# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=613 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 614 --- ## [your favourite opening guitar lick/riff/whatevs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-opening-guitar-lick-riff-whatevs/814521)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-opening-guitar-lick-riff-whatevs/814521 "2018-06-07T03:01:51Z")
It can be a solo, or part of the song, but it must kick things off. “And Your Bird Can Sing” - The Beatles “Elizabeth” - Bubble Puppy “I’ve Just seen a Face” - Bealtes “Heart of the Sunrise” - Yes (here - it’s rhythm… --- ## [Are there any novels set in the 1800s about paleontology/reactions to the discovery of dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-novels-set-in-the-1800s-about-paleontology-reactions-to-the-discovery-of-dinosaurs/814601)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-novels-set-in-the-1800s-about-paleontology-reactions-to-the-discovery-of-dinosaurs/814601 "2018-06-06T23:00:09Z")
I’ll be honest, up until a visit to The American Museum of Natural History in late 2015 I didn’t realize that it’s been less than 200 years since people knew there were dinosaurs. It hadn’t ever occurred to me that paleo… --- ## [The Great American Read - How many for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-read-how-many-for-you/815248)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-read-how-many-for-you/815248 "2018-06-06T19:39:01Z")
PBS has listed 100 books and asked for you to vote on your favorite(s). You can vote more than once but only once a day. This is not a “Best Literature of All Time” poll, just what you enjoyed reading. I’m not a particu… --- ## [Identify recent music video on MTV SuperHits...singer is flying through clouds and over mountains.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-recent-music-video-on-mtv-superhits-singer-is-flying-through-clouds-and-over-mountains/815556)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-recent-music-video-on-mtv-superhits-singer-is-flying-through-clouds-and-over-mountains/815556 "2018-06-06T18:04:50Z")
I know that the Dopers will not let me down. I happened to catch just a minute or so of a recent music video while passing through a restaurant in Lythrodontas. The singer is flying (standing upright) for much of the v… --- ## [Do use margarine for anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-use-margarine-for-anything/815216)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-use-margarine-for-anything/815216 "2018-06-06T17:46:32Z")
As a kid, I remember my mom had margarine for just about everything, we only had butter around when it was time for the Christmas baking. As a typical boy, I put margarine on pretty much any bread I was served. I’d put b… --- ## [Help! Restaurants in Orlando?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-restaurants-in-orlando/757896)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-restaurants-in-orlando/757896 "2016-06-22T01:45:28Z")
I will be in Orlando this weekend for a conference at the Orange County convention center near/at Sea World. I am looking for a place for 3 ppl to have dinner that meets these criteria: Not a national chain Not in a h… --- ## [Favorite unpopular joke from a TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unpopular-joke-from-a-tv-show/814515 "2018-06-06T15:24:20Z")
By “unpopular” I mean one that no one remembers. Mine is in Lois and Clark when the American guy put the newspaper article on the table and said “Explain this” then the French guy put a French copy of the same article o… --- ## [Dolores or Maeve \[Westworld Poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolores-or-maeve-westworld-poll/815413)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolores-or-maeve-westworld-poll/815413 "2018-06-06T13:06:42Z")
The ghost of Robert Ford suddenly manifests itself before you and commands you to choose: Team Dolores or Team Maeve? --- ## [What person killing the other would be comparable to publicity the OJ murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-person-killing-the-other-would-be-comparable-to-publicity-the-oj-murder/815269)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-person-killing-the-other-would-be-comparable-to-publicity-the-oj-murder/815269 "2018-06-06T08:54:36Z")
This might be a basic question, but I’ve always wanted to conceptualize JUST how crazy this was in modern times. Would Kanye killing Kim Kardashian be comparable? More? Less? --- ## [Netflix: The Toys that Made Us (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-the-toys-that-made-us-open-spoilers/815255)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-the-toys-that-made-us-open-spoilers/815255 "2018-06-06T08:40:42Z")
Been watching this the past few days. Good show. Presented in a mostly humorous light. Lots of good history and nostalgia. Highly entertaining. Some of my thoughts in a later post for mouseover spoiler purposes. --- ## [I did not know the human body was capable of this (Ross Sisters, 1944)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-know-the-human-body-was-capable-of-this-ross-sisters-1944/815490)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-know-the-human-body-was-capable-of-this-ross-sisters-1944/815490 "2018-06-06T08:18:09Z")
It’s totally SFW, and of course there are plenty of reaction videos. You’ll never look at potato salad the same way again! Enjoy. --- ## [iZombie season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-season-4/807636)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-season-4/807636 "2018-06-06T02:26:44Z")
Still a month away, but this trailer is out. It has been so long that I had forgotten about the whole “zombie city” twist. --- ## [What season of Amazing Race do the goofy challenges start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-amazing-race-do-the-goofy-challenges-start/815469)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-season-of-amazing-race-do-the-goofy-challenges-start/815469 "2018-06-06T02:04:25Z")
My favorite TAR challenge is th one where they dress upas kangaroos and hippity-hop through the streets guided by the periodic table of elements. But I’m watching the early episodes and it’s just people hopping from one … --- ## [Fondue... what went wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fondue-what-went-wrong/815236)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fondue-what-went-wrong/815236 "2018-06-05T22:06:12Z")
My son, the 20 year old college student in downtown Chicago swears that the best place to take a date for a special occasion and not break his budget is a fondue place called Geja’s. He has actually become a very good co… --- ## [Favorite restaurant foods - Buffalo Mac and Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-restaurant-foods-buffalo-mac-and-cheese/815323)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-restaurant-foods-buffalo-mac-and-cheese/815323 "2018-06-05T18:15:28Z")
Oh, good gawd. Ever since I discovered this delectable dish I have been hooked on it. A combination of North America’s favorite - mac and cheese, and the US’s own Buffalo wings. The best version I have tried was at Quak… --- ## [What's going on with the Sherlock people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-sherlock-people/814686)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-sherlock-people/814686 "2018-06-05T16:41:16Z")
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are pushing out some mysterious stuff through twitter, and look like they’re going to do something interesting as regards the Sherlock series. I’ve only just come across it. Looks like the… --- ## [My mini ST:TOS theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mini-st-tos-theory/815460)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mini-st-tos-theory/815460 "2018-06-05T16:26:14Z")
Section 31 has a little ship that follows NCC-1701 and cleans up Kirks messes, confiscating all those useful relics. They have a warehouse full of Scalosian time accelerating water, androids, telekinetic power inducing c… --- ## [Is there an integrated streaming catalog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-integrated-streaming-catalog/815276)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-integrated-streaming-catalog/815276 "2018-06-05T12:22:30Z")
Let’s say I get a hankering to watch a particular old movie or old TV series. And that I have access to several streaming services. It sure would be nice if there was an online resource where I could enter “War of the … --- ## [Steely Dan on tour without Walter Becker: just a BIT cynical???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-on-tour-without-walter-becker-just-a-bit-cynical/815401)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steely-dan-on-tour-without-walter-becker-just-a-bit-cynical/815401 "2018-06-05T07:38:56Z")
There’s an article about it here: Seems weird to me Donald Fagen would tour as Steely Dan so soon after Becker’s death; would it have been too much trouble for Donald Fagen to bill the act as "Donald Fagen of Steely D… --- ## [Tell us how much you like tv shows and movies that were "brought back" years after their originals.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-how-much-you-like-tv-shows-and-movies-that-were-brought-back-years-after-their-originals/815410)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-how-much-you-like-tv-shows-and-movies-that-were-brought-back-years-after-their-originals/815410 "2018-06-05T02:12:17Z")
Arrested Development just came back for season 5. The original run was 2003-2006. It got me thinking, “was it worth it?” or “how do these things hold up to the originals?” Not remakes like Battlestar Galactica, though. … --- ## [Is there a term for this literary phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-literary-phenomenon/815311)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-literary-phenomenon/815311 "2018-06-05T00:46:32Z")
Is there a specific term for a body of work, usually by various authors rather than by any one person, that treats a fictional “world” or scenario as real and uses it as a springboard for derivative works. For instance, … --- ## [Jerry Hopkins Dead at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-hopkins-dead-at-82/815380)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-hopkins-dead-at-82/815380 "2018-06-04T16:38:48Z")
Story here. Fellow long-time Bangkok resident and author of the Jim Morrison bio No Gets Out of Here Alive, an excellent book that was the basis for the Oliver Stone film The Doors. I never met him, but we very well co… --- ## [How much can a syndicated cartoonist make (e.g., Bill Watterson)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-a-syndicated-cartoonist-make-e-g-bill-watterson/815135)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-can-a-syndicated-cartoonist-make-e-g-bill-watterson/815135 "2018-06-04T11:28:24Z")
Bill Watterson drew Calvin and Hobbes for only 10 years. It was wildly popular–did he get fabulously NFL-quarterback wealthy from just those 10 years? Or is comic strips one of those things where if are at the top of the… --- ## [Why doesn't classical music ever stay intense for more than a minute or so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-classical-music-ever-stay-intense-for-more-than-a-minute-or-so/814704)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-classical-music-ever-stay-intense-for-more-than-a-minute-or-so/814704 "2018-06-04T11:10:01Z")
Many classical songs have short passages that are very exciting, usually in the opening. Beethoven’s fifth, Grieg’s piano concerto in a minor, are examples a lot of people would be familiar with (even if they can’t put a… --- ## [I pre-ordered The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pre-ordered-the-president-is-missing-by-james-patterson-and-bill-clinton/815371)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pre-ordered-the-president-is-missing-by-james-patterson-and-bill-clinton/815371 "2018-06-04T04:46:25Z")
I’m looking forward to reading this novel. Comes out June 4 in hardback, paperback and kindle. Bill is a long time fan of espionage thrillers. Teaming up with Patterson will ground the story and make it more authentic. … --- ## [Building the Ultimate Disney Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-the-ultimate-disney-playlist/814535)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-the-ultimate-disney-playlist/814535 "2018-06-03T22:39:42Z")
OK, my fellow babies. Here’s the mission: I am taking a slew of teen girls, ages 14-18, down to Disney in three weeks. It’s a graduation present for my oldest. We’ll all be packed in my car for the 7 hour drive. I h… --- ## [What do YOU serve cornbread with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165 "2018-06-03T22:28:50Z")
Got me a jug of artisanal local buttermilk from th’ hippies today, and I want to make a pan of cornbread (as well as sipping a cold glass with a sprinkle of salt on top). Little Banjo is home for a week from college, an… --- ## [Semolina Porridge / Mannaya Kasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semolina-porridge-mannaya-kasha/815226)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semolina-porridge-mannaya-kasha/815226 "2018-06-03T21:33:49Z")
I ate this back in the 90s in Ukraine. I would like to make something similar here in the US. I am confused about the ingredients, specifically what flour I need to get? What is a good flavoring to add to it that one fi… --- ## [Do you ever put jam on your eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-put-jam-on-your-eggs/815259 "2018-06-03T19:56:06Z")
When I was growing up in California my mother would occasionally make us scrambled eggs for breakfast. (I say occasionally because I grew up during a time when eggs and butter were considered the worst things you could e… --- ## [BLT sandwich - assembly order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blt-sandwich-assembly-order/814845)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blt-sandwich-assembly-order/814845 "2018-06-02T04:36:23Z")
What is the proper order of ingredients when assembling a BLT … and why? (Tonight’s late-nite snack may have inspired this post.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=612) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=614)