# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=51 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 52 --- ## [Fallout TV Show coming to Amazon, April 2024 (No spoilers for at least a week)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-tv-show-coming-to-amazon-april-2024-no-spoilers-for-at-least-a-week/914138 "2025-11-14T21:09:50Z")
I’m usually pretty dubious about video game based movies since they are usually meh at best. But westworld is a fairly decent show, and fallout is one of my favorite game franchises, so I think I might actually be exc… --- ## [Fun With Sauerkraut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-sauerkraut/1023568)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-sauerkraut/1023568 "2025-11-14T18:39:46Z")
Good idea! I was planning to try a new experiment: sauteeing a can’s worth of sauerkraut in garlic herb butter, perhaps with some chopped braunschweiger stirred in. I take it I should drain the sauerkraut before tossing … --- ## [Question about "Get Fuzzy" comic strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-get-fuzzy-comic-strip/1016991)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-get-fuzzy-comic-strip/1016991 "2025-11-14T17:33:30Z")
Are the “Get Fuzzy” comic strips repeated randomly, or are they repeated in a particular order? Is there a listing of how many originals there actually are? --- ## [What was the first album with psychedelic cover art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-with-psychedelic-cover-art/953421)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-with-psychedelic-cover-art/953421 "2025-11-14T02:16:44Z")
Somehow inspired by this thread: I’m not asking about the first musically psychedelic album, but the one with the first typically psychedelic art style that prevailed for a few years between 1966 and 1970 (yeah, and a… --- ## [The Weight-- what's its meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weight-whats-its-meaning/612455)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weight-whats-its-meaning/612455 "2025-11-13T23:03:14Z")
In this thread (that I started) Aretha Franklin’s version of The Weight is shown to be on the President’s playlist. I listen to the song in both The Band and Aretha flavors and actually paid attention to the words I was … --- ## [Any cannabis hobbyists here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cannabis-hobbyists-here/1007248)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cannabis-hobbyists-here/1007248 "2025-11-13T22:02:56Z")
If so, I hope to join your ranks soon with the purchase of this grow system. I’ve toyed with the idea of getting a ready-to-go system for quite a while, then saw this and thought, “hmm”. So I’m in learning mode for a whi… --- ## [Monty Python Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816 "2025-11-13T16:53:19Z")
I remember a short MP scene where Terry Jones (I think) dressed as a woman (?) feeding birds with chunks of meat (I think) and vigorously hurling the chunks at the birds while saying “chook chook.” It’s delightfuly absur… --- ## [Are there any good AI websites for creating / editing sound files and short music videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-ai-websites-for-creating-editing-sound-files-and-short-music-videos/1024823)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-ai-websites-for-creating-editing-sound-files-and-short-music-videos/1024823 "2025-11-13T16:40:15Z")
Can anyone recommend good free AI websites that can do any of the following: Take a sound file or Youtube video of e.g. a choir singing and remove things like a BUMP or a sound of someone in the audience coughing or s… --- ## [Just in case you haven't had enough bagpipes in your life lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-had-enough-bagpipes-in-your-life-lately/926705 "2025-11-13T06:47:14Z")
I’m Scottish, or descended from Scotland at least. I love this stuff. --- ## [Did I miss this year's gripes about the Rock and Roll HOF inductees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-this-years-gripes-about-the-rock-and-roll-hof-inductees/1024769)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-miss-this-years-gripes-about-the-rock-and-roll-hof-inductees/1024769 "2025-11-13T02:33:24Z")
Just trying to keep up. --- ## [10 year old cabot cheddar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-cabot-cheddar/1024678)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-cabot-cheddar/1024678 "2025-11-12T22:44:35Z")
I found a block of ten year old Cabot cheddar cheese at the supermarket the other day. I’m impressed at how good it is. It’s sour and a little crumbly and has a nice cheddar punch. It makes my eyes water just a little. N… --- ## [Great album / awful cover art!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-album-awful-cover-art/953160)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-album-awful-cover-art/953160 "2025-11-12T15:25:19Z")
Your submissions, please, for awful album covers gracing (or, rather, defacing) a great album! --- ## [What is your favorite Mexican dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-mexican-dinner/1024080)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-mexican-dinner/1024080 "2025-11-12T02:57:32Z")
Do you have a favorite dinner that you frequently order at a Mexican restaurant? Mine is 1 Cheese Enchilada 1 beef Enchilada 1 taco made with \*\*\*shredded roast beef (if available) Refried beans Tortilla Chips and q… --- ## [Ace Frehley (KISS) is on life support (has died, October 16, 2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace-frehley-kiss-is-on-life-support-has-died-october-16-2025/1024037)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ace-frehley-kiss-is-on-life-support-has-died-october-16-2025/1024037 "2025-11-11T23:57:14Z")
Original KISS lead guitarist is on life support after suffering a brain bleed after a fall in his studio a couple of weeks ago. We’re told he’s been on a ventilator for some time, and hasn’t gotten better – so, his f… --- ## [A deli sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-deli-sandwich/1024784)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-deli-sandwich/1024784 "2025-11-11T18:57:08Z")
Is there a deli either in NYC or LA or both that names their sandwiches after stars that offers a mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich called a Billy Crystal or Miracle Max? --- ## [Schrödinger's Cat Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-jokes/1024677)
**Author:** [@IridiumIodineSulfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IridiumIodineSulfur)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schrodingers-cat-jokes/1024677 "2025-11-11T14:42:39Z")
Who here has good Schrödinger’s Cat jokes (or related jokes that come to mind)? I’ll list a couple. Schrödinger, Heisenberg, and Ohm are all in a car. A police officer pulls them over and says, “Do you know how fast yo… --- ## [What bands with strange names made it big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-with-strange-names-made-it-big/1024637)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-with-strange-names-made-it-big/1024637 "2025-11-11T10:52:28Z")
I saw a flyer for The Dead Milkmen that made me think about it. Bare Naked Ladies comes to mind, not sure how big they got. The Bangles changed their name from The Bangs to be more acceptable. --- ## [A Larry King quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-larry-king-quote/1024744 "2025-11-11T04:41:34Z")
King was interviewing Tip O’Neill, who was an old man at the time. I don’t know how I remember this quote verbatim, but it just struck me as an odd thing to ask somebody. He asked: “how does it feel to be so close to mee… --- ## [Who has ever been a stooge/in on the magic trick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-ever-been-a-stooge-in-on-the-magic-trick/1024644)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-ever-been-a-stooge-in-on-the-magic-trick/1024644 "2025-11-11T04:16:45Z")
I have read some of the numerous threads here about how magic tricks are accomplished. Most threads of that sort contain answers with the assumption that the live audience was in on the trick to fool the TV audience. I… --- ## [WTH happened to frozen hamburger pizza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-happened-to-frozen-hamburger-pizza/999673)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-happened-to-frozen-hamburger-pizza/999673 "2025-11-10T22:09:29Z")
I understand that beef is more expensive than pork and that sausage and pepperoni are bigger sellers. But most brands of frozen pizza had one in hamburger. Now I can’t find one to save my life. Not at any store I’ve be… --- ## [Yay, I'm gonna see Richard Thompson for the first time in May! \[fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-gonna-see-richard-thompson-for-the-first-time-in-may-fixed-title/1010919)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-gonna-see-richard-thompson-for-the-first-time-in-may-fixed-title/1010919 "2025-11-10T19:13:28Z")
I got into Richard Thompson relatively late, about 20 years ago a coworker lent me his sampler “Action Packed: The Best Of The Capitol Years”. I had known his stellar reputation, but nonetheless was blown away by that al… --- ## [Gardeners - what flowers give you the biggest bang for the buck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-what-flowers-give-you-the-biggest-bang-for-the-buck/1024529)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardeners-what-flowers-give-you-the-biggest-bang-for-the-buck/1024529 "2025-11-10T17:12:04Z")
Here in Zone 5 around Chicago, we are cleaning things up for winter. Most of the blooms are gone other than Russian Sage and some lavender. But the nasturtiums we started from seed back in May are still going strong! … --- ## [Some gaps in my musical knowledge (and what to do about it.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gaps-in-my-musical-knowledge-and-what-to-do-about-it/997943)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-gaps-in-my-musical-knowledge-and-what-to-do-about-it/997943 "2025-11-10T17:08:49Z")
(Post prompted by @Mean\_Mr.Mustard latest “Songs beginning with …” threads; and encouraged by @EinsteinsHund) Ahem. A confession. Shockingly, until a few weeks ago, I had never listened to an album by…The Rolling Stones.… --- ## [Songs with the same name as the band themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-the-same-name-as-the-band-themselves/1024646 "2025-11-10T01:21:47Z")
The only two that come to mind are Living in a Box, by … Living in a Box, from their hit album … Living in a Box. They were a one-hit wonder with a minor hit, but the other song that comes to mind with the thread title i… --- ## [Another old radio show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687 "2025-11-08T13:55:40Z")
This was probably late 70s and 80s. I’m pretty sure it was a college radio station. This was a serial. The protagonist was a woman who was maybe a detective. It was an absurdist comedy, set possibly in the near future. T… --- ## [Silence of the Lambs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silence-of-the-lambs-question/508969)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silence-of-the-lambs-question/508969 "2025-11-08T12:04:31Z")
So I stumble across Special Agent Starling and Dr. Lecter the other night and see the scene: “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” And then he makes that noise… --- ## ['Erection in a cravat' - verifying a possibly poorly remembered quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erection-in-a-cravat-verifying-a-possibly-poorly-remembered-quote/1024684)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erection-in-a-cravat-verifying-a-possibly-poorly-remembered-quote/1024684 "2025-11-08T08:25:19Z")
For reasons that need not trouble any of you, I used a quote about someone looking like ‘an erection in a cravat’. I half-remember this as a line from a review or gloss of the appearance of Buddy Love, the ultra-smooth … --- ## [Ragnarok (Netflix series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581 "2025-11-07T15:26:08Z")
I couldn’t find a thread on this show. Anyone else watch? I just finished the 2nd (and latest) season. I enjoyed it. It’s sort of a cross between Thor and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. --- ## [Any Shakespeare deniers on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197)
**Author:** [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197 "2025-11-07T14:31:30Z")
As the thread heading asks, is there anyone on Straightdope who doesn’t believe Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare? It’s a subject which interests me. I suspect there is perhaps any older thread on this subject, but am unsure… --- ## [June Lockhart has died at 100](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-lockhart-has-died-at-100/1024283 "2025-11-07T01:32:34Z")
I was suprised she was still going. She was my first TV mom in Lost in Space, then on Lassie reruns. RiP June. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=52)