# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=557 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 558 --- ## [Strangest Christmas/holiday songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920 "2018-12-25T18:50:29Z")
I think this semi-remake of “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” takes the cake. Other contributions in this department? --- ## ['''Twas in the moon of wintertime...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-in-the-moon-of-wintertime/826664)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twas-in-the-moon-of-wintertime/826664 "2018-12-25T17:58:30Z")
“When all the birds had fled, That Mighty Gitchi Manitou Sent Angel choirs instead. Before their light the stars grew dim,” Just let Piper Dog out and was struck by the eerie light. Just past a full moon; moonlight … --- ## [It was Christmas Eve, Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/826658)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-christmas-eve-babe/826658 "2018-12-25T16:16:39Z")
In the drunk tank --- ## [I just finished listening to all 22 George Carlin albums in chronological order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-listening-to-all-22-george-carlin-albums-in-chronological-order/819250)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-listening-to-all-22-george-carlin-albums-in-chronological-order/819250 "2018-12-25T15:58:32Z")
Or, at least the 22 non-compilation albums that are on Spotify. I think that’s all of them. My thoughts? The very early stuff (Killer Carlin, bits of Take Offs & Put Ons) was so bad it was uncomfortable to listen to. T… --- ## [Cutting the Cord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord/826595)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord/826595 "2018-12-25T15:37:47Z")
One of the benefits of my job was a HUGELY discounted cable/TV/internet package. We’re talking $20/month for everything, including premium channels. Now that I’ve been laid off, we’re getting ready to keep the internet… --- ## [Christmas Cookies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/826234)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cookies/826234 "2018-12-25T15:05:10Z")
Got some favorites? I always make the ones my mother made, which include what she called ‘almond balls’ (Mexican wedding cakes), spritz, and an orange/lemon nut cookie. For the last two years I’ve also been making mince … --- ## [Recommend a movie not a lot of people have seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-not-a-lot-of-people-have-seen/432358)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-not-a-lot-of-people-have-seen/432358 "2018-12-25T14:22:13Z")
In the recent thread “Quickly review the last four movies you’ve seen,” RealityChuck throws off a comment about a movie I’d never heard of before, Cashback, in a way that totally intrigued me – I not only added it to my … --- ## [Christmas Elves vs Fantasy Elves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-elves-vs-fantasy-elves/826393)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-elves-vs-fantasy-elves/826393 "2018-12-25T10:06:27Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw7dexoX4pQ Pretty funny. I watched this after watching a “What would happen if Sauron recovered his ring” video, so this rang with me. College Humor should have pressed that harder. Men… --- ## [A New Kind Of Ukulele.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kind-of-ukulele/826522)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-kind-of-ukulele/826522 "2018-12-25T04:34:16Z")
Why not an electric uke with a solid body? It leads to some questions, though… Single coil or a humbucking pickup? B. No cutaway, single cutaway, double cutaway? III. Vibrato tailpiece or fixed? If fixed, Tele style … --- ## [Best #1 Single of the Year: 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-2018/826560)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-2018/826560 "2018-12-25T02:47:20Z")
It’s that time again! The final Billboard charts of 2018 are out, and we have twelve number-ones on our poll this year, including one song that topped the charts in two different versions, and the first posthumous #1 sin… --- ## [Music, movies, books that completely changed your focus and interests...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-movies-books-that-completely-changed-your-focus-and-interests/826614)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-movies-books-that-completely-changed-your-focus-and-interests/826614 "2018-12-25T01:03:27Z")
What are the music, movies, books that ended your search for the ‘holy grail’ of the genre? An impossible feat? I thought so until I found mine. I still watch other movies, listen to other music, read other books, but I… --- ## [Musicals composer Galt MacDermott RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicals-composer-galt-macdermott-rip/826535)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicals-composer-galt-macdermott-rip/826535 "2018-12-24T18:59:32Z")
Galt MacDermot died on December 17th. While you might not know his name, you probably know one of his songs. He composed several musicals, including one entitled HAIR. --- ## [what's your one "movie from the last 30 years that everyone in the world has seen", but you haven't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-one-movie-from-the-last-30-years-that-everyone-in-the-world-has-seen-but-you-havent/826314)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-one-movie-from-the-last-30-years-that-everyone-in-the-world-has-seen-but-you-havent/826314 "2018-12-24T16:43:22Z")
I’ll disclaim this same as I do any other thread that I’ve started – if this has already been discussed, please gimme a link to the thread and we’ll “call time of death” on this one. (I’ll even “Report” it myself to the… --- ## [Grab the poo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grab-the-poo/826605 "2018-12-24T16:19:36Z")
I just saw a commercial for Flushin’ Frenzy. It’s a toy whose point is to catch flying feces. --- ## [Advice on buying books for a second-grade girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-books-for-a-second-grade-girl/826461)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-buying-books-for-a-second-grade-girl/826461 "2018-12-24T14:05:13Z")
The granddaughter of a coworker of mine doesn’t have a lot of folks to give her Christmas gifts. She lives with her grandparents(long story) and they are great people, so she has some gifters. I don’t have grandkids, b… --- ## [Survivor 37: David vs. Goliath Premieres Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-37-david-vs-goliath-premieres-tonight/821965)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-37-david-vs-goliath-premieres-tonight/821965 "2018-12-24T07:27:45Z")
Did see a post on this one. The castaways 90 minute episode premieres tonight at 8 eastern/7 central. I’m not a huge fan of “X vs. Y” seasons, only because Jeff loves to awkwardly shoehorn the subject back in late in … --- ## [What's your favourite Christmas carol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-christmas-carol/826271)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-christmas-carol/826271 "2018-12-24T02:46:23Z")
In another thread there are comments like ‘\[J\]ust give me \[traditional\] carols and maybe some modern arrangements thereof’, ‘\[M\]y personal favorite \[Christmas carol\] is “Good King Wenceslas”’, ‘\* rather \[enjoy\] a carol s… --- ## [Feather quills in duck skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feather-quills-in-duck-skin/826586)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feather-quills-in-duck-skin/826586 "2018-12-24T01:24:48Z")
I’m drying out a couple ducks for Peking Duck, and there are still some small quills left in the skin. I’ve removed as many as I can with tweezers, but some are pretty stubborn. How concerned do I need to be about this… --- ## [Where/How Did This Baker Go Wrong (Loaf Of Bread That's Half Empty Space)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-how-did-this-baker-go-wrong-loaf-of-bread-thats-half-empty-space/826579)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-how-did-this-baker-go-wrong-loaf-of-bread-thats-half-empty-space/826579 "2018-12-24T01:13:34Z")
Entry #3 in this list: how is that even possible? I couldn’t replicate that if I tried, and I’m a terrible cook and worse baker. --- ## [What does "Adeste" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-adeste-mean/826593)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-adeste-mean/826593 "2018-12-24T01:03:00Z")
In the English translation of “Adeste Fidelis”, \*adeste \*is translated as “come”. But later on in the same song, we get venite adoremus, which gets translated as “come let us adore him”. What’s the difference between \*… --- ## [Film recommendations for italophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-recommendations-for-italophile/250542)
**Author:** [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-recommendations-for-italophile/250542 "2018-12-23T23:11:54Z")
Trying to find something particularly good for my italophile father’s birthday. A sample of the films he likes: \[ul\] \[li\]Il Postino (aka The Postman)\[/li\]\[li\]Fellini’s Amarcord and Satyricon\[/li\]\[li\]Tornatore’s Malèna … --- ## [Cookie Butter Oreos are the best.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-butter-oreos-are-the-best/804451)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-butter-oreos-are-the-best/804451 "2018-12-23T22:18:27Z")
Happened across this limited time flavor and they are great. Graham cracker flavor wafers with “cookie butter” filling. And not “thins” like some of the non traditional flavors. If you don’t know the cookie butter is ei… --- ## [Most unusual measurement you've seen in a recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-measurement-youve-seen-in-a-recipe/820046)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unusual-measurement-youve-seen-in-a-recipe/820046 "2018-12-23T21:42:45Z")
Last weekend I was making some coleslaw to take to my wife’s family reunion. The recipe is one that has been in the family for years - she got it from her mom or aunt, who got it from their mother, etc. One of the ingred… --- ## [So is Hotel California about a Haunted House, or What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-hotel-california-about-a-haunted-house-or-what/825953)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-hotel-california-about-a-haunted-house-or-what/825953 "2018-12-23T20:51:20Z")
When I was young, the Eagles’ Hotel California was mostly admired among my set of friends for its creepiness. We all went through a certain… oooohhh spooky stuff phase as adolescent girls, and loved ghost and demon stor… --- ## [The Men In Black are back, jack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-men-in-black-are-back-jack/826426)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-men-in-black-are-back-jack/826426 "2018-12-23T19:17:19Z")
Men In Black International, that is…and it looks good to me. New faces, old faces, and new toys to play with. --- ## [Wine Lovers: Is This Gauche?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-lovers-is-this-gauche/826203)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-lovers-is-this-gauche/826203 "2018-12-23T14:25:55Z")
Laugh if you must, but I happen to like the fruitier wines. I know it is not often the desired taste of wine lovers. In fact, some may turn their noses up at this. That said, would it be wrong or cheap of me to send an A… --- ## [The Mount Rushmore of Comedy -- who are your four faces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mount-rushmore-of-comedy-who-are-your-four-faces/681185)
**Author:** [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mount-rushmore-of-comedy-who-are-your-four-faces/681185 "2018-12-23T14:23:23Z")
Recent talk by Lebron James about the idea of a “basketball Mount Rushmore” and his self-nomination for inclusion in said monument sparked a separate idea – Among comedians, who would you consider the top 4 faces of the… --- ## [Movie deaths vs. reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-deaths-vs-reality/826114)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-deaths-vs-reality/826114 "2018-12-23T13:38:06Z")
Having never witnessed a murder, I have no way of knowing how accurate movie and TV portrayals are. Are there any that seem to be close to reality? For example - in sword-and-shield battles, it seems as soon as someone… --- ## [Walk the Moon is an amazing band that I’ve just discovered!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-the-moon-is-an-amazing-band-that-i-ve-just-discovered/826397)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-the-moon-is-an-amazing-band-that-i-ve-just-discovered/826397 "2018-12-23T10:13:07Z")
I really try to listen to some current music, I don’t want to become one of those people who never listens to any music that was written after they graduated college. However, I must have been living under a rock becaus… --- ## [Timeless returns Sunday March 11, 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeless-returns-sunday-march-11-2018/810402)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeless-returns-sunday-march-11-2018/810402 "2018-12-23T02:37:57Z")
I, for one, thought it was cancelled. My guide says it is season 2, episode 1 and Wikipedia says it is a 10 episode season It returns tonight after American Ninja Warrior on NBC Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=556) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=558)