# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=594 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 595 --- ## [What does "money for nothing and kicks for free" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-money-for-nothing-and-kicks-for-free-mean/671455)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-money-for-nothing-and-kicks-for-free-mean/671455 "2018-08-14T07:40:19Z")
Hi, I couldn’t find any definition for “money for nothing and kicks for free” . I assume it means reap money and benefits and offer nothing in return, but I’m not quite sure. I’ve seen it use in article headings “TARP … --- ## [cult around a dead star](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-around-a-dead-star/819478)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-around-a-dead-star/819478 "2018-08-14T03:47:24Z")
Why do a cult folowing around a decesed star forms around a musican or actor following his untimely demise. --- ## [Jamie Lee Curtis, BACK!, Linda Hamilton, BACK! - Who's next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-lee-curtis-back-linda-hamilton-back-whos-next/819005)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jamie-lee-curtis-back-linda-hamilton-back-whos-next/819005 "2018-08-14T00:59:43Z")
Halloween and Terminator are bringing back their baddest, who’s left that could complete the trifecta of awesome? My first thought was Sigourney Weaver, but she never actually left, and she was there for two of the crapp… --- ## [Call me By Your Name (Movie) - Possible Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-your-name-movie-possible-spoilers/819519)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-by-your-name-movie-possible-spoilers/819519 "2018-08-14T00:23:16Z")
Has anyone else been suckered into watching this movie? UGH It was on one of the Starz channels this weekend. Starz rated it 4 out of 4 stars (or maybe it was 5/5…whatever it had a top rating) I gave IMDb a quick look… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: season 4 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-season-4-open-spoilers/812468)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-season-4-open-spoilers/812468 "2018-08-13T20:36:09Z")
Season 4 is premiering tonight immediately after the season final of TWD (this doesn’t’ feel like a desperate attempt to boost audience numbers at all :rolleyes:). There’s supposed to be a big time skip to bring it up t… --- ## [Recommend guitar strings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-guitar-strings/819518)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-guitar-strings/819518 "2018-08-13T19:26:09Z")
I’ve played Blue Steel for about 40 years. Now I need to switch to a lighter gauge and the .009-.042 Light set is apparently out of stock everywhere. What is anyone’s favorite brand/make? --- ## [Damsel in distress getting killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damsel-in-distress-getting-killed/418554)
**Author:** [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damsel-in-distress-getting-killed/418554 "2018-08-13T15:56:23Z")
You know the scene. The hero confronts the villain. The damsel in distress is…well, in distress. Maybe she’s tied down to the train tracks, or she’s being lowered into a pit of acid, or maybe she’s on a complicated indus… --- ## [Incomprehensible short mystery story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomprehensible-short-mystery-story/819396)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incomprehensible-short-mystery-story/819396 "2018-08-13T15:41:43Z")
I read this story “The Caterpillar Flag” last night in an anthology called “Ox Crimes, 27 killer stories from the cream of crime writers.” The story is by Christopher Fowler, whose Bryant and May novels I am enjoying rea… --- ## [Castle Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-rock/819456)
**Author:** [@Snflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snflower)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-rock/819456 "2018-08-12T23:58:05Z")
So I love how the show had dates that haven’t even happened yet. I took a screen shot of the plaque on the bridge and the date hasn’t happened to yet --- ## [Where did that dark sunglasses & dark trench coat thing first start with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-dark-sunglasses-dark-trench-coat-thing-first-start-with/819348)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-dark-sunglasses-dark-trench-coat-thing-first-start-with/819348 "2018-08-12T22:01:34Z")
It’s a trope now to see the guy in the dark sunglasses and dark trench coat do the “slow motion walk” directly into the camera, I remember the Matrix as the first one with it. Did they take it from Japanese movies? Earl… --- ## [Challenge! Who is the man sitting with all the stars on Johnny Carson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-is-the-man-sitting-with-all-the-stars-on-johnny-carson/687321)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 995\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-who-is-the-man-sitting-with-all-the-stars-on-johnny-carson/687321 "2018-08-12T21:36:22Z")
Here is the picture. There is a bunch of people on Facebook going crazy trying to figure out who the blonde man closest to Johnny’s desk is. The others are: Danny Thomas Marlo Thomas Carol Burnett Glen Campbell Ro… --- ## [Coca Cola taste: same or different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-taste-same-or-different/819428)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coca-cola-taste-same-or-different/819428 "2018-08-12T16:50:39Z")
Side notes are welcome of course, but my real question is very specific: Has the taste (or the formula) of standard regular name-brand Coca Cola changed at all since 1990? --- ## [The "Oh, that guy!" thread. Character actor's faces, names and characters.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oh-that-guy-thread-character-actors-faces-names-and-characters/819243)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oh-that-guy-thread-character-actors-faces-names-and-characters/819243 "2018-08-12T15:38:35Z")
When a character actor dies, someone will post a thread about them. Inevitably there will be a “Oh yeah, that guy” response. I’d like this to be a thread about “that guy!” before he or she dies. I’m going to post the nam… --- ## [Kevin Smith's new show "Hollyweed".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-smiths-new-show-hollyweed/819420)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-smiths-new-show-hollyweed/819420 "2018-08-12T15:27:30Z")
I just now found out about this and watched the pilot on youtube. It’s about some dudes who work in a marijuana store. Kevin plays one of the dudes. “Jay” plays a homeless guy that lives out back by the dumpster. It is… --- ## [Why is the flute transverse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-flute-transverse/819284)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-flute-transverse/819284 "2018-08-12T14:37:01Z")
As I watch flutists (don’t get me started on “flautist” please) play it seems to me that the position is rather awkward, of the left arm obviously, but also of the right. I have wondered about this ever since a friend a… --- ## [Ingredients: Unsalted butter. Plus salt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingredients-unsalted-butter-plus-salt/818781)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ingredients-unsalted-butter-plus-salt/818781 "2018-08-12T04:27:56Z")
You know the kind of recipes I’m talking about. Does anyone here actually do this? Or just, y’know, use the ordinary butter that has salt in it anyway. My daughter is making dumplings tonight. I fear she’s going to rol… --- ## [Today (August 11 2018) is the 27th anniversary of the airing of Rugrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-august-11-2018-is-the-27th-anniversary-of-the-airing-of-rugrats/819432)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-august-11-2018-is-the-27th-anniversary-of-the-airing-of-rugrats/819432 "2018-08-11T23:42:31Z")
I wasn’t into the cartoons when they started, but then MilliCal came along, and watching them was required, just like watching SpongeBob Squarepants and Hey Arnold! and Powerpuff Girls. They grew on you, like a benevolen… --- ## [What show had the worst theme song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-had-the-worst-theme-song/819256)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-had-the-worst-theme-song/819256 "2018-08-11T22:17:59Z")
I’ve been enjoying binge-watching the old 1990s police show, “Homicide: Life on the Street”, but I have to say, while it was a great show, it’s theme song sucks big red rocks. Here it is. What say you, Teeming Millions… --- ## [V (novel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-novel/819417)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-novel/819417 "2018-08-11T16:43:19Z")
Verily there are a lot of V’s mentioned, referenced, alluded to, etc. (E.g. Victoria, Virginia, violence, Vesuvius, vagina, Venice, and so on and so on.) Is there a resource indexing all the V’s on each page? --- ## [Better Call Saul (Season 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-3/784040)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 1342\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-3/784040 "2018-08-11T14:45:01Z")
Well, I didn’t see a thread for this, and the first episode for the new season is due this Monday (April 10). I was/am a huge Breaking Bad fan, and have fallen in love with this series. I do wish, however, that Gilliga… --- ## [In search of free classical music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-free-classical-music/819367)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-free-classical-music/819367 "2018-08-11T13:15:36Z")
Say I’ve made a brief video, which I’m eventually going to put on YouTube. As it is right now, the video is silent, but I think it’d be nicer with background music. I’m thinking something classical. Well, most classic… --- ## [Fictional characters who are talented amateur cooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-who-are-talented-amateur-cooks/819377)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-characters-who-are-talented-amateur-cooks/819377 "2018-08-11T12:58:11Z")
For various reasons I see no reason to expand upon, I was thinking about this today and thought it might make for an interesting thread. So we are clear, I am only interested in characters who are NOT professional chefs… --- ## [This is the Gazpacho they serve when you arrive in Paradise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-gazpacho-they-serve-when-you-arrive-in-paradise/762405)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-gazpacho-they-serve-when-you-arrive-in-paradise/762405 "2018-08-11T11:53:18Z")
Happy Tomato Season, everybody! Because I love you all so very much, here’s a link to a year-old New York Times Food Section article about Andalusian gazpacho. Please do not raise your nose and say “SO 1953!!!” I made… --- ## [Help Identifying a TV Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-tv-series/591712)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-tv-series/591712 "2018-08-11T11:10:47Z")
I was going through the thread started by Dio about well known TV Series of which you have never seen a single episode. I was going through Little Nemo’s list and there was one show there called “V” which I thought I ma… --- ## [Books like.... Atonement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-like-atonement/819337)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-like-atonement/819337 "2018-08-11T02:13:52Z")
So, I’m in need of a book and looking for inspiration. One of my all time favourites is Atonement by Ian McEwan - it includes most of my favourite things… period drama, hot summers in early 20th Century Europe, family s… --- ## [Celebrity voices in unlikely places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345 "2018-08-10T22:18:21Z")
In the thread about Robert Redford retiring, poster Blondbear mentioned Redford’s voice is heard on the tourist radio at Arches national park, which I thought was kind of cool. So rather than hijack that thread, I thoug… --- ## [Are concept albums dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-concept-albums-dead/808185)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-concept-albums-dead/808185 "2018-08-10T22:11:48Z")
This from a friend of mine, David D. Levine: "“What kind of monster listens to a concept album on shuffle?!”, and I tend to agree with him. From the 40’s with Guthries’s Dust Bowl Ballads to to the 50’s with Sinatra’s I… --- ## [Is there such thing as "all star professional heist crews" in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-all-star-professional-heist-crews-in-real-life/818848 "2018-08-10T21:38:03Z")
This list of examples in film is endless: Baby Driver, The Town, Oceans Eleven, Heat, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs, Point Break, The Italian Job, all the Fast & Furious films. So on and so forth. Basically, the … --- ## [Would you watch a non-sci-fi, sci-fi show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-non-sci-fi-sci-fi-show/819267)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-non-sci-fi-sci-fi-show/819267 "2018-08-10T20:30:50Z")
Not that I intend on producing one or anything. :slight\_smile: Anyway, the show I’m imagining is a basically a family drama set 300 years into the future. The show would have lots of world building and aliens, but what … --- ## [Human Resources jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-resources-jokes/819321)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-resources-jokes/819321 "2018-08-10T19:22:10Z")
Hi, my friend works in Human Resources (HR.) Not always a fun job :smack:, so I’d like to cheer her up. So please could you post any HR jokes here. I have two so far, based on ‘funfair dismissal’ and ‘this time it’s pe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=593) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=595)