# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=486 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 487 --- ## [Do you know where your kitchen utensils are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-kitchen-utensils-are/839502)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-your-kitchen-utensils-are/839502 "2019-09-04T02:06:05Z")
I’m wondering if I’m unusually OCD in knowing exactly where every one of my kitchen utensils is. I’m of the “place for everything and everything in its place” school of organization, especially where tools are involved, … --- ## [Most wonderfully disgusting SNL characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-wonderfully-disgusting-snl-characters/839295)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-wonderfully-disgusting-snl-characters/839295 "2019-09-03T20:38:09Z")
The past couple of days I was trying to think of some clever way to fit the adjective “Cowperthwaitean” into a post, realised I couldn’t, but then got me thinking about Miles Cowperthwaite’s exponentially disgusting empl… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 22 (May 9, 2019) -- "The Maternal Conclusion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-22-may-9-2019-the-maternal-conclusion/833727)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-22-may-9-2019-the-maternal-conclusion/833727 "2019-09-03T20:22:41Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [I need the name of an 80's dance song...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-the-name-of-an-80s-dance-song/84842)
**Author:** [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-the-name-of-an-80s-dance-song/84842 "2019-09-03T14:18:35Z")
I’ve tried searching, but it’s difficult to tell what I’m looking for, because I only heard the song. Here goes: In 1987 I moved to Hollywood, FL. I’m a dinosaur rock fan- I listen to Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and… --- ## [El Camino: The Breaking Bad Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-camino-the-breaking-bad-movie/839194)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-camino-the-breaking-bad-movie/839194 "2019-09-03T12:24:34Z")
Or, The Further Adventures of Jesse Pinkman Official Netflix Trailer I’m guessing that Jesse knows where Jack’s white supremacist gang hid all the money before they were wiped out and the cops are hot on his trail. He … --- ## [Tell me if I should stick with "Fleabag"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-i-should-stick-with-fleabag/839501)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-if-i-should-stick-with-fleabag/839501 "2019-09-03T12:17:52Z")
Given all the buzz that Fleabag has been getting lately, Mrs. Wheelz and I decided to check it out. We’re three episodes in, and, well… I don’t hate it, but I also don’t quite get all the over-the-top praise I’ve been s… --- ## [Penn Jillett'e film "Director's Cut" (some spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-jillette-film-directors-cut-some-spoilers/839601)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-jillette-film-directors-cut-some-spoilers/839601 "2019-09-03T12:04:02Z")
I’m a regular listener of Penn Jillette’s podcast, so I’ve heard about his film “Director’s Cut” for years. I knew it was crowdfunded, had an idea of the concept and plot, and I remember Penn very excitedly announcing wh… --- ## [Angel Has Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-has-fallen/839609)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-has-fallen/839609 "2019-09-03T00:11:34Z")
We saw this movie today. Nick Nolte steals it. --- ## ["Rise of the Nazis"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-nazis/839605)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-nazis/839605 "2019-09-02T21:28:23Z")
Just seen part 1 of the new 3 part BBC doc about Hitler’s rise to power and it’s absolutely gripping. It shows how a country, in the grip of recession, had its democracy torn apart in short order. --- ## [Most Evil Eyeglasses in the History of Cinema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-evil-eyeglasses-in-the-history-of-cinema/839530)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-evil-eyeglasses-in-the-history-of-cinema/839530 "2019-09-02T21:13:30Z")
I read online somewhere that Burt Lancaster, playing J.J. Hunsecker the monstrous Broadway newspaper columnist in 1957’s The Sweet Smell of Success, wore the “most evil glasses in movies.” They were a standard late-‘50s… --- ## [Best era for cowboy films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-era-for-cowboy-films/839509)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-era-for-cowboy-films/839509 "2019-09-02T20:55:51Z")
Which decade had the best Western s? --- ## [Is Eau de Cologne inherently tacky ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eau-de-cologne-inherently-tacky/839478)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eau-de-cologne-inherently-tacky/839478 "2019-09-02T17:33:27Z")
Eau de Cologne was probably the very first “perfume” I could name. Some forty years later, I still love the fragrance. I’ve had expensivish, “real” perfumes but to be honest, I was never a big fan, used them only on rea… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread--August 2019 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2019-edition/838036)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2019-edition/838036 "2019-09-02T04:05:42Z")
How can it be August already?! April was just last week! :eek: So here we are, in the North American west, sliding slowly into autumn… or maybe not since it’s supposed to hit nearly 100 this weekend. So Whatcha all rea… --- ## [Little things that briefly take you out of a movie:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-briefly-take-you-out-of-a-movie/838319)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-briefly-take-you-out-of-a-movie/838319 "2019-09-01T23:00:48Z")
For me…old movie stunts that obviously didn’t have a lot of thought beyond “You’ll be fine. ROLLEM!!” I don’t mean old old old stunts like Keaton. Those are supposed to make your jaw drop. But just little things. I can’… --- ## [Origin of Disney's "The Rescuers" topless woman easter egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-disneys-the-rescuers-topless-woman-easter-egg/839507)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-disneys-the-rescuers-topless-woman-easter-egg/839507 "2019-09-01T21:58:08Z")
As many other Disney fans/animation connoisseurs/weirdos know, Disney’s 1977 film The Rescuers had an R-Rated “easter egg”; a photo of a topless woman inserted, in two frames, in one scene, in the window of a building qu… --- ## [What is this part of a chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-part-of-a-chicken/839549)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-part-of-a-chicken/839549 "2019-09-01T17:21:15Z")
When I was a kid, a local farmer came around with a truck full of chickens. My mom would go out a pick one, and the farmer would wring its neck, pluck the feathers and (usually) remove its head. We got the rest. My job w… --- ## [Dark Crystal series on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-series-on-netflix/839534)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-crystal-series-on-netflix/839534 "2019-09-01T16:48:29Z")
Ivylad has to watch his college football games but Dorian willing, we’ll be watching this soon! --- ## [Encores at concerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encores-at-concerts/838661)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encores-at-concerts/838661 "2019-09-01T08:36:39Z")
I can’t remember a concert that I’ve been to, other than opening acts, where the headliner didn’t do an encore. You know where the performer ends the performance says “thank you” and they all leave the stage. The audie… --- ## [The Rook - the series on Starz and how it compares to the book.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rook-the-series-on-starz-and-how-it-compares-to-the-book/838552)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rook-the-series-on-starz-and-how-it-compares-to-the-book/838552 "2019-09-01T00:22:07Z")
I loved The Rook in book form, so when I heard that Starz made it into a series I was all over that. I’ve watched 3.5 episodes so far and… I’m not impressed. The first two were strong, but now it seems that we’ve veered… --- ## [Do you wash raw chicken before you cook it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-raw-chicken-before-you-cook-it/838963)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-raw-chicken-before-you-cook-it/838963 "2019-08-31T22:19:39Z")
I was reading an article about food cross-contamination, and it said that in test group of 300 people who were asked to prepare raw chicken, 61% of the washed it in the sink first. Some even used soap, lemon juice or v… --- ## [Franco Columbu has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-columbu-has-died/839531)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franco-columbu-has-died/839531 "2019-08-31T21:08:21Z")
Franco Columbu, bodybuilder and Schwarzenegger friend, dies 2 time Mr. Olympia (75,81), chiropractor, powerlifter (bench press 525 lbs., squat 655 lbs., and dead lift 750 lbs at 5’4"-185lbs) --- ## [I make bad coleslaw.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-make-bad-coleslaw/839293)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-make-bad-coleslaw/839293 "2019-08-31T20:21:46Z")
:frowning: I loooove coleslaw. I’ve had tasty coleslaw from just about every diner and deli I’ve ever eaten at, most restaurants, and even the majority of pot luck coleslaws I’ve tasted have been decent. So why can’t … --- ## [Little moments where the movie \*hasn't\* spelled everything out for the audience.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-moments-where-the-movie-hasnt-spelled-everything-out-for-the-audience/837725)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-moments-where-the-movie-hasnt-spelled-everything-out-for-the-audience/837725 "2019-08-31T04:11:39Z")
X-Men 2: The Mastermind stand-in tries to influence Magneto but Mags just gives him a withering look and taps his helmet. But I’m pretty sure we never had it explained to us that Magneto’s helmet protects him from psion… --- ## ['I like people who have friends.' What movie is that from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-people-who-have-friends-what-movie-is-that-from/839484)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-people-who-have-friends-what-movie-is-that-from/839484 "2019-08-31T03:03:09Z")
Someone says, ‘I’m a friend of \[name\].’ The other guy says, '‘I like people who have friends.’ What movie is that from? --- ## [Which comic book characters are actually easy to kill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-actually-easy-to-kill/839227)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-actually-easy-to-kill/839227 "2019-08-31T02:14:27Z")
I was watching some super hero movies recently and was wondering which super heroes are formidable with powerful abilities and yet could potentially be killed quite easily. Can Captain America and Spider-Man simply be k… --- ## [5 Musicians You'd Love To Talk With](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-musicians-youd-love-to-talk-with/839308)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-musicians-youd-love-to-talk-with/839308 "2019-08-30T23:58:13Z")
Jim Morrison John Lennon Roger Waters Jimmy Page David Gilmour --- ## [Least sexy video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-sexy-video/839296)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-sexy-video/839296 "2019-08-30T23:16:05Z")
Off the top of my head, I’ll go with Fat, or possibly Luka. --- ## [New Terminator Trailer is out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-terminator-trailer-is-out/839487)
**Author:** [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-terminator-trailer-is-out/839487 "2019-08-30T22:09:22Z")
Boom --- ## [Merrily We Roll Along anticipation thread - in theaters in 2040](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merrily-we-roll-along-anticipation-thread-in-theaters-in-2040/839470)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merrily-we-roll-along-anticipation-thread-in-theaters-in-2040/839470 "2019-08-30T19:29:15Z")
Richard Linklater will adapt Stephen Sondheim’s musical, Merrily We Roll Along. The movie, as with the play, takes place over the course of 20 years. Richard Linklater plans to film this in real time, so it’ll be a while… --- ## [Blue Bloods (series) and Sunday meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-series-and-sunday-meal/839485)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-series-and-sunday-meal/839485 "2019-08-30T17:22:27Z")
I am a Blue Bloods addict. Each show always has a Sunday dinner complete with the whole family. The dinner looks so real and delicious. And they are actually eating the food. I am confident that someone on this mb would… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=487)