# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=617 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 618 --- ## [Leaves between pages in an old Anglican book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaves-between-pages-in-an-old-anglican-book/814590)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaves-between-pages-in-an-old-anglican-book/814590 "2018-05-22T20:17:09Z")
I was looking through an old book from my great-great grandfather to list it in the odd books thread but decided to focus on the leaves. The book is certainly obscure, printed in 1721 and written by Mr Charles Leflie (Le… --- ## [Sci-fi story id: Sculpture made of mushroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-id-sculpture-made-of-mushroom/814630)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-id-sculpture-made-of-mushroom/814630 "2018-05-22T19:45:09Z")
I remember hearing about this one, but don’t recall the title. As I recall, an artist was sculpting a female figure from a mushroom. As it was completed, he got carried away and kissed it (or bit it, or something), whe… --- ## [Music so beautiful it makes you cry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-so-beautiful-it-makes-you-cry/813946 "2018-05-22T18:27:31Z")
Well, what the thread title says. In the past, I have created threads about weird versions of well-known tunes, and about music that scares the s\*\*t out of you. Now, I want to hear about music so beautiful, so exquisit… --- ## [Comedians in cars getting coffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee/807026)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee/807026 "2018-05-22T16:37:13Z")
I’ve been binge watching this recently, it is decent. The interviews aren’t always as in depth as I’d hope, but when Seinfeld has a guest on he has known for decades the interviews are better. I just watched the episode… --- ## [Music that has unremovable associations for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-has-unremovable-associations-for-you/814277)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-has-unremovable-associations-for-you/814277 "2018-05-22T13:34:28Z")
That is, a piece of classical music or an old popular song, its context grown hazy in the public mind, is harnessed to promote a product or prominently used as theme music for some movie or show, and gets associated with… --- ## [Safe (Netflix series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-netflix-series/814613)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-netflix-series/814613 "2018-05-22T13:25:08Z")
Anyone else watching this? I’m half way through it now and it has been really enjoyable. Here’s the IMDB page. Um, I guess I’ll wait and see if anyone else is watching but one question to start with, what does anyone w… --- ## [Most disagreeable chocolate/candy bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disagreeable-chocolate-candy-bars/814105 "2018-05-22T12:37:27Z")
No, these aren’t confections that are able to employ rhetoric and actually disagree with you; these are offensive little comestibles innocuously wrapped up all spiffy-looking but containing vomit fodder. Turkish Delight… --- ## [Spirit and Titanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-and-titanic/814602)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirit-and-titanic/814602 "2018-05-22T11:59:23Z")
Am I the only one who is reminded of Titanic when watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron? Spirit is wild and goes from place to place, living off what he can by being sly and tricky. He’s a carefree kinda guy with a p… --- ## [What's for dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 614\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139 "2018-05-22T07:12:12Z")
Looks like the last ‘What’s for dinner?’ thread was back in August. So… What’s for dinner? I’m feeling lazy tonight. I mixed some tarragon with mayonnaise and coated a couple of cod fillets, then put bread crumbs on … --- ## [Does Stan Lee have any active participation in the Marvel Universe movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-stan-lee-have-any-active-participation-in-the-marvel-universe-movies/814600)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-stan-lee-have-any-active-participation-in-the-marvel-universe-movies/814600 "2018-05-22T04:33:19Z")
Just curious. He’s Exec Producer on all of them but I’m guessing that’s just an honorary title? --- ## [Thundercats are coming back-and it's gawdawful.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-are-coming-back-and-its-gawdawful/814427)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-are-coming-back-and-its-gawdawful/814427 "2018-05-22T01:48:29Z")
Check out this remake…but have a lined trashcan ready to hurl into. Has there ever been an online petition created to stop a series? --- ## [Ginger or Mary Ann?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/814104)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-or-mary-ann/814104 "2018-05-22T01:26:54Z")
Poll to follow. As with my Betty/Veronica poll, you can apply whatever criteria you wish. You don’t have to assume that you’re on the island, or that you’re a character from the show. For example, you could imagine that… --- ## [Lyrics to Hello Operator, Gimme Number Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-hello-operator-gimme-number-nine/177475)
**Author:** [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-hello-operator-gimme-number-nine/177475 "2018-05-21T21:41:56Z")
I want to teach my younger cousin (age 8) these lyrics, (she is my favorite cute cousin, the sister I never had) but I can’t remember these lyrics. All I can remember is: Hello operator, gimme number nine, Thanks in a… --- ## [Looking for a Debbie Harry /Blondie song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-debbie-harry-blondie-song/814547)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-debbie-harry-blondie-song/814547 "2018-05-21T19:28:53Z")
Ok years ago rhino records had a CD series "Diy"which was a who’s who of 70s early 80s punk/new wave each CD was a different city I don’t know how many they made because Walmart just tossed them in a bargain bin for 5.99 … --- ## [CBS All Access - Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-worth-it/814538)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-worth-it/814538 "2018-05-21T16:11:04Z")
My kiddo has recently begun to lobby for a CBS all access subscription. He wants to watch “Young Sheldon” episodes. Is anyone out there a subscriber? Do you like the service? Anything on it you would recommend? --- ## [Eurodopers - what's with the "+1" on "ITV+1" & "STV+1"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurodopers-whats-with-the-1-on-itv-1-stv-1/814554)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eurodopers-whats-with-the-1-on-itv-1-stv-1/814554 "2018-05-21T14:33:55Z")
My wife and I are on vacation in the UK and, while watching “Good Morning Britain” we would look at the time on the bottom of the screen and saw that it was one hour off. I Googled it and saw that it (hence the “+1”) was… --- ## [Why are there so few well-known female guitarists and drummers, compared to bassists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-few-well-known-female-guitarists-and-drummers-compared-to-bassists/814448)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-few-well-known-female-guitarists-and-drummers-compared-to-bassists/814448 "2018-05-21T13:11:54Z")
As an avid music fan and a bassist myself, I’ve always been keenly aware of this situation. I can name a lot of great female bassists right off the top of my head. Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, D’Arcy (Smashing Pumpkins), Tina W… --- ## [Your "Wonderfully Bad" Movie List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wonderfully-bad-movie-list/770719 "2018-05-21T12:59:18Z")
I thought I had watched all the “so bad it’s good flicks” on earth, but I missed a doozy I saw on TCM this morning: The Silver Chalice, featuring an awful Paul Newman as a slave-sculptor, Jack Palance as a campy magician… --- ## [CAPTAIN BEYOND - sufficiently breathless..Anyone owned this album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-beyond-sufficiently-breathless-anyone-owned-this-album/814532)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-beyond-sufficiently-breathless-anyone-owned-this-album/814532 "2018-05-21T11:50:18Z")
This group from the 70"s released this album has anyone ever owned it?? :smack: --- ## [Unintentionally sad movie scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-sad-movie-scenes/814539)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-sad-movie-scenes/814539 "2018-05-21T07:00:05Z")
What’s your favorite unintentionally sad movie scene? Mine is in Spider-Man 3 when Spider-Man breaks Eddie Brock’s camera and everyone later calls him a liar. --- ## [Any cello players here? I have questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cello-players-here-i-have-questions/814315)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cello-players-here-i-have-questions/814315 "2018-05-21T04:32:17Z")
We just got my 12 year old a cello for music class. When I got home from work today it had just arrived and my wife was helping him get it set up, but there was some frustration. They had broken a string right off the ba… --- ## [Bette Davis Eyes - the song and the eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-song-and-the-eyes/814495)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bette-davis-eyes-the-song-and-the-eyes/814495 "2018-05-21T01:36:03Z")
I heard this song for the first time in decades not long ago and instantly fell in love with it again. Wow - Kim’s haunting, throaty voice, the cool 80’s clap machine percussion track, those wonderful lyrics. I didn’t re… --- ## [What can I do with all these pork chops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-all-these-pork-chops/814459)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-all-these-pork-chops/814459 "2018-05-21T00:37:21Z")
So I bought a half a pig about a year ago. Been using up all the really good bits (bacon, shoulder, etc) and am left with a whole pile of pork chops - maybe 10-12 of them. They’re about 1" thick, and, though they have g… --- ## [The 200th anniversary of science fiction\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-200th-anniversary-of-science-fiction/814361)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-200th-anniversary-of-science-fiction/814361 "2018-05-21T00:04:17Z")
\*That is if you consider Frankenstein the first science fiction novel. \*Kind of late. Frankenstein was published on January 1st. So what’s your favorite SF novel? I’d have a hard time picking. The Rama novels & the Gi… --- ## [I found a script](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-script/814492)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-script/814492 "2018-05-20T22:19:25Z")
Apparently, I wrote a script in 1997. I found it while cleaning out some storage today. It has ‘An original screenplay by \[me\]’, © by \[me\], and a Writers Guild of America West number on it. It’s 30 pages. The first 2… --- ## [Writer who wasn't a reader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writer-who-wasnt-a-reader/814384)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writer-who-wasnt-a-reader/814384 "2018-05-20T20:39:13Z")
Has there ever been a well-known writer who was also known for not being an avid reader of other people’s writing? Just curious. --- ## [Excellent Music Podcast: Dissect; breaks down hip hop (so far) albums in detail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-music-podcast-dissect-breaks-down-hip-hop-so-far-albums-in-detail/808507)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-music-podcast-dissect-breaks-down-hip-hop-so-far-albums-in-detail/808507 "2018-05-20T18:55:14Z")
Home page here: https://dissectpodcast.com/ I got turned on to this by a hip hop friend and found it on my iPhone. Started with Season 2 which is focused on Kanye West’s critically-acclaimed masterpiece My Beautiful… --- ## [Red Scarf Ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-scarf-ninjas/814471)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-scarf-ninjas/814471 "2018-05-20T18:04:27Z")
I noticed in both the video game Shinobi and Strider the ninja character wears a red scarf. Is this a reference to something Japanese? --- ## [Is Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wild-cherry-play-that-funky-music-racist/814380)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wild-cherry-play-that-funky-music-racist/814380 "2018-05-20T17:21:46Z")
Racist? Yes or No? What if the lyric was black boy? either way, it’s one awesome song. :wink: I love dancing to this groove. Yeah, they were dancin’ and singin’ and movin’ to the groovin’ And just when it hit me someb… --- ## [Movie ID help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-help/814405)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-help/814405 "2018-05-20T16:04:43Z")
Looking for an old movie (70’s?) about an assassin that used a crossbow. I tried to google it of course but given that there is a crossbow model named Assassin and the popularity of Assassins Creed there were tons of hi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=616) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=618)