# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=728 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 729 --- ## [Roadie for the Beatles Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadie-for-the-beatles-question/789067)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadie-for-the-beatles-question/789067 "2017-06-16T17:20:02Z")
Do we have any idea how much Mal Evans made all those years as a roadie for the Beatles? I’m sure he made good money after they stopped touring by writing a book, but how much did the actual job pay at the time? Or was n… --- ## [Has anyone else seen Australian series, "A Place to Call Home"? \[Possible spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-seen-australian-series-a-place-to-call-home-possible-spoilers/789081)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-seen-australian-series-a-place-to-call-home-possible-spoilers/789081 "2017-06-16T15:21:49Z")
Our local PBS station started showing A Place to Call Home a few weeks ago, but since they were only running two eps a week, we signed up for Acorn so we could binge. We’re almost through the fourth season. S5 is in prod… --- ## [The "well dressed Negro"-Great Gatsby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-well-dressed-negro-great-gatsby/789019)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-well-dressed-negro-great-gatsby/789019 "2017-06-16T12:13:20Z")
In The Great Gatsby when Myrtle is hit by a speeding car, one of the witnesses who identifies (what turns out to be Daisy driving Gatsby’s) car is described as “well dresssed Negro”. I have always been puzzled by this l… --- ## [How big a pot do you use to cook a pound of pasta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-pot-do-you-use-to-cook-a-pound-of-pasta/788833)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-pot-do-you-use-to-cook-a-pound-of-pasta/788833 "2017-06-16T10:51:33Z")
Wondering this as I watch the heavily boiling pasta water in my approximately 5-6quart pot jump the sides and splash onto the range surface. Other than this one, I have a three quart, which is obviously too small, and a… --- ## [Bachelor in Paradise - Misconduct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelor-in-paradise-misconduct/788744)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachelor-in-paradise-misconduct/788744 "2017-06-16T10:39:19Z")
So, I don’t watch any of the bachelor shows at all. However, my understanding of them is a bunch of people partying and hooking up continually. So, Bachelor in Paradise has suspended production due to complaints by a p… --- ## [Help me find this porn video please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-porn-video-please/789083)
**Author:** [@myeidsex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myeidsex)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-porn-video-please/789083 "2017-06-16T10:36:17Z")
I don’t know if it was movie or video but it was about bbw white girl raped in e forest by 2 guys and her husband or dad was tied to a tree and looking at them and screaming --- ## [RIP A.R. "Pete" Gurney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-a-r-pete-gurney/789075)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-a-r-pete-gurney/789075 "2017-06-16T04:35:22Z")
There’s mention of it in the Celebrity Death Pool thread ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812514&page=27&highlight=Gurney ), but it’s pretty minor. Gurney deserves a bit more. Unless you were int… --- ## [All the President's Men: any theatrical docudrama produced quicker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985 "2017-06-16T04:28:40Z")
All the President’s Men, the motion picture starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, was released in 1976, portraying events that happened just four years earlier (and based on the 1974 book). Has any other major (by… --- ## [Video games as art.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-as-art/788908)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-as-art/788908 "2017-06-16T03:05:44Z")
Do you consider video games to be art? If so, what games made you feel this way? Do you think video games will ever be taken as seriously as movies or literature? --- ## [Well, I guess it is inevitible...Balrog vs M1A2 Abrams...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-it-is-inevitible-balrog-vs-m1a2-abrams/788988)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-guess-it-is-inevitible-balrog-vs-m1a2-abrams/788988 "2017-06-16T03:00:11Z")
Fight! --- ## [New Star Trek:Discovery trailer. It doesn't look awful!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-discovery-trailer-it-doesnt-look-awful/788917)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-star-trek-discovery-trailer-it-doesnt-look-awful/788917 "2017-06-16T02:38:45Z")
It actually looks like it could be pretty good! I like the Klingons. I was taken aback by how different they look, but hopefully we can all accept that makeup has come about as far since 1987 as it had bet… --- ## [Where did "Sweet summer child" originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-sweet-summer-child-originate/789074)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-sweet-summer-child-originate/789074 "2017-06-16T02:30:31Z")
For when someone is being naive. Was it Game of Thrones? Or did GRRM get it from some older saying? --- ## [Best android or robot in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-android-or-robot-in-a-movie/787133)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-android-or-robot-in-a-movie/787133 "2017-06-16T01:23:22Z")
What in your opinion is the best depiction you have ever seen in a film of an artificial human, whether it’s mechanical or biomechanical or whatever? By best I’m not talking about the strongest or the scariest or the str… --- ## [Comedy TV Characters moved in time or space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-characters-moved-in-time-or-space/788390 "2017-06-15T22:24:27Z")
Move Ron Swanson to Seattle and he’s Archie Bunker. Move Archie Bunker to England today…and he’d be in jail. --- ## [Favorite Tom Cruise movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tom-cruise-movie/788944)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tom-cruise-movie/788944 "2017-06-15T20:05:22Z")
Tom for all of his weird association with Scientology and his views on relationships, he’s still a pretty good actor, and I have enjoyed most of his movies. So which one is yours: Endless Love Taps The Outsiders Los… --- ## [Any idea what this movie was? (Vague details)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-movie-was-vague-details/787757)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-movie-was-vague-details/787757 "2017-06-15T18:47:28Z")
I remember back in the 80’s seeing this really terrible teen sex romp movie. Vague memory but the guy wanted to have sex with his girlfriend (imagine that? :smack: ) and asked her if she wouldn’t do it because he “didn’… --- ## [Passengers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers/775508)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passengers/775508 "2017-06-15T17:20:51Z")
SWMBO and I saw it today. Loved it. Jennifer Lawrence is a very talented actress. --- ## [What does the biblical metaphor "inherit the wind" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-biblical-metaphor-inherit-the-wind-mean/473236)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-biblical-metaphor-inherit-the-wind-mean/473236 "2017-06-15T15:57:16Z")
\*Inherit the Wind \*is one of my all-time favorite movies, but that’s not was this question is all about. If I’m not mistaken the original line in the bible reads “He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.” … --- ## [Dinty Moore beef stew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinty-moore-beef-stew/788719)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinty-moore-beef-stew/788719 "2017-06-15T13:49:49Z")
One of my guilty pleasures is this canned glop that reminds me of my childhood. It’s certainly not the best stew I’ve had, but it’s very distinctive, and I wonder how they make it. The meat is incredibly tender, without… --- ## [Space Marine Terminator VS M1A2 Abrams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-marine-terminator-vs-m1a2-abrams/789009)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-marine-terminator-vs-m1a2-abrams/789009 "2017-06-15T13:38:58Z")
A ultramarine terminator is traveling to a place on his battle barge when a strange demon with the body of the god emperor and the wings and head of a mutated bat appears and pushes the marine off the barge. The marine f… --- ## [American actors appearing in UK television commericials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-actors-appearing-in-uk-television-commericials/788789)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-actors-appearing-in-uk-television-commericials/788789 "2017-06-15T12:15:17Z")
I’ve been watching a fair bit of television in the UK recently (Gogglebox addiction) and I’ve been surprised to see well known American actors pitching products. Off the top of my head, the first I saw was Harvey Keitel … --- ## [Most interesting man in the world returns from Mars!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-interesting-man-in-the-world-returns-from-mars/788997)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-interesting-man-in-the-world-returns-from-mars/788997 "2017-06-15T02:43:05Z")
Business Insider article: The ‘most interesting man in the world’ is back — and he’s no longer drinking beer Huzzah! In the ad he clinks glasses with the woman next to him and says, somewhat smugly, “I told you…I don’… --- ## [Identify the tunes in this medley of classical music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tunes-in-this-medley-of-classical-music/788771 "2017-06-15T01:34:11Z")
I think I recognise a couple of them. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring. The WIll Tell Overture. --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 3.03 "TEOTWAWKI" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-3-03-teotwawki-open-spoilers/788740)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-3-03-teotwawki-open-spoilers/788740 "2017-06-15T01:23:44Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Alicia and Nick fall in with new crowds; Madison discovers Otto’s past mimics her own. \[/QUOTE\] Alycia Debnam-Carey and Chris Sullivan are on Talking Dead. --- ## [New things you notice in Seinfeld](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445)
**Author:** [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-things-you-notice-in-seinfeld/390445 "2017-06-15T01:23:10Z")
When it was originally running, I was a HUUGE Seinfeld fan. Taped them all off the TV and watched them over and over and over. Well after the series ended I got a little burned out and moved on to my other television obs… --- ## [Nudity in the James Bond Title Sequences - Intentional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-in-the-james-bond-title-sequences-intentional/788758)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nudity-in-the-james-bond-title-sequences-intentional/788758 "2017-06-15T01:06:12Z")
Since Roger Moore passed I’ve been rewatching all the Bond films, and listening to a podcast called “James Bonding” where the hosts talk about each individual movie. Something they’ve brought up (and I’ve heard in numero… --- ## [Cast the new "Battle of the Network Stars"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452 "2017-06-15T00:46:41Z")
ABC is in the process of making a summer series of Battle of the Network Stars. Since it’s a series, it probably won’t be like the original version, where teams of celebrities from ABC, CBS, and NBC series and specials … --- ## [LotR: Saruman vs Sauron (but not how you think)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-saruman-vs-sauron-but-not-how-you-think/788768)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-saruman-vs-sauron-but-not-how-you-think/788768 "2017-06-14T23:31:47Z")
My impression was that Saruman had joined with Sauron. That they had struck some kind of deal. But a few dopers have pointed out that they didn’t think Saruman had really ever joined with Sauron. So let’s suppose that’s… --- ## [Garfield.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield/788905)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield/788905 "2017-06-14T22:24:11Z")
Was Garfield ever good, in your opinion? And is it true that Garfield was always meant to be a cashcow? --- ## [Word Pattern Analysis of Novels: the Hobbit only uses "she" once!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-pattern-analysis-of-novels-the-hobbit-only-uses-she-once/788776)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-pattern-analysis-of-novels-the-hobbit-only-uses-she-once/788776 "2017-06-14T22:21:18Z")
I heard this guy interviewed on NPR and there is an article from another place here: Words that give away a writer's gender, from Ben Blatt's book "Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve" This fella used Big Data analytics t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=727) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=729)