# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=545 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 546 --- ## [Pate de Campagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pate-de-campagne/828756)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pate-de-campagne/828756 "2019-02-01T00:57:27Z")
I ate my first “real” pate. I remember years ago I tried liverwurst and liked it. Then years later I tried it and didn’t like it. It was probably two different things anyway, maybe one was braunschweiger, I don’t know. … --- ## [Waffle Fries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffle-fries/828552)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waffle-fries/828552 "2019-02-01T00:28:22Z")
I have a bag of frozen waffle-cut fries in my freezer and I can’t think of what would be good to have them with. Any ideas? --- ## [Most depressing movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-movie/828509)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-movie/828509 "2019-01-31T22:11:24Z")
I think the most depressing movie I’ve seen is Johnny Got His Gun (1971). I love the ‘Merry Christmas! I am the boss, and this is champagne’ scene. But despite the surreal aspects, it’s a bit of a downer. --- ## [LOTR (film): how did Gandalf know Frodo would be OK with the ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-film-how-did-gandalf-know-frodo-would-be-ok-with-the-ring/820405)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-film-how-did-gandalf-know-frodo-would-be-ok-with-the-ring/820405 "2019-01-31T21:29:40Z")
Early on in Jackson’s first LOTR movie, Gandalf exercises great caution in handling the ring, telling Frodo that he (Gandalf) would be vulnerable to manipulation by its evil power. So he insists that Frodo take the ring… --- ## [Isle of Dogs (no spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isle-of-dogs-no-spoilers/811418)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isle-of-dogs-no-spoilers/811418 "2019-01-31T20:46:12Z")
Has anyone seen the film yet? I went last night. It’s only playing so far in Phoenix at the “art house” theater, but the theater was fairly full. I think it’s pretty well made. I can see the criticisms of Tracy as the “… --- ## [bill maher manages to piss off millions yet again with stan lee coments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-manages-to-piss-off-millions-yet-again-with-stan-lee-coments/824704)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-manages-to-piss-off-millions-yet-again-with-stan-lee-coments/824704 "2019-01-31T19:14:35Z")
bill maher does it again this time its everyone who still reads comic books https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/bill-maher-slammed-for-disrespecting-stan-lee-questioning-the-importance-of-comic-books/ar-BBPOdwn yo… --- ## [Harmonicas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonicas/828744)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmonicas/828744 "2019-01-31T19:12:53Z")
A few years ago there was a thread posted by someone who wanted to learn to play a harmonica. How’s it going? How’s it going with other beginners? For me, I finally learned how to ‘bend’. I found the Cleartune chroma… --- ## [RIP: Dick Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dick-miller/828737)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dick-miller/828737 "2019-01-31T18:43:04Z")
Prolific character actor, know best for Terminator I’d say. --- ## [Moments when you realized a hit song was actually a cover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-when-you-realized-a-hit-song-was-actually-a-cover/828189)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moments-when-you-realized-a-hit-song-was-actually-a-cover/828189 "2019-01-31T17:42:49Z")
This afternoon I went out to Walmart and wound up buying more stuff than I could carry back with me on the bus, so I hailed an Uber. The driver who picked me up asked me what kind of music I like, and I answered that I l… --- ## [When did country music jump the shark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-country-music-jump-the-shark/827736)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-country-music-jump-the-shark/827736 "2019-01-31T16:39:57Z")
I haven’t really listened to country music since about the mid 1980’s. So I was rather surprised at what I heard when I listened to a local country radio station for nearly an hour while waiting to have new tires install… --- ## [Apparently, Frank Drebin had a daughter \[TV show "Angie Tribeca"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-frank-drebin-had-a-daughter-tv-show-angie-tribeca/743789 "2019-01-31T15:43:26Z")
I just saw a few episodes of a new show on TBS, Angie Tribeca, and I swear the show is 90% Police Squad! and 10% Sledge Hammer. The first season was a 25 hour/10 episode marathon on January 17th and 18th, and the 2nd se… --- ## [Dimash will perform after the Super Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimash-will-perform-after-the-super-bowl/828729)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimash-will-perform-after-the-super-bowl/828729 "2019-01-31T15:41:40Z")
He’s not yet a household name in the US, but he’s got quite a bit of a cult following. I’m talking about the singer Dimash Kudaibergen from Kazakhstan. If you’re familiar with him, you’ll probably be interested to know… --- ## [My latest batch of limoncello tastes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-batch-of-limoncello-tastes/828481)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-batch-of-limoncello-tastes/828481 "2019-01-31T03:28:15Z")
like youth and Summer and being in love for the first time. That is all. --- ## [Top five eps of Star Trek you can pop in and not be bored no matter how many times you've seen it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-eps-of-star-trek-you-can-pop-in-and-not-be-bored-no-matter-how-many-times-youve-seen-it/828654)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-eps-of-star-trek-you-can-pop-in-and-not-be-bored-no-matter-how-many-times-youve-seen-it/828654 "2019-01-31T01:44:51Z")
I could do an all TOS list probably if I wanted too. They’re just so bright. Nimoy and Shatner are great. The themes are kinda ham-fisted. Love it… Balance of Terror Arena Best of Both Worlds part 1 The Ship (DS9 ep) I… --- ## [Have you ever been to a sneak preview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-a-sneak-preview/828491)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-a-sneak-preview/828491 "2019-01-30T22:34:17Z")
I assume they still have these for movies. What do they do that’s different from a regular showing? Do they have surprise previews like the first sneak “peek” of “Gone With The Wind”? What about Broadway theatre? --- ## [The disaster that was Rent: Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disaster-that-was-rent-live/828553)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disaster-that-was-rent-live/828553 "2019-01-30T22:29:33Z")
I can’t believe nobody has brought this up yet. The production was a disaster. Airing a dress rehearsal instead of the whatever live version they had available? And what kind of production like this doesn’t hire underst… --- ## [Goober Grape.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goober-grape/828345)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goober-grape/828345 "2019-01-30T18:27:56Z")
The peanut butter poll reminded me of this product. It’s a mix of peanut butter and grape jelly. It is possibly the most inedible thing I’ve ever spent a $1.99 on. The kids insisted and it seemed like a good idea. Nope. … --- ## [Benji vs. the Littlest Hobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benji-vs-the-littlest-hobo/828064 "2019-01-30T17:02:35Z")
Which dog (or rather, which series of stray-dog-helps-people films/TV shows) is better? Some criteria to consider: \[ul\] \[li\]Looks. Benji is a small brown mutt, a bit ungainly but cute. The Littlest Hobo is a short-h… --- ## [James Ingram passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-ingram-passes-away/828639 "2019-01-30T15:32:47Z")
Brain cancer took the inimitable James Ingram from us today too early. Age 66. Hard to believe that “Just Once” started off as a throw-away demo. Ingram breathed so much life into that track that a legend like Quincy Jo… --- ## [Misplaced commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627 "2019-01-30T15:24:36Z")
I wasn’t sure how to title this, but I mean commercials that don’t work for some of the area that they are aired in. I just saw a commercial for something (unbundling channels, or something cell phone related or somethin… --- ## [Name of Artist whose women models violated basic physics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-artist-whose-women-models-violated-basic-physics/828581)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-artist-whose-women-models-violated-basic-physics/828581 "2019-01-30T13:32:56Z")
More than a decade ago, I ran into a blog with an article about some dubious '“dirty” (in the tame, mid 20’th century sense) graphic artist who drew big & pointy-breasted women in ostensibly routine public settings (gett… --- ## [Best wood for carving.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-wood-for-carving/536949)
**Author:** [@jakesteele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakesteele)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-wood-for-carving/536949 "2010-04-23T18:38:23Z")
I am wondering what is considered the best all around wood for carving? Some people say basswood is and others praise different types. Also, does the redwood tree make for good carving. Also, what exotic type wood is… --- ## [First use of ‘Dark Knight’ to describe a Batman style character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-dark-knight-to-describe-a-batman-style-character/828618)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-dark-knight-to-describe-a-batman-style-character/828618 "2019-01-30T05:29:35Z")
So we all know Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Since that time we’ve had a million iterations if referring to Batman as variations on Dark Knight until I wish he’d just lighten up, dammit. But where’d th… --- ## [The punisher season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punisher-season-2/828028)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-punisher-season-2/828028 "2019-01-30T01:54:26Z")
So far (I’m only on episode two) it’s not what I expected. They made the punisher kind of rapey in this season, which us strange. Also he seems way more incompetent at combat than in the first season. Hopefully it’ll … --- ## [Groucho Marx / George Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groucho-marx-george-burns/828651)
**Author:** [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groucho-marx-george-burns/828651 "2019-01-30T01:23:48Z")
I was having a random memory today of George Burns. Let me set it up a little… Late in Groucho Marx’ life he acquired a young girlfriend (Erin Fleming). Naturally, there was a good deal of debate as to the true nature… --- ## [Outlander Season 4 (Spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-4-spoilers-as-it-airs/823853)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-4-spoilers-as-it-airs/823853 "2019-01-29T23:13:07Z")
New season, based on Drums of Autumn, starts 11/4 at 8p on Starz. Our beloved Jamie and Claire are making a life for themselves in pre-Revolutionary War America, while in the “present” (1960ish) Brianna tries to get on … --- ## [Well, I thought I invented the world's best popcorn hack.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-thought-i-invented-the-worlds-best-popcorn-hack/827928)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-thought-i-invented-the-worlds-best-popcorn-hack/827928 "2019-01-29T22:16:10Z")
Last night I decided to pop a bag of popcorn. Sitting on the kitchen counter is a bag of brown sugar left over from the night before. I suddenly became inspired and decided to take a handful of brown sugar and mix it wi… --- ## [Baking pork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-pork/828489)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-pork/828489 "2019-01-29T21:27:13Z")
I have some leftover barbecue sauce in my fridge. And boneless pork ribs (which I realize is an oxymoron) were on sale at the supermarket. So I decided to bring the two together. I don’t normally cook pork in the oven. … --- ## [Mulholland Dr.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulholland-dr/828559)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulholland-dr/828559 "2019-01-29T21:06:15Z")
This movie came out 18 years ago, so no doubt it’s been discussed here. But I didn’t see it for the first time until several years later and never got the chance to discuss it (or if I did, I don’t recall / can’t locate … --- ## [Roma (movie) - very good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roma-movie-very-good/827660)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roma-movie-very-good/827660 "2019-01-29T20:28:27Z")
This award-winning Mexican film is currently in some theaters, but is also on Netflix Instant Watch, and that’s where I saw it last night. Wow, is it good! It’s about a wealthy Mexican family, set in late 1970 and earl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=544) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=546)