# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=57 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 58 --- ## [Thoughts on Patrick O'Brian's Novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-patrick-obrians-novels/772078)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-patrick-obrians-novels/772078 "2025-10-03T16:23:14Z")
I (finally) watched Master and Commander yesterday and really got into it. I loved the sailing lingo, watching the sailors’ tasks, and the language. Should I try a novel in his Aubrey-Maturin series? If so, which one? I… --- ## [Counting French Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-french-toast/797764)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counting-french-toast/797764 "2025-10-03T15:34:55Z")
While eating breakfast I overheard a nearby couple having an argument about how many pieces of French Toast were on one of their plates. It was a slice of bread cut diagonally and cooked into French Toast. Two pieces, as… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - September 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2025-edition/1022554)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2025-edition/1022554 "2025-10-03T14:23:45Z")
September… so after an incredibly dry summer-as in no measurable precipitation since May- my city got, I kid you not, a normal summer’s worth of rain in an hour. In other words it poured. Today is nice, sunny and a bit … --- ## [Fried wonton question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-wonton-question/1023611)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-wonton-question/1023611 "2025-10-03T11:29:43Z")
We all know to enjoy our tuna poke to serve it on a fried wonton. What if I took some almost-completely thawed tuna, mixed in the poke sauce then wrapped it and fried it? Too much moisture in the filling? Will the tun… --- ## [The Simpsons Movie review thread (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-movie-review-thread-spoilers/413341)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-movie-review-thread-spoilers/413341 "2025-10-03T01:45:23Z")
I’m back from a 12:01 screening. The movie isn’t perfect, and I’m sure I’ll see some flaws after a couple of viewings - right now I’m a little too blissed out and overwhelmed by finally seeing the movie itself. Wow wow… --- ## [Swimming Pool (in theaters) Spoilers- analysis wanted. What does ending mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-pool-in-theaters-spoilers-analysis-wanted-what-does-ending-mean/196006)
**Author:** [@Aalborg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aalborg)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swimming-pool-in-theaters-spoilers-analysis-wanted-what-does-ending-mean/196006 "2025-10-03T00:56:19Z")
Here’s the difficulties mentioned in other reviews: Why does the cross on the wall keep being taken down and reappear. I noticed the daughter had a cross necklace, but so what? It was obviously her, but did it mean a… --- ## [Give me some reactions to getting stabbed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-reactions-to-getting-stabbed/1023533)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-reactions-to-getting-stabbed/1023533 "2025-10-03T00:33:07Z")
Okay i’m going larping this week and I’m playing a bard that can’t feel pain. I need some reactions to being stabbed, shot, or otherwise harmed. something that should give the others a laugh, like “well that’s unfortunat… --- ## [Alice in Borderland on Netflix (open spoilers likely after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-in-borderland-on-netflix-open-spoilers-likely-after-first-post/979007)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alice-in-borderland-on-netflix-open-spoilers-likely-after-first-post/979007 "2025-10-02T22:14:01Z")
I just finished bingeing the two seasons of Alice in Borderland on Netflix. It’s a Japanese import (based on a manga, I believe) whose most immediate comparison is Squid Game, in that it involves people playing deadly ve… --- ## [Help with a Three Stooges episode ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-three-stooges-episode-id/1023583)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-three-stooges-episode-id/1023583 "2025-10-02T13:46:17Z")
I’m almost certain it was with Shemp. The bad guys have the generic 1950s Cold War accents. Our heroes at one point are in a garage. There is a misunderstanding involving one of the bad guys’ girlfriends sitting on a g… --- ## [Middle Eastern version of bierock (German meat pie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-version-of-bierock-german-meat-pie/1023577)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-version-of-bierock-german-meat-pie/1023577 "2025-10-02T12:32:51Z")
When I was a child back in the 1970’s there was small shop called The Gunny Sack that sold hand held meat pies similar to a German bierock. There were a variety of fillings available so perhaps some were vegetarian. It… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #34 – September, 2025 – “Doors or gates” (poll added)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-34-september-2025-doors-or-gates-poll-added/1022743 "2025-10-02T10:51:49Z")
This is the monthly thread for September, 2025. The topic this month is “Doors or gates", chosen by Mean\_Mr.Mustard. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the ro… --- ## [Want to read (or, rather, listen to) all the Sherlock Holmes adventures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-read-or-rather-listen-to-all-the-sherlock-holmes-adventures/1023506)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-read-or-rather-listen-to-all-the-sherlock-holmes-adventures/1023506 "2025-10-02T01:51:22Z")
There is a YouTube video which has all the Sherlock Holmes novels and stories that are read to you. It lasts one day, 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 27 seconds. Apparently, the makers of the video were able to fit it into t… --- ## [Sparkly British TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkly-british-tv-shows/1023471)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sparkly-british-tv-shows/1023471 "2025-10-02T01:12:21Z")
We watch a lot of British TV shows (tonight, Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius). My wife commented on the ‘sparkles’. British TV shows’ costumes and lights have specularity, where the tiny lights seem to sparkle in a regul… --- ## [Song. Stuck. In. Head. Must. Identify. NOW.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251)
**Author:** [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-stuck-in-head-must-identify-now/303251 "2025-10-01T22:44:54Z")
I’m 99% sure is by Earth Wind and Fire and I’ll be shocked if that’s wrong. It starts off with this harmonious scat - “BAH da ba ba ba ba ba. Bah da ba ba ba. Bah da da da dah.” etc. before moving on to… “Ba yi ya. Ba y… --- ## [Wheel of Fortune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune/1021371)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheel-of-fortune/1021371 "2025-10-01T18:37:03Z")
At the end if the show a guest is sometimes awarded a cash sum. When it occurs more often than not it’s 40,000.00. I assume the money is probably paid by one of the sponsors. W/regard to whoever pays the money, does is … --- ## [September 30, 1955 (James Dean died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-30-1955-james-dean-died/1023531)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-30-1955-james-dean-died/1023531 "2025-10-01T17:02:09Z")
James Dean died seventy years ago today. Just thought I’d mention it. --- ## [Musical: Come From Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-come-from-away/1023539)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-come-from-away/1023539 "2025-10-01T15:40:50Z")
A few nights ago I saw the musical, “Come From Away”. It was outstanding. I am not a huge musical fan but this was amazing. The play is loosely (very loosely) based on real events. A small town in Newfoundland with 9… --- ## [Is there a name for this hyper-annoying singing style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-hyper-annoying-singing-style/677704 "2025-10-01T10:45:03Z")
I’d like to be able to more easily dismiss it. It seems every indie/faux-indie singer-songwriter girl under the age of 30 is singing with a remarkably annoying, breathy voice with an unnecessary twang in it that is at t… --- ## [You can pick Only One: what’s your favorite Robert Redford movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-pick-only-one-what-s-your-favorite-robert-redford-movie/1023166 "2025-10-01T08:05:42Z")
Just one. I’ll go first: The Sting. Some have touched on it in his RIP thread ➜ RIP Robert Redford ■ . What’s yours? --- ## [Ideas to increase lean protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-increase-lean-protein/1023538)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-increase-lean-protein/1023538 "2025-10-01T02:27:45Z")
My doctors want me to increase my protein intake significantly, up to at least ~120 grams per day. I have no dietary restrictions. I’m hopeful I can do this with tasty and relatively cheap food, rather than with protein … --- ## [RIP: Thomas Perry, Mystery Writer at Age 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-perry-mystery-writer-at-age-78/1023547)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-thomas-perry-mystery-writer-at-age-78/1023547 "2025-10-01T01:25:03Z")
Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers His many novels, including the prizewinning “The Butcher’s Boy” and the Jane Whitefield series, can have readers rooting for both protagonist and anta… --- ## [Civil War ( The Movie )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-the-movie/1023545)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-the-movie/1023545 "2025-10-01T00:21:35Z")
I’ve watched this movie. It is disturbing but interesting. People have posted ( not here ) that Nick Offerman plays Joseph Biden. Personally, I think that Nick Offerman plays DJT. Given that “Army of The South” is Bu… --- ## [Jean Luc Picard--how is he viewed in France?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479 "2025-09-30T23:07:22Z")
Captain/Admiral Jean Luc Picard, or, if you are an annoying all-power Cosmic T^^at, “Mon Capitain”. One of Star Trek’s most popular characters. But, how is he viewed in RL France? What do the RL French think of this Ga… --- ## [Dick van Dyke--related question for aviation historians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-related-question-for-aviation-historians/958936)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-van-dyke-related-question-for-aviation-historians/958936 "2025-09-30T21:21:32Z")
In “Washington vs. the Bunny,” Dick is flying from DC to NYC on a 1961 jetliner (probably a 707). On each seat, there’s an apparatus that looks like a loudspeaker or signalling device. Anybody know what these are? A… --- ## [Documentary "Film is Dead - Long Live Film' - The end of film restoration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-film-is-dead-long-live-film-the-end-of-film-restoration/1023482)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentary-film-is-dead-long-live-film-the-end-of-film-restoration/1023482 "2025-09-30T19:57:16Z")
Seen recently on TCM. The doc is about preservationists, amateur (for the most part), of film recovery and restoration, collectors who have rescued films that have been dumped as trash, in the process of being dumped, r… --- ## [Could Shelob have made use of the One Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shelob-have-made-use-of-the-one-ring/1023320)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-shelob-have-made-use-of-the-one-ring/1023320 "2025-09-30T08:00:08Z")
I remember Gollum thinking in the books that, after the giant spider ate Frodo and Sam, he could sneakily go through their discarded clothes and gear and get the Ring again for himself. In the movies, the Ring was big e… --- ## [Obscure historical events made famous by works of art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-historical-events-made-famous-by-works-of-art/1023373)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-historical-events-made-famous-by-works-of-art/1023373 "2025-09-30T07:51:25Z")
So randomly got to thinking about Les Miserables. Specifically about the fact that the historical event, during which it’s set, the (failed) June Revolution in Paris of 1832 is completely unknown nowadays. Les Mis is st… --- ## [The furthest arrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furthest-arrow/1023490)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-furthest-arrow/1023490 "2025-09-30T05:41:23Z")
A friend of mine recently broke the record for the longest arrow ever shot from a hand-drawn bow. He spent over 20 years chasing this record. I have been trying to imagine a movie covering his journey. I think a book wou… --- ## [In Lassie, did anyone ever actually derive information from Lassie’s barking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-lassie-did-anyone-ever-actually-derive-information-from-lassie-s-barking/1023436)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-lassie-did-anyone-ever-actually-derive-information-from-lassie-s-barking/1023436 "2025-09-28T18:40:32Z")
It’s a trope that all of us Americans have seen countless times in sketch comedy or other media. Lassie barks without any particular urgency, and a human understands her perfectly. As in: LASSIE: \[barks\] HUMAN: What’s … --- ## ["Wish You Were Here" is 50 years old today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-you-were-here-is-50-years-old-today/1023007)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-you-were-here-is-50-years-old-today/1023007 "2025-09-28T07:00:56Z")
I first bought it around 1979, and listened to it incessantly, especially because the girl I was in love with at the time listened to it as well, and we both loved it. When she went to college a year later, she wrote me … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=58)