# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=650 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 651 --- ## [Best flavor of instant (ramen) noodles, or favorite prep method](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavor-of-instant-ramen-noodles-or-favorite-prep-method/807627)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavor-of-instant-ramen-noodles-or-favorite-prep-method/807627 "2018-02-06T01:49:51Z")
I’ve been eating more ramen lately, of all the maruchan flavors I’ve tried (I’ve tried most) I think chicken mushroom is the best. I don’t think Shin ramyun is really that great or worth the premium price. Today I trie… --- ## [Super Bowl counter-programming: any OTHER alternatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-counter-programming-any-other-alternatives/808172)
**Author:** [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-counter-programming-any-other-alternatives/808172 "2018-02-05T20:03:34Z")
Creating this thread, because I didn’t want to threadshit in this one: For the past several years, millions of people who hate or are, at best, ambivalent to professional football, have gotten enjoyment from watching th… --- ## [Can you help identify this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-movie/808231)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-movie/808231 "2018-02-05T19:57:41Z")
This question arises from reading the nonfiction book Sons of Sinbad by Alan Villiers. In early 1939 he was at Zanzibar, where he saw a Hollywood movie based on a Broadway play (and presumably produced at least a year o… --- ## [Boiled eggs for dummies... I'm a dummy, please advise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-eggs-for-dummies-im-a-dummy-please-advise/808151)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-eggs-for-dummies-im-a-dummy-please-advise/808151 "2018-02-05T19:32:59Z")
This time, I got three out of twelve to peel without the shell and white stuck together so hard that I end up with just the yolk in my hand after picking,digging and holding the darn thing under running water the whole t… --- ## [So when is the next big fictional date to commemorate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-is-the-next-big-fictional-date-to-commemorate/808096 "2018-02-05T19:04:31Z")
I happened to be at Universal Studios the day that Back to the Future 2 took place and they made a pretty big deal of it. It was also a big deal on social media. I’d never really seen anything like that, a movie with a f… --- ## [What's it like to be a long-term extra in a TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-a-long-term-extra-in-a-tv-show/803272)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-like-to-be-a-long-term-extra-in-a-tv-show/803272 "2017-12-02T01:28:25Z")
Many TV shows are set in workplaces where there are a lot of background extras. Sometimes the same extras are there season after season. Do they have contracts with the show? How do they afford to live on whatever the… --- ## [What's with this weirdly defensive Diet Coke commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weirdly-defensive-diet-coke-commercial/808055)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-this-weirdly-defensive-diet-coke-commercial/808055 "2018-02-05T18:45:13Z")
Coke is running a new commercial for Diet Coke that’s weirdly defensive (and I’m not the only one that thinks so). Summarized, an attractive but vacuous girl says something like, “Hey, here’s the thing with Diet Coke, i… --- ## [Question about Song "In the Ghetto"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-song-in-the-ghetto/808031)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-song-in-the-ghetto/808031 "2018-02-05T17:40:07Z")
I was reading a trivia list (I believe it was in Cracked.com) that was about the song In the Ghetto, the oft-mocked serious issue song made famous by Elvis. My question isn’t whether the song is worthy of punditry or no… --- ## [Interfering with history - culture version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interfering-with-history-culture-version/808227)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interfering-with-history-culture-version/808227 "2018-02-05T16:36:07Z")
There have been a fair few threads in the past here on the best ways to meddle with history - what small change could you make that would have a big effect downstream? These tend to home in on either swinging the outcome… --- ## [Calling all fans of Dr. Demento](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-fans-of-dr-demento/807711)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-fans-of-dr-demento/807711 "2018-02-05T16:24:30Z")
At some point between 4 & 7 Eastern today (29 January) on KTRS, Paul Harris will interview the doc about his Covered in Punk project. --- ## [Did I imagine seeing this in MAD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-seeing-this-in-mad/808118)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-imagine-seeing-this-in-mad/808118 "2018-02-05T11:17:00Z")
A teenager\\young woman is complaining that she forgot to bring her transistor radio to the beach. In the last panel she says, “I feel practically naked without it.” Her bikini has no bottom, and they show it from the fr… --- ## [Fast Food Survey Prizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-survey-prizes/807810)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-survey-prizes/807810 "2018-02-05T03:59:12Z")
McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell and many others-When you receive your receipt there is(more often than not) a chance to win a prize if you fill out a survey either on the phone or online. These prizes range from a foo… --- ## [Origin of the anguished cry, "It burns! It burns!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-anguished-cry-it-burns-it-burns/450788)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-anguished-cry-it-burns-it-burns/450788 "2018-02-05T01:28:07Z")
What TV show or movie first featured it? Can’t quite figure it out, and it seems to crop up in comedic contexts nowadays. --- ## [Best Cinematic Spiderman Villain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cinematic-spiderman-villain/808082)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cinematic-spiderman-villain/808082 "2018-02-05T01:20:48Z")
Take your pick. Discuss --- ## [In Comedy, Is There A Difference Between Impression And Impersonation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-comedy-is-there-a-difference-between-impression-and-impersonation/808176)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-comedy-is-there-a-difference-between-impression-and-impersonation/808176 "2018-02-05T00:36:12Z")
I hear the terms “impression” and “impersonation” used interchangeably. In the comedy/performance industry, are they the same thing? Or does the industry prefer one term over the other? --- ## [Great Writers of Dialogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-writers-of-dialogue/807816)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-writers-of-dialogue/807816 "2018-02-04T16:29:33Z")
Who are some of your favorite novelists that write good dialogue? On a more theoretical level, what makes good literary dialogue? Realism? Contribution to characterization? Pure aesthetics? Ability to move the plot? What… --- ## [Favourite original song from a TV comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-original-song-from-a-tv-comedy/807946)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-original-song-from-a-tv-comedy/807946 "2018-02-04T14:28:21Z")
It’s not uncommon for TV comedies to have song parodies or musical jokes, but once in a while I hear a genuinely catchy (and funny) tune on a TV show. Here’s a few of my favourites: Boobs in California by Gordy! Gordi!… --- ## [Goblins webcomic to return](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-to-return/698326)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goblins-webcomic-to-return/698326 "2018-02-04T11:50:48Z")
For anyone who still cares, Goblins, Life Through Their Eyes is scheduled to resume updating next Wednesday, September 17. I hope it does not need to be stressed that I care. Very much so, and I have clicked on my bookm… --- ## ["Double King" - a film about love and regicide by Felix Colgrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-king-a-film-about-love-and-regicide-by-felix-colgrave/808138)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-king-a-film-about-love-and-regicide-by-felix-colgrave/808138 "2018-02-04T07:26:48Z")
“Double King” link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w\_MSFkZHNi4 This cartoon came out last April but I only saw it for the first time about one month ago. Has anybody else seen it? If not, click the link so we can discu… --- ## [Dennis Edwards of the Temptations - RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-edwards-of-the-temptations-rip/808070)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-edwards-of-the-temptations-rip/808070 "2018-02-04T06:43:12Z")
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/temptations-lead-singer-dennis-edwards-dead-at-74-w516296 He wasn’t an original member, having replaced David Ruffin in 1968. But he was heard on some of the greatest tunes, in th… --- ## [Eviscerate this poem, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eviscerate-this-poem-please/808000)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eviscerate-this-poem-please/808000 "2018-02-04T04:14:17Z")
I made the mistake of mentioning to a writer I admire that I write occasional poems, but virtually never share them. That of course led to a request, “I’d like to see them!” Very reluctantly (because I have no training … --- ## [Best Music of 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-of-2017/807933)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-of-2017/807933 "2018-02-03T23:54:15Z")
As I did last year, I’m sharing my Apple Music playlist with my favorite songs of the past year. (I got to it a little later this year, but hey: the Grammys were just this week.) Here are YouTube clips of the top two… --- ## [Favorite Scene in Harry Potter Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-harry-potter-books/807562)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-scene-in-harry-potter-books/807562 "2018-02-03T23:28:28Z")
For me, it was when the invitations for Harry to attend Hogwarts came flooding in. Very original and funny. --- ## [Meta-Magazines: Every Issue Is The Same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-magazines-every-issue-is-the-same/807935)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-magazines-every-issue-is-the-same/807935 "2018-02-03T22:18:51Z")
I like reading magazines. But when my brother bought me a Men’s Health subscription one year, it became immediately apparent every issue is exactly the same with a “six pack workout”, “big biceps workout”, an article on… --- ## [Phosphoric Acid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phosphoric-acid/808119)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phosphoric-acid/808119 "2018-02-03T21:03:54Z")
A couple of years ago, I was watching this show on the History Channel. It was about old fashioned soda fountains. They were all the rage in the 1950’s, apparently. And the people who manned them (soda jerks, they were c… --- ## ["Mosaic" on HBO; anyone else watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosaic-on-hbo-anyone-else-watching/808115)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosaic-on-hbo-anyone-else-watching/808115 "2018-02-03T20:33:17Z")
Please do not spoil the ending. The whole series has aired, but I haven’t watched the last episode yet. It’s only 6 episodes, and I’ve seen the first 5. It’s very much in the tradition (if it can be called that ) of T… --- ## [Cinnamon Roll Recipe-- with puff pastry??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-roll-recipe-with-puff-pastry/807750 "2018-02-03T20:32:50Z")
I had a cinnamon roll at a bakery in Chicago that was truly remarkable. It was made with some kind puff pastry instead of a yeasted dough, but the texture was what really made it unique-- flaky, sure, but also crunchy a… --- ## [My gift of Calphalon was turned down-unsanitary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gift-of-calphalon-was-turned-down-unsanitary/807872)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gift-of-calphalon-was-turned-down-unsanitary/807872 "2018-02-03T19:16:57Z")
My niece has graduated college and is setting up housekeeping (do people still say that??) so I got her a starter set of Calphalon. Which she very sweetly thanked me for and said that she was sure I could use more pots a… --- ## [Authors with pseudonyms--any whose identity was never cracked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-pseudonyms-any-whose-identity-was-never-cracked/663917)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-pseudonyms-any-whose-identity-was-never-cracked/663917 "2018-02-03T17:14:08Z")
Tons of authors use pseudonyms for various reasons, but mostly, it’s not a big secret. Evan Hunter/Ed McBain (was that ever even a secret?) etc. Sometimes they only use a pseudonym (Trevanian) but I guess if you did it r… --- ## [One hit wonders who don’t deserve to be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders-who-don-t-deserve-to-be/807628)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonders-who-don-t-deserve-to-be/807628 "2018-02-03T16:55:57Z")
What I mean is bands who are much better than their one hit wonder would lead you to believe. First band that comes to my mind is “Seven Mary Three” best known for “Cumbersome” They were young when Cumbersome was relea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=649) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=651)