did have succotash (corn w… --- ## [Miss Universe contestants walk out after confrontation with contest executive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707 "2025-11-30T13:13:54Z")
Apparently he wanted them to post pro-Thailand stuff to win a contest and dinner with him. He called out Miss Mexico and then wanted security when she wanted to leave. I’m happy so many left with her. --- ## [Is Alice's Restaurant a tradition for your Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alices-restaurant-a-tradition-for-your-thanksgiving/603983)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alices-restaurant-a-tradition-for-your-thanksgiving/603983 "2025-11-30T07:54:16Z")
Despite not growing up with it (I never heard the song until I was in college) I now try to find it every year. This year I watched the YouTube version, illustrated in MSPaint. How about you? --- ## [Who can identify a pub(s) in Dublin (based on virtually no information)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-a-pub-s-in-dublin-based-on-virtually-no-information/1025235)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-identify-a-pub-s-in-dublin-based-on-virtually-no-information/1025235 "2025-11-30T04:48:49Z")
I just noticed a BBC article on the “Top 5 Pubs in Dublin.” My wife and I were in Dublin for a week in 2014, staying at a B&B in Ballsbridge. We took the train into town to visit some pubs, take tours, catch transporta… --- ## [YOUR misheard lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 586\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-misheard-lyrics/727166 "2025-11-29T21:58:23Z")
There are a lot of well-known mondegreens. ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy’ and ‘Wrapped up like a douche’ come immediately to mind. This thread is not for those. This thread is for lyrics that you, personally, have m… --- ## [Posters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-in-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/1025217)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-in-buffy-the-vampire-slayer/1025217 "2025-11-29T21:19:58Z")
I’ve been binge watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I’ve noticed that apparently at least one set designer on the show has, like me, a fondness for jam bands. I’ve seen posters hanging in the background of numerous sce… --- ## [TV shows that got worse as they became more popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-got-worse-as-they-became-more-popular/1017305 "2025-11-29T20:57:50Z")
Right now we are watching the TV show Spin City. We were quite impressed with the writing and characters right off the bat. But we just started the second season, and it looks to be going in a direction we disfavor. … --- ## [Ringo and his drums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringo-and-his-drums/1025130)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringo-and-his-drums/1025130 "2025-11-29T16:22:29Z")
Not long ago I read that part of Ringo’s style could be attributed to the fact that he was a lefty playing a right handed drum kit. I always thought that drum kits were set up in all sorts of different configurations. Di… --- ## [Mani, Stone Roses bassist, dies at 63](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mani-stone-roses-bassist-dies-at-63/1025026)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mani-stone-roses-bassist-dies-at-63/1025026 "2025-11-29T14:39:33Z")
Big fan of The Stone Roses back in the day. Gary Mounfield was a great bassist, and their first album is still one of the greatest ever. The fluidity of his playing was the secret sauce behind the Stone Roses’ eponymou… --- ## [Oatmeal cookie rescue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oatmeal-cookie-rescue/1025077)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oatmeal-cookie-rescue/1025077 "2025-11-28T23:16:00Z")
I made a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies without a recipe, just threw together eggs, butter, flour etc, and they came out pretty good except the texture is off. They are too crumbly. I have about half the batch of batter… --- ## [John W. Campbell and his Los Alamos Subscribers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-w-campbell-and-his-los-alamos-subscribers/762361)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-w-campbell-and-his-los-alamos-subscribers/762361 "2025-11-28T18:03:11Z")
Every older f&sf buff knows about Cleve Cartmill’s story “Deadline,” published in the March 1944 Astounding Science Fiction. The details about making an atomic bomb spooked the Office of Censorship, which launched an inv… --- ## [Spirited (Christmas movie musical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-christmas-movie-musical/1025164)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirited-christmas-movie-musical/1025164 "2025-11-28T17:00:12Z")
It’s available to stream on Apple TV, and it’s delightful! Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer star (also Patrick Page). Here’s a number from it, --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-that-celebrate-it/1025189)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-that-celebrate-it/1025189 "2025-11-28T05:36:28Z")
For old time sakes: .--. {\\ / q {\\ { \`\\ \\ (-(~\` { '.{\`\\ \\ \\ ) {'-{ ' \\ .-""'-. \\ \\ {.\_{'.' \\/ '.) \\ {\_.{. {\` | {.\_{ ' { ;'-=… --- ## [Trail bologna - what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-bologna-what-is-it/1023158)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trail-bologna-what-is-it/1023158 "2025-11-28T03:12:18Z")
In my hobby of identifying vintage aerial photos taken of the rural areas in the US I often come across little tidbits of information. Yesterday I finally pinned down a simple brick building in Holmes County, Ohio, an Am… --- ## [Christmas Party at Work - Need to Make a Food Common to Finland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137 "2025-11-27T18:45:14Z")
My agency is having a Round the World Christmas Party. My group was assigned to make something common to Finland. I know next to nothing about Finland other than it’s location on the map and some WW II history. I am g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=49)