# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=727 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 728 --- ## [My search for an edible frozen Mexican dinner isn't going well.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-search-for-an-edible-frozen-mexican-dinner-isnt-going-well/789254)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-search-for-an-edible-frozen-mexican-dinner-isnt-going-well/789254 "2017-06-19T19:50:24Z")
I have tried to find frozen Mexican food and I’ve struck out every time. There has to be something, in the frozen food aisle, that at least looks like Mexican food and isn’t barf bad. Or maybe not. One particular … --- ## [Carrie Fisher has massive heart attack on plane \[UPDATE: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482)
**Author:** [@bobo\_blesinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobo_blesinger)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482 "2017-06-19T18:39:45Z")
http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack-plane/ --- ## [Adam West died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-west-died/788594)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-west-died/788594 "2017-06-19T15:14:25Z")
:frowning: --- ## [TV show-Wanted, Dead or Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-wanted-dead-or-alive/789349)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-wanted-dead-or-alive/789349 "2017-06-19T14:34:55Z")
What was the advantage of the sawn off rifle, “Mare’s Leg” that Josh Randall carried? He bought, and carried in his belt .45/70 s, but I’ve been given to understand that the Mares leg was chambered for .30/.30. He rarel… --- ## [Best Facial Acting In the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-facial-acting-in-the-movies/788914)
**Author:** [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-facial-acting-in-the-movies/788914 "2017-06-19T11:36:32Z")
No words. Just the face. Here are mine: Michael Corleone hugging Fredo but looking at Al with something clearly different in mind. Luca Brassi when called to Don Corleone’s office. Camelot-When King Arthur annou… --- ## [Staccato bird call on UK dramas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staccato-bird-call-on-uk-dramas/789266)
**Author:** [@Harakeke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harakeke)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staccato-bird-call-on-uk-dramas/789266 "2017-06-19T08:44:39Z")
I’ve been watching a number of UK dramas online - most recently Inspector Linley Murders. Many of them have the same bird in the background - high pitched rapid staccato call. Does anyone know what it is? Is it a parrot?… --- ## [Stephen Furst has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-furst-has-died/789257 "2017-06-19T01:24:26Z")
So, so many Babylon 5 actors have died. G’kar Zack Allen Stephen Franklin Zathras Garibaldi Sinclair And now poor Vir. :frowning: --- ## [Powerless: What if you lived in the DC Universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerless-what-if-you-lived-in-the-dc-universe/778877)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerless-what-if-you-lived-in-the-dc-universe/778877 "2017-06-19T01:24:07Z")
New show tonight called “Powerless”. The premise is a group of inventors working for “Wayne Security”, a subsidiary of Wayne Enterprises, that creates devices for regular people in a world with superheroes and villains. … --- ## [When was the last big-budget Hollywood movie to include stock footage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419 "2017-06-18T21:07:17Z")
In days gone by, a standard trick, even in pretty big budget movies, was to edit in generic stock footage to pad out scenes where they could get away with it. Has the practice gone by the wayside in recent times? I can’… --- ## [Cooking by time vs doneness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-by-time-vs-doneness/788800)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-by-time-vs-doneness/788800 "2017-06-18T19:18:07Z")
Another thread discusses the doneness of grilled burgers (juices run clear). I never check the doneness of my burgers (or chicken or pork chops), because I keep track of how long I’ve cooked them. And, the way I grill … --- ## [Having a Zima.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-zima/789062)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-zima/789062 "2017-06-18T18:58:55Z")
Damn, I forgot how much I liked this shit. --- ## [Sandra on the Rocks webcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-on-the-rocks-webcomic/789309)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-on-the-rocks-webcomic/789309 "2017-06-18T18:23:22Z")
Anybody else been real confused lately because they thought Eloise and Marie were the same character? --- ## [Rank the Superhero/Comic book TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-superhero-comic-book-tv-series/766387)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-the-superhero-comic-book-tv-series/766387 "2017-06-18T17:02:55Z")
With the new season starting up, I thought I’d rank the various shows that originated from comic books, and give some of my random thoughts about each series. They’re mostly about superheroes, but not necessarily so (un… --- ## [Hell On Wheels: What is the word at the last production credit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-on-wheels-what-is-the-word-at-the-last-production-credit/789301)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-on-wheels-what-is-the-word-at-the-last-production-credit/789301 "2017-06-18T16:35:43Z")
Mrs. L.A. bought the Hell On Wheels complete series. After the credits, they have the production company logos. On the last one, a word is spoken, played in reverse. Does anyone know what the word is? --- ## [The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-d-o-d-o-neal-stephenson-and-nicole-galland/789269)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rise-and-fall-of-d-o-d-o-neal-stephenson-and-nicole-galland/789269 "2017-06-18T15:47:21Z")
Newly released book, plot summary from Google books: "When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it i… --- ## [Help me identify a TV show / movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-tv-show-movie/789241)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-tv-show-movie/789241 "2017-06-18T15:17:46Z")
I’m not sure if what I was briefly watching was a show or movie. I think it was supposed to be a comedy. The characters had British accents. The scene I saw showed these three guys talking to another man about making gre… --- ## [If a dragon can survive a MBT shooting it easily, does that mean it must also survive falling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-dragon-can-survive-a-mbt-shooting-it-easily-does-that-mean-it-must-also-survive-falling/788819)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-dragon-can-survive-a-mbt-shooting-it-easily-does-that-mean-it-must-also-survive-falling/788819 "2017-06-18T12:28:31Z")
So I once read a thread on a forum where a person said that if a dragon was durable enough to survive multiple hard-hitting projectiles hitting it, such as rounds from a tank, it by definition also easily survive falling… --- ## ["Flounder" dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flounder-dies/789271)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flounder-dies/789271 "2017-06-18T07:02:52Z")
Steven Furst, Flounder from Animal House, has died. Complications from diabetes. All my childhood stars are dying. :frowning: --- ## [Help me source a quote - "The trick to writing happy stories is knowing when to stop."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-source-a-quote-the-trick-to-writing-happy-stories-is-knowing-when-to-stop/789115)
**Author:** [@Septima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Septima)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-source-a-quote-the-trick-to-writing-happy-stories-is-knowing-when-to-stop/789115 "2017-06-18T02:35:08Z")
This quote has been driving me insane. I though at first it sounded Chuck Palahniuk-y, but I think I was just confusing it with “On a long enough timeline, the survival chances of everyone drops to zero.” (which, admited… --- ## [Watergate Books...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watergate-books/789086)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watergate-books/789086 "2017-06-18T02:13:30Z")
I’m looking for recommendations on good Watergate books published in the last 20 years or so. I’ve got some of the older books, like All the President’s Men, but I’d like a book (or books) that provides an overview with… --- ## [Who writes the guide synopsis for TV programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-writes-the-guide-synopsis-for-tv-programs/731142)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-writes-the-guide-synopsis-for-tv-programs/731142 "2017-06-18T01:52:08Z")
Just now, I was flipping through the on-screen program guide and came across a program on NewsMax called “Border”. The synopsis is “An impartial look at the porous US southern border.” Well, (aside from the fact that I… --- ## [Spiedie delivery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiedie-delivery/788393)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiedie-delivery/788393 "2017-06-18T00:17:34Z")
I recently became aware of the spiedie sandwich, a favorite in south central New York state. It’s chicken chunks (or lamb or pork or beef) marinated in a special sauce for varying amounts of time, then skewered and cooke… --- ## [Tube Amps versus Solid State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tube-amps-versus-solid-state/788487)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tube-amps-versus-solid-state/788487 "2017-06-17T15:39:39Z")
So…this isn’t so much a diatribe against or for anything, but recently I’ve come into possession of a Blackstar HT-20 tube amp. I’ve never owned one before, always solid state prior to that. I have a friend that STRONGL… --- ## [Hamburgers on the grill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-on-the-grill/788788)
**Author:** [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamburgers-on-the-grill/788788 "2017-06-17T13:39:05Z")
I have a picky family that is very finicky about food but one of the few things everybody loves is cheeseburgers on the grill. Consequently I have made them scores of times and have gotten quite good at them. Not that it… --- ## [Why might this graphic novel be so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-might-this-graphic-novel-be-so-expensive/789148)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-might-this-graphic-novel-be-so-expensive/789148 "2017-06-17T13:33:02Z")
I was looking at buying a softcover copy of the Batman and Wonder Woman graphic novel “Hiketeia” and there are only a few copies available on Amazon and none are cheaper than $70. There’s even one priced over $1,000. Wha… --- ## [Do comic book character costumes look ridiculous in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comic-book-character-costumes-look-ridiculous-in-real-life/789101)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-comic-book-character-costumes-look-ridiculous-in-real-life/789101 "2017-06-17T02:08:49Z")
I was watching “The Flash” the other day and I noticed that when they do superheroes “live” so to speak, they tend to tone down the costumes. I think its because some bright colors that while looking good in a comic book… --- ## [Supergirl costume question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-costume-question/789102 "2017-06-16T22:51:08Z")
I was watching and I wonder. Would any REAL woman want to fly around in a mini skirt that shows off her underwear? In comic books of course she wears that but her skirt is always down. Not in real life. You would think … --- ## [Easy Rider Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-rider-questions/789138)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-rider-questions/789138 "2017-06-16T20:03:15Z")
In the movie, Easy Rider how did that redneck mob find those bikers in order to kill Jack Nicholson? I mean, okay, I could ask why those rednecks got wound up enough to kill Nicholson for simply walking into a restauran… --- ## [I REALLY like this pizza I invented.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-like-this-pizza-i-invented/789063)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-like-this-pizza-i-invented/789063 "2017-06-16T19:57:05Z")
Thin crust Pesto sauce Capicola and prosciutto Artichoke hearts Kalamata olives Mushrooms Steamed onions Goat cheese Finished with basil, olive oil and cracked pepper. Damn, that’s good. :cool: (no anchovies, b… --- ## [When Art imitates Life: it turns out The Wolf of Wall Street was made with embezzled funds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-art-imitates-life-it-turns-out-the-wolf-of-wall-street-was-made-with-embezzled-funds/789140)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-art-imitates-life-it-turns-out-the-wolf-of-wall-street-was-made-with-embezzled-funds/789140 "2017-06-16T19:09:55Z")
\[VICE has the story here: \]('Dumb and Dumber To' Was Funded with Stolen Money, Feds Say)Here’s the New York Times story. And here’s the DOJ complaint and the original civil forfeiture notice from last year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=726) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=728)