# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=490 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 491 --- ## [Do you listen to Christmas music outside of Christmas time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-christmas-music-outside-of-christmas-time/838782)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-christmas-music-outside-of-christmas-time/838782 "2019-08-20T20:55:45Z")
Let’s define Christmas time as between American Thanksgiving and New Years Day. Do you listen to Christmas music outside of that general time frame? I do not and it’s caused quite a blowup on Twitter tonight. My favori… --- ## [My Awesome New Robot Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837569)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837569 "2019-08-20T15:48:25Z")
The biggest and best book of my career is finally out in public where people can see it, read it, and even buy it. Robots in American Popular Culture (by someone named Steve Carper) is the first comprehensive history of … --- ## [Are there songs about all the planets of our solar system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-songs-about-all-the-planets-of-our-solar-system/838707 "2019-08-20T11:33:43Z")
There was a thread about space themed songs a while ago. But I’m interested about songs especially about our planets (and I include Pluto, I’m old fashioned that way). So here’s what I got: Mercury: Ok, I start by chea… --- ## [Richard Williams, Animator of Roger Rabbit, Dead at 86](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-williams-animator-of-roger-rabbit-dead-at-86/838841)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-williams-animator-of-roger-rabbit-dead-at-86/838841 "2019-08-20T09:08:35Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/17/entertainment/richard-williams-dead-trnd/index.html He’s probably best known for directing the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I’m sure he would rather be known as the director … --- ## [Name That Tune v. 23 issue 478](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-v-23-issue-478/838918)
**Author:** [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-v-23-issue-478/838918 "2019-08-20T05:41:22Z")
My brain is repeating a bit of a song over and over again, but Google is not helping me find it. I remember some lyrics: “I was drinking Whiskey Sidecars When a young man asked my name He shook my hand and he slapped… --- ## [Are lolis really popular in Japan? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lolis-really-popular-in-japan-why/838756)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lolis-really-popular-in-japan-why/838756 "2019-08-19T14:55:03Z")
Basically in anime a “loli” is any cute girl under the age of 18. It seems like there are dozens of anime that sexualize lolis. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of anime where they don’t, but there seems to be more th… --- ## [Your Campaign Walk-On Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-walk-on-music/837833)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-walk-on-music/837833 "2019-08-19T07:32:30Z")
You’re running for political office (didn’t know that, did you? about time I filled you in! :D), something high enough up the ladder that it involves lots of staged appearances, complete with your own walk-on music (aka … --- ## [Looking for the Invisible Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-invisible-man/838823 "2019-08-19T01:01:21Z")
To be more specific, The Invisible Man tv series that ran on the Sci Fi Channel back at the turn of the century for a couple of seasons. Is it available on any of the networks available over the air, on cable, or the in… --- ## [Best TV kiss ever (spoilers allowed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-kiss-ever-spoilers-allowed/838744)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-kiss-ever-spoilers-allowed/838744 "2019-08-19T00:18:35Z")
I would nominate the BBC series “The Office”, and the kiss between Tim and Dawn in the Christmas special. There was two seasons of buildup to this kiss. The attraction between the two characters was clear at first, and… --- ## [Is there a Website with Jazz Standards Ranked by Difficulty ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-with-jazz-standards-ranked-by-difficulty/838604)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-with-jazz-standards-ranked-by-difficulty/838604 "2019-08-18T20:20:00Z")
I’ve used Piano Library a lot recently to find new Classical piano pieces to play. What I particularly like about this site is that it ranks works by difficulty (and even better by composer AND difficulty), so that I ca… --- ## [I found real old style Ginger Beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172 "2019-08-18T19:07:13Z")
Bundaberg Ginger Beer, $16 for a 10 pack but I decided to try it. No weird spices and no grapefruit like the Jamaican style Ginger Beer. No trendy twist from the too cool for school PBR crowd. I’ve had better Ginger Bee… --- ## [How does Cartoon Network make money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cartoon-network-make-money/177030)
**Author:** [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-cartoon-network-make-money/177030 "2003-05-23T17:29:06Z")
A few months ago, Belgium cable saw the start of a new channel. The Channel consists of a day viewing (6 to 9) of Cartoon Network and a night viewing (9 to 6) of Turner Classic Movies. What’s interesting about the two … --- ## [Ginger beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-beer/746835)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-beer/746835 "2019-08-18T15:01:21Z")
So I was at Metropolitan Market, grabbing a muffaletta while I can, and I picked up a bottle of Bundaberg ginger beer. Problem: On the label it says ‘Invert bottle before opening.’ The bloody contents all spilled out … --- ## [Making a second pot of coffee -- do you reuse the grounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-second-pot-of-coffee-do-you-reuse-the-grounds/838748)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-second-pot-of-coffee-do-you-reuse-the-grounds/838748 "2019-08-18T13:56:26Z")
On those occasions when you make a second pot (or half pot) of coffee, do you dump fresh grounds on top of the ones from the first pot, or do you start fresh? If I’m making a full pot, it’s probably 50-50. But if I’m on… --- ## [Why do they talk so much on Sirius XM, and do people actually LIKE it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-talk-so-much-on-sirius-xm-and-do-people-actually-like-it/838359)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-talk-so-much-on-sirius-xm-and-do-people-actually-like-it/838359 "2019-08-18T11:25:59Z")
We just got a new car, and it comes with a free trial of Sirius XM. The one thing we found right away is that, although it is commercial free, it is not talk free. Those “DJs” just love to prattle on. And then there are… --- ## [What Is Your Favorite Opening on Friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-opening-on-friends/819881)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-opening-on-friends/819881 "2019-08-17T20:24:26Z")
I have a few favorites but hands down, my No. 1 favorite is the one with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. --- ## [Kinks bassist Jim Rodford joins the Zombies. R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-bassist-jim-rodford-joins-the-zombies-r-i-p/807104)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-bassist-jim-rodford-joins-the-zombies-r-i-p/807104 "2019-08-17T19:36:59Z")
He was a very good bassist. You’ll hear Rodford on dozens of albums. Rodford was very supportive of local bands and played with them whenever he wasn’t touring. RIP --- ## [And now, Plácido Domingo is accused.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-placido-domingo-is-accused/838649)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-placido-domingo-is-accused/838649 "2019-08-17T15:38:17Z")
Plácido Domingo, world-renowned singer, conductor and administrator, has been accused of sexual harassment by several women, over a period of decades, going back to the 1980s. Of course the 78-year-old tenor has denied … --- ## [Band names that are JUST a surname (of someone in the band)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-that-are-just-a-surname-of-someone-in-the-band/835106 "2019-08-17T12:04:36Z")
The ones I can think of at the.moment are: Seals & Crofts, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Van Halen, Bonham, Saraya, Nelson. Were there many others and was this a 70s folk / 80s hair metal trend? --- ## [RIP - Peter Fonda Dead at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-fonda-dead-at-79/838771 "2019-08-17T06:24:35Z")
I liked him in Easy Rider. --- ## [Happy National Rum Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-rum-day/838781)
**Author:** [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-rum-day/838781 "2019-08-17T03:26:29Z")
Watcha drinking? The evening began with a classic daiquiri made with Probitas Rum, a blend of rum from Foursquare in Barbados and Hampden Estate in Jamaica. Next up came another classic daiquiri made with Kō Hana rum, a… --- ## [What’s your opinion of Jack Daniels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088 "2019-08-17T01:27:49Z")
I have no idea how bars stock their liquor, but one of my favorite bars ended up with a ton of Jack Daniels so I’ve been drinking a lot of it lately. I quite like it although I hope I’m not too biased since they do comp… --- ## [Songs featuring a named couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-a-named-couple/837896)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-featuring-a-named-couple/837896 "2019-08-16T20:30:57Z")
Just because, I started thinking about songs that feature a couple where both people are named. But both members of the couple have to have names stated in the lyrics, not implied that one is the singer. In other words… --- ## [Last Christmas (Spoiler speculation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-christmas-spoiler-speculation/838759)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-christmas-spoiler-speculation/838759 "2019-08-16T19:02:25Z")
Its called ‘Last Christmas’? She had a near-death experience? There’s some saintly bloke who keeps appearing out of nowhere? Yeah she died. He’s an angel. Still love you Emilia! --- ## [Whipped butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipped-butter/838251)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipped-butter/838251 "2019-08-16T18:37:15Z")
I bought a tub of whipped butter, thinking that it would be softer than stick butter. Actually, I think it’s even harder. So what’s the point of whipped butter? --- ## [Movie You Love but Think Not Many Others Have Seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091 "2019-08-16T16:31:49Z")
Harry and Tonto Buffalo '66 Mikey and Nicky A Taste of Cherry Johnny Got His Gun What Happened Was… Dodsworth The Incident Never On Sunday Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner Shadows In Paradise Ladybug, Lady… --- ## [Correct/Confirm me on Avengers: Age of Ultron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-confirm-me-on-avengers-age-of-ultron/837968)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correct-confirm-me-on-avengers-age-of-ultron/837968 "2019-08-16T14:20:00Z")
It’s an older movie, but I’ll add some spoiler space for mouseover. Open spoilers down below. SO, while it’s been a few years since the movie came out, one of the big themes of the Avengers line since Iron Man is that … --- ## [Two Star Trek Questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-star-trek-questions/838516)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-star-trek-questions/838516 "2019-08-16T04:44:33Z")
First off, why do almost never hear anything about Star Trek: Deep Space 9 anymore? I have satellite TV and it apparently is not on on any of their channels at least. TNG and TOS are well represented. Heck so is Voyager.… --- ## [Ingrid Bergman was the loveliest actress of Old Hollywood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrid-bergman-was-the-loveliest-actress-of-old-hollywood/837322)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingrid-bergman-was-the-loveliest-actress-of-old-hollywood/837322 "2019-08-16T03:12:16Z")
I mean, seriously. Prove me wrong. With pictures. --- ## [Rocko's Modern Life - Static Cling (Netflix special)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockos-modern-life-static-cling-netflix-special/838646)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockos-modern-life-static-cling-netflix-special/838646 "2019-08-15T22:24:37Z")
Just had this pop up on the front page of my Netflix home, and I just finished watching it. It’s a new, apparently hand-drawn 45-minute special, featuring the original creative team and voice actors, and it’s currently g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=491)