# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=64 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 65 --- ## [Tell us about your local/regional restaurant chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-local-regional-restaurant-chains/973392)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-local-regional-restaurant-chains/973392 "2025-08-14T16:56:13Z")
First, lets set the parameters for this thread. To count as a chain a restaurant must have a minimum of 3 locations. And since I mostly want to hear about chains that aren’t really well known outside their home regions… --- ## [Likely 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees - Ted Nugent, Kid Rock, Rosanne Barr, Ye, and Scott Baio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-ted-nugent-kid-rock-rosanne-barr-ye-and-scott-baio/1014055 "2025-08-14T15:52:11Z")
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman --- ## [Yet another SF Short Story ID thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-sf-short-story-id-thread/760965)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-sf-short-story-id-thread/760965 "2025-08-13T20:25:45Z")
I invoke the famed SF SS identification powers of the SDMB, does anybody remember a story where a lone astronaut lands in a planet where the plants emit some kind of allucinatory effect that makes him see them as women? … --- ## [Made-up Animals in African Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-animals-in-african-movies/1021936)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-up-animals-in-african-movies/1021936 "2025-08-13T17:57:04Z")
I’m not talking here about misplaced animals or animal noises, like the use of the Australian Kookaburra for “monkey” noises in the jungle, or the call of the American Loon to indicate wilderness (especially, for some re… --- ## [In the world of professional baking, white sandwich bread is…?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-professional-baking-white-sandwich-bread-is/1021949)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-of-professional-baking-white-sandwich-bread-is/1021949 "2025-08-13T16:57:12Z")
The typical white, sliced sandwich bread that is ubiquitous in American homes and has been since … decades before I was born anyway. Symbolically, it’s a metaphor for the plainness and lack of imagination (and abundant s… --- ## [Looking for a picture of Mick Jagger with a candle on his head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-picture-of-mick-jagger-with-a-candle-on-his-head/1021974)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-picture-of-mick-jagger-with-a-candle-on-his-head/1021974 "2025-08-13T14:49:26Z")
When I was a kid in the seventies, two of my older cousins often visited me and my sister. We had a guest room we also used to play in a lot, and my cousins had hung up some posters by rock and pop stars on the wall. One… --- ## [We watched "Some Like It Hot" last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-watched-some-like-it-hot-last-night/1021953)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-watched-some-like-it-hot-last-night/1021953 "2025-08-13T03:07:07Z")
Neither of us had ever seen it. We’re in our mid-60s. Expected there to be enough cringey moments that we might not make it through the first 20 minutes. We were wrong. Good script, well played. The cross-dressing is ne… --- ## [Should I try drinking Yaupon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-try-drinking-yaupon/1021631)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-try-drinking-yaupon/1021631 "2025-08-12T23:33:40Z")
I’d never heard of this drink before now, but tariffs may make coffee more expensive. Should I give it a shot? What’s the taste? --- ## [Trying to find a romance novel I read years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-romance-novel-i-read-years-ago/1021939)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-romance-novel-i-read-years-ago/1021939 "2025-08-12T23:00:11Z")
Author may have been LaVyrle Spencer though I haven’t been able to find anything in her bibliography that matches. It’s set in a motel in the 1930s (I think), along US Route 66, in Arizona or New Mexico. The female prot… --- ## [What to do with Thai chilies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-thai-chilies/1021948)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-thai-chilies/1021948 "2025-08-12T19:32:02Z")
Last weekend I wanted to make my own drunken noodles, and while I was at the Asian market procuring ingredients I picked up a package of Thai chilies (also known as bird’s eye chilies or chile padi). The store did not h… --- ## [Chicken egg to duck egg conversion question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-to-duck-egg-conversion-question/1021818)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-to-duck-egg-conversion-question/1021818 "2025-08-12T16:59:10Z")
Recently, someone gave me a dozen duck eggs, and I had never seen or eaten them before. Instead of using them for breakfast, I decided to put some of them into my low-carb rustic bread recipe. This recipe, which I have m… --- ## [Eyes of Wakanda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-wakanda/1021831)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyes-of-wakanda/1021831 "2025-08-12T16:41:29Z")
I enjoyed this more than I expected. It’s an Anthology of stories about agents of Wakanda having adventures through history. Did anyone else see it? --- ## [Movies where a singer sings - let me explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-a-singer-sings-let-me-explain/1021852)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-a-singer-sings-let-me-explain/1021852 "2025-08-11T20:16:03Z")
In Rio Bravo, there’s a point in the movie where Dean Martin gets to sing. Same for Ricky Nelson in Wackiest Ship in the Army. The songs have nothing to do with the story, they’re just scenes to provide the singers an op… --- ## [Bands with slightly different names depending on where on the planet you are standing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-slightly-different-names-depending-on-where-on-the-planet-you-are-standing/1021635)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-slightly-different-names-depending-on-where-on-the-planet-you-are-standing/1021635 "2025-08-11T18:37:41Z")
So we’re driving up the NJ Turnpike, as one does sometimes. A song by the band I’ve always known as “Cream” comes on. I ask my Dearly Beloved™ if she’s ever heard of another name for this band. She glanced at me with c… --- ## [Spawn of the Space Race -- Superpets in the DCU and MCU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spawn-of-the-space-race-superpets-in-the-dcu-and-mcu/1021720)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spawn-of-the-space-race-superpets-in-the-dcu-and-mcu/1021720 "2025-08-11T16:14:01Z")
Now that Krypto the Super Dog has finally appeared in James Gunn’s 2025 Superman, we have finally recognized a character older than me in the DC Cinematic Universe. Krypto sort of joins Cosmo the Space Dog from the Marve… --- ## [Bass lines on Boston tracks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549 "2025-08-11T15:53:13Z")
I happen to have been listening to a few Boston tracks recently, and I’m wondering if the bass lines were usually played by a real bass guitar or on a keyboard? There are a few very busy parts often involving rapid doub… --- ## [Why trepan weasels (at their slumber)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-trepan-weasels-at-their-slumber/1021685)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-trepan-weasels-at-their-slumber/1021685 "2025-08-11T03:56:06Z")
In the G&S operetta, Princess Ida, the protagonists sing of the accomplishments possible for the women of the college at Castle Adamant. These include squaring the circle, sending a wire to the moon, getting sunbeams fr… --- ## [Where do you fly free-flight airplanes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-fly-free-flight-airplanes/921341)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-fly-free-flight-airplanes/921341 "2025-08-11T01:16:33Z")
I have a couple of Midwest Sniffer free-flight airplane kits in the storage unit. I built one of these as a teen, and it’s a great flyer. The Sniffer has a ‘dethermaliser’. The front of the tail surfaces is held to th… --- ## [RIP Jim Lovell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lovell/1021876)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lovell/1021876 "2025-08-10T20:08:22Z")
(I can’t figure a more appropriate place on the board besides CS) --- ## [Is there a name for this comedy trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-comedy-trope/1021894)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-comedy-trope/1021894 "2025-08-10T00:46:09Z")
Let me give you some examples of what I have in mind: The Coneheads Aliens with very obvious differences to earthlings are stranded on our planet. They quickly become part of the community, and none of their neighbors… --- ## [Jeopardy! Season 41: Begins September 9, 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487 "2025-08-09T22:00:12Z")
(I looked back as far as September 1 and don’t see a thread for this new season.) I’ve missed two of the eight episodes shown so far (in this market) due to the ABC-affiliate weatherman deciding that storms in the area … --- ## [Looking for examples of a particular type of time travel story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-a-particular-type-of-time-travel-story/1021879)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-examples-of-a-particular-type-of-time-travel-story/1021879 "2025-08-09T12:56:14Z")
It occurred to me that most time travel stories are told from the point of view of the time traveler. Offhand, I’ve thought of only two counter-examples where the point of view characters are those people who have been … --- ## [Who wants to read a long-lost Mark Twain short story--with link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871 "2025-08-09T02:33:15Z")
While researching the earliest known appearance of Sam Clemens pen name, a scholar found this story– The Latest San Francisco Sensation (LINK) By Mark Twain --- ## [Today is the 50th Anniversary of Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-50th-anniversary-of-edward-abbeys-the-monkey-wrench-gang/1021574)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-50th-anniversary-of-edward-abbeys-the-monkey-wrench-gang/1021574 "2025-08-08T18:19:15Z")
I hadn’t realized this until I saw the following article. I’m pretty sure I knew about it before I moved to Utah, but, out there, you really couldn’t escape this and his other writings (not to mention lots of follow-on “… --- ## [Tell me about cooking with truffles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-cooking-with-truffles/1021719)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-cooking-with-truffles/1021719 "2025-08-08T12:04:09Z")
So I’ve wanted to try cooking with real truffles for awhile now, and yesterday when I was browsing the internet I came across an ad for ‘black summer truffles’ imported from Italy: 2 oz. for $109. That seemed like a lot,… --- ## [How do stand-up comedians deal with joke repetition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stand-up-comedians-deal-with-joke-repetition/1021562)
**Author:** [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stand-up-comedians-deal-with-joke-repetition/1021562 "2025-08-08T05:27:52Z")
I’m a big fan of ‘wit’ in daily interactions, though possibly not here particularly. But I despise knowingly telling the same joke twice. Don’t professional comedians find telling the same gags, again and again (e.g. o… --- ## [RIP Terry Reid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-terry-reid/1021811)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-terry-reid/1021811 "2025-08-08T01:11:02Z")
A wonderful talent perhaps most famous for turning down two big lead singer opportunities: Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. --- ## [Is an anti-war movie possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-anti-war-movie-possible/1019363)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-anti-war-movie-possible/1019363 "2025-08-07T23:40:56Z")
A review of the recent remake of “All Quiet On The Western Front” suggested that the power of cinema, its overwhelming effect on emotions, its direct, visceral hold, means that films about war, even those with an anti-wa… --- ## [Thoughts on J J Cale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-j-j-cale/1018261)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-j-j-cale/1018261 "2025-08-07T20:00:59Z")
I like a lot of his stuff. He was a master of laid back country blues, and his work was usually very well produced. BUT.. He did tend to write an awful LOT of songs, and a lot of them were really just 12-bars. Though … --- ## [Gender in song covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-in-song-covers/1000063)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-in-song-covers/1000063 "2025-08-07T15:43:34Z")
I’m not really looking for a bunch of examples of where an artist has covered a song faithfully although the lyrics conflict with their gender or sexual orientation. There was a time (in the 1990s, in think) when that wa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=65)