# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=714 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 715 --- ## [So ... about Jerry Maguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-jerry-maguire/791968)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-jerry-maguire/791968 "2017-07-25T04:39:08Z")
At the beginning of the story Jerry is “great at friendships but terrible at intimacy.” Eighty percent of the way through the movie, when Dorothy/Zellwegger leaves him, he’s still terrible at intimacy. Then Rod/Cuba Go… --- ## [Help me build a classic science fiction reading list!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-classic-science-fiction-reading-list/790986)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-classic-science-fiction-reading-list/790986 "2017-07-25T02:20:20Z")
I am trying to put together a reading list of 15-20 classics of science fiction. This was inspired by a conversation with someone who mentioned a book that he claimed was a science fiction classic, which I had never hear… --- ## [Hawaiian potato mac salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-potato-mac-salad/766789)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaiian-potato-mac-salad/766789 "2017-07-25T00:48:52Z")
I don’t know how Hawaiian it is, other than Hawaiians are the only ones I know of who make potato mac salad. Anyway, I made some. \[ul\]\[li\]4 yellow potatoes, peeled, cubed large, and boiled – but not boiled too much;\[/l… --- ## [Any Food Feuds You Know of? Where do You Stand on Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-feuds-you-know-of-where-do-you-stand-on-them/791663)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-food-feuds-you-know-of-where-do-you-stand-on-them/791663 "2017-07-25T00:02:00Z")
It was on the news again. “Do NOT put ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago!!!” Apparently, Heinz is putting out ketchup in a bottle labeled “Chicago Sauce” Har-dee-har-har. My take on this is that it’s an 80’s joke that h… --- ## [Tempura shrimp question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-shrimp-question/792029)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura-shrimp-question/792029 "2017-07-24T23:31:13Z")
So I’m going to make tempura for the first time sometime this week and I have a quick question. Normally if you fry shrimp, they curl up into little G shapes sorta. But every tempura shrimp order I’ve ever had, the shri… --- ## [Twin Peaks Episode 10 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-episode-10-open-spoilers/791462)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-episode-10-open-spoilers/791462 "2017-07-24T23:03:12Z")
Richard Horne must be Audrey’s son. It’s pretty unlikely that he’s Johnny’s, and who else is there? Dougie! Dougie! Dougie! Dougie! Albert’s got a girlfriend. Jerry’s still befuddled in the woods. Nadine has her drap… --- ## [Billy West performs 'Back To the Future " as Philip J. Fry and Professor Farnsworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-west-performs-back-to-the-future-as-philip-j-fry-and-professor-farnsworth/791903 "2017-07-24T22:42:25Z")
Here’s a clip of Billy West reading from a script of Back To the Future, performing the voices of Fry as Marty McFly and Professor Farnsworth as Doc Brown on Rob Paulsen’s podcast Talkin’ Toons. --- ## [Best "minimal cgi" movie ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minimal-cgi-movie/791864)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minimal-cgi-movie/791864 "2017-07-24T17:16:34Z")
There is a lot of entertainment that is just animation. Some of it is very good (Shrek), some of it is just dreck. And there is a lot of “SF” CGI like Transformers, where the machines/spaceships are CGI just to represen… --- ## [Game of Thrones 7.01 "Dragonstone" 7/16/17 \[Show Discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-01-dragonstone-7-16-17-show-discussion/791324)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-01-dragonstone-7-16-17-show-discussion/791324 "2017-07-24T15:09:43Z")
This discussion is for the show as its own entity. There’s another thread in which the books can be discussed openly and compared to the show. In this thread, the books do not exist. Yes, I know the show has mostly pass… --- ## [muffin recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muffin-recipe/791931)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muffin-recipe/791931 "2017-07-24T12:03:33Z")
Is there a base recipe that you use to make muffins? One that you can add to different ingredients too? If you have a great fool proof one…please share. Also is there a trick to NOT using liners and having them not stick… --- ## [I hope this book is as good as it sounds: Remember Bowling Green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-this-book-is-as-good-as-it-sounds-remember-bowling-green/792006)
**Author:** [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-this-book-is-as-good-as-it-sounds-remember-bowling-green/792006 "2017-07-24T06:13:19Z")
The Adventures of Frederick Douglass - Time Traveler! I bought this as an impulse purchase as recommended by BookBub. In a nutshell, a bloated rich guy who has no business in politics is rising to power and it is up to … --- ## [How far back in time to be a superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-to-be-a-superhero/791801)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-to-be-a-superhero/791801 "2017-07-24T00:40:16Z")
I’ve invented a time machine. It’s cool and all, but what I’ve always wanted is to be a chest-symbol and mask wearing superhero. Assume I’m trained in many crime fighting disciplines by the best modern methods, and in … --- ## [Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits: The secret is out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits-the-secret-is-out/791816)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits-the-secret-is-out/791816 "2017-07-23T22:12:14Z")
I was at a Red Lobster for the first time in forever with someone who had never been there before. Of course I talked up the Cheddar Bay Biscuits. And true to form they did not disappoint (they are very greasy but delic… --- ## [No, seriously...what the f\*\*k happened to my sauerkraut!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-seriously-what-the-f-k-happened-to-my-sauerkraut/791886)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-seriously-what-the-f-k-happened-to-my-sauerkraut/791886 "2017-07-23T21:03:43Z")
Previous thread here. For various reasons, it took me a while (OK, almost four years) to take another stab at making my own sauerkraut. I didn’t do a whole lot different than last time. I used two heads of cabbage inste… --- ## [How much do tour musicians make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-tour-musicians-make/791934)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-tour-musicians-make/791934 "2017-07-23T19:16:12Z")
I realize it varies a lot depending on how big the artist is. Taylor Swift probably pays her drummer, guitarist, etc. a lot. Also do they get paid per show or per month/week/etc. ? If a group or singer is on first … --- ## [Lyrics to the Westminster chimes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-the-westminster-chimes/349821)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-to-the-westminster-chimes/349821 "2017-07-23T19:03:28Z")
When I was small – many many years ago – I sang a song to the Westminster chimes on my grandfather’s grandfather clock. I’m not sure where I learned the lyrics, but I think maybe it was from a beginner’s book of piano l… --- ## [Make a Canadian mixtape with me in honor of Canada Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-canadian-mixtape-with-me-in-honor-of-canada-day/790331 "2017-07-23T14:38:30Z")
In honor of Grandmother’s Land. Buffy Ste. Marie— “Now that the Buffalo’s Gone” & “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” Robbie Robertson— “Ghost Dance" & "Mahk Jchi” Ta’Kaiya Blaney— “Turn the World Around” Joni Mitchell— … --- ## [RIP John Heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-heard/791887)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-heard/791887 "2017-07-23T03:31:27Z")
Just announced. He was recovering after back surgery when he died. --- ## [Why does Captain Phasma get to pimp her armor in Star Wars:TFA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-captain-phasma-get-to-pimp-her-armor-in-star-wars-tfa/791576)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-captain-phasma-get-to-pimp-her-armor-in-star-wars-tfa/791576 "2017-07-23T03:08:06Z")
Why is the character of Captain Phasma from Star Wars: The Force Awakens the only stormtrooper wearing custom chrome armor? Her military job seems to be that of “head stormtrooper”, but if that is the case “captain” see… --- ## [Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger LP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-nelsons-red-headed-stranger-lp/791857)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-nelsons-red-headed-stranger-lp/791857 "2017-07-23T02:25:06Z")
I’ve never been much of a Willie fan. Used to make sport of him, in fact. I also strongly dislike most country music. I remember when this album came out. I remember that it was heavily promoted, large in-store displays… --- ## [Recasting the movie without star of the stage version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recasting-the-movie-without-star-of-the-stage-version/784681)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recasting-the-movie-without-star-of-the-stage-version/784681 "2017-07-23T01:39:06Z")
Sometimes they get the people who starred on stage to reprise their roles in the film version – I think the entire cast of the stage version of 1776 played their roles in the movie. Paul Scofield played Sir Thomas More i… --- ## [ID a comic book character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-comic-book-character/791909)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-comic-book-character/791909 "2017-07-22T23:52:03Z")
Probably a one-shot villain. Probably DC, golden or silver age. Green skin (Gray costume with rainbow-striped midriff.) Google fails me. --- ## [New White House Communication Director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874 "2017-07-22T21:49:57Z")
His name is “Scaramucci.” Go to Wikipedia, look up"Scaramouche." Go to the section Scaramouche in popular culture. Understand that line in Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time. --- ## [Imagine the possibilities of a Doctor Who / Star Trek movie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-the-possibilities-of-a-doctor-who-star-trek-movie/791288)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-the-possibilities-of-a-doctor-who-star-trek-movie/791288 "2017-07-22T21:48:57Z")
Let’s see how far we can develop this story. :smiley: Combining the Doctor Who and Trek universes The Doctor needs help (as usual). Who better than the Star Ship Enterprise and her crew? I’m thinking the Doctor would n… --- ## [Translated recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translated-recipes/790320)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translated-recipes/790320 "2017-07-22T15:38:33Z")
You see something that looks tasty, but the recipe is in another language. Google Translate to the rescue! This one is from Danish. CHOPPED BEEF AND SPIDER IN THE OVEN RECIPE WITH MINCED BEEF AND CABBAGE COOKED IN TH… --- ## [RIP Martin Landau](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-landau/791453)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-landau/791453 "2017-07-22T15:25:39Z")
On the same day as George Romero… Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for ‘Ed Wood,’ Dies at 89 :frowning: --- ## ["...keep your laser handy" is from what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-laser-handy-is-from-what/375520)
**Author:** [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-your-laser-handy-is-from-what/375520 "2017-07-22T14:04:17Z")
“Stay alert, trust no one and keep your laser handy.” Where did this saying originate? It sounds like a movie quote, but my googling skills failed me today. --- ## [So, Dhani Harrison just released his debut solo album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-dhani-harrison-just-released-his-debut-solo-album/791859)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-dhani-harrison-just-released-his-debut-solo-album/791859 "2017-07-22T10:54:32Z")
Here is the first single. I can’t say I’m too impressed, although I understand why he would pick a style of music different from his dad. It’s OK, I guess. I really hope some of the stuff on the album is closer to Geo… --- ## [Jacob's Ladder questions (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacobs-ladder-questions-open-spoilers/791842)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacobs-ladder-questions-open-spoilers/791842 "2017-07-22T08:28:27Z")
Okay, spoiler warnings for a movie made in 1990, but whatevs. We finally saw this film, intrigued by the claims that it inspired the beloved ‘‘Silent Hill’’ video games. It’s a psychological horror movie about a Vietnam… --- ## [Places in the world with the cheapest seafood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-in-the-world-with-the-cheapest-seafood/791480)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-in-the-world-with-the-cheapest-seafood/791480 "2017-07-22T03:03:55Z")
Where in the world can I go where I can rent a shack on a beach and watch the fishermen come in every day with their local catch and then pick out the freshest, most pristine seafood and have it simply grilled in front o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=713) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=715)