# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=644 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 645 --- ## [Lyrics to Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-scott-joplins-the-entertainer/147282)
**Author:** [@aubries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aubries)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-scott-joplins-the-entertainer/147282 "2018-02-24T03:18:01Z")
The Scott Joplin rag, “The Entertainer,” has lyrics, and I can’t remember or find them. I have no idea if they were part of the original composition, or were added after the fact, but I sang this song in a boys choir ab… --- ## [I'll eat just one...oops they're all gone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-eat-just-one-oops-theyre-all-gone/809205)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-eat-just-one-oops-theyre-all-gone/809205 "2018-02-24T03:00:28Z")
Ever plan to eat just one or two or a little of something and the next thing you know you ate a tub of frosting? When’s the last time you accidentally scarfed down the entire box, jar, bag etc. without planning it? --- ## [Anyone know the font used on the cover of 'Lust For Life' by Iggy Pop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-font-used-on-the-cover-of-lust-for-life-by-iggy-pop/809405)
**Author:** [@Dr.Hackenbush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Hackenbush)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-the-font-used-on-the-cover-of-lust-for-life-by-iggy-pop/809405 "2018-02-24T01:57:10Z")
I guess this is a Cafe Society question rather than a general one? Anyway, anyone know specifically the name of the font. It is similar to Impact but the letters are more squared off. Any suggestions would be much apprec… --- ## [In music, what is the term for "drawing out" vowels/sounds...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-music-what-is-the-term-for-drawing-out-vowels-sounds/809442)
**Author:** [@Wakky\_Bakky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakky_Bakky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-music-what-is-the-term-for-drawing-out-vowels-sounds/809442 "2018-02-24T01:40:30Z")
In music, what is the term for “drawing out” vowels/sounds…? Alice Merton does this in her song “No Roots”… In the chorus, she sings “I got no roo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-oots” (about one minute into the song and elsewhere whe… --- ## [So how safe is unwashed fruit these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-safe-is-unwashed-fruit-these-days/808952)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-safe-is-unwashed-fruit-these-days/808952 "2018-02-24T00:00:44Z")
This has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I ate a bunch of dark red grapes for lunch not remembering I hadn’t washed them first. --- ## [He is in EVERYTHING! - Domhnall Gleeson edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-in-everything-domhnall-gleeson-edition/808971)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-is-in-everything-domhnall-gleeson-edition/808971 "2018-02-23T23:35:50Z")
So, a bit of a minor rant - it seems that the actor Domhnall Gleeson is in every movie I see lately. I fly a lot and watch movies on the plane. Recently I caught “American Made”, the Tom Cruise as a pilot one, and Glee… --- ## [Favorite and least favorite characters from Melrose Place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-characters-from-melrose-place/809082)
**Author:** [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-and-least-favorite-characters-from-melrose-place/809082 "2018-02-23T23:24:22Z")
For anybody who remembers Melrose Place. --- ## [The Incredibles 2 officially announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredibles-2-officially-announced/684027 "2018-02-23T23:18:58Z")
Also Cars 3. Link: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-plans-third-cars-movie-689332 --- ## [Songs where the protagonist is a dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-protagonist-is-a-dick/807659)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-protagonist-is-a-dick/807659 "2018-02-23T23:11:27Z")
I was at the gym yesterday listening to Pandora on my headphones and “I Saw Her Again” by the Mommas and the Pappas came on. I’d never really paid attention to the lyrics before but, wow, what a selfish asshole! … --- ## [Amazon to adapt Iain M. Banks "Consider Phlebas" (Culture series) for TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-to-adapt-iain-m-banks-consider-phlebas-culture-series-for-tv/809338)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-to-adapt-iain-m-banks-consider-phlebas-culture-series-for-tv/809338 "2018-02-23T22:43:28Z")
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2333693 Sounds exciting! I’m a big fan of the Culture series. --- ## [Stupidest solution to TV mystries/crimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-solution-to-tv-mystries-crimes/808948)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-solution-to-tv-mystries-crimes/808948 "2018-02-23T21:46:56Z")
With a good mystery or crime fiction, it should be IMHO at least in principle something that the audience could figure out beforehand, so therefore it should be something that is at least possible in the real world or un… --- ## [Favorite fight scene in MCU Films/TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fight-scene-in-mcu-films-tv/809129)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fight-scene-in-mcu-films-tv/809129 "2018-02-23T19:26:55Z")
I’ve seen all the MCU films and TV series and always appreciated the action and fights. Let’s hear your favorites. Also, side note … It seems the bad ass move of tossing your knife from one hand to the other in the mid… --- ## [Quincy Jones has zero fucks to give: his Interview; shades Michael, Jimi, Ringo, Cyndi, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quincy-jones-has-zero-fucks-to-give-his-interview-shades-michael-jimi-ringo-cyndi-etc/808505)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quincy-jones-has-zero-fucks-to-give-his-interview-shades-michael-jimi-ringo-cyndi-etc/808505 "2018-02-23T18:39:33Z")
You can read it here: Quincy Jones, In Conversation When you’re 84 and one of THE most respected musicians/arrangers/producers of the past 100 years, you get to say whatever you want. And he does! Nothing cute or co… --- ## [Spoily question about plot point in Captain America Civil War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoily-question-about-plot-point-in-captain-america-civil-war/809381)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoily-question-about-plot-point-in-captain-america-civil-war/809381 "2018-02-23T17:45:06Z")
I just saw the reveal that Bucky Barnes killed Iron Man’s parents, and Iron Man angrily asks Cap “Did you know?” Rogers says he didn’t know it was Buck. Stark then repeats “Did you know?” And Rogers replies “Yes,” and… --- ## [Stories about class conflicts between white Southerners where poor whites are not the villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-class-conflicts-between-white-southerners-where-poor-whites-are-not-the-villains/809137)
**Author:** [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-class-conflicts-between-white-southerners-where-poor-whites-are-not-the-villains/809137 "2018-02-23T17:21:01Z")
I listened recently to an episode of This American Life called The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar. It was about a wealthy white family whose son went missing in 1912 and was “found” a few months later. Only it wasn’t their chil… --- ## [The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show (Concert Tour)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkees-present-the-mike-and-micky-show-concert-tour/809275)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkees-present-the-mike-and-micky-show-concert-tour/809275 "2018-02-23T16:39:46Z")
The Monkees Present: The Mike and Micky Show I’m pretty excited about this. In the 80s, I saw two Micky/Peter/Davy shows and about five years ago I saw a Micky/Peter/Mike show. Sadly, I never saw a show with all four o… --- ## [When Did "Going to the Movies" Change to "Going to a Movie"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-going-to-the-movies-change-to-going-to-a-movie/809353)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-going-to-the-movies-change-to-going-to-a-movie/809353 "2018-02-23T14:53:01Z")
As most of the film sachems here know, American moviegoing used to be a much different experience. A movie ticket would buy the consumer several pieces instead of just one. A typical bill might show a few short pieces (c… --- ## [To Hell It Went...And From Hell It Returns!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-it-went-and-from-hell-it-returns/809343)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-it-went-and-from-hell-it-returns/809343 "2018-02-23T12:20:36Z")
To whoever it was that shouted “Encore! Encore!” after watching “Manos-Hand Of Fate”, I raise part of MY hand to you. You know what they say-You just can’t keep a bad lunch down. edited to add: Teaser trailer of Fate! … --- ## [The Walking Dead; 8.08 "How It's Gotta Be" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163 "2018-02-23T04:43:41Z")
It’s a 90 minute episode tonight; Scott M. Gimple, Khary Payton (Ezekiel) and Yvette Nicole Brown are on Talking Dead tonight. --- ## [Who would win? (Doomsday vs Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-doomsday-vs-iron-man-hulkbuster-armor/809352)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-doomsday-vs-iron-man-hulkbuster-armor/809352 "2018-02-23T04:33:21Z")
Tony Stark can defeat The Hulk in the Hulkbuster, but how can he fare against a “hulk” covered in bony, spiked armor of his own…and come back from the dead immune to what killed him? --- ## [morons who don't know how to wager in final jeopardy (spoilers for july 8 game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-who-dont-know-how-to-wager-in-final-jeopardy-spoilers-for-july-8-game/692677)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morons-who-dont-know-how-to-wager-in-final-jeopardy-spoilers-for-july-8-game/692677 "2018-02-23T01:01:06Z")
going into final jeopardy the girl in second place had $11000 and the guy in first place had $22000 the smartest wager for him was to bet $0 (which is what he did, good job) and she should have bet all of it because th… --- ## [Hairstyle question about women Olympic skiers and snowboarders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148 "2018-02-22T20:47:01Z")
At first I thought it was an accident, but it seems that many (most?) of the women Olympic skiers and snowboarders do this thing where they let a strand of hair hang out under their wool caps on either side of their face… --- ## [What music acts should I see at SXSW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-acts-should-i-see-at-sxsw/809231)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-acts-should-i-see-at-sxsw/809231 "2018-02-22T20:24:35Z")
I’m a programmer for a film festival so will be flying to Austin to attend SXSW in a few weeks to check out the host of US indies that will be playing there. But my pass also gets me into any and all music shows, and wh… --- ## [What SF novels would YOU shoot into space on a roadster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sf-novels-would-you-shoot-into-space-on-a-roadster/809123)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sf-novels-would-you-shoot-into-space-on-a-roadster/809123 "2018-02-22T19:52:07Z")
A couple of weeks ago, as many of you know, Elon Musk launched his car into space on a billion-year orbit, give or take some eons depending on material degradation and/or chance impact of meteoroids or planets. He also,… --- ## [Two Somewhat Complicated Questions About Using The Roku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-somewhat-complicated-questions-about-using-the-roku/809358)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-somewhat-complicated-questions-about-using-the-roku/809358 "2018-02-22T19:30:28Z")
I have the Roku app on my iPhone, and it allows me to implement “Private Listening.” Long story short, I plug in my headphones (to my phone) and listen to whatever I would be seeing on the TV through my phones, no sound… --- ## [Nancy Zieman ("Sewing With Nancy") died in November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-zieman-sewing-with-nancy-died-in-november/809166)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-zieman-sewing-with-nancy-died-in-november/809166 "2018-02-22T14:59:17Z")
I hadn’t operated a sewing machine in years, but I used to sew a lot and her long-running show explained in a simple manner how to construct clothing, quilts, toys, and other items. She also had a company called “Nancy’… --- ## [Book Recommendations: 20th Century history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-20th-century-history/809135)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-20th-century-history/809135 "2018-02-22T14:22:33Z")
I’ll be taking a couple of 20+ hour flights in a couple of weeks, plus lazing on a beach in Thailand for a few days, so I need to load up my Kindle. I’d like to fill in some gaps in my knowledge of 20th-Century events, s… --- ## [Singer of one of my songs goes on to be famous; is there a next step?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-of-one-of-my-songs-goes-on-to-be-famous-is-there-a-next-step/808671)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-of-one-of-my-songs-goes-on-to-be-famous-is-there-a-next-step/808671 "2018-02-22T11:05:14Z")
In 2016 I released an album of 12 different songs sung by 12 different singers; all different styles, etc. One of the singers has recently blown up in a big way; she sang a song in a major motion picture and is now fiel… --- ## [Help! Need to identify book about the Holocaust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-to-identify-book-about-the-holocaust/809326)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-to-identify-book-about-the-holocaust/809326 "2018-02-22T10:01:57Z")
While taking a political science class in fall 1978, I was assigned to read a gut-wrenching book about the Holocaust, detailing the experiences of people in concentration camps, how they coped, and how they made lives fo… --- ## [familiar face noticed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-face-noticed/809198)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/familiar-face-noticed/809198 "2018-02-21T23:29:05Z")
Have you ever watched something and noticed someone famous (or not) in the background? I was watching Impractical Jokers and one of the children they interacted with looked familiar and it bugged me until I figured it w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=643) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=645)