# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=65 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 66 --- ## [When and why did kale go from garnish/decoration to superfood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-kale-go-from-garnish-decoration-to-superfood/1021139)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-kale-go-from-garnish-decoration-to-superfood/1021139 "2025-08-06T23:17:02Z")
The title says it all. When I was a kid, kale was used as a garnish, under plates in salad bars. At some point, it changed from something you look at to something you eat (raw, cooked, in soup, roasted, so many variati… --- ## [How do they make the show "Wheel of Fortune" come in exactly on time with the right commercial breaks, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-the-show-wheel-of-fortune-come-in-exactly-on-time-with-the-right-commercial-breaks-etc/1021528)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-make-the-show-wheel-of-fortune-come-in-exactly-on-time-with-the-right-commercial-breaks-etc/1021528 "2025-08-06T22:39:25Z")
I assume that the show is edited to fit the time allotted, but since it is a game, how do they do that? If an unsuccessful guess were left out, the audience would notice that a player’s turn was skipped. The only thing… --- ## [Examples of average/mediocre movies/TV shows/books/ etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-average-mediocre-movies-tv-shows-books-etc/1020742)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-average-mediocre-movies-tv-shows-books-etc/1020742 "2025-08-06T19:22:38Z")
I was wondering if people would give an example of what they thought was an average movie or TV show or book. Something you watched or read that you enjoyed but did NOT think were that memorable. What brought this up fo… --- ## [Can one pick a food order after the driver crashed, and what was that old movie where that took place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-pick-a-food-order-after-the-driver-crashed-and-what-was-that-old-movie-where-that-took-place/1021755)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-pick-a-food-order-after-the-driver-crashed-and-what-was-that-old-movie-where-that-took-place/1021755 "2025-08-06T12:18:13Z")
On Reddit I did see this joke (not a real incident) about a bad Doordash delivery: Funny thread, but this reminded me of a movie I did see on TV when I was a kid around the 70s (it could had been a movie… --- ## [Stand by me film question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-film-question/1021760)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-film-question/1021760 "2025-08-06T09:22:53Z")
In the movie Stand by Me, Gordie goes into his brother Denny’s room and there is a plaque of pig with the words pride, integrity, guts on it. This is with the letters pig in capitals. Is there anyway that would have bee… --- ## [In what book or motion picture did the "I did not just fall off..." originate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-book-or-motion-picture-did-the-i-did-not-just-fall-off-originate/1021740)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-book-or-motion-picture-did-the-i-did-not-just-fall-off-originate/1021740 "2025-08-06T08:43:49Z")
carrot truck, potato truck. i,e, to mean I am not a fool IOW, I consider you to be bullshitting me and I will conduct my business elsewhere.. Except for the “bullshitting” bit, this may go beyond Shakespeare, Grecian s… --- ## [Tom Lehrer dies at age 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-dies-at-age-97/1021386 "2025-08-06T03:48:50Z")
Mathematician and musician Tom Lehrer, who rose to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his witty, satirical, often political songs, passed away yesterday at age 97. Lehrer largely stepped away from the musical s… --- ## [Star Trek chronology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659 "2025-08-06T03:25:17Z")
I’m trying to figure out what order the various series and movies are set in. Is this about right? The earliest setting: Enterprise A few decades later, happening roughly simultaneously: Discovery Short Treks Sect… --- ## [Eddie Murphy to lead reboot of “Pink Panther”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-murphy-to-lead-reboot-of-pink-panther/1021527 "2025-08-05T19:22:01Z")
Story here. I’m torn. He’s obviously got the talent to pull it off, but his recent track record concerns me. Thoughts? --- ## [Okra is prime right now, which means it's gumbo time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668 "2025-08-05T13:47:26Z")
I went to the farmers’ market yesterday, and saw that okra was looking terrific. So I bought a pound and plan to make a nice shrimp and sausage gumbo some time in the next couple of days. But I’ll need some roux. I’ll… --- ## [Loni Anderson dies at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loni-anderson-dies-at-79/1021672 "2025-08-05T12:06:49Z")
Best known for WKRP in Cincinnati and married Burt Reynolds. I didn’t realize she was that old. Almost 40 when she appeared on the show. RIP --- ## [Were You Burned by Acid or Something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-burned-by-acid-or-something/1021588 "2025-08-05T09:03:56Z")
“Why are you wearing a mask? Were you burned by acid or something?” — Fezzik (Andre the Giant) to the Man in Black; The Princess Bride, 1987 When first watching Princess Bride the line seemed like a funny reference to … --- ## [The slow downfall of Pixar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slow-downfall-of-pixar/1021431 "2025-08-05T01:04:39Z")
Thought there might be a thread about this but there was not one yet. It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that Pixar had the reputation of “never having made a bad movie.” Toy Story 3 grossed well over a billion doll… --- ## [Groceries you buy often that others don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groceries-you-buy-often-that-others-dont/1021125 "2025-08-05T00:10:43Z")
Some of our regular purchases are: mint cilantro coconut milk sticky rice --- ## [Any cooking method or food type you have always struggled with? Maybe we could start an advice column here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cooking-method-or-food-type-you-have-always-struggled-with-maybe-we-could-start-an-advice-column-here/1021425 "2025-08-04T14:09:28Z")
I flatter myself that I’m a pretty good cook and certainly enjoy it. But DAMN I just cannot make mayonnaise. It splits and disintegrates to liquid every single time. I’ve tried whisking by hand, pestle and mortar, blende… --- ## [Original Spanish(?) short film ID about a blind man whose life is changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-spanish-short-film-id-about-a-blind-man-whose-life-is-changed/1021663 "2025-08-03T21:09:54Z")
I think this film was from 2010, and I think it is Spanish. Here is an English version. SPOILER: Whoever gave it an English title gives away the ending in the title. If you know the film I’m talking about, can you tel… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #32 – July, 2025 – “Patriotism” \[Poll Added 28JUL2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-32-july-2025-patriotism-poll-added-28jul2025/1020377)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-32-july-2025-patriotism-poll-added-28jul2025/1020377 "2025-08-03T11:41:50Z")
This is the monthly thread for July, 2025. The topic this month is “Patriotism , chosen by @Bullitt. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion… --- ## [Mushroom Coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-coffee/1021643)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-coffee/1021643 "2025-08-03T09:40:02Z")
Oh, lawdy. We see more and more commercials for mushroom coffee. Anyone tasted this? WHY does it exist? How does one prepare it? And nooooo……this is not about “mushrooms, dooood”. This is about non-psychotropic mushro… --- ## [Songs that you have an intense emotional reaction to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-have-an-intense-emotional-reaction-to/1021415)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-have-an-intense-emotional-reaction-to/1021415 "2025-08-02T12:28:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Do you know someone who dislikes all music?: Reading @XOldiesJock’s post got me thinking this would make an interesting discussion. (I’m sure it’s been done before, but I don’t remember se… --- ## [Write bad movie blurbs for popular film (long intro) s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-bad-movie-blurbs-for-popular-film-long-intro-s/1021465 "2025-08-02T01:16:12Z")
Background: I’m looking up movies and see the description for one that reads: My first thought is “Why name-drop Christine?” She’s the only named character, which means she should be the focal character, right? But th… --- ## [S Line (South Korean mini-series) ~ Let's keep any spoilers blurred, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-line-south-korean-mini-series-lets-keep-any-spoilers-blurred-please/1021578)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-line-south-korean-mini-series-lets-keep-any-spoilers-blurred-please/1021578 "2025-08-01T22:50:19Z")
Wavve (part of SKT) last month released a mini-series called S라인 (translated as Social. Sex. Secrets.: The S–Lines\*\*)\*\*. It has six episodes. The wife and I have watched all but the last one. Have you seen this? If so, … --- ## [In what way are the Gipsy Kings related to (male) homosexuality? (weird reference in an Ambiguously Gay Duo bit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-are-the-gipsy-kings-related-to-male-homosexuality-weird-reference-in-an-ambiguously-gay-duo-bit/1021368)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-are-the-gipsy-kings-related-to-male-homosexuality-weird-reference-in-an-ambiguously-gay-duo-bit/1021368 "2025-08-01T16:27:46Z")
So in the video below, the supervillains are gossiping about whether the guys are gay, and one of them says, “Of course they’re gay … they listen to the Gipsy Kings in their Duo Car.” I don’t get the reference. The Gips… --- ## [Puff the Magic Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puff-the-magic-dragon/5612)
**Author:** [@aklesh3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aklesh3)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puff-the-magic-dragon/5612 "2025-08-01T15:16:54Z")
Isn’t there a “Happy” ending to Puff the Magic Dragon…it talking it over with my wife, we both seem to remember a version that had another little boy coming to play with Puff and Puff coming to know that while “not so li… --- ## [Wednesday's Child is full of Woe. But I'm looking forward to new Wednesday series. Addams Family spinoff \[Open Spoilers season 1\]\[Season 2 Part 1 August 6th 2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesdays-child-is-full-of-woe-but-im-looking-forward-to-new-wednesday-series-addams-family-spinoff-open-spoilers-season-1-season-2-part-1-august-6th-2025/965793)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesdays-child-is-full-of-woe-but-im-looking-forward-to-new-wednesday-series-addams-family-spinoff-open-spoilers-season-1-season-2-part-1-august-6th-2025/965793 "2025-07-31T22:53:41Z")
The show is in production and the cast is amazing. Tim Burton is the showrunner. Jenna Ortega is starring as a college age Wednesday. Catherine Zeta-Jones & Luis Guzman as Morticia and Gomez. Christina Ricci & Riki L… --- ## [Coke with pure cane sugar will soon be available!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-with-pure-cane-sugar-will-soon-be-available/1021205 "2025-07-31T21:57:19Z")
Coke purists have been seeking out Mexican Coke for many years. I make a special trip to Home Depot to buy a case of Mexican Coke. It’s how Coke used to taste before the HFCS (corn syrup) switch in the 80’s. There are o… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2025-edition/1020278)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2025-edition/1020278 "2025-07-31T18:59:30Z")
Welcome to July or as I like to call it “I am getting no sleep this month” month! Utah has TWO count 'em TWO fireworks holidays. My poor pets are a wreck by the time August rolls around… Should be better now that the kid… --- ## [Canadian nostalgia: extinct restaurant chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-nostalgia-extinct-restaurant-chains/1020762)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-nostalgia-extinct-restaurant-chains/1020762 "2025-07-31T07:54:00Z")
I just came across an article about Canadian restaurant chains that no longer exist. TBH, I only recognized a few out of the 10, I think because some must have been regional. The names may ignite some nostalgia in othe… --- ## [Stupid Computer tricks in Television and Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-tricks-in-television-and-movies/1021359)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-computer-tricks-in-television-and-movies/1021359 "2025-07-30T20:52:50Z")
It’s a computer, not a magic wand, you idiots! First off, that scene in the series “NCIS” where Abby and Timmy are trying to fight off a computer “viris”. Abby is at the keyboard failing miserably, so Timmie puts his t… --- ## [Rock marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-marriages/1021404)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-marriages/1021404 "2025-07-30T15:55:53Z")
Ozzy recently died. He and Sharon were married 43 years. Are there other rock and roll marriages that lasted as long or longer? --- ## [White Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-lotus/975900 "2025-07-29T20:37:08Z")
Does it get any better? It’s supposed to be a comedy? A comedic drama? A dramatic comedy? I’m on the third episode (the things we do for love) and there hasn’t been anything I find amusing. All I can think is how much I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=66)