# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=648 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 649 --- ## [Taking a cast of a human bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-cast-of-a-human-bone/807947)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-cast-of-a-human-bone/807947 "2018-02-12T17:15:54Z")
IF someone without any particular skill at the project needed to take a cast of a human bone in a short time period, what kind of equipment / gear would you recommend? Asking for a friend. --- ## [Broadchurch season 3 (open spoilers through US broadcast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-season-3-open-spoilers-through-us-broadcast/791735)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadchurch-season-3-open-spoilers-through-us-broadcast/791735 "2018-02-12T16:18:13Z")
This show is definitely maintaining its very high level of quality. The actress playing Trish is just fantastic. It wasn’t until this episode, when we saw her in the flashback at the party, all happy and full of life, th… --- ## [The kid from The Blind Side, works for Arkansas Athletics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-from-the-blind-side-works-for-arkansas-athletics/808689)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kid-from-the-blind-side-works-for-arkansas-athletics/808689 "2018-02-12T15:18:42Z")
No, Not the 6’4" tackle; Michael Oher. He was recently released by the Carolina Panthers. The little kid in the movie, SJ Tuohy Jr. He’s lead a remarkable life too. He played three years of basketball at Loyola Universi… --- ## [The current TV credits fad--hate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-tv-credits-fad-hate-it/808536)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-current-tv-credits-fad-hate-it/808536 "2018-02-12T14:53:23Z")
The current trend in opening credits for TV shows is lots of quick cuts of slightly moving, often abstract images, which after you’ve seen two or three or twenty-three of them all blend together into one generic, bland m… --- ## [Any Project Gutenberg Contributors Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-project-gutenberg-contributors-here/808504)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-project-gutenberg-contributors-here/808504 "2018-02-12T13:52:33Z")
I see The Diary of George Templeton Strong is out of print. Leastwise, it is long out of copyright. I am toying with the idea of getting into Project Gutenberg. Frankly I have never downloaded, let alone uploaded anythin… --- ## [Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the original Planet of the Apes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-original-planet-of-the-apes/808531)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-original-planet-of-the-apes/808531 "2018-02-12T13:26:34Z")
So get your stinking paws off me :slight\_smile: As a kid Planet of the Apes week was one of my favorite 4:30 Movie theme weeks. Only second to Monster Week. The movie is still great today. --- ## [Good music for a wrestling ring announcer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-for-a-wrestling-ring-announcer/807943 "2018-02-12T05:40:48Z")
I’m the ring announcer for the local independent pro wrestling promotion. I’ve typically headed out to start the show in silence (well, as quiet as an gym or arena full of people can be). But lately, the PTB with the p… --- ## [chicken fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-fingers/808452)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-fingers/808452 "2018-02-11T23:53:23Z")
Short story long… Growing up there was 1 chinese food in the area, I did not like the food there. (now I love it, just not that place) anyhoo everyone always ordered chicken fingers and called them 007 . Question is, is… --- ## [John Mahoney of Frasier dead at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mahoney-of-frasier-dead-at-77/808266)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mahoney-of-frasier-dead-at-77/808266 "2018-02-11T23:50:01Z")
Frasier is one of my favorite shows, so this one hit me kind of hard. --- ## [Trying to figure out movie title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-figure-out-movie-title/808384)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-figure-out-movie-title/808384 "2018-02-11T21:44:10Z")
I know you probably get this a lot, but I recently saw a movie, there was a lot of killing in it, guys in a red pick up truck were after someone, they found him in a warehouse, and ran over his head to a John Denver song… --- ## [Uma Thurman shares her issues with Harvey Weinstein and Quentin Tarantino](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uma-thurman-shares-her-issues-with-harvey-weinstein-and-quentin-tarantino/808165)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uma-thurman-shares-her-issues-with-harvey-weinstein-and-quentin-tarantino/808165 "2018-02-11T18:47:23Z")
A continuation of the original Harvey W thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=838090&page=7 Link to NY Times piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/opinion/sunday/this-is-why-uma-thurman-is-a… --- ## [How Facebook is killing sites like Funny or Die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-facebook-is-killing-sites-like-funny-or-die/808509)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-facebook-is-killing-sites-like-funny-or-die/808509 "2018-02-11T16:43:48Z")
Interesting article about who because Facebook has become people only portal to the Internet sites like Funny or Die and starving to death. I have seen complaints form other sectors of Internet content complaining about … --- ## [Movie where they play hockey in a loft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-they-play-hockey-in-a-loft/808611)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-they-play-hockey-in-a-loft/808611 "2018-02-11T13:35:41Z")
My google-fu is failing me. In what movie or TV show did people play gym hockey in a loft apartment? I thought it was Wayne’s World, but I can’t seem to find anything confirming that. Does anybody remember such a scen… --- ## [Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara program music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miu-suzaki-and-ryuichi-kihara-program-music/808616)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miu-suzaki-and-ryuichi-kihara-program-music/808616 "2018-02-11T07:17:39Z")
They just aired Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara’s skating routine (Suzaki fell). One of the musical medley is a very familiar song from when I was a kid. I think the lyrics that go with it end with ‘Forever and forever a… --- ## [A coupla lunch questions for y’all...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coupla-lunch-questions-for-y-all/808608)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coupla-lunch-questions-for-y-all/808608 "2018-02-11T04:34:16Z")
I almost always have plenty of leftovers to whatever I cook, but I usually save them for dinner, figuring I’m more likely to be impatient for dinner when I get home, and that I’ll save more money, dinner being more exp… --- ## [If I like upbeat fantasy TV shows Early Edition, Being Erica, Eli Stone, and Highway to Heaven...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089)
**Author:** [@thorvitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorvitz)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-like-upbeat-fantasy-tv-shows-early-edition-being-erica-eli-stone-and-highway-to-heaven/808089 "2018-02-10T23:36:17Z")
I’ve also loved Twice in a lifetime (obscure Canadian series); Quantum Leap; and the Wonder Years. Like: Light and mostly upbeat; you can count on crying (happily) at the end Poetic narration at the end (Wonder Years,… --- ## [Best movie end credits sequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-end-credits-sequences/808457)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-end-credits-sequences/808457 "2018-02-10T22:52:48Z")
As counterpoint to the title sequences thread, how about the best end credits sequences? My favorite is from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which IMHO is better than the actual movie. Right up there are… --- ## [Appearing in the Credits Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearing-in-the-credits-only/808543)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appearing-in-the-credits-only/808543 "2018-02-10T17:35:15Z")
Why do some actors (actresses) get a credit without appearing in an episode? If it matters, I am specifically referring to sit-coms of the 1970s and 1980s. I recognize the actors’ strike did a lot to get them credit for … --- ## [Eating When Ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-when-ill/808354)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-when-ill/808354 "2018-02-10T16:00:53Z")
Our go-to is chicken noodle soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. Sometimes I add baby carrots for the crunch factor. If I’m craving sodium I’ll add potato chips like I did last night. It HAS to be chicken noodle. The… --- ## [Song ID help please? popular song with melody like "Lift Every Voice and Sing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-please-popular-song-with-melody-like-lift-every-voice-and-sing/808411)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-help-please-popular-song-with-melody-like-lift-every-voice-and-sing/808411 "2018-02-10T05:50:55Z")
Song ID help please? I’m really not very familiar with current music, classical is more my thing. Recently, in the store, I heard on the radio a popular song with a chorus that uses a melody very similar to “Lift Every V… --- ## [Huntsman Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntsman-cheese/808496)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntsman-cheese/808496 "2018-02-10T04:21:31Z")
Oh my Og, I discovered this while noodling around in our local Mollie Stones market (a local SF Bay area chain with fairly upmarket food). It consists of alternating layers of Double Gloucester and Stilton cheeses. I had… --- ## [Identify this movie from the 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-from-the-80s/808482)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-from-the-80s/808482 "2018-02-10T02:26:54Z")
Here’s what I remember: Fantasy or maybe a bit of horror, with a medieval setting. I recall it being a hard R with lots of bloody violence. At the climax, the villain (a high priest or maybe a prince?) is revealed to … --- ## [An American Werewof in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-american-werewof-in-london/808479 "2018-02-09T16:04:12Z")
I saw it again the other day and, as always, this question popped into my head: How do you pronounce Jenny Agutter’s last name? --- ## [Outlander show, torture, and general unpleasantness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-show-torture-and-general-unpleasantness/808449)
**Author:** [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-show-torture-and-general-unpleasantness/808449 "2018-02-09T16:02:27Z")
My wife and I have been watching the first season of Outlander and have been a bit surprised by all the gratuitous torture, rape, etc. There is a lot of general nastiness we weren’t expecting. We just finished the second… --- ## [Elvis famous hit, Can't Help Falling in Love, is from a movie? Really? No way!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-famous-hit-cant-help-falling-in-love-is-from-a-movie-really-no-way/808310)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-famous-hit-cant-help-falling-in-love-is-from-a-movie-really-no-way/808310 "2018-02-09T01:24:01Z")
Wise Men Say, Only Fools Rush In Pure quintessential Elvis. It’s his biggest and most famous hit. Imho It’s right up there with his Arthur Crudup cover of That’s All Right Mamna and Big Mama Thornton’s Hound Dog. A fri… --- ## [The Daily Earworm Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-earworm-thread/808512)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-earworm-thread/808512 "2018-02-09T15:04:11Z")
Feeling masochistic today? Listen to this and try to get it out of your head. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [A Ghost Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ghost-story/808222)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-ghost-story/808222 "2018-02-09T13:15:47Z")
Has anyone else watched the movie A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara? I stuck with it for about 15 minutes and turned it off after I WOKE UP! I actually fell asleep and I was watching it at 2 in the … --- ## [The commuter (2018 Liam Neeson film). Spoilers inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commuter-2018-liam-neeson-film-spoilers-inside/808393)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-commuter-2018-liam-neeson-film-spoilers-inside/808393 "2018-02-09T05:54:11Z")
Also picking the name Alex Murphy for a cop? --- ## [Comedian/actor Rik Mayall dead at 56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedian-actor-rik-mayall-dead-at-56/690410)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedian-actor-rik-mayall-dead-at-56/690410 "2018-02-09T03:26:21Z")
Cite Oh, dear :frowning: --- ## [Daniel Day-Lewis' best film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-best-film/808280)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-best-film/808280 "2018-02-09T02:58:01Z")
With Phantom Thread, Daniel Day-Lewis has decided to call it a career. What was his best performance? I’ve included all of his films in the poll for completeness, though I doubt many of these titles have been widely vi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=647) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=649)