# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=632 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 633 --- ## [Things, people and places that have inherent Wes Anderson implications to me:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-and-places-that-have-inherent-wes-anderson-implications-to-me/811751)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-and-places-that-have-inherent-wes-anderson-implications-to-me/811751 "2018-04-03T23:27:45Z")
By far my favorite contemporary director, who I think is an unmatched genius of creating a uniquely coherent body of work/immersive “world-building”: Tweed or checkered cloth with stitches Colorful things like bright y… --- ## [Tell me about voice acting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-voice-acting/811582)
**Author:** [@allotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allotrope)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-voice-acting/811582 "2018-04-03T20:48:49Z")
I’ve been thinking about trying to get into voice acting. But I don’t want to do actual acting. It’s just that’s the only term I know to use for what I’m interested in. The things I’d like to do are non-dramatic voice… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 11, Episode 18 (March 29, 2018) -- "The Gates Excitation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-18-march-29-2018-the-gates-excitation/811423)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-18-march-29-2018-the-gates-excitation/811423 "2018-04-03T19:50:01Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [The Sinclair Broadcast Group and Boris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinclair-broadcast-group-and-boris/810042)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinclair-broadcast-group-and-boris/810042 "2018-04-03T18:53:31Z")
It used to be that your local station would run editorials taking positions on this or that subject, and occasionally they would let someone with with a contrary opinion take a few minutes of prime on-air time to give th… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a couple high-cheekboned figure kits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-couple-high-cheekboned-figure-kits/811089 "2018-04-03T17:36:04Z")
Recently I’ve had one of those happy spells wherein a bunch of projects all get done in rapid succession. Just recently I finished a couple figure kits with, I now realize, a common theme: Cheekbones. :wink: The first… --- ## [Favorite regional foods from outside your region](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-regional-foods-from-outside-your-region/802323)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-regional-foods-from-outside-your-region/802323 "2018-04-02T22:39:05Z")
You know you are guilty of this. What regional foodstuffs do you crave from outside the region you currently live? What stuff do you mail order/Amazon because you just have to have it? Inspiration for this thread: Dorot… --- ## [So once again I'm gobsmacked by precocious kid talent. 11-year-old girl covers Adele and nails it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-once-again-im-gobsmacked-by-precocious-kid-talent-11-year-old-girl-covers-adele-and-nails-it/811578)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-once-again-im-gobsmacked-by-precocious-kid-talent-11-year-old-girl-covers-adele-and-nails-it/811578 "2018-04-02T18:15:34Z")
So there’s this little girl named Meredith Grace Puckett from Paris, Tx, and damn, this kid has some pipes. Here she is covering Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain virtually a cappella. And here she is in her kitchen covering… --- ## [ID the speaker of this old Hollywood quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-speaker-of-this-old-hollywood-quote/811374)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-speaker-of-this-old-hollywood-quote/811374 "2018-04-02T18:03:45Z")
I think I may have posted a thread about this a long time ago, but don’t recall if I got a definite answer. Anyway, I once heard a story about old Hollywood in which a famous movie star, whose name now eludes me, was get… --- ## [Johnny-come-lately masquerading as a classic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-come-lately-masquerading-as-a-classic/810818)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-come-lately-masquerading-as-a-classic/810818 "2018-04-02T07:48:56Z")
When surveys are done on the UK’s favourite dessert, it’s routinely (now) Sticky Toffee Pudding. It’s lauded as a national treasure, redolent of endless summers, empire, stiff-upper-lips and public (for which read “priva… --- ## [The Simpsons 03/25/18. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-03-25-18-huh/811413)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-03-25-18-huh/811413 "2018-04-02T05:44:40Z")
Just watched my DVR of last Sundays Simpsons. WTH? Their “origin” story is quite a bit different than what they told over 2 decades ago. This one makes them married before Marge get’s pregnant with Bart. Did I miss some… --- ## [How much of the recorded music you listen to is live recordings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-recorded-music-you-listen-to-is-live-recordings/811360)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-recorded-music-you-listen-to-is-live-recordings/811360 "2018-04-02T03:53:51Z")
Title says it all. I realized today that I listen to at least 50% live work. Not nearly a conscious choice. I frequently enjoy live cuts much more than studio cuts of the same song. Many performers or bands are all abou… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 8.13 "Do Not Send Us Astray" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-13-do-not-send-us-astray-open-spoilers/811178)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-13-do-not-send-us-astray-open-spoilers/811178 "2018-04-01T23:43:55Z")
Scott M. Gimple, Lennie James, Michael Rooker and a surprise cast member are on Talking Dead. --- ## [Weird restaurant policies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-restaurant-policies/622696)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-restaurant-policies/622696 "2018-04-01T23:07:37Z")
A few years ago my Mom went to a local restaurant; when she paid her bill they gave her the currency change, but not the coin change. They said it was “policy” to keep the coin change. She said she would never return. (S… --- ## [I wasted a pound of butter poaching fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasted-a-pound-of-butter-poaching-fish/811580)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wasted-a-pound-of-butter-poaching-fish/811580 "2018-04-01T20:57:48Z")
Did I do it wrong? Went by the recipes, but this was tasteless crap. --- ## [Underfire (documentary on photographer Tony Vaccaro)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underfire-documentary-on-photographer-tony-vaccaro/811594)
**Author:** [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underfire-documentary-on-photographer-tony-vaccaro/811594 "2018-04-01T19:55:38Z")
Anyone see this? http://tonyvaccarofilm.com/ It’s an excellent HBO documentary about photographer Tony Vaccaro’s war experience. I only caught the last half of it and enjoyed it tremendously because it seemed extraor… --- ## [Help me choose new vinyl for my dad.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-new-vinyl-for-my-dad/811584)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-new-vinyl-for-my-dad/811584 "2018-04-01T16:32:58Z")
Hey everyone, My dad moved house a while ago and uncovered his old vinyl collection he’s had since he was a teenager. Lots of nostalgia for him and he’s brought it into his new living room so he can listen to it. He’s a… --- ## [What is the name of this instrumental song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-instrumental-song/811563)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-instrumental-song/811563 "2018-04-01T14:07:49Z")
--- ## [Best UK bands that never 'broke' America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-uk-bands-that-never-broke-america/810788)
**Author:** [@Asympotically\_fat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asympotically_fat)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-uk-bands-that-never-broke-america/810788 "2018-04-01T03:18:34Z")
UK bands have been very successful in breaking the American market: the top 4 best-selling bands of all-time are from the UK and the key to that success has always been the easy transition to the huge American market. Ho… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- March 2018 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-march-2018-edition/809633)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-march-2018-edition/809633 "2018-04-01T02:46:24Z")
This has been an odd year, Mother Nature must have read her calendar upside down. Two weeks ago, I had laundry on the line, this week we have snow… my daffodills are in shock. Anybody else feeling backwards? I am curre… --- ## [AWAKE: last chance to watch one of the greatest, but least known, TV shows!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awake-last-chance-to-watch-one-of-the-greatest-but-least-known-tv-shows/811504)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awake-last-chance-to-watch-one-of-the-greatest-but-least-known-tv-shows/811504 "2018-04-01T00:44:35Z")
Maybe if this show had aired on FX or AMC or something, it would have several seasons under its belt and be legendary. Hard to say. In any case, it is leaving Netflix tonight at midnight Pacific time (3 AM Eastern), alth… --- ## [Easter dinner ideas to go with turkey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-ideas-to-go-with-turkey/811059)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-dinner-ideas-to-go-with-turkey/811059 "2018-03-31T23:37:15Z")
Hey all, So I’m making Easter dinner at my sister’s house, and I’m determined to have a turkey. The only problem is that I’m not sure exactly how approach it or to choose side dishes to go with a turkey so that it doesn… --- ## [Desmond Dekker: what is "(Poor Me) Israelites" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmond-dekker-what-is-poor-me-israelites-about/358770)
**Author:** [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desmond-dekker-what-is-poor-me-israelites-about/358770 "2018-03-31T22:08:17Z")
I’m hearing this song a lot since Desmond passed away, and I have come to realize that I don’t have the faintest idea what it’s about. Does anyone know how to translate the patois and decipher the meaning? I don’t see wh… --- ## [Speaking of under appreciated guitarists...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-under-appreciated-guitarists/811502)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-under-appreciated-guitarists/811502 "2018-03-31T21:50:41Z")
I pulled out a DVD of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers for tonight’s entertainment and was reminded that Buddy Whittington is a monster player. He has a lot of stuff on YT, check him out. He was with Mayall for quite a while … --- ## ["Damned with(out) faint praise" movies: films that failed basic filmmaking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-with-out-faint-praise-movies-films-that-failed-basic-filmmaking/811165)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-with-out-faint-praise-movies-films-that-failed-basic-filmmaking/811165 "2018-03-31T13:21:51Z")
I’m a fan of bad movies. 'Have been for a long time—call it enjoying them “ironically,” or appreciating the energy and spectacle of certain grades of “genre” pictures, or just a modern form of gawking at a freakshow. Ho… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season Eleven, Episode Seventeen (March 8, 2018) -- "The Athenaeum Allocation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-seventeen-march-8-2018-the-athenaeum-allocation/810286)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-seventeen-march-8-2018-the-athenaeum-allocation/810286 "2018-03-31T12:17:59Z")
So, what did you guys think of last night’s episode? --- ## [Who has the most Oscar nominations, but all in different categories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-most-oscar-nominations-but-all-in-different-categories/811358)
**Author:** [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-most-oscar-nominations-but-all-in-different-categories/811358 "2018-03-31T11:32:58Z")
I heard an Arcade Fire song on the radio yesterday. It wasn’t “Afterlife,” but I started thinking about the live video they did for it with Greta Gerwig performing and Spike Jonze directing. Gerwig’s recent Best Director… --- ## [Deception on ABC could suck more.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deception-on-abc-could-suck-more/811391)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deception-on-abc-could-suck-more/811391 "2018-03-31T10:19:39Z")
Formulaic as hell, but dopey fun. I like how I recognize nearly nobody on it. --- ## [Short lived/one-off reality TV shows that deserve another chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-one-off-reality-tv-shows-that-deserve-another-chance/811238)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-one-off-reality-tv-shows-that-deserve-another-chance/811238 "2018-03-31T08:08:23Z")
I’ve caught some of the new season of American Idol, and so far it’s been pretty execrable. Katy Perry is looking like a complete disaster, and Luke Bryan is just another reality TV dime-a-dozen infantile whackjob. Asi… --- ## [I'm Getting Some Goat Meat Soon, What Should I Cook With It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-some-goat-meat-soon-what-should-i-cook-with-it/811144)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-some-goat-meat-soon-what-should-i-cook-with-it/811144 "2018-03-31T03:32:55Z")
My goat-farming friend is slaughtering a doe for his birthday, and he’s offered me some of the meat. I want to make the best possible thing I can do with this, as I have never, as far as I know, had meat that was still w… --- ## [Question about "Arrival" \*\*Spoilers\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-arrival-spoilers/811508)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-arrival-spoilers/811508 "2018-03-31T02:53:04Z")
After the bomb set off by the renegade army guys, the one alien says the other one has begun the dying process or something like that. Was that supposed to be because of the explosion? The “aquarium wall” seemed to be i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=631) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=633)