# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=549 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 550 --- ## [This is Jim Rockford, leave your name and a message…if you’d like to buy my car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jim-rockford-leave-your-name-and-a-message-if-you-d-like-to-buy-my-car/828021)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jim-rockford-leave-your-name-and-a-message-if-you-d-like-to-buy-my-car/828021 "2019-01-20T01:35:59Z")
I’ve been grinning at these photos for 20 mins. Already got the don’t even think about it stare from my wife. ; I’d love being at the auction to see the car and at least make a bid before the big spenders drive the pric… --- ## [I feel like Star Wars is moving away from the Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-star-wars-is-moving-away-from-the-force/827597)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-star-wars-is-moving-away-from-the-force/827597 "2019-01-20T00:14:56Z")
Rogue One had a few glimpses of Vader in action. Solo gave us a brief glimpse of a former Sith lord, but no force action. The show Resistance is, as of now, all political and military action, no force users. The upcoming… --- ## [Chris Pratt and that COW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-pratt-and-that-cow/828074)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-pratt-and-that-cow/828074 "2019-01-19T22:09:59Z")
I don’t know anything about Chris Pratt who divorced the adorable Anna Faris. For all I know she is a mean drunk. For all I know, he is a walking lump of muscles with a teeny tiny pea brain. (Or, it just didn’t work ou… --- ## [Does anyone make Caramel Apples or Popcorn balls anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-make-caramel-apples-or-popcorn-balls-anymore/827946)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-make-caramel-apples-or-popcorn-balls-anymore/827946 "2019-01-19T20:36:59Z")
It’s been a long time since I thought about Caramel Apples and Popcorn balls. My aunt bought a candy kit that included the caramel and sticks. She melted the caramel in a double boiler and dipped the apples. Cool on wax… --- ## [In which the low cal version tastes better.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-low-cal-version-tastes-better/827990)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-the-low-cal-version-tastes-better/827990 "2019-01-19T19:16:12Z")
Iced tea with Sweet n Low tastes better than iced tea with sugar. Fresca is the best soda on the planet. --- ## ["Wrecked" - Tv Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrecked-tv-show/822379)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrecked-tv-show/822379 "2019-01-19T17:35:35Z")
Hi \_ Is anybody else watching? I really have enjoyed this show- espeically how it played with the ‘Lost’ mythos in the first season. Anyway, I had to watch last night’s bloody finale with the sound off. Can anyone fil… --- ## [Minneapolis Dopers: Was the original Totino's restaurant any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopers-was-the-original-totinos-restaurant-any-good/828042)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-dopers-was-the-original-totinos-restaurant-any-good/828042 "2019-01-19T17:27:58Z")
Totino’s frozen pizzas were a staple of my childhood, and even today they’re a comfort food I enjoy now and then. They’re not great pizzas, and honestly they’re on the low end of the frozen pizza food chain, but there’s … --- ## [Calling all elementary school teachers of the seventies, looking for school film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-elementary-school-teachers-of-the-seventies-looking-for-school-film/827692)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-elementary-school-teachers-of-the-seventies-looking-for-school-film/827692 "2019-01-19T08:33:20Z")
I’m looking for a short drama I saw as a child in school in the early seventies about an elderly woman who lived alone in a big house I think somewhere in the southern US. As I remember it, she invited some local girls t… --- ## [All that rum - up in flames. Oh, the humanity!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-rum-up-in-flames-oh-the-humanity/827933)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-rum-up-in-flames-oh-the-humanity/827933 "2019-01-19T01:48:55Z")
Mount Gay loses 150,000 gallons of rum in a fire. Part of the distillery was destroyed as well. If you are a fan (as I am) of this rum, better buy an extra bottle. Supplies may be scant for a while. --- ## [Songs that should end before they do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-should-end-before-they-do/827814 "2019-01-18T22:27:43Z")
Go ahead and cite Hey Jude if you must, but I kind of enjoy the seemingly endless repetition of the chorus. It’s fun to sing along to. :slight\_smile: I’m going to start with Pink Floyd’s Time. The time is gone, the son… --- ## [Best or worst album filler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-album-filler/827652)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-album-filler/827652 "2019-01-18T22:26:13Z")
Define “filler” any way you like. A couple of my favorites: “Her Majesty” from the Beatles’ “Abbey Road”. “Mother’s Lament” - the last track on Cream’s “Disraeli Gears” album, a nice little throw-away a cappella rendi… --- ## [Best Travel Ad Ever, from Aeroméxico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-travel-ad-ever-from-aeromexico/827998)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-travel-ad-ever-from-aeromexico/827998 "2019-01-18T20:52:23Z")
Funny ad from Aeroméxico that gives people that would otherwise never visit Mexico for a variety of bigoted reasons a specific reason to do so. They gave DNA tests to them, then provided discounts based on how much Mexi… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 12 (January 10, 2019) -- "The Propagation Proposition"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-12-january-10-2019-the-propagation-proposition/827528)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-12-january-10-2019-the-propagation-proposition/827528 "2019-01-18T18:48:06Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Spider-Man : Far From Home trailer released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-far-from-home-trailer-released/827807)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-far-from-home-trailer-released/827807 "2019-01-18T18:06:28Z")
U.S. trailer here, and international trailer. Not what I expected, but still looks like fun. --- ## [Is there a canon justification for Robin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-canon-justification-for-robin/827925)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-canon-justification-for-robin/827925 "2019-01-18T12:24:34Z")
Robin—Batman’s teenage sidekick, in various iterations—seems, on the face of it, like a wholly terrible idea. There’s not only the moral issues in letting an underage boy go out at night, fighting against armed thugs and… --- ## [Help me find a procedural/drama episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-procedural-drama-episode/827972)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-procedural-drama-episode/827972 "2019-01-18T11:23:59Z")
I have been trying to figure out the details of a, frankly fairly melodramatic and dumb, episode of a British drama that I remember from a few years ago. I was about 99.9% certain that the show involved was Silent Witne… --- ## [Bonnie Guitar has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-guitar-has-died/827959)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonnie-guitar-has-died/827959 "2019-01-18T01:57:07Z")
Overlooked because of Carol Channing’s passing, I guess. She had one of the very first country-pop crossover hits with Dark Moon, which charted a second time when Gale Storm sang it. Obit. --- ## [Venezuelan or Paraguayan dishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuelan-or-paraguayan-dishes/827952)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venezuelan-or-paraguayan-dishes/827952 "2019-01-18T00:37:49Z")
My son’s school is having some kind of multicultural night, and his class has been assigned Venezuela and Paraguay as far as what dishes for parents to bring. I’m not too familiar with either country’s cuisine, to be ho… --- ## [List of celebrities who worked as pimps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-celebrities-who-worked-as-pimps/827854)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-celebrities-who-worked-as-pimps/827854 "2019-01-17T20:55:37Z")
I didn’t know Miles Davis worked as a pimp, but in this thread they mention that he did. https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21432361&postcount=2 Which got me thinking. What other celebrities have worke… --- ## [Sardines!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sardines/827810)
**Author:** [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sardines/827810 "2019-01-17T20:43:32Z")
A couple of years ago at my annual wellness checkup, they told me I need to increase my “good cholesterol”. So, I bought a can of sardines to see what they were like, since I had never tried them before. I’ve never been… --- ## [Unrealistic expectations or just like to bitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-expectations-or-just-like-to-bitch/827406)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrealistic-expectations-or-just-like-to-bitch/827406 "2019-01-17T19:51:35Z")
So recently I’ve noticed what seems to me to be an uptick in the amount of serious-seeming griping about the quality of various movies, TV shows and books, which are generally acclaimed as being entertaining, and in some… --- ## [TV Show about a bar from the 1960s or 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-about-a-bar-from-the-1960s-or-70s/827913)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-about-a-bar-from-the-1960s-or-70s/827913 "2019-01-17T19:46:37Z")
Before Cheers, there was a TV show about a bar. I don’t remember the name of the show or the bar. I thought it was something like Kessler’s, but I don’t see that in imdb. Anyone remember the name of it? --- ## [Cheese hounds: what is this--onion jam?--and how would I make it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-hounds-what-is-this-onion-jam-and-how-would-i-make-it/827081)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-hounds-what-is-this-onion-jam-and-how-would-i-make-it/827081 "2019-01-17T19:31:15Z")
I was at an Italian restaurant a while ago and had a cheese plate that came with three sweet garnishes: honey, a jam, and then something that was a bit dry and crystallized but sweet. You can see it here (top-most tumbl… --- ## [What should I do with this flank steak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-flank-steak/827891)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-flank-steak/827891 "2019-01-17T18:17:16Z")
I have 2lbs of flank steak and I have always just made Ropa Vieja with it, but I thought I’d see what other options there are. So, what would you do with some nice flank steak? --- ## [Now it's time for my "cut the cord" advice thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-time-for-my-cut-the-cord-advice-thread/805817)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-its-time-for-my-cut-the-cord-advice-thread/805817 "2019-01-17T17:20:35Z")
It’s simple: TV does not mean a lot to me, and our $140.00/month DirecTV bill is too freakin’ high. So I bought a Roku for Christmas, hooked it up, attached our Netflix and Amazon Prime accounts to it… now, what else sho… --- ## [Aviation hounds: recent good reads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-hounds-recent-good-reads/827744)
**Author:** [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aviation-hounds-recent-good-reads/827744 "2019-01-17T03:51:39Z")
I’ve been down the military aviation rabbit hole for most of my life (cold war era especially), and I’m having trouble finding new material to enjoy. In the hopes of earning some good recommendations from other plane-he… --- ## [Trader Joe's vs Whole Foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trader-joes-vs-whole-foods/827654)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trader-joes-vs-whole-foods/827654 "2019-01-16T23:50:23Z")
I am a semi-regular at Trader Joe’s and I stopped in to Whole Foods today on a whim. I was quite impressed at the selection and layout. Didn’t buy much - an avocado, a lime, some grapes and some peppery feta - but there … --- ## [Fictional characters who met actual famous people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-who-met-actual-famous-people/827408)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-who-met-actual-famous-people/827408 "2019-01-16T23:26:07Z")
Excluding the genre of alternative history, actors and actresses playing famous people, and famous people doing cameos in movies or TV shows (like Stephen Hawking’s appearances on The Big Bang Theory). What I’m thinking… --- ## [Creamy Spinach Salmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamy-spinach-salmon/827776)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creamy-spinach-salmon/827776 "2019-01-16T23:13:55Z")
I made this recipe tonight. It met with approval. (Also, the cat liked it.) --- ## [Short but cute / romantic video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-cute-romantic-video/827419)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-cute-romantic-video/827419 "2019-01-16T22:20:41Z")
My lady is going to work again, at 6am tomorrow morning, after getting all comfortable and happy during the holiday vacation. I told her I’d find something nice to wake up to. Since we’re currently at a distance, me / br… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=548) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=550)