# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=653 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 654 --- ## [Most Underappreciated Guitarists In Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underappreciated-guitarists-in-rock/807560)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-underappreciated-guitarists-in-rock/807560 "2018-01-28T14:49:57Z")
I have been tooling around the web, have my own opinions, et al, but I have come to a conclusion. Alex Lifeson is one of the most non-mentioned, under-appreciated guitarists in rock of the generation between 1970-ish to… --- ## [Joanne Whalley cast for the next season of Daredevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joanne-whalley-cast-for-the-next-season-of-daredevil/807471)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joanne-whalley-cast-for-the-next-season-of-daredevil/807471 "2018-01-28T13:17:40Z")
The full article is here. I didn’t like the movie Willow, but I thought Joanne Whalley was one of the loveliest women in the world. So when I heard she was going to be in Daredevil, I tried to figure out what role she’d… --- ## [Meaningless (to you) media references?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaningless-to-you-media-references/807567)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaningless-to-you-media-references/807567 "2018-01-28T05:25:12Z")
I never have (and never will) drank alcohol, so when books are careful to describe what kind of drinks people are having, saying that they had whiskey or scotch or gin is exactly as meaningful to me as if it said that th… --- ## [Probably dumb question about "Dexter's Lab"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-question-about-dexters-lab/807594)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-question-about-dexters-lab/807594 "2018-01-28T05:09:08Z")
Wad Dexter’s accent made up or was it an actual accent? --- ## [Chris Kimball out at America's Test Kitchen et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kimball-out-at-americas-test-kitchen-et-al/737767)
**Author:** [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-kimball-out-at-americas-test-kitchen-et-al/737767 "2018-01-28T04:36:13Z")
Chris Kimball Is Leaving America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Illustrated Forced out of the company he started. Hope they don’t make too many changes to the format. Time to start downloading and archiving all the recipes. … --- ## [Best ways to listen to certain bands/genres?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ways-to-listen-to-certain-bands-genres/807589)
**Author:** [@Solanaceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solanaceae)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ways-to-listen-to-certain-bands-genres/807589 "2018-01-28T00:50:23Z")
What’s your opinion on how to listen to certain bands/types of music? As in, what music format goes well with who/what you’re listening to? I like listening to 70s music like deep purple or steppenwolf on 8 track and mor… --- ## [Your Favorite Double-Entendre Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-double-entendre-songs/807265)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-double-entendre-songs/807265 "2018-01-27T20:30:18Z")
There’s been plenty of crass, overt, or just plain dumb tunes with double meanings over the years, but I think this one was pretty clever and still funny… Todd Rundgren - You Left Me Sore Got anything good? --- ## [Do you know of Bob and Doug McKenzie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-of-bob-and-doug-mckenzie/807362 "2018-01-27T19:16:35Z")
Poll to follow. I was chatting with a fellow doper and was surprised she didn’t know of them. That’s fine, of course. I am unfamiliar with many cultural references and more so as I age! Ta! --- ## [Real Restaurant Delivery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-restaurant-delivery/807581)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-restaurant-delivery/807581 "2018-01-27T18:40:02Z")
I read an article recently about the various delivery services from restaurants that don’t normally deliver. I was curious so I downloaded Grub Hub, Door Dash, and Uber Eats a few weeks ago. Last night my wife already at… --- ## [How Many Cups of Coffee Do you Drink Per Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-cups-of-coffee-do-you-drink-per-day/806779 "2018-01-27T15:32:09Z")
Let’s say one cup is roughly 12 ounces so if you drink one of those giant travel mugs that is probably two cups at least. --- ## [Marketing a fast food item](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marketing-a-fast-food-item/807267 "2018-01-27T14:12:19Z")
A friend of mine has assembled common ingredients to make a fast food item. We believe the idea has potential. How to market it? The fast food chains would be interested. But how do you contact them? And how do you kee… --- ## [Do you have DLS? (Delayed Laugh Syndrome)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dls-delayed-laugh-syndrome/807577)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dls-delayed-laugh-syndrome/807577 "2018-01-27T12:44:28Z")
I’m on a message board talking about an episode of “Gotham”. In the episode, there is a scene with an underground fight club. One of the crowds favorites has a signature move wherein he rips the arm off his opponent’s bo… --- ## [Autonomous Biological Units, especially for Reproduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autonomous-biological-units-especially-for-reproduction/807449)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autonomous-biological-units-especially-for-reproduction/807449 "2018-01-27T03:35:53Z")
I’m not sure where to post this, but since this seems to be initially a creation of the movies, this seems like the appropriate forum. I’ve been fascinated by a concept that appears to have been born in the cinema, alth… --- ## [Good music from the past year (2017)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-from-the-past-year-2017/806102)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-music-from-the-past-year-2017/806102 "2018-01-27T03:00:44Z")
Looking for recommendations for good music from the past year. I generally like a pretty broad spectrum of genres - rock, indie, pop EDM, rap, folk, metal, pretty much everything except country. --- ## [Mark E Smith reported dead again; - this time it's true.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-e-smith-reported-dead-again-this-time-its-true/807408)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-e-smith-reported-dead-again-this-time-its-true/807408 "2018-01-27T01:08:03Z")
Legendarily truculent leader of Manchester’s The Fall has died aged 60. A true original and gifted lyricist, he fired and fought with over 60 members of the band. I don’t imagine they are widely known in the US - they w… --- ## [Barley and broth displacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barley-and-broth-displacement/807544)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barley-and-broth-displacement/807544 "2018-01-26T22:06:30Z")
I’m making a pot of beef barley soup and have made my broth and ready to add vegetables and barley. I may have a bit more broth then I had intended and I’m kinda wondering about displacement versus absorption. If I shoul… --- ## [I love this version of Sheryl Crow's The Difficult Kind with Shelby Lynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-version-of-sheryl-crows-the-difficult-kind-with-shelby-lynne/806684)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-version-of-sheryl-crows-the-difficult-kind-with-shelby-lynne/806684 "2018-01-26T11:18:29Z")
A shortened version from the 2001 Grammys (host John Stewart looks positively juvenile). Crow playing an acoustic, accompanied by Shelby Lynne. Sheryl Crow & Shelby Lynn - The Difficult Kind Grammies 2001 - YouTube M… --- ## [Rizzo's Character in the Movie, "Grease"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzos-character-in-the-movie-grease/807419)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rizzos-character-in-the-movie-grease/807419 "2018-01-26T08:30:22Z")
In the movie, “Grease”, are we to believe Rizzo was really pregnant or did she fake it for attention? If not the attention of the crowd (which she seemed to want to hide it from, but the gossip spread)…was she out to pro… --- ## [New Sci-fi and Fantasy shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sci-fi-and-fantasy-shows/807372)
**Author:** [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sci-fi-and-fantasy-shows/807372 "2018-01-26T07:49:16Z")
I have totally lost control of what is new. I’ve seen the Expanse, Killjoys, Travellers and Westworld in Sci-fi. And I’ve seen Game of Thrones, Shannara, and American Gods in the fantasy genre. What else is out there th… --- ## [Whatever happened to: Boston area specialty dancer George 'Rubber Neck' Holmes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-boston-area-specialty-dancer-george-rubber-neck-holmes/807327)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-boston-area-specialty-dancer-george-rubber-neck-holmes/807327 "2018-01-26T07:47:46Z")
Info is pretty non-existent on him. Rubberneck was a specialty dancer and in addition to his fancy footwork employed his ‘rubber neck’. You can see him in the movies The Duke Is Tops (1938), The Notorious Elinor Lee (… --- ## [Sweet cover of Frank Zappa's "Black Napkins"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-cover-of-frank-zappas-black-napkins/807502)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-cover-of-frank-zappas-black-napkins/807502 "2018-01-26T07:39:19Z")
--- ## [What is the meaning of this Gahan Wilson cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-this-gahan-wilson-cartoon/807468)
**Author:** [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-meaning-of-this-gahan-wilson-cartoon/807468 "2018-01-26T03:35:58Z")
Since I was a kid, I’ve been a fan of the cartoonist Gahan Wilson, whose humorously morbid cartoons have been a regular feature in Playboy, the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, the old National Lampoon, and The N… --- ## [Anyone seen the Hulk cartoons from 1966?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015 "2018-01-26T03:35:07Z")
I’ve seen some badly made cartoons in my time, but these are amazingly horrible. I love the theme song. --- ## [Lynyrd Skynyrd say they're finally done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynyrd-skynyrd-say-theyre-finally-done/807465)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lynyrd-skynyrd-say-theyre-finally-done/807465 "2018-01-26T03:15:42Z")
Last tour starts 4 May in West Palm Beach. I know most people (prolly including the few left in the band) didn’t hardly believe that they’d have any career at all after 1977, but they did. So much of my youth was stepp… --- ## [A good cup of tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cup-of-tea/509305)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-cup-of-tea/509305 "2018-01-26T01:37:32Z")
When I first visited friends in England, I discovered something I had never known about myself - I like tea. I guess I had never known this because I’m an American, and we make awful tea. You can go into any coffee shop … --- ## [SPOILERS: Will Mark Hamill Be Oscar-Nominated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-will-mark-hamill-be-oscar-nominated/804767 "2018-01-26T00:57:04Z")
I’m not as behind his performance as a lot of fans seem to be, but I thought I’d throw this out there. What are his chances? Will the Hollywood “Establishment” throw him a bone like the did for Stallone’s turn in Creed? … --- ## [TV shows/movies/songs you hate but others love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-movies-songs-you-hate-but-others-love/760453)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-movies-songs-you-hate-but-others-love/760453 "2016-07-24T03:32:01Z")
Ex on the beach --- ## [Homosexual Woodworms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexual-woodworms/807381)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexual-woodworms/807381 "2018-01-25T21:49:46Z")
As a big fan of the Anthony Shaffer play Sleuth\*, I’ve always been puzzled by one brief exchange: When I first saw the play, I figured the humor of this interplay relied upon knowledge of things British, and that as … --- ## [Movies where significant scenes or entire plots had to be deleted and reshot due to offscreen events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-significant-scenes-or-entire-plots-had-to-be-deleted-and-reshot-due-to-offscreen-events/806814)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-significant-scenes-or-entire-plots-had-to-be-deleted-and-reshot-due-to-offscreen-events/806814 "2018-01-25T20:16:43Z")
With All the Money in the World having to extensively reshoot scenes to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer due to the former’s sexual assault allegations all within a month of release, I was wondering what oth… --- ## [Please help me locate this old Canadian poem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-locate-this-old-canadian-poem/541918)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-locate-this-old-canadian-poem/541918 "2018-01-25T19:55:15Z")
I heard the poem back in elementary school in the 50s. Its about a short-stop in a baseball game and spoofs the position. I have little memory left of the poem, except for the fact that I enjoyed it and that it was wri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=652) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=654)