# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=525 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 526 --- ## [stephen king talks about pet semetary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-talks-about-pet-semetary/832311)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-talks-about-pet-semetary/832311 "2019-04-11T19:07:23Z")
heres the interview note theres some spoilers in it for the new movie …… https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/pet-sematary-exhumed-stephen-king-looks-back-at-his-most-disturbing-story/ar-BBVo3ZH --- ## [Who SHOULD replace trebek on jeapordy? Vs. Who do you WANT to replace him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-replace-trebek-on-jeapordy-vs-who-do-you-want-to-replace-him/830877 "2019-04-11T17:32:08Z")
I think Anderson Cooper would be a great, trustworthy and professional replacement. Though I would LOVE to see Lewis Black. Your ideas? --- ## [Songs that would've been perfect in a show/movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldve-been-perfect-in-a-show-movie/832062)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldve-been-perfect-in-a-show-movie/832062 "2019-04-11T14:45:45Z")
There are songs that would make a good fit in certain TV shows and movies, but for whatever reason were never used. Place your nominations here. I’ll start with this one for Lost: Find Me– Husker Du --- ## [What exactly is wrong with Leslie Knope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-leslie-knope/832256)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-wrong-with-leslie-knope/832256 "2019-04-11T05:33:21Z")
I mean, like, on the DSM. She’s clearly a type A personality. But she’s also carrying enormous anxiety and control issues. I know she’s supposed to be charming and her optimism is supposed to carry the viewer along. … --- ## [Brad Pitt in inglourious Basterds is the most enigmatic performance I've ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brad-pitt-in-inglourious-basterds-is-the-most-enigmatic-performance-ive-ever-seen/832165)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brad-pitt-in-inglourious-basterds-is-the-most-enigmatic-performance-ive-ever-seen/832165 "2019-04-11T05:32:43Z")
Spoilers. If you haven’t seen the film yet, go find a way to do it. Christoph Waltz steals the show and gets all the accolades for his performance as SS Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds and deservedly so. But… --- ## [Female singer/songwriters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singer-songwriters/832126)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singer-songwriters/832126 "2019-04-11T02:45:53Z")
Inspired by the Three B’s thread: Which of the following do you think to be the best: songwriter? singer? overall entertainer? Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell --- ## [Durable seasoning on Carbon steel pans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durable-seasoning-on-carbon-steel-pans/832371)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durable-seasoning-on-carbon-steel-pans/832371 "2019-04-11T02:26:30Z")
A long long time ago, in a thread far far away. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=802248 I was bitching about my inability to find a smooth enough cast iron pan so “that a wistful sigh will send an… --- ## [McDonald's mobile App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mobile-app/832315)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-mobile-app/832315 "2019-04-10T22:54:47Z")
Not sure why, but I downloaded the McDonald’s app some time ago. Tonight I was hungry and since there is one a few minutes from my house I decided to try it out thinking it could be a good, quick way to pick up lunch on … --- ## [The Films of John Cassavetes: Pragmatism, Modernism, and the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-films-of-john-cassavetes-pragmatism-modernism-and-the-movies/832359)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-films-of-john-cassavetes-pragmatism-modernism-and-the-movies/832359 "2019-04-10T21:46:06Z")
Not only am I a huge fan of Cassavetes, but I think Gena Rowlands gave the best performance in a movie with “A Woman Under the Influence” that even my favorite actor of all-time (Marlon Brando) couldn’t do. I’ve only tal… --- ## [Favorite Action or Fight scene.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-action-or-fight-scene/831777 "2019-04-10T15:10:06Z")
Mine is from a 1961 movie titled “El Cid”. I saw it for the first time over 40 years ago and the fight scene for the city of Calahorra is pretty amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTm6FOpmp8s --- ## [Netflix series "Bitter Daisies" (Spanish) - thing hanging from car rearview mirror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948 "2019-04-10T13:17:42Z")
I just started watching this Netflix series Bitter Daisies about 15 minutes ago. Murder mystery (I think) set in Galicia. It’s in Spanish with subtitles\*. Anyone (Nava?) know what the thing is hanging from the rearview m… --- ## [Where can I watch.... whatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-watch-whatever/796245)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-watch-whatever/796245 "2017-09-14T15:51:20Z")
Is there one source where you can you can look up where a particular TV show or movie is streaming or otherwise available? If not there should be. The landscape is getting more and more cluttered with streaming sites and… --- ## [Help with romanization and translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-romanization-and-translation/831251)
**Author:** [@Spherical\_Bus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spherical_Bus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-romanization-and-translation/831251 "2019-03-19T22:57:47Z")
Since the Orange Room over at www.oroom.org won’t do it (and banned me until a couple weeks ago for it), I’ll post my request here since I don’t where to post these kinds of threads I’d like the song called “نشيد القوات… --- ## [Explain these lyrics, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-lyrics-please/832298)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-these-lyrics-please/832298 "2019-04-10T03:05:29Z")
While reading Darren Garrison’s Incredibly vague 80s song question thread, I ran across a song I hadn’t heard in almost 40 years. Rodney Crowell’s Stars on the Water. I don’t understand the first stanza. Most of the ly… --- ## [Anna Magdalena Piece Suggested by a Measure in Part II of the Aria to the Goldberg Variations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-magdalena-piece-suggested-by-a-measure-in-part-ii-of-the-aria-to-the-goldberg-variations/832148)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-magdalena-piece-suggested-by-a-measure-in-part-ii-of-the-aria-to-the-goldberg-variations/832148 "2019-04-10T02:22:28Z")
In measure 7 of the second part of the aria to the Goldberg Variations, there are three intervals of a 6th to end the measure. These are suggestive to me of a similar passage of the one of the pieces in the Anna Magdalen… --- ## [Where do you get your nuts. . . online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-nuts-online/832135)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-get-your-nuts-online/832135 "2019-04-09T23:17:03Z")
I used to be a big fan of bulk bin nuts for my trail mix. But after having watched people sneeze into their hands and then dive into the bulk bins, I’m less enamored. I’ve been looking for some places to get some less … --- ## [WrestleMania protesting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestlemania-protesting/832222)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrestlemania-protesting/832222 "2019-04-09T22:54:45Z")
A week ago John Oliver did a piece of the WWE addressing the bullshit wrestlers deal with and Vince McMahon’s assholery. John asked the fans to chant and wave signs at last nights WestleMania to pressure the league to d… --- ## [Favorite song about where you live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-where-you-live/829011 "2019-04-09T22:52:07Z")
What’s your favorite song that is about where you live? Bonus points if your town is mentioned in the title. Mine is Portland Woman, by New Riders Of The Purple Sage(1969). --- ## [Adventures at Burger King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-at-burger-king/832201)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-at-burger-king/832201 "2019-04-09T20:10:32Z")
I went to Burger King this Saturday evening for supper. I very often go there on Saturday evenings. I was about to order, when I saw on the “rotating” part of the digital menu board that they had the Stacker. A few ye… --- ## [Best cities in the US for pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cities-in-the-us-for-pizza/829096)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cities-in-the-us-for-pizza/829096 "2019-04-09T15:59:19Z")
I hear a lot of bragging among cities about the best pizza: New York pizza, Chicago deep dish, St Louis thin crust, Detroit pizza. I’ve read online magazines and it seems like cities that keep popping up over and over a… --- ## [Why don't bars tell you their kitchen hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-bars-tell-you-their-kitchen-hours/832273)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-bars-tell-you-their-kitchen-hours/832273 "2019-04-09T15:46:45Z")
This is a pretty common occurrence for me when traveling. I will go into a bar, look at the menu, and order a drink and some food only to be told that the kitchen is closed. The hours for the kitchen are never listed … --- ## [New Poppins Movie-Practically Perfect in Every Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063 "2019-04-09T15:24:01Z")
I just saw the teaser trailer for Mary Poppins Returns…and I am cautiously optimistic. Emily Blunt looks good in the roll. --- ## [Bitter taste in mouth after eating pasta salad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-taste-in-mouth-after-eating-pasta-salad/471325)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitter-taste-in-mouth-after-eating-pasta-salad/471325 "2019-04-09T15:05:44Z")
Does anybody else notice a nasty, bitter taste in their mouth after they eat pasta salad (not the mayonnaise kind, but the Italian seasoning kind)? I don’t seem to notice it when I’m eating the pasta salad, but then it … --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 18 (April 4, 2019) -- "The Laureate Accumulation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051 "2019-04-09T14:37:11Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [3 new tv dramas to check out (UK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-new-tv-dramas-to-check-out-uk/735835)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-new-tv-dramas-to-check-out-uk/735835 "2019-04-09T13:58:05Z")
I like to think I’m pretty discerning about drama and I know some here have Netflix or other nefarious means of obtaining the goods so I thought I’d mention these: Doctor Foster - for those who’ve seen Scott and Bailey … --- ## [Lords of Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lords-of-chaos/832046)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lords-of-chaos/832046 "2019-04-09T13:37:14Z")
Last weekend I saw Lords of Chaos, a fictionalized account of when the Norwegian “black metal” scene got very out of hand in the early 90s. It struck me as hit or miss, couldn’t really decide if it wanted to be a biopic … --- ## [What does Frere Jacques mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-frere-jacques-mean/402869)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-frere-jacques-mean/402869 "2019-04-09T12:08:03Z")
Ok, I wasn’t the best French student, but where in the world do the lyrics say “morning bells are ringing”? What does this song say, if translated literally? A bell is la cloche! Here is the line in French “Sonnez les… --- ## [Favorite misheard song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-misheard-song-lyrics/682066)
**Author:** [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-misheard-song-lyrics/682066 "2019-04-09T04:09:57Z")
What are some lyrics that you misheard? Mostly, I just couldn’t understand what they were singing half the time, but there were songs that I thought they were singing one thing and it was something else (or at least the … --- ## [Books: "THE YELLOW WALLPAPER" and "THE AWAKENING"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-the-yellow-wallpaper-and-the-awakening/832164)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-the-yellow-wallpaper-and-the-awakening/832164 "2019-04-09T01:26:42Z")
Most of the books in the Project Gutenberg top 100 I’ve read. Most of the rest I’ve heard of and decided not to read. There’s a few where I only know the author. And then, in the top 20, there are ‘The Yellow Wallpape… --- ## [Home Chef web commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-chef-web-commercial/832160)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-chef-web-commercial/832160 "2019-04-08T19:30:57Z")
Is the actress “Alex” the same one who played "Winnie from The Wonder Years…opposite Fred Savage? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=524) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=526)