# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=547 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 548 --- ## [Weezer: The Teal Album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-teal-album/828353)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-the-teal-album/828353 "2019-01-25T18:20:26Z")
So, Weezer just released an all cover album, following up on the success of their cover version of Africa. I’ve been streaming it this afternoon and really like it. They’re all over the place from Paranoid to No Scrubs. … --- ## ["Up in the Air, Junior Brdmen..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-air-junior-brdmen/828287)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-air-junior-brdmen/828287 "2019-01-25T18:16:06Z")
“…Up in the Air, Upside Down…”. Does anyone else remember this little ditty? Kids would sing it in the 1950s. And when you sang the song you made the Junior Birdmen “mask” using your hands. It’s hard to describe the mot… --- ## [Does Vince Vega sleep with Mia Wallace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vince-vega-sleep-with-mia-wallace/828100)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vince-vega-sleep-with-mia-wallace/828100 "2019-01-25T17:25:59Z")
In a special director’s cut of Pulp Fiction, seen only by us as we read these words, Vega’s bag of heroin falls out of his pocket and ends up underneath the front seat of his car while Vince is driving Mia Wallace home. … --- ## [No Candy Hearts this Valentine's Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candy-hearts-this-valentines-day/828302)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candy-hearts-this-valentines-day/828302 "2019-01-25T17:04:19Z")
I am hoping this is fake news, but a number of news outlets are reporting it. Link. --- ## [My Cat Likes BBQ Sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-likes-bbq-sauce/828270)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-likes-bbq-sauce/828270 "2019-01-25T15:19:28Z")
I had already fed my cats for the night, and was about to eat my own takeout BBQ Beef Sandwich, when my oldest cat, Flaherty, came over and wanted a taste. I offered her a wisp of shredded beef permeated with BBQ sauce.… --- ## [Great Documentaries About Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-documentaries-about-music/828057)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-documentaries-about-music/828057 "2019-01-25T01:35:30Z")
I’ve seen so many about certain bands/artists, but I don’t think I’ve seen a documentary about music; the history, or the language, evolution, how it spread early on, what effects it has on people, etc. --- ## [Anybody else tired of watermelon flavor candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-tired-of-watermelon-flavor-candy/828232)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-tired-of-watermelon-flavor-candy/828232 "2019-01-24T23:29:09Z")
I love fresh watermelon, but there’s something in artificial watermelon flavor that tastes really off to me. Add that to the fact that watermelon candy seems to be everywhere now, including a bag of gummi sours that I ju… --- ## [Easiest/hardest packs of crackers to open](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-hardest-packs-of-crackers-to-open/828354)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiest-hardest-packs-of-crackers-to-open/828354 "2019-01-24T23:08:02Z")
Easiest: Town House Original. The tall oval packs, only four to a box, are dead simple. Pull up the flap, hold the other part, they peel right open. Hardest: Premium Saltines Fresh Packs which cannot, I repeat, cannot, … --- ## [Name some of your favorite band names (please read OP for specifics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-of-your-favorite-band-names-please-read-op-for-specifics/828103 "2019-01-24T22:13:31Z")
I’ve been thinking about band names and have concluded that a large majority of them are stupid, lame, or, mostly, unimaginative. And so many of the best named bands seem to be very good at selecting a name but not so g… --- ## [Euphemisms for sex in Rock & Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-sex-in-rock-roll/828009 "2019-01-24T21:26:26Z")
Horizontal Bop - Bob Seger Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top What else? Go! \*Edit: Doesn’t have to be Rock & Roll. Any genre will do. \* --- ## [Immigration issues in new Roswell show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-issues-in-new-roswell-show/828312)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigration-issues-in-new-roswell-show/828312 "2019-01-24T20:29:41Z")
The new Roswell show is milking the timely “alien” metaphor by emphasizing the ICE related issues of the LatinX protagonist and her family, in Roswell New Mexico. While I am a big fan of sci-fi metaphors, I can’t help wo… --- ## [Under what genre is Leonard Cohen's music best classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-genre-is-leonard-cohens-music-best-classified/821063)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-genre-is-leonard-cohens-music-best-classified/821063 "2019-01-24T20:21:27Z")
How do you all think Leonard Cohen’s music is best classified? I think his career can be broken up into three periods. His 60s and 70s music would fall under folk music, but what about his subsequent albums and his one… --- ## ["Let it go" isn't that empowering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-go-isnt-that-empowering/828217)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-it-go-isnt-that-empowering/828217 "2019-01-24T16:49:24Z")
When I first heard the song it was catchy but some of the bits sounded kind of sociopathic. No right no wrong no rules for me. Some of the bits even sounded like running away. But what ruined it for me was how the charac… --- ## [And the Grammy for Best Use of the F-word in a Song goes to ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-grammy-for-best-use-of-the-f-word-in-a-song-goes-to/828231)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-grammy-for-best-use-of-the-f-word-in-a-song-goes-to/828231 "2019-01-24T13:33:30Z")
Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. I’ve No More F\*\*\*s To Give! Um, NSFW :smiley: --- ## [What is this "middle eastern" melody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-middle-eastern-melody/828067)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-middle-eastern-melody/828067 "2019-01-24T06:15:25Z")
It’s \*not \*“The Streets of Cairo”. This is just the first few bars (in the key of Em), but I think you’ll recognize it if you know it: Note: B\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Bb\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_G\_F#E\_\_\_\_F#G\_\_\_\_E Beat: 1\_\_\_… --- ## [Jeopardy January 22 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-january-22-2019/828241)
**Author:** [@Garak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garak)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-january-22-2019/828241 "2019-01-24T03:09:12Z")
So here are the scores going into Final Jeopardy: Julie: 7200 John: 13800 Haley 14400 if John doubles his score, he will have 27600 so the smart move is for Haley to wager 13201 so she will be guaranteed to win even… --- ## [Help me finish this rhyme: "What can you do when you live in a shoe ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564)
**Author:** [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finish-this-rhyme-what-can-you-do-when-you-live-in-a-shoe/200564 "2019-01-24T00:12:33Z")
A girl I used to work with would say “what can you do when you live in a shoe, and all your friends are toes …” the next line was something like “move to a hat 'cos that’s where it’s at, or make like a boot & get laced” … --- ## [How often should you oil a chopping board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-you-oil-a-chopping-board/828121)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-you-oil-a-chopping-board/828121 "2019-01-24T00:06:17Z")
Before Christmas I noticed that my chopping board (made of bamboo) was definitely in need of oiling, not having been oiled in some time. So I oiled it (with olive oil). But how often should it be oiled? --- ## [Binge watched Ozark Season 2 - spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-watched-ozark-season-2-spoilers/821115)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-watched-ozark-season-2-spoilers/821115 "2019-01-24T00:02:04Z")
I binge watched season 2 of Ozark on Netflix over the weekend. I thought it was good, told a full story, and has enough material left for another season. Mrs. Snell is such an evil bitch it is almost comical, and Mr. S… --- ## [Need info / recommendations for vegetable based juices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-recommendations-for-vegetable-based-juices/828220)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-recommendations-for-vegetable-based-juices/828220 "2019-01-23T21:08:42Z")
For various reasons, I find my diet getting poorer and poorer. I’m trying to find a way to consume more vegetables which is problematic because I have dental issues that hinder chewing. Also, I don’t seem to have much of… --- ## [How do you peel oranges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-peel-oranges/828222)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-peel-oranges/828222 "2019-01-23T19:19:22Z")
I’ve started eating oranges, and have come to face the dilemma of how to best peel the damn things and get all the white rind off the orange slices as easily as possible. Poking around I found a comment that if you roll… --- ## [ideas for FRESH GREEN BEANS plz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-fresh-green-beans-plz/828225)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-fresh-green-beans-plz/828225 "2019-01-23T17:35:34Z")
I have a lot but it’s just 2 of us. Neither of us is really a super huge veggie eater but I’d like these not to go to waste. I’m not opposed to semi-unhealthy options if it’ll entice us to eat the $#\*! things :smiley: s… --- ## [Anyone read/listened to Extracted by R.R.Haywood? A question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-read-listened-to-extracted-by-r-r-haywood-a-question/828280)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-read-listened-to-extracted-by-r-r-haywood-a-question/828280 "2019-01-23T17:08:55Z")
I got this on Audible and enjoyed the first book and am now about a third into the second. It’s a time travel yarn so I’m sure there are many plot lines that don’t make sense but there is one thing that is bugging me. I… --- ## [Do you ever pull a "double feature" at the theater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-pull-a-double-feature-at-the-theater/828194)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-pull-a-double-feature-at-the-theater/828194 "2019-01-23T13:49:54Z")
Pay to watch one movie at the multiplex and then, when it is over, go into another theater to watch another? We saw “On the Basis of Sex” and then “The Green Book” yesterday. I imagine it might be more complicated in t… --- ## [Funniest Musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146 "2019-01-23T06:36:20Z")
John Lennon Jim Morrison --- ## [Name the oldest continuously eaten prepared foods with the same name as the modern version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-oldest-continuously-eaten-prepared-foods-with-the-same-name-as-the-modern-version/827766)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-oldest-continuously-eaten-prepared-foods-with-the-same-name-as-the-modern-version/827766 "2019-01-22T23:04:37Z")
By “name of a prepared food” as per the subject, I mean: a) something with a recipe that produces a finished item, rather than just a food term (“vino” for “wine”), b) isn’t just a descriptive process and name (“fried … --- ## [2 music questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-music-questions/58457)
**Author:** [@nightbird99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightbird99)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-music-questions/58457 "2019-01-22T21:51:15Z")
I have 2 music questions. First- did the woman who provided background vocals on the Rolling Stone’s “Gimme Shelter” actually have a miscarriage because of the effort she put into that vocal performance? I have heard th… --- ## [Escape at Dannemora](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-at-dannemora/827944)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-at-dannemora/827944 "2019-01-22T18:48:01Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread on this Showtime mini-series yet. I’ve had it sitting on my DVR for a while now and finally watched it over the last couple days. I thought it was excellent. The performances of Beni… --- ## [Spooky instrumental music ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-instrumental-music-id/828204 "2019-01-22T18:21:42Z")
You all know the piece. The problem is me, a non-musician, trying to describe it in text. In my head, it’s: ♫ Do Re Me So Faaaaaaaa Fa Me Re Do Do Re Me So Faaaaaaaa Fa Me Re Do ♫ What’s it called, and who wrote i… --- ## [Going to a Filipino supermarket today. What should I buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-filipino-supermarket-today-what-should-i-buy/828148)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-filipino-supermarket-today-what-should-i-buy/828148 "2019-01-22T17:17:17Z")
I’m going to a terrific supermarket today - Seafood City in San Jose. I’ve been there once and was gobsmacked at the beautiful seafood department they had. It looked like a miniature Tsujiki fish market. The seabream … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=546) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=548)