# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=642 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 643 --- ## [are chinese resturants considering delivery not a necessity anymore ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chinese-resturants-considering-delivery-not-a-necessity-anymore/809619)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-chinese-resturants-considering-delivery-not-a-necessity-anymore/809619 "2018-03-01T00:44:29Z")
inspired by this thread https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=20793385 When I was growing up we loved Chinese food but it was considered expensive but wed say " but mom it delivers" a… --- ## [Key and Peele - I was so late to the party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-and-peele-i-was-so-late-to-the-party/794081)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-and-peele-i-was-so-late-to-the-party/794081 "2018-02-28T23:32:58Z")
So late. I’m on summer holidays so I had a bit of free time, and was searching for Youtube comedy and came across them. Face, neck, and chest. I can’t believe I had never heard of these guys! (In retrospect - I had heard… --- ## [Cliched "problems" in sitcoms that wouldn't bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliched-problems-in-sitcoms-that-wouldnt-bother-you/809073)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliched-problems-in-sitcoms-that-wouldnt-bother-you/809073 "2018-02-28T23:21:04Z")
There are “problems” faced by characters in sitcoms that don’t bother us. Me: mixing up identical twin babies In Full House, The Simpsons, and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody etc. the identical twin babies were possibl… --- ## [Help identifying sci-fi short story or novella?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-sci-fi-short-story-or-novella/809772)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-sci-fi-short-story-or-novella/809772 "2018-02-28T21:51:48Z")
I’ll try to list everything I remember about it, although I’ve had no luck searching on the terms involved. It was either a short story or novella, in that kind of quasi-cyberpunk subgenre that had a lot of computer/inte… --- ## [Locate: (Omni?) magazine cartoon with dinosaur 1978-1988.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locate-omni-magazine-cartoon-with-dinosaur-1978-1988/809778)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locate-omni-magazine-cartoon-with-dinosaur-1978-1988/809778 "2018-02-28T21:08:38Z")
It showed a couple of scientists looking at the reconstructed dinosaur skeleton and saying something like “We don’t know what it was, but we’re pretty sure everything was afraid of it.” The skeleton looked like your bas… --- ## [Just cure the ham already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cure-the-ham-already/809724)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-cure-the-ham-already/809724 "2018-02-28T20:37:12Z")
I was cross, on walking around the Whole Foods today, to find every package of every ham-like product was labeled “uncured.” I wanted some proper cured ham! Even the deli only had uncured kinds. Gah. What other trends a… --- ## [Female US Presidents in lit/film. What was earliest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-us-presidents-in-lit-film-what-was-earliest/809558)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-us-presidents-in-lit-film-what-was-earliest/809558 "2018-02-28T19:55:44Z")
I went to a silent film festival last night. The final film, titled The Last Man on Earth" is a comedy much of which takes place after a plague has killed all men under fourteen. So women are police, soldiers, and poli… --- ## [Faux-live videos - my disproportionate annoyance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-live-videos-my-disproportionate-annoyance/809770)
**Author:** [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-live-videos-my-disproportionate-annoyance/809770 "2018-02-28T19:52:03Z")
There’s a certain class of music videos that tread between live performance and lip-syncing to studio track. I’m annoyed (disproportionately so) by these because my music-appreciation lobe of my brain tries to parse the… --- ## [Another "what instrument did they use" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-instrument-did-they-use-thread/809171)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-instrument-did-they-use-thread/809171 "2018-02-28T18:40:08Z")
In The Car’s song “Since you’re Gone”, the music opens with a unique percussion sound, almost like clapping hands. “Clap…clap…clap…clap-clap…” Pretty cool. I looked through the live videos and don’t see Dave Robinson pla… --- ## [Most well-known songs with the same exact title.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-songs-with-the-same-exact-title/809629)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-well-known-songs-with-the-same-exact-title/809629 "2018-02-28T17:07:35Z")
My offering is: Our House (Madness) Our House (CSNY) --- ## [The man from earth:holocene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-from-earth-holocene/809720)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-from-earth-holocene/809720 "2018-02-28T02:43:18Z")
Wasn’t nearly as good as the first one. Also the plot had some issues. I’m glad they made a sequel, but it wasn’t what I would’ve gone with. I would’ve gone with John coming back to visit Dan in 30 years, when Dan was o… --- ## [There's a LEAF in my food! =8^O](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-leaf-in-my-food-8-o/809475)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-leaf-in-my-food-8-o/809475 "2018-02-28T01:48:57Z")
Yes, it’s clickbait (two pages), but… 16 Times People Found Some Strange Leaves In Their Food, And Complained About It Online. SMDH :rolleyes: At times, I weep for our future. :frowning: . --- ## [Airplane to ground communication question \[about Scorpion TV show\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-to-ground-communication-question-about-scorpion-tv-show/809565)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-to-ground-communication-question-about-scorpion-tv-show/809565 "2018-02-28T01:00:53Z")
I just watched the first episode of Scorpion, a TV show centred around a group of highly intelligent misfits working for the US government. The episode is centred around the loss of all communication between the LA air … --- ## [What stories would you like to see continued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stories-would-you-like-to-see-continued/808977)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stories-would-you-like-to-see-continued/808977 "2018-02-28T00:28:32Z")
There are book series that go on and on and never quit until the money stops coming in. I’ll leave you to fill in those for yourself. But for me there have been some short series, or stand alone books(sometimes by auth… --- ## [Ron Howard's "Masterclass" YouTube commercial is driving me nuts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howards-masterclass-youtube-commercial-is-driving-me-nuts/809664)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howards-masterclass-youtube-commercial-is-driving-me-nuts/809664 "2018-02-28T00:04:48Z")
Specifically, the first few seconds of it. This thing pops up before YouTube videos with alarming frequency. I’m talking about the one that starts with him on a set, not the one where he’s seated. He looks very “direc… --- ## [Pizza Hut white sauce from the 1990's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-hut-white-sauce-from-the-1990s/809059)
**Author:** [@johnsonlnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnsonlnl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-hut-white-sauce-from-the-1990s/809059 "2018-02-27T23:22:12Z")
I have fond memories from the late 80’s / early 90’s of a white (Alfredo?) sauce that Pizza Hut used to serve with their breadsticks. I recently heard Pizza Hut had brought back their white sauce, but it turns out this … --- ## [How's this for a suspense novel plot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-suspense-novel-plot/809478)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-this-for-a-suspense-novel-plot/809478 "2018-02-27T22:48:51Z")
I have an idea for a suspense novel and I’m seeking feedback. Here goes: William is a billionaire hedge fund manager about to serve a life sentence for fraud. His older sister, Evelyn, is a brilliant plastic surgeon who… --- ## [Is Lady Gaga really worth a million dollars a show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-gaga-really-worth-a-million-dollars-a-show/809458)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-gaga-really-worth-a-million-dollars-a-show/809458 "2018-02-27T20:19:16Z")
Lady Gaga recently sealed a deal that will earn her an impressive $1 million per show. It’s set with 74 dates in MGM’s Park Theater beginning late 2018. Source --- ## [Why is hair in food considered so gross](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hair-in-food-considered-so-gross/809544)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-hair-in-food-considered-so-gross/809544 "2018-02-27T20:12:30Z")
I was at the restaurant bar last night with my wife and we got talking to the bartender who was kind of new in the neighborhood about local eating and drinking establishments. He recounted a story about one of our favori… --- ## [Recent Movies Rough on Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-movies-rough-on-cats/809616)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-movies-rough-on-cats/809616 "2018-02-27T19:55:36Z")
Pepper Mill and I went to see the Shape of Water this weekend, and I couldn’t help noticing that — possible spoiler, but probably not – one cat gets killed and partly eaten. Not that long ago we watched Stranger Things … --- ## [Did Tom Petty ever do the guitar solo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-petty-ever-do-the-guitar-solo/809676)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tom-petty-ever-do-the-guitar-solo/809676 "2018-02-27T16:43:54Z")
Tom Petty fronted and played rhythm guitar for his band, the Heartbreakers, delegating lead guitar to virtuoso Mike Campbell. Rather unusually, Campbell coaxed him into recording the guitar solo for “Mary Jane’s Last Da… --- ## [Help me figure out what to eat for the next two months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-eat-for-the-next-two-months/809576)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-eat-for-the-next-two-months/809576 "2018-02-27T16:27:18Z")
So I’m out of town working and staying in a hotel for the next two months. It’s nice; got a little desk and dorm-style fridge, etc. They gave me dishes, silverware, and a hot plate, but the problem is there’s no freeze… --- ## [Jeff East looks dumb in Superman: The Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-east-looks-dumb-in-superman-the-movie/633202)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-east-looks-dumb-in-superman-the-movie/633202 "2018-02-27T13:29:06Z")
Apparently, 25 year old Christopher Reeve Looked way too old to play teenaged Clerk Kent in Superman: The Movie so they cast Jeff East who was 20 years old but looked like he was about 30. All of his dialog was dubbed b… --- ## [Emma Chambers has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emma-chambers-has-died/809641)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emma-chambers-has-died/809641 "2018-02-27T10:31:23Z")
Emma Chambers, best known for playing Alice Horton nee Tinker on The Vicar of Dibly has died. :frowning: --- ## [Strong considered analysis of Sgt Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-considered-analysis-of-sgt-pepper/809615)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-considered-analysis-of-sgt-pepper/809615 "2018-02-27T04:07:30Z")
I wanted to add this to the last/next ‘Beatles are rubbish’ thread but it wasn’t available. Someone had now kindly uploaded the relevant show, I think it must be worth a thread of its own. Maybe Americans aren’t aware… --- ## [Maybe I'm weird, but I think that "Lady in the Water" deserves a remake; it had a good potential](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-weird-but-i-think-that-lady-in-the-water-deserves-a-remake-it-had-a-good-potential/809605)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-im-weird-but-i-think-that-lady-in-the-water-deserves-a-remake-it-had-a-good-potential/809605 "2018-02-27T03:08:06Z")
Spoilers Now, I’m sure some of you have seen “The Lady in the Water”, and liked it the way it was. That is OK, everyone is entitled to an opinion. And I know that there are other M. Night Shyamalan bad movies that “dese… --- ## [Does anyone remember these Furniture Store commercials with some King character in the L.A. area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-these-furniture-store-commercials-with-some-king-character-in-the-l-a-area/809573 "2018-02-27T03:02:42Z")
I don’t know the name of the store but it was “\ King” and combinations of Furniture King/Mattress King/Room King on YouTube aren’t turning up anything. Basically I remember these commercials airing CONSTANTLY… --- ## [What scene from literature brings you to tears? (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scene-from-literature-brings-you-to-tears-open-spoilers/809134)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scene-from-literature-brings-you-to-tears-open-spoilers/809134 "2018-02-27T01:40:53Z")
I was re-reading the Herald Mage trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, and I knew what was coming, and I still cried at the choosing of Vanyel. I was curious, if any of y’all have a scene in a book that gets to you every time you… --- ## [Going to an Ethiopian restaurant for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-an-ethiopian-restaurant-for-the-first-time/440067)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-an-ethiopian-restaurant-for-the-first-time/440067 "2018-02-27T01:21:55Z")
I’m a foodie but have somehow missed out on Ethiopian food. So today for the first time ever I’m going to try some for lunch at a well-reviewed local place. For those of you in the know, what should I try/avoid? I don… --- ## [Scene with nudity, then scene with elaborate camera angles to avoid nudity, same actress, same show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-with-nudity-then-scene-with-elaborate-camera-angles-to-avoid-nudity-same-actress-same-show/809529)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-with-nudity-then-scene-with-elaborate-camera-angles-to-avoid-nudity-same-actress-same-show/809529 "2018-02-27T01:15:08Z")
When there’s a scene whee the character is naked there’s 2 general ways that can be accomplished: i)just show the actor naked, don’t worry about revealing too much or camera angles or ii) use creative camera angles to gi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=641) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=643)