# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=661 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 662 --- ## [Major Frank Burns : Immigrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-frank-burns-immigrant/804107)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-frank-burns-immigrant/804107 "2018-01-02T19:00:00Z")
Yesterday while watching a MASH marathon, I was struck by this line by Frank Burns in “The Trial of Henry Blake” "I am proud to serve in the United States Army and equally proud to fight in this war. My family came to … --- ## [Top Chef Season 15 and Last Chance Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-season-15-and-last-chance-kitchen/805336)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-chef-season-15-and-last-chance-kitchen/805336 "2018-01-02T17:15:09Z")
Episode three has dropped, and I’m just not loving this season. A couple of the chefs are too seriously outclassed, and then the “Masters” have once again been allowed to invade “Last Chance Kitchen.” The judges also f… --- ## [La Mante (Netflix): Open Spoilers after First post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-mante-netflix-open-spoilers-after-first-post/805744)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-mante-netflix-open-spoilers-after-first-post/805744 "2018-01-02T08:37:44Z")
Wonder if anyone else watched it.Its 6 episodes, and in French, but with subtitles. Dropped on New Years Eve IIRC. Its about a police officer trying to solve a series of murders, with the help of his mother; herself a s… --- ## [Was the Times Square ball drop televised this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-times-square-ball-drop-televised-this-year/805725)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-times-square-ball-drop-televised-this-year/805725 "2018-01-02T03:33:14Z")
I watched NBC last night after my local news. Much to my surprise, there was no Carson Daly, and the coverage was from Boston instead of New York. I do remember reading a month or so ago, that Toshiba was backing out o… --- ## [So, what is this Doohickey on this electric guitar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-doohickey-on-this-electric-guitar/805664)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-doohickey-on-this-electric-guitar/805664 "2018-01-02T01:29:16Z")
This Guys guitar has developed an odd black plastic growth on it’s tail. Anyone recognize this gadget? Will the guitar live to play another day? :wink: I watch a lot of YouTube teachers. Never seen this used before. It… --- ## ["Damn, its cold!" Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-its-cold-recipes/805432)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-its-cold-recipes/805432 "2018-01-01T21:40:09Z")
The high this Saturday is predicted to be -3f. I’ve made stew. Lasagna? Yup. American goulash? Check. Chicken and dumplings? Love them. I’m running out of ideas. What do you like that “sticks to the bones”? --- ## [Sir Richard and Sir Barry, 2018 New Year's Honours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-richard-and-sir-barry-2018-new-years-honours/805621)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-richard-and-sir-barry-2018-new-years-honours/805621 "2018-01-01T21:30:22Z")
Ringo Starr, ex-Beatles drummer, and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees have been selected as Knights Bachelor for 2018 as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Honours List, which is released twice a year, at the start of the new year,… --- ## [The alienist on TNT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alienist-on-tnt/805679)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alienist-on-tnt/805679 "2018-01-01T21:01:14Z")
I’m watching the commercials and promo spots for the series and I’m not enthused about the changes from the book …I’m wondering if Caleb Carr had much to do with it . I know since it’s on TV and not hbo there’s gonna be… --- ## [Can you help ID this WWII JSA graphic novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-id-this-wwii-jsa-graphic-novel/805702)
**Author:** [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-id-this-wwii-jsa-graphic-novel/805702 "2018-01-01T20:30:16Z")
I’d appreciate any help identifying this graphic novel from DC comics. It was an alternative world series set during WWII, with Bruce Wayne, I think Dr, Midnite, and at least one other Golden Age JSA hero (Green Lantern … --- ## [Help me improve my beef stew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-beef-stew/805585)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-beef-stew/805585 "2018-01-01T18:26:50Z")
By “my stew” I mean the recipe I recently made. It came out great for the most part. Great flavor. The beef was great. The one problem I had was the potatoes were too hard. I want it to be halfway between mushy and crunc… --- ## [Highest military rank achieved by a later actor / TV performer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-military-rank-achieved-by-a-later-actor-tv-performer/805502)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-military-rank-achieved-by-a-later-actor-tv-performer/805502 "2018-01-01T15:57:52Z")
What was the highest military rank achieved by someone who later became an actor / TV personality? Inspired by the recent thread on which actors had portrayed the most different service roles, which actor in their forme… --- ## [Anyone back to buying their music? (as opposed to subscription services)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-back-to-buying-their-music-as-opposed-to-subscription-services/796630)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-back-to-buying-their-music-as-opposed-to-subscription-services/796630 "2018-01-01T06:31:54Z")
I find the subscription services too expensive. I guess it may make sense for those who have a huge appetite for many songs, but I like really like a smaller number which supplements free streaming services. I have my … --- ## [The light-skinned black girl with the bouncy hair in every commercial that contains a black woman...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-light-skinned-black-girl-with-the-bouncy-hair-in-every-commercial-that-contains-a-black-woman/805620)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-light-skinned-black-girl-with-the-bouncy-hair-in-every-commercial-that-contains-a-black-woman/805620 "2018-01-01T02:15:43Z")
I’ve noticed this so much that’s it’s starting to become annoying. Next time you sit and watch commercials, notice if there is a multiracial group of people in it, that the icon of the black woman is a light-skinned beam… --- ## [What's the best site for streaming old movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-site-for-streaming-old-movies/805654)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-site-for-streaming-old-movies/805654 "2018-01-01T01:36:40Z")
I’ve turned down invitations to NYE parties because I’d rather stay home and watch classic old movies from the 30s, 40s, and 50’s. I have Netflix and Amazon prime, but unless I’m missing something, the old classics they … --- ## [Is there a universal definition of "bacon"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-universal-definition-of-bacon/805356)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-universal-definition-of-bacon/805356 "2017-12-31T23:30:27Z")
Recently discovered that British\* Bacon is different from both Canadian Bacon, and American Bacon. So, is there a definition of bacon that matches the different foods bearing this moniker? \*picture a thin slice of bonel… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- December 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-december-2017-edition/803214)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-december-2017-edition/803214 "2017-12-31T21:52:01Z")
Well here we are the last month of the year, the most insane month of the year and if I hear Jingle Bells one more time I’m going to-------Simpsons station break Anyway what are we reading? Anything Christmas themed? @… --- ## [Justice League (no spoiler in OP, after that free-for-all)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-no-spoiler-in-op-after-that-free-for-all/801988)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-no-spoiler-in-op-after-that-free-for-all/801988 "2017-12-31T16:55:40Z")
Saw it last night, can’t find another thread for it, so here goes. It was okay. Had some cool moments and some painfully bad moments. The Aquaman role was better than I expected and the Flash role was worse than I expe… --- ## [Leonid & Friends: Russian band covers Chicago. Amazing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-friends-russian-band-covers-chicago-amazing/805559)
**Author:** [@BlueMerle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMerle)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leonid-friends-russian-band-covers-chicago-amazing/805559 "2017-12-31T16:40:39Z")
Apologies if this has been posted before. I’m new here and the search function sucks… :slight\_smile: Leonid & Friends is a Russian band that, among other things, covers Chicago songs. And they do it superbly. I’d rec… --- ## [Favorite Fiction You've Read in 2017? Favorite Non-Fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fiction-youve-read-in-2017-favorite-non-fiction/805552)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fiction-youve-read-in-2017-favorite-non-fiction/805552 "2017-12-31T16:32:22Z")
Runners up allowed, in case the winners cannot fulfill their duties… Fiction: \* Every Heart a Doorway\*, by Seanan McGuire Runner Up: The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate Non-Fiction (and the best book I read… --- ## [What Christmas song would you love to hear again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-song-would-you-love-to-hear-again/774090)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-christmas-song-would-you-love-to-hear-again/774090 "2017-12-31T10:35:14Z")
This is a spinoff from the “Christmas song you never want to hear again” thread. The first one that comes to mind is the arrangement of “Do You Hear What I Hear” that my junior high band and chorus did every OTHER year.… --- ## [Podcasts you used to like but you no longer listen to because they got bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-used-to-like-but-you-no-longer-listen-to-because-they-got-bad/805431)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-used-to-like-but-you-no-longer-listen-to-because-they-got-bad/805431 "2017-12-31T06:13:59Z")
Basically you used to have a podcast you loved or at least were a constant listener to then you stopped listening to actively because of something that happened to it, either change of format, change of host, or it simpl… --- ## [Good Unintentional Irony or Complexity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-unintentional-irony-or-complexity/805281)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-unintentional-irony-or-complexity/805281 "2017-12-31T06:03:28Z")
I like it when a book, movie, show, or other work manages to make part of its story or world much more interesting by accident. Like when an author trying to make a simple ‘bad guy’ manages to make a nuanced character by… --- ## [Singing with a piano, sort of; this is mind bending.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-with-a-piano-sort-of-this-is-mind-bending/805465)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-with-a-piano-sort-of-this-is-mind-bending/805465 "2017-12-31T04:57:20Z")
I was looking for some sheet music and I came across this: Dont Stop Me Now(with words) Link opens a site with sheet music and a MIDI player, it just plays the notes in the score, there is no recording of any voice or … --- ## [What Was Hunter Thompson's Importance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-hunter-thompsons-importance/805490)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-hunter-thompsons-importance/805490 "2017-12-31T03:54:48Z")
I’m curious as to your replies. I’m a fan, I love his crazed style of writing, but I think he kinda fizzled out quickly after the 1970’s due to his escalating alcohol and illegal (coke) drug abuse. I went back and watch… --- ## [ID a cartoon: Sad Indian singing "Home On the Range"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-cartoon-sad-indian-singing-home-on-the-range/805595)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-cartoon-sad-indian-singing-home-on-the-range/805595 "2017-12-30T23:32:23Z")
Something I’ve been puzzling over, but I can’t find an answer to, despite my searching. I’m trying to ID a cartoon I saw on TV as a kid.\* I think a movie, and either a Western, or had different historical settings for d… --- ## [BACON recipies, 2018. (Sizzling BACON in here!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-recipies-2018-sizzling-bacon-in-here/805516)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-recipies-2018-sizzling-bacon-in-here/805516 "2017-12-30T20:58:08Z")
BACON recipies, 2018 I put bacon in all caps up there in the title hoping everyone would smell it as they walked by. Bacon bait, no one can resist it. Thick, center cut bacon and some \*\*safe for work \*\*bacon porn for y… --- ## [Doctor Who - Twice Upon a Time (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-twice-upon-a-time-open-spoilers/805280)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-twice-upon-a-time-open-spoilers/805280 "2017-12-30T20:52:36Z")
It’s aired in the UK, but has yet to air here in the US for a few hours. Thoughts? How was the regeneration? --- ## [What is the title of this M\*A\*S\*H episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-title-of-this-m-a-s-h-episode/805166 "2017-12-30T17:55:59Z")
In one of the episodes of MASH\* during the David Ogden Stiers period, Chawles suffers from a back problem. Colonel Potter calls in three Korean doctors who offer to treat Winchester with acupuncture, but the snobbish sur… --- ## [All Right, Buffet, What Are You Trying to Pull?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-buffet-what-are-you-trying-to-pull/805570)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-buffet-what-are-you-trying-to-pull/805570 "2017-12-30T17:33:24Z")
The Pirate of the Coral Reefers is famed for having released a song called Pencil Thin Mustache, in which he wishes he had a pencil-thin mustache of the type worn by famous old-timey mystery solver of the silver screen, … --- ## [Why was Julian Lennon left out of John Lennon's will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308)
**Author:** [@m30wc0w](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/m30wc0w)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-julian-lennon-left-out-of-john-lennons-will/744308 "2017-12-30T13:34:58Z")
I’ve heard some say that it’s because Yoko Ono was very manipulative. He also did get some money which he split with his half-brother. However, the amount seemed so minuscule as to be irrelevant (100, 000). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=660) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=662)