# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=633 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 634 --- ## [No 60 Minutes? College ball game instead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-60-minutes-college-ball-game-instead/811177)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-60-minutes-college-ball-game-instead/811177 "2018-03-31T02:22:19Z")
Is this something Trump did? They’re showing a ball game instead of 60 Minutes. Where can I find it??? --- ## [Why use "Simple Syrup" when making a drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-use-simple-syrup-when-making-a-drink/811309)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-use-simple-syrup-when-making-a-drink/811309 "2018-03-31T01:11:30Z")
Many alcoholic drinks call for the use of simple syrup. All well and fine and as the name suggests it is “simple” so you can make it at home with ease (or buy it). But since it is just sugar water why bother? Why not … --- ## [Splitting Up Together (new TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splitting-up-together-new-tv-show/811411)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/splitting-up-together-new-tv-show/811411 "2018-03-30T23:35:53Z")
This is one of ABC’s new shows, starring Jenna Fischer (The Office) and Oliver Hudson (Rules of Engagement). I like both the leads so I was looking forward to it, despite the premise: a couple who are divorcing but due t… --- ## [Westworld - premieres Sunday (show spoilers as airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-premieres-sunday-show-spoilers-as-airs/767413)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1188\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-premieres-sunday-show-spoilers-as-airs/767413 "2018-03-30T21:49:26Z")
I have zero thoughts regarding this show, but I know the buzz is pretty big. HBO is looking for their next Game of Thrones. Is this it? I may actually choose to wait a few episodes to join in the fun. Is anyone looking… --- ## [Where to start reading P.G.Wodehouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-reading-p-g-wodehouse/810625)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-start-reading-p-g-wodehouse/810625 "2018-03-30T18:46:06Z")
I think it’s time that I gave P.G.Wodehouse a shot. I keep reading what a witty guy he was and I’ve never read any. Benchley, Thurber, yes, but Wodehouse? Not yet. Any suggestions as to something I could look at that… --- ## [The Worst Novelist Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-novelist-ever/810493)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-novelist-ever/810493 "2018-03-30T17:49:11Z")
I have a desk calendar of 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, and for March 13, 2018, we have this: Apparently this prose was written by Amanda McKittrick Ros, considered to be the worst novelist ever. She died in 1939, s… --- ## [Musician Margaret Glaspy - anyone heard her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-margaret-glaspy-anyone-heard-her/811405)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musician-margaret-glaspy-anyone-heard-her/811405 "2018-03-30T16:29:57Z")
I came across her via NPR Tiny Desk videos, and the fact that she is currently in a relationship with Julian Lage, the best guitarist around not named Jeff Beck. She has a fresh-scrubbed, no makeup beauty, a unique voic… --- ## [Karate Kid Sequel with Cobra Kai Guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-kid-sequel-with-cobra-kai-guy/811353)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karate-kid-sequel-with-cobra-kai-guy/811353 "2018-03-30T16:00:04Z")
I saw a trailer for this the other day, and it seemed kind of confusing. It looks like they’re doing a sequel based around the idea that the guy who lost the tournament in the original has a crappy life, then decides to … --- ## [The last Infinity War Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660 "2018-03-30T15:23:02Z")
OK, I’m 51 years old. I still read comic books. And this is my happy space. Thanos, mano-a-mano, with Captain America. What more can anyone ask? --- ## [Charo's legal birthdate is 1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charos-legal-birthdate-is-1951/811412)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charos-legal-birthdate-is-1951/811412 "2018-03-30T03:03:28Z")
I saw her on a rerun of the “Danny Kaye” show from 1965 last night. If that were true, she would have been 14, but she’s easily 20(ish). As much TV as I watched when I was younger, I had no idea she had been appearing… --- ## [Question for Hebrew speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-hebrew-speakers/811440)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-hebrew-speakers/811440 "2018-03-30T00:16:15Z")
The reading at 4:24 in this Betty Boop cartoon. What does it mean? It tried Googling it, and came up with “meaning,” but that can’t be right. --- ## [Question about the Mary Tyler Moore Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-mary-tyler-moore-show/811438)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-mary-tyler-moore-show/811438 "2018-03-30T00:09:33Z")
The episode “Menage a Lou”: Does anyone recognize the tune the orchestra starts playing at 20:26? I’m assuming it was written specifically for this show, but maybe not. --- ## [Batman has a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-has-a-kid/811191)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-has-a-kid/811191 "2018-03-29T23:39:27Z")
See how out of comics I am?? DC at least. Got all up to date on this Damian Wayne guy. Watched some DC animated clips. I like the dynamic between him and Dick Grayson. Pretty cool, all in all if not very complicated wit… --- ## [How exactly did movie product placement work before the 90's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-did-movie-product-placement-work-before-the-90s/811308)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-did-movie-product-placement-work-before-the-90s/811308 "2018-03-29T23:15:51Z")
Mainly because while product placement deals seemed to become what we think of it now in the 90’s the 70’s and 80’s seem to be an absolutely wild west of product placement where things that wouldn’t happen today were con… --- ## [Songs or Lyrics That Make You Say "Yuck"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-or-lyrics-that-make-you-say-yuck/810827 "2018-03-29T20:09:29Z")
We’ve had all kind of threads regarding songs, but I haven’t seen this one yet. Is there a song that grosses you out, makes you say, “yuck”? It could just be a single line from the song. Mine is “Lay Lady Lay” by Bob … --- ## [Parody folk songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-folk-songs/811357)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-folk-songs/811357 "2018-03-29T17:58:00Z")
There are parodies of folk song styles, like The Wreck of the Crash of the Easthill Mining Disaster being a riff on the ‘disaster song’. There are a lot of songs that make fun of folk singing in general. Then there are … --- ## [Predictions on how "The Americans" will end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-how-the-americans-will-end/810148)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-on-how-the-americans-will-end/810148 "2018-03-29T16:19:51Z")
The Americans final season starts in a few weeks. How do you think it will end? Here are some of my predictions: Phil will die. Most likely saving his family (maybe not directly but possibly indirectly). Possibly at t… --- ## [what is the Injuns theme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-injuns-theme/811394)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-injuns-theme/811394 "2018-03-29T16:15:23Z")
I was watching a movie from the '50s – probably a comedy or heavy on comic relief – and when the scene cut to a different location, the soundtrack played that cliché bit of music that you always recognize means we are ab… --- ## [Why does Seven of Nine have multiple alcoves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-seven-of-nine-have-multiple-alcoves/811300)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-seven-of-nine-have-multiple-alcoves/811300 "2018-03-29T16:13:42Z")
Whenever we are shown Sevens’ quarters, there is a bank of at least three Borg alcoves against the wall. Why would Seven need three alcoves? --- ## [Help me enjoy a gallon of yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-enjoy-a-gallon-of-yogurt/811382)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-enjoy-a-gallon-of-yogurt/811382 "2018-03-29T14:08:31Z")
I bought a gallon of full fat, no sugar added, organic yogurt at Costco. It is delicious! Been eating it with fresh tropical fruit, granola. And today I made blueberry pancakes with yogurt. Got recipes? I want to use i… --- ## [Did Tolkein wrongfully imagine the visual affects of a flat world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tolkein-wrongfully-imagine-the-visual-affects-of-a-flat-world/811317)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tolkein-wrongfully-imagine-the-visual-affects-of-a-flat-world/811317 "2018-03-29T09:32:11Z")
Recently, listening to THE SILMARILLION, I noticed a reference in the section on Númenor that bothered me. As all Tolkein geeks know, Arda was flat before the downfall of that island, the Earth only becoming round at the… --- ## [Shows with a great premise but terrible execution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-with-a-great-premise-but-terrible-execution/811272)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-with-a-great-premise-but-terrible-execution/811272 "2018-03-29T05:28:16Z")
I was thinking the other day about the short-lived TV show Century City. It was basically LA Law but in the future. The premise was fantastic: they would have courtroom dramas about science fiction topics. If I kill my c… --- ## [Monty Python catalog is coming to Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-catalog-is-coming-to-netflix/811113)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-catalog-is-coming-to-netflix/811113 "2018-03-29T01:52:14Z")
Netflix is getting the entire MP catalog – TV and movies: I’m glad Netflix hasn’t completely abandoned non-original content. Brian --- ## [Are there any blind super-villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-super-villains/800403)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-blind-super-villains/800403 "2018-03-28T23:46:16Z")
I mean, I know all about Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil, and Charles McNider a.k.a. Dr.idnight, but the field of visually impaired evil overlord’s seems woefully under represented. I suspect discrimination. --- ## [What brands are you loyal to from your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-are-you-loyal-to-from-your-parents/811232)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-are-you-loyal-to-from-your-parents/811232 "2018-03-28T23:44:10Z")
What product brands did your parents use that you picked up and have not abandoned? Three of them for me: Crest, Premium Saltines, and V-8. --- ## [Seeing your music heroes age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-your-music-heroes-age/811204)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-your-music-heroes-age/811204 "2018-03-28T23:29:43Z")
Yes it sucks. Last week I had great seats to see the Dixie Dregs play with their original line up. They are still amazing each and everyone of them. Steve Morse is still the greatest guitar player in the world in my opin… --- ## [Recipes that will use up all this cream cheese.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-that-will-use-up-all-this-cream-cheese/811001)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipes-that-will-use-up-all-this-cream-cheese/811001 "2018-03-28T21:26:38Z")
Roomie was making a recipe that required a lot of cream cheese. All of us bought some, and none of us took it off the grocery list. One even bought a Costco-sized brick of it. I’ve got a metric ton of cream cheese to … --- ## [Who was the morning show weatherman who drew pictures whild doing the forecast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-morning-show-weatherman-who-drew-pictures-whild-doing-the-forecast/811375)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-morning-show-weatherman-who-drew-pictures-whild-doing-the-forecast/811375 "2018-03-28T20:54:50Z")
This would have been 10-15 years ago. National network morning program, possibly ‘Today,’ but maybe not. I remember him being an older, stoutish chap, who would draw some caricature while doing the weather report. The… --- ## [Is alcohol all the same regardless of what it is distilled from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-all-the-same-regardless-of-what-it-is-distilled-from/811327)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-all-the-same-regardless-of-what-it-is-distilled-from/811327 "2018-03-28T14:29:16Z")
I read something that said alcohol (that we drink) is all the same. A colorless, odorless and tasteless liquid. So, all the different types of alcohol we enjoy come from flavor that is added. Ok, “added” may be the wr… --- ## [If you had to pick one earworm to hear for the rest of your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-earworm-to-hear-for-the-rest-of-your-life/810604)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-one-earworm-to-hear-for-the-rest-of-your-life/810604 "2018-03-28T13:35:49Z")
You are told that you are getting a permanent “earworm” that would be in the back of your mind when you are awake until the day you die…but you get to pick the song. However, if you try for a work-around like John Cage’s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=632) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=634)