# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=56 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 57 --- ## [What is this musical mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-mode/1023828)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-mode/1023828 "2025-10-10T18:59:32Z")
Starting after the chorus at 4:02, Guantanamera, the singer goes into a mode that I don’t recognize. Not minor, not major, or any of the other modes that I know of. Is there a term for what he’s doing here? --- ## [Monster: The Ed Gein Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-the-ed-gein-story/1023662)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster-the-ed-gein-story/1023662 "2025-10-10T18:00:53Z")
Netflix just dropped this today. I Halloween is as good a season to release it as Mother’s Day. :wink: Ryan Murphy may have stepped back, but Charlie Hunnam still got a lengthy nude scene before the opening credits. --- ## [RIP Robert Redford](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-redford/1023085)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-redford/1023085 "2025-10-10T04:00:51Z")
Turns out, the fall did kill him. Eventually. --- ## [What are the first movies you remember seeing as a child and how did they affect you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-first-movies-you-remember-seeing-as-a-child-and-how-did-they-affect-you/1021980)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-first-movies-you-remember-seeing-as-a-child-and-how-did-they-affect-you/1021980 "2025-10-09T08:05:14Z")
Born in 1962. Not a lot of money, so movie theaters weren’t a regular stop on the family train. That said, a few things happened early on that I remember clearly. We lived in Philly in an area called Mt. Airy. Close to… --- ## [Comic book coloring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-coloring/1023763)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-coloring/1023763 "2025-10-09T04:54:11Z")
Talking DC and Marvel: In my day, comic books colors were flat, and limited. White people conveniently were approximated by red dots on newsprint. No shading. Now, it’s all airbrushed and very intricate, and some artists… --- ## [Does/has anyone else use(d) powdered eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-has-anyone-else-use-d-powdered-eggs/1015285 "2025-10-08T22:57:51Z")
With the price and scarcity of eggs, and the fact that I usually just use them in recipes, I’m curious about them, and if anyone here has used them. I’m pretty sure I had them when I canoed the Boundary Waters, but that… --- ## [Veal, beef and pork in one sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-beef-and-pork-in-one-sauce/1023804)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veal-beef-and-pork-in-one-sauce/1023804 "2025-10-08T22:10:25Z")
I was at an Italian restaurant and I noticed their Bolognese sauce featured veal, beef and pork. Why the veal? It is milder then beef and more expensive. Would you even taste any difference? --- ## [How many books do you not finish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-not-finish/1023525)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-books-do-you-not-finish/1023525 "2025-10-08T21:40:12Z")
Does anybody out there keep track of the books that they abandon? How often do you abandon one? I have a DNF (did not finish) shelf on Goodreads, so it’s very easy for me to sort by date “finished” to see how often I g… --- ## ["Ring a ding, ring a ding went the bellow"--help me identify this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-a-ding-ring-a-ding-went-the-bellow-help-me-identify-this-song/1023750)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-a-ding-ring-a-ding-went-the-bellow-help-me-identify-this-song/1023750 "2025-10-08T14:57:21Z")
A song from my childhood, on an LP. No luck searching. A jaunty tune. The words were something like: "At the fair, I met a fellow Who sold me a nice guitar-o (or guitaro, which is a different instrument). Dingity dan… --- ## [Foods that Don't Live Up to the Hype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-dont-live-up-to-the-hype/1023414 "2025-10-07T22:01:42Z")
I’m going to say this, and I don’t care about the controversy. Biscuits and gravy are WAY overrated. C’mon, it’s bread and gravy. What’s the big deal that they constantly show up on YouTube with clueless Brits oohing … --- ## [Authors having characters name check themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-having-characters-name-check-themselves/1023221)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-having-characters-name-check-themselves/1023221 "2025-10-07T19:19:53Z")
I’m reading Badlands, the latest release from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They have written many books together, most of which deal with recurring characters. In this book, one of the characters mentions listening… --- ## [Doper authors, how large was your expected reader audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-large-was-your-expected-reader-audience/1023439)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-large-was-your-expected-reader-audience/1023439 "2025-10-07T17:14:03Z")
For those who have published books, the answer would of course be, “Hopefully as large as possible,” but did you expect a particular number, like, “I think my book will, at most, be read by 300 people?” Does the size of … --- ## [Banned Episode of the TV series...The Flintstones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-episode-of-the-tv-series-the-flintstones/1023730)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-episode-of-the-tv-series-the-flintstones/1023730 "2025-10-07T17:05:34Z")
Ok…I’m puzzled. Is there a banned episode of this series? Why? And, where can I see it, on DVD, Blue Ray, or streaming? --- ## [Diddy gets 50 month sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diddy-gets-50-month-sentence/1023659)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diddy-gets-50-month-sentence/1023659 "2025-10-07T15:27:34Z")
Of which he’ll serve no more than 30 days, tops. With his lawyers, turning over his passport is the only repercussion he’ll get today, take a mugshot, and pay the chump change bail. His lawyers have already reached out … --- ## [No Country For Old Men question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470 "2025-10-07T09:07:21Z")
After the big fight at the hotel, Moss goes to Mexico to heal up a little. He (from bad memory) pulls up to a convenient parking place right by the bridge. Is the vehicle he drove to the bridge the same pickup truck he t… --- ## [From the World of John Wick: Ballerina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-world-of-john-wick-ballerina/1023596)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-world-of-john-wick-ballerina/1023596 "2025-10-06T13:40:35Z")
Last night, I watched this movie for third time in three nights. Though John Wick makes a brief appearance early in the movie and is instrumental in the outcome, the movie is not about him, but it is every bit as good as… --- ## [Your favorite retro/forgotten/by-gone foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-retro-forgotten-by-gone-foods/995611 "2025-10-05T23:29:34Z")
…and I’m thinking mostly of stuff you just don’t see in restaurants anymore (not pre-pckaged foods). Dishes like Lobster Thermidor. Chicken Cordon Bleu. Baked Alaska. I’m sure they’re out there somewhere, but they’re not… --- ## [Maxwell House coffee changes name to “Maxwell Apartment”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxwell-house-coffee-changes-name-to-maxwell-apartment/1023582 "2025-10-05T19:18:54Z")
It’s a temporary marketing thing, and you can also apparently order a year’s worth of coffee in order to save money. Is it a smart financial move? https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2025/For-the-F… --- ## [Storybook Love drums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storybook-love-drums/1023688)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storybook-love-drums/1023688 "2025-10-05T16:24:39Z")
Woke up with a song in my head as I do sometimes. It didn’t have words, or so I thought. Went to look up what was the name of the drums that featured so prominently and found. . . the song does, in fact, have words. It … --- ## [Men who drink scotch, men who drink bourbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-drink-scotch-men-who-drink-bourbon/1021922)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-who-drink-scotch-men-who-drink-bourbon/1021922 "2025-10-05T12:36:58Z")
Yes, I know women drink these too. But I was watching a Clark Gable movie earlier, and I am also a man, so please forgive the gender-specific title. When I started drinking spirits, I drank scotch. Someone shared a dr… --- ## [Star Trek Strange New Worlds season three {summer 2025}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541 "2025-10-05T11:40:23Z")
Starting a new thread for the new season. Earlier mentions / footage of season three are at the end of the season two thread. New teaser: Article about the new teaser: --- ## [Steve - the movie (spoilers after the OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-the-movie-spoilers-after-the-op/1023682)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-the-movie-spoilers-after-the-op/1023682 "2025-10-05T05:48:32Z")
Just finished watching. I love Cillian Murphy and his acting, as always, is superb. It’s a very frenetic film. And was a little exhausting to watch. I’ll share my thoughts later. --- ## [Alien: Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-earth/1021996)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 408\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-earth/1021996 "2025-10-04T21:41:15Z")
The first two episodes are out. Without using heavy spoilers for them, they really tried hard (and succeeded) to get the look and feel of the original Alien settings in the opening spaceship scenes. The epsodes can be ve… --- ## [What is the Bob Seger song Fire Lake about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-bob-seger-song-fire-lake-about/599419 "2025-10-04T21:25:08Z")
Anyone want to take a crack at interpreting the meaning of this song? I like the song but I’m not sure I understand it. And what happened to Poor Uncle Joe anyway? --- ## [Man Photographed as Baby on ‘Nevermind’ Cover Sues Nirvana, Alleging Child Pornography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-photographed-as-baby-on-nevermind-cover-sues-nirvana-alleging-child-pornography/949489)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-photographed-as-baby-on-nevermind-cover-sues-nirvana-alleging-child-pornography/949489 "2025-10-04T20:25:26Z")
By the title I would have guessed this was an article in The Onion, but it actually is in Variety: --- ## [Technically how do they accomplish "Playing For Change"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-how-do-they-accomplish-playing-for-change/1023212)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-how-do-they-accomplish-playing-for-change/1023212 "2025-10-04T18:53:25Z")
Topic says it all. I love the very idea of these collaborative performances. I work in live television. Satellites, fiber optic cable signals, got alla that. It seems impossible to have musicians ALL over the planet p… --- ## [LP ID: Old record for children about the solar system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp-id-old-record-for-children-about-the-solar-system/314735)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp-id-old-record-for-children-about-the-solar-system/314735 "2025-10-04T04:28:22Z")
I had a record when I was a kid, about the solar system. It was full of catchy tunes like The Wandering Stars (which my older sister hated because I played the album so much – but which helped her out on a science test … --- ## [Strange hypothetical: oxygenless cooking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hypothetical-oxygenless-cooking/1023644)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-hypothetical-oxygenless-cooking/1023644 "2025-10-04T04:14:18Z")
Inspired by the “Maxwell House” thread, it occurred to me to wonder if roasting coffee beans actually means slightly scorching them so they’re partially burnt or if it’s a caramelization reaction based on polymerizing so… --- ## [Great acting as antagonists in films who are not really bad/evil but just serious a\*\*holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-acting-as-antagonists-in-films-who-are-not-really-bad-evil-but-just-serious-a-holes/1022682)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-acting-as-antagonists-in-films-who-are-not-really-bad-evil-but-just-serious-a-holes/1022682 "2025-10-03T20:35:57Z")
This topic probably has been done before, but I just rewatched Contact and Tom Skerritt’s character David Drumlin, the national science advisor who impedes, takes over, and gets credit for Jodie Foster’s character’s work… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #35 – October, 2025 – “Spooky”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky/1023579)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky/1023579 "2025-10-03T16:28:45Z")
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