# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=578 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 579 --- ## [RIP: Geoff Emerick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-geoff-emerick/822369)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-geoff-emerick/822369 "2018-10-09T23:53:38Z")
I haven’t seen any mention of this yet. One of the greats. --- ## [Gibson brands files for bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-brands-files-for-bankruptcy/813413)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gibson-brands-files-for-bankruptcy/813413 "2018-10-09T23:22:26Z")
They are keeping the guitars and selling off the consumer electronics part , which I did not know they owned. --- ## [Chicago in November- restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-in-november-restaurants/822376)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-in-november-restaurants/822376 "2018-10-09T21:56:52Z")
I will be in Chicago for a Saturday afternoon, leaving Monday morning. Staying at Ohare Hilton and no car until Monday. Planning to go to the Art Institute on Saturday. Where should I go eat that is easily reachable via … --- ## [Cigar recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-recommendations/822658)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-recommendations/822658 "2018-10-09T19:41:01Z")
I have recently gained an appreciation for cigars and I would say it is my newest hobby. I have recently acquired a small humidor and am stocking it with a variety of cigars. I only have about 1 cigar a week, relaxing on… --- ## [Steve Irwin (the "Crocodile Man") reported dead in a marine accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-irwin-the-crocodile-man-reported-dead-in-a-marine-accident/371369)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-irwin-the-crocodile-man-reported-dead-in-a-marine-accident/371369 "2018-10-09T16:44:32Z")
This has just appeared on the Sydney Morning Herald website: --- ## [Help Me Identify A Reggae Song, c. 2004-20018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-reggae-song-c-2004-20018/822617)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-reggae-song-c-2004-20018/822617 "2018-10-09T15:48:59Z")
I have a reggae song stuck in my head. The group is an American, modern reggae group, not unlike Rebelution or Tribal Seeds. The lyrics are essentially the singer’s internal monologue; he repeats “Maybe \[this\], maybe \[th… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 2 (September 27, 2018) -- "The Wedding Gift Wormhole"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-2-september-27-2018-the-wedding-gift-wormhole/822021)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-2-september-27-2018-the-wedding-gift-wormhole/822021 "2018-10-09T12:55:12Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Joe Pera Talks With You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pera-talks-with-you/821271)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pera-talks-with-you/821271 "2018-10-09T11:29:36Z")
Anyone watch Joe Pera Talks With You on Adult Swim? Good news, you can watch it all for free right now. All 9 episodes in 99 minutes! I’ll wait… Oh, you need a summary? It’s a very droll show, centered around a guy who… --- ## [What is your favorite one-hit wonder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-one-hit-wonder/821747 "2018-10-09T09:50:51Z")
Vote for as many as you like. Based on nominations and seconds from this thread. Have fun. And hey, hey! Let’s be careful out there! mmm --- ## [What’s new in Apple TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-new-in-apple-tv/822573)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-new-in-apple-tv/822573 "2018-10-09T05:14:53Z")
I sat down last night to watch NHL TV on my Apple TV and got a nasty message telling me that Apple TV second generation isn’t being supported. So, I guess I’ll have to upgrade. I’ve had this Apple TV box since around 201… --- ## [Recommend books on the Falklands War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-on-the-falklands-war/604297)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-on-the-falklands-war/604297 "2018-10-09T01:59:21Z")
I just saw a rivetting documentary about the HMS Coventry in The Falklands War. I realised watching it that it’s a conflict I know very little about and would be interested to read a book about. Can anyone here recommend… --- ## [Plausibility of Star Trek Tech.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plausibility-of-star-trek-tech/822601)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plausibility-of-star-trek-tech/822601 "2018-10-09T00:30:11Z")
I have to tell you, I have been an avid trekkie all my life, just like my parents. The only one I never followed was Deep Space Nine. Too depressing. Too much angst. What more can I say? Anyways, I have wondered for som… --- ## [How can Venom bite some guy's head off with a human inside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-venom-bite-some-guys-head-off-with-a-human-inside/822660)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-venom-bite-some-guys-head-off-with-a-human-inside/822660 "2018-10-08T19:58:36Z")
I don’t get that. In the Venom trailer, they show half of the Venom “mask” coming off with Tom Hardy’s face fully intact in there, talking along with Venom. Then he bites some guys head off and his mouth is wide open wi… --- ## [British panel shows and swearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-panel-shows-and-swearing/822334)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-panel-shows-and-swearing/822334 "2018-10-08T19:28:36Z")
I’ve been watching some British panel shows on Youtube, and I have a question about language. I’ve mostly been watching Would I Lie To You, 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and The Big Fat Quiz. The sho… --- ## [Veronica Mars is cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-is-cancelled/404473 "2018-10-08T18:28:35Z")
Fiddlesticks. --- ## [What happens after Skynet is defeated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-skynet-is-defeated/822437)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-skynet-is-defeated/822437 "2018-10-08T18:26:14Z")
I happened to catch then end of T3 last night, and it got me wondering. What happens after the resistance defeats Skynet (in any iteration of the timeline)? What is the state of humanity at that point? Is there enough of… --- ## [I just found out Long John silvers has a sunday buffet option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-long-john-silvers-has-a-sunday-buffet-option/822192)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-long-john-silvers-has-a-sunday-buffet-option/822192 "2018-10-08T14:34:45Z")
Noice. I love their fish, chicken and hush puppies. I intend to gorge myself tomorrow. I wonder if this is a permanent thing or a seasonal thing. --- ## [Hulu: "The First"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-the-first/822432 "2018-10-08T08:19:50Z")
I just finished streaming the first season of the Sean Penn featuring show about the people of a mission to mars. Grip your seat for an exciting ride it aint, more moody. Reviews have not been … out of this world … but p… --- ## [The Predator is racist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-predator-is-racist/822625)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-predator-is-racist/822625 "2018-10-08T04:39:42Z")
At least in the original movie! He’s all about his skull trophies and skinning…what does he do to Mac?? Blows his skull apart! He don’t care! And as far as I know he took no trophies from Dillon either. Racist! --- ## [Suggestion needed, recipe is missing...something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-needed-recipe-is-missing-something/822261)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-needed-recipe-is-missing-something/822261 "2018-10-08T03:33:06Z")
I’ve been experimenting with some crock pot recipes and made a really good one that seems to be lacking something. It’s almost like a chicken corn chowder. Gold potatoes, chicken breast, canned sweet corn, smoked sausa… --- ## [I have a lot of tomatoes. Anyone have a good ketchup recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-lot-of-tomatoes-anyone-have-a-good-ketchup-recipe/764542)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-lot-of-tomatoes-anyone-have-a-good-ketchup-recipe/764542 "2018-10-08T02:00:18Z")
A good, easy, simple ketchup recipe, I mean. My kids and my tomtato plants have quite a few tomatoes coming in, mostly turning red now. My kids, who have been thrilled to garden this summer, don’t much like tomatoes on … --- ## [Scott Wilson, R.I.P. (The Walking Dead, CSI, In Cold Blood)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-wilson-r-i-p-the-walking-dead-csi-in-cold-blood/822609)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-wilson-r-i-p-the-walking-dead-csi-in-cold-blood/822609 "2018-10-07T23:58:52Z")
Scott Wilson has died at the age of 76, apparently of leukemia. I’d seen him in a few movies earlier, but I really started paying attention to him when he was on CSI. He had a recurring role as Catherine’s father, a s… --- ## [Lawrence of Arabia-a kind of obscure question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-of-arabia-a-kind-of-obscure-question/822413)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-of-arabia-a-kind-of-obscure-question/822413 "2018-10-07T19:55:09Z")
Couldn’t find on Google. When Faisal sits down with the reporter who is asking after Lawrence’ whereabouts, Faisal appears to take something out of his pocket, and lay it on the table between them. Any idea what it is–I… --- ## [What does the rat symbolize in Banksy's work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rat-symbolize-in-banksys-work/822589)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-rat-symbolize-in-banksys-work/822589 "2018-10-07T15:38:47Z")
Banksy uses rats in several works. Google Banksy rat for many examples. Image has several, gangster rat, radar rat, rat girl etc. Banksy likes drawing them. I’m out of bed is my favorite. https://goo.gl/images/dpcp3f … --- ## [Three Wives, One Husband (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wives-one-husband-netflix/822610)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-wives-one-husband-netflix/822610 "2018-10-07T15:33:22Z")
I watched “Three Wives, One Husband” on Netflix. The show is in Season One, and four episodes are available on Netflix. Up until Episode 4, the one where Enoch goes to the Statehouse to speak against an anti-polygamy b… --- ## [New Star Wars series announced: Resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-wars-series-announced-resistance/813170)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-wars-series-announced-resistance/813170 "2018-10-07T14:06:13Z")
From Disney: Looking forward to this! I suspect everyone complaining about Snoke’s lack of a backstory were complaining prematurely. --- ## [That music video with the mouse...need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-video-with-the-mouse-need-answer-fast/822588)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-music-video-with-the-mouse-need-answer-fast/822588 "2018-10-07T00:21:59Z")
Two years old or so? Wife and I are killing ourselves trying to remember because we want to watch it. --- ## [Facebook series: Sorry For Your Loss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-series-sorry-for-your-loss/822584)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-series-sorry-for-your-loss/822584 "2018-10-06T22:58:39Z")
First of all, I didn’t realize Facebook had entered the original content market until I saw promos for this one. I tried it primarily because I like Elizabeth Olsen. She plays a young window adjusting to the death of h… --- ## [Cormac McCarthy writes scarier stories than Stephen King.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-writes-scarier-stories-than-stephen-king/822463)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cormac-mccarthy-writes-scarier-stories-than-stephen-king/822463 "2018-10-06T15:27:05Z")
Cormac McCarthy writes scarier stories than Stephen King. That is all. --- ## [Montserrat Caballé RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montserrat-caballe-rip/822563)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montserrat-caballe-rip/822563 "2018-10-06T14:49:48Z")
Renowned Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé has died. Outside of opera, she was famous for singing “Barcelona” with Freddie Mercury. She was 85. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=577) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=579)