# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=685 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 686 --- ## [Anyone else enjoy listening to classical music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-enjoy-listening-to-classical-music/799635)
**Author:** [@Zetetic\_Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zetetic_Skeptic)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-enjoy-listening-to-classical-music/799635 "2017-10-25T12:57:28Z")
I’ve always enjoyed classical music, but I’m not very versed in who the composers are, or the names of the movements. I’m not even sure if I said that right. I cannot generally tell what instruments are being played be… --- ## [Rock Dopers: Royal Blood - I like 'em](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-dopers-royal-blood-i-like-em/706621)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-dopers-royal-blood-i-like-em/706621 "2017-10-25T12:27:41Z")
You heard these guys? Bass player and drummer - bassist adds effects to sound like a guitar, similar to Jack White in the White Stripes but as a guitarist adding bass… Love this song, Figure it Out, and the video is li… --- ## [Sandwiches Without Meat or Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-without-meat-or-cheese/799239)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-without-meat-or-cheese/799239 "2017-10-25T10:23:27Z")
In an effort to loose weight I’m changing to a plant-based diet\*. Breakfast and dinner are easy, I’ve got them figured out already. What’s keeping me on meat and cheese is lunch. I could have salad every day, but I love … --- ## [Is the wah-wah pedal (for guitar) still a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-wah-wah-pedal-for-guitar-still-a-thing/797642)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-wah-wah-pedal-for-guitar-still-a-thing/797642 "2017-10-25T09:40:06Z")
Was listening to Stink-Foot by Frank Zappa yesterday, and marveled at the wonderful use of the wah-wah pedal in his guitar solo. I recall “back in the day” it was used by quite a few rock guitarists, though I also recall… --- ## [Happy 58th , Weird Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-58th-weird-al/799642)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-58th-weird-al/799642 "2017-10-25T04:24:01Z")
58 years ago, the world was first blessed by the presence of Albert Matthew Yankovic. The “Weird” came later. Happy Birthday To You --- ## [Doc Martin Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/799749)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-question/799749 "2017-10-25T00:22:32Z")
I’m currently watching Series 7, and I like it just as much as ever. Question: Is it a “thing” in England for groups of teenagers to walk around town and yell random insults at random people? I should think not, but t… --- ## [Tom Petty versus John Mellencamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-versus-john-mellencamp/799479)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-petty-versus-john-mellencamp/799479 "2017-10-24T23:35:07Z")
In light of the disaster of the “Petty Overrated” thread, it got me thinking about how similar Melllencamp and Petty really are. Don’t you agree? They both have themes of small towns, midwest America, etc and both are wh… --- ## [Re-watched Michael Jackson's Thriller video, and now I have questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watched-michael-jacksons-thriller-video-and-now-i-have-questions/799388)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watched-michael-jacksons-thriller-video-and-now-i-have-questions/799388 "2017-10-24T20:01:46Z")
I love Rick Baker’s creature effects throughout, but what kind of were-creature is Michael supposed to turn into in the opening sequence? It has slitted pupils and long cat-like whiskers, but it howls like a wolf in mi… --- ## [The Snowman (no spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowman-no-spoilers-in-op/799428)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowman-no-spoilers-in-op/799428 "2017-10-24T19:50:29Z")
Given the reviews of the movie, and the negative stories coming about about it, I highly doubt anyone here saw it other than me, but anyone have any opinions? I am a huge fan of Jo Nesbo and love the Harry Hole series. … --- ## [MythBusters Proved This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-proved-this/794507)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-proved-this/794507 "2017-10-24T19:34:08Z")
Under one of those suggested posts (I think) on FB about Titanic facts, someone posted more victims could have saved themselves by grabbing the right collection of ordinary articles to keep themselves afloat. Does anyon… --- ## [Anybody know this old comic strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-old-comic-strip/799524)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-old-comic-strip/799524 "2017-10-24T18:44:30Z")
Shux, I know going in nobody will remember it, but nothing ventured… The “strip” was really an assortment of unrelated gag panels. The two panels I remember, for no apparent reason, were these: A guy is sitting on a ben… --- ## [Trying to find a 2015(?) South Korean movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-2015-south-korean-movie/799745)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-2015-south-korean-movie/799745 "2017-10-24T17:40:10Z")
Trying to find a South Korean movie that I once saw - I can only recall some details about it, and I believe it was released sometime between 2014-2016: It’s basically about a woman in Seoul (?) who has a crush on her b… --- ## [What Was This Viral Video Trend That Was Popular A Few Months Ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-viral-video-trend-that-was-popular-a-few-months-ago/799718)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-viral-video-trend-that-was-popular-a-few-months-ago/799718 "2017-10-24T15:53:26Z")
A while back, there was this popular trend of viral videos. The concept was, you take a video of some action - one popular example was a man jumping off of a bridge into a small river or pond - and then, just when you ge… --- ## [Resolved: Jeff Goldblum's body has been taken over by Barry Manilow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-jeff-goldblums-body-has-been-taken-over-by-barry-manilow/799722)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-jeff-goldblums-body-has-been-taken-over-by-barry-manilow/799722 "2017-10-24T14:54:21Z")
I posit that the only possible explanation for this Graham Norton discussion is that Barry Manilow is a warg, and has taken over Jeff Goldblum. (Starts about 19 minutes in.) His piano playing has suffered a bit, first … --- ## [What's your favourite Beethoven Symphony, excluding the Fifth and Ninth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-beethoven-symphony-excluding-the-fifth-and-ninth/788216)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-beethoven-symphony-excluding-the-fifth-and-ninth/788216 "2017-10-24T08:09:58Z")
I’ve always loved the Fourth. The contrast of the slow introduction with the main part of the first movement is a disconnect that only Beethoven could pull off. Next to that, I’m all about the Eighth for it’s joyful brev… --- ## [Neil Diamond's "Shiloh": Real or Imaginary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-diamonds-shiloh-real-or-imaginary/797725)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-diamonds-shiloh-real-or-imaginary/797725 "2017-10-24T01:01:17Z")
In Neil Diamond’s song, “Shiloh”, is this person real or imaginary? Initially, he sings “Papa would love to be with you, if he had the time. So, you turn to the only friends you can find. They’re in your mind…” OTOH, as … --- ## [Book series that you haven't given up on/ made it to the end.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-that-you-havent-given-up-on-made-it-to-the-end/799355)
**Author:** [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-series-that-you-havent-given-up-on-made-it-to-the-end/799355 "2017-10-23T19:45:21Z")
Inspired by this thread. The problem with that thread is I’m not as likely to start a series when other people are saying it starts to suck before the end. I’d much more like to hear about book series’ that stayed good… --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Episode 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-5/798988)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-5/798988 "2017-10-23T16:37:37Z")
Starts streaming tonight… A recent Tweet by the writers in response to someone complaining about the darkness of the story said they are trying to tell a season long story about hope in a dark time. I suppose that is so… --- ## [I call shenanigans on this recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shenanigans-on-this-recipe/799611)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-shenanigans-on-this-recipe/799611 "2017-10-23T16:28:22Z")
I was watching YouTube and I saw this video recipe for a No-Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake. And I was surprised to see that one of the ingredients for this so-called no-bake cake was a large quantity of cookies (or, as the … --- ## [Patton Oswalt : Annihilation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-oswalt-annihilation/799164)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-oswalt-annihilation/799164 "2017-10-23T15:27:04Z")
Has anyone else seen Patton’s new special on Netflix? Honestly, it made me chuckle a little, but it’s not an amazing comedy show. Having this, the section he talks about his wife’s death is devastating and beautiful. He… --- ## [Dopespotting: The Dog Semen Comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopespotting-the-dog-semen-comic/799309)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopespotting-the-dog-semen-comic/799309 "2017-10-23T15:18:19Z")
I just read this article in Buzzfeed: Garfield Creator Jim Davis Denies That Jon Drinks Dog Semen In A 1990 Comic Strip and apparently the online hubub started here on the Straight Dope. Of course if you look at that th… --- ## [Mythbusters: The Search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-the-search/776700)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mythbusters-the-search/776700 "2017-10-23T07:32:53Z")
Well, so far I’m not impressed with Mythbusters, the search. The conceit is that it’s a Survival type reality show whose goal is to select the next generation of Mythbusters. Ignoring the fact that the Jamie and Adam… --- ## [ID this old movie (Bette Davis, maybe?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-movie-bette-davis-maybe/428667)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-movie-bette-davis-maybe/428667 "2017-10-23T04:53:16Z")
The opening of the video for Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” features a short clip from an old movie. I believe Bette Davis is the female lead. Dialogue: Male lead: I came to say goodbye. Female lead: And why, Boris,… --- ## [State Borders (today's xkcd strip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-borders-todays-xkcd-strip/798754)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-borders-todays-xkcd-strip/798754 "2017-10-23T02:43:05Z")
I particularly like the super-sized Oklahoma panhandle… And the UP should have been ceded to Wisconsin long ago. :slight\_smile: And why does Florida get most of Alabama’s coastline? That’s just outright unneighborly. … --- ## [The "Garfield" Where Jon Drinks Dog Semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-garfield-where-jon-drinks-dog-semen/338272 "2017-10-23T01:47:49Z")
About 15 years ago, I remember a \*Garfield \* comic strip, set at the vet’s office, where Jon was trying to impress the veterinarian so he could get her to go out with him. He ‘suavely’ drank out of a glass that was sitti… --- ## [The Yorkshire pudding wrap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yorkshire-pudding-wrap/798994)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-yorkshire-pudding-wrap/798994 "2017-10-22T17:53:00Z")
The most recent video posted on one of my favorite youtube channels (Scott Rea Project) depicts the making of what Scott states is a trendy new thing in London eateries: the Yorkshire pudding wrap. He first makes a big… --- ## [Please help me identify this piece of classical music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-piece-of-classical-music/799398 "2017-10-22T16:38:24Z")
I believe it’s late 19th century, possibly a work by Tchaikovsky. One part sounds remarkably like the theme song of a \*\*\*Peanuts \*\*\*special, the one that goes \*You’re in love, Charlie Brown! You’re in love, Charlie Br… --- ## [Should I use Guinness extra stout in my Frfijoles Borrachos recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-guinness-extra-stout-in-my-frfijoles-borrachos-recipe/799287)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-guinness-extra-stout-in-my-frfijoles-borrachos-recipe/799287 "2017-10-22T16:02:13Z")
Title says it all. I was at the grocery store. I just needed one beer for my recipe. Problem is, the grocery store doesn’t really sell ONE beer. Just 6 packs and 12 packs. All I had to choose from was Guinness Extra Stou… --- ## [Does anyone have or have the use of an Aga range?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-or-have-the-use-of-an-aga-range/799296)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-or-have-the-use-of-an-aga-range/799296 "2017-10-22T03:38:29Z")
I first saw these on the Two Fat Ladies cooking show, and I began to lust after them (the stoves, not the Fat Ladies, God rest both their souls). They weigh a ton (the stoves not the Two Fat… right), so the floor has to … --- ## [Fascinating NYTimes article on the influence of gay men on rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-nytimes-article-on-the-influence-of-gay-men-on-rock/799179)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fascinating-nytimes-article-on-the-influence-of-gay-men-on-rock/799179 "2017-10-22T02:07:21Z")
Article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/style/the-gay-architects-of-classic-rock.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&\_r=0 W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=684) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=686)