# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=712 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 713 --- ## [Everybody Loves Raymond Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-loves-raymond-question/792349)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-loves-raymond-question/792349 "2017-07-30T22:52:06Z")
I watch this show mainly because of its ubiquity during evenings when I’m trying to veg out with reruns. One of the main themes of the show is Debra complaining about how Ray doesn’t help her with the housework. Judgin… --- ## [What song made you want to play an instrument (or sing?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-made-you-want-to-play-an-instrument-or-sing/792071)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-made-you-want-to-play-an-instrument-or-sing/792071 "2017-07-30T21:09:07Z")
Just listening to some tunes, doing a random-ish Youtube surf, and came across a song that, I think, started my love of guitar. I’d be listening to the radio, and this song kept coming on. Boring drums and boring lyri… --- ## [Game of Thrones 7.02 "Stormborn" 7/23/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-02-stormborn-7-23-17/791955)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-02-stormborn-7-23-17/791955 "2017-07-30T20:36:20Z")
7.01 “Dragonstone” This is the discussion thread for the show on its own. The books do not exist in this thread. Open discussion for the books/show here. --- ## [Compensating for a changing writing style throughout a single story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compensating-for-a-changing-writing-style-throughout-a-single-story/792383)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compensating-for-a-changing-writing-style-throughout-a-single-story/792383 "2017-07-30T18:22:20Z")
I’ve been doing some creative writing lately. Nothing publish-able, just for fun, so the stakes are nonexistent. But as the story gets longer, I’ve noticed a pretty distinct difference in my writing style between the beg… --- ## [Explain the end of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-end-of-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-to-me/455951)
**Author:** [@happywaffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happywaffle)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-end-of-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-to-me/455951 "2017-07-30T18:15:26Z")
I showed the wife CTHD the other night, though I didn’t enjoy it as much as when it first came out. I just can’t dig the pacing of it, and there were a few other narrative quirks that are probably completely standard for… --- ## [Help me choose a Karoke song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-karoke-song/788177)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-karoke-song/788177 "2017-07-30T17:32:36Z")
I’m going to sing karoke tonight. First, I can’t sing on key or carry a tune. But I make up for it in expression and enthusiasm, also it helps that the computerized system at the bar has some corrective power. I like … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- July 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2017-edition/790241)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2017-edition/790241 "2017-07-30T17:07:22Z")
Welcome to July! Or as Seth Meyers put it: PSTD month for dogs. Goes double for Utah dogs as we have two fireworks holidays this month…for those of you way down South welcome to midwinter. I am currently reading a stack… --- ## [Any good but realistic movies or TV shows about the oregon trail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-but-realistic-movies-or-tv-shows-about-the-oregon-trail/792347)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-but-realistic-movies-or-tv-shows-about-the-oregon-trail/792347 "2017-07-30T13:18:35Z")
I played an oregon trail game with some friends recently and it made me interested in the trail again (I hadn’t played the game since I was a kid). Are there any movies (preferably a documentary, but a realistic drama w… --- ## [Meaning of BTO's "Let It Ride"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-btos-let-it-ride/792255)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-btos-let-it-ride/792255 "2017-07-30T04:38:05Z")
(Inspired by another thread about Fred Turner as a bassist.) “Let It Ride” has always confused me, even as a kid. It’s obvious that a guy is asking his GF is she would let it ride (i.e., let it go and move forward). B… --- ## [Recommend a good non-"weapons porn" book on tank warfare in WW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-weapons-porn-book-on-tank-warfare-in-ww2/786665)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-weapons-porn-book-on-tank-warfare-in-ww2/786665 "2017-07-30T04:22:33Z")
Given the percentage of the internet (particularly the corner of the internet represented by the SBMB) dedicated to it (and the history channel back when it actually showed history) I am a having surprisingly hard time … --- ## [What would Batman's crime fighting be like if he didn't have qualms about killing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-batmans-crime-fighting-be-like-if-he-didnt-have-qualms-about-killing/792055)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-batmans-crime-fighting-be-like-if-he-didnt-have-qualms-about-killing/792055 "2017-07-30T00:02:50Z")
Presume Batman doesn’t have a problem with killing and that a good percentage of the criminals he goes after are deadly threats who can be counted on to escape (again and again and again). What would his crime fighting b… --- ## [Bass Players - how good was Fred Turner when he played with BTO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-players-how-good-was-fred-turner-when-he-played-with-bto/792174)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-players-how-good-was-fred-turner-when-he-played-with-bto/792174 "2017-07-29T23:11:41Z")
Here’s a live version of Let It Ride. You can see Turner on his 5 string Carvin bass and clearly hear his part. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwkz28\_bachman-turner-let-it-ride-live-at-the-roseland-ballroom-nyc\_music … --- ## [Beautiful People; Ugly Voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-people-ugly-voices/792246 "2017-07-29T19:34:19Z")
I’m watching Goodfellas for the umpteenth time. Early in the film there is a scene in a salon. The women all doing what women do. There is this amazingly beautiful woman in a chair. Her hair is up. She looks like a trigg… --- ## [Cap'n Crunch Cereal...a kind of dumb question......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capn-crunch-cereal-a-kind-of-dumb-question/791826)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capn-crunch-cereal-a-kind-of-dumb-question/791826 "2017-07-29T08:44:06Z")
…are the pieces in Cap’n Crunch cereal supposed to be in the shape of something? The closest cereals to CC I’ve ever seen are King Vitaman and Quisp (which is still made, but you have to look for it). Both tasted almost … --- ## [Protecting our cultural heritage from Climate Change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-our-cultural-heritage-from-climate-change/792345)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-our-cultural-heritage-from-climate-change/792345 "2017-07-29T06:31:42Z")
If the general science is correct - that Climate Change will by mid or end of century raise global temperatures to the hottest they’ve been since the age of the Dinosaurs; that sea level rise will wipe out all major coas… --- ## [Maybe you knew this, but there are hilarious Jack Chick movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-knew-this-but-there-are-hilarious-jack-chick-movies/792109)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-you-knew-this-but-there-are-hilarious-jack-chick-movies/792109 "2017-07-29T04:13:18Z")
Sorry if this has been posted before. I just discovered it and wanted to share. My son tells me that when Jack Chick was still alive, an enterprising film maker went to him and asked for rights to film his tracts, promis… --- ## [Non-memorable movie lines...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-memorable-movie-lines/792304 "2017-07-29T03:28:33Z")
… That you like anyway. The movie: The Professional Mathilda (after being hit by her father): Is life always this hard, or is it just when you’re a kid? Léon: ALways like this. I like it because you are expecting him … --- ## [Help me find this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/792362)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/792362 "2017-07-29T03:14:57Z")
I’ve been amazed at some of the songs, movies, books, etc., that Dopers have come up with. Because of that, it reminded me of a movie I saw i think in the 90’s. One of the main characters was some Satanic or Devil Wors… --- ## [New York City Chinese Restaurant I'm Trying to Find](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-chinese-restaurant-im-trying-to-find/792302)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-chinese-restaurant-im-trying-to-find/792302 "2017-07-29T00:49:25Z")
Back in the mid 1990s in NYC, somewhere between Lexington Ave and probably 2nd Ave, and between E 46th St and probably E 52nd St, was your basic Chinese restaurant. It was on the west side of whatever avenue it was on, a… --- ## [Calphalon steps up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calphalon-steps-up/792320)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calphalon-steps-up/792320 "2017-07-28T15:29:03Z")
I was taking a cookie sheet out of a bottom cabinet and a glass Calphalon lid hit the ceramic tile just right I guess, resulting in an explosion of tempered glass. Seriously, it went all the way into the living room. I’m… --- ## [Twin Peaks: Episode 11 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-episode-11-open-spoilers/791997)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-episode-11-open-spoilers/791997 "2017-07-28T12:06:43Z")
Lots going on. Miriam’s alive. Becky may finally be leaving Steven. Good for her. And Bobby is her father, something I suspected. The credits show Shelly as Shelly Briggs so apparently he and Shelly were married and … --- ## [I Am Drinking Chivas Regal As I Write This.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253 "2017-07-28T11:38:11Z")
I have to tell you all. I do kind of live on a fixed income. But this week I had a small surplus. So I bought some 12-year-old Chivas Regal scotch. I am glad I did. I have always been a fan of it. I have had a couple of… --- ## [Can sriracha go bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sriracha-go-bad/792046)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sriracha-go-bad/792046 "2017-07-28T04:53:36Z")
I assumed there was so much spoilage-inhibiting stuff in there that it was impossible, but I put some all over my dinner the other day and it smelled… very strange. Not fermenty strange, but like play-doh strange. It d… --- ## [Little Debbie vs Hostess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-vs-hostess/791940)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-vs-hostess/791940 "2017-07-28T04:36:35Z")
Come one, come all! Let the partisans prepare the battlefield! :slight\_smile: I generally prefer Little Debbie, but that’s mainly because most of their products are cheaper than Hostess. However, there are two Hostes… --- ## [Help! Un-confuse me about the new Twin Peaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-un-confuse-me-about-the-new-twin-peaks/792267)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-un-confuse-me-about-the-new-twin-peaks/792267 "2017-07-28T00:10:09Z")
I started watching the new TP last night and am confused about a few things. I watched a few of the original episodes when it came out in the '90s, so I have a sense of the general plotline. Is the new one a remake, a… --- ## [Help with identifying a musical genre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-a-musical-genre/791757)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-a-musical-genre/791757 "2017-07-27T22:29:59Z")
On the Beatles album Abbey Road\* is a song, “Oh, darling!” that starts out, What do you call this genre of music? Is it possible to narrow it down more specifically than just “blues”? If I were going to invent a name f… --- ## [Godamm Netflix subtitles.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamm-netflix-subtitles/792040)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godamm-netflix-subtitles/792040 "2017-07-27T21:10:22Z")
I’ve just recently started to use Netflix, and it’s a brilliant service except for one extremely boneheaded thing. When watching a show that was originally English, with some hardcoded subtitles for when there is non-Eng… --- ## [Brits and Goon Show fans, please cast light on this line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-and-goon-show-fans-please-cast-light-on-this-line/792192)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-and-goon-show-fans-please-cast-light-on-this-line/792192 "2017-07-27T19:45:01Z")
I don’t remember which episode, it was certainly from the iconic early/middle 50’s era. Bluebottle, Eccles and (I think) Seagoon are going through some dark enclosed space, like underground or something. At one point, an… --- ## [Milk consumption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-consumption/792000)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-consumption/792000 "2017-07-27T19:40:27Z")
Let’s talk how much milk you drink: how often, in what form, and whether as part of a meal or by itself. For me, I drink chocolate or strawberry milk on a weekly basis. Usually I drink it with breakfast, but once in a … --- ## [Who is your age-aproptiate celebrtity crush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-age-aproptiate-celebrtity-crush/790987 "2017-07-27T18:56:39Z")
Gotta be around five years of your age. Mine is Connie Britton. I don’t even like country music, but I would watch Nashville just to see her. Holy Cow, she’s beautiful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=711) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=713)