# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=733 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 734 --- ## [Is Poon slang for money now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-poon-slang-for-money-now/787987)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-poon-slang-for-money-now/787987 "2017-06-03T09:30:19Z")
I know what it meant years ago. :smiley: That meaning doesn’t seem to fit the song. manager is on the phone for a slice of that poon. Agents beefing in 10% of that poon, drummer wants a raise, promoter wants a taste. G… --- ## [Pop songs with good countermelodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-good-countermelodies/687937)
**Author:** [@MusicAddict95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicAddict95)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-good-countermelodies/687937 "2017-06-03T05:42:01Z")
Like the counter melody that runs throughout Carl Carlton’s version of “Everlasting Love.”:cool: --- ## [Anybody been (or know) a Nielsen family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-been-or-know-a-nielsen-family/755949)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-been-or-know-a-nielsen-family/755949 "2017-06-03T01:51:13Z")
So have you ever been a Nielsen rating household, or known someone who did? What was it like? What did Nielsen have you do? And personally how did your opinion of ratings accuracy change? --- ## [Dessert rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dessert-rhubarb/787924)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dessert-rhubarb/787924 "2017-06-03T01:32:11Z")
Last night for dessert, we had freshly picked rhubarb, chopped up and sautéed in butter and honey until it made a nice soft, treacly pile of sweet tartness. It was then served warm over vanilla ice cream. And how do yo… --- ## [Movies engineers like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-engineers-like/787093)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-engineers-like/787093 "2017-06-02T21:01:06Z")
The best example I can think of is Apollo 13. Others? --- ## [It's time for A-ni-ma-niacs.....again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-ni-ma-niacs-again/787745)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-a-ni-ma-niacs-again/787745 "2017-06-02T20:27:18Z")
Still in the early stages, but it looks like Animaniacs is being rebooted! Not gonna lie, I loved the show growing up and I’ve heard the voice actors do the voices as recently as within the last year. Trust me, they s… --- ## [Cut! Print it; check the gate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-print-it-check-the-gate/786531)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-print-it-check-the-gate/786531 "2017-06-02T20:10:32Z")
The phrase is almost a cliche if you’re making a movie about making a movie but I wonder two things: Is it accurate? Do typical directors say this, or something similar, when they’re satisfied with a take? What does “… --- ## [Goulash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goulash/787906)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goulash/787906 "2017-06-02T18:33:36Z")
Does goulash have an actual recipe that makes it goulash or is it more of a personal thing that families kind of adopt to and call it goulash? I have always made something I call goulash and I have no idea if I just mad… --- ## [Friends Contradictions or "Are Ross and Monica twins?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-contradictions-or-are-ross-and-monica-twins/118720)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-contradictions-or-are-ross-and-monica-twins/118720 "2017-06-02T18:04:15Z")
On Friends, are Ross and Monica twins? It has been established that Ross skipped a grade. Then in the Thanksgiving flashbacks, it is revealed that Ross graduated one year before Monica and Rachel. He has always called… --- ## [Can anyone identify this classic cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-classic-cartoon/787945)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-classic-cartoon/787945 "2017-06-02T17:05:58Z")
I don’t think it was from WB; more likely it was a Tex Avery product. For some reason (maybe inheritance money), a guy is trying to kill a dog, I think. A bomb goes off or a shot rings out, and for a moment we think th… --- ## [Desperately need ideas to wrap up a story for my son (7).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperately-need-ideas-to-wrap-up-a-story-for-my-son-7/787854)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperately-need-ideas-to-wrap-up-a-story-for-my-son-7/787854 "2017-06-02T13:42:33Z")
Hi everyone. I hope I’m not spamming the Internet by x-posting this here and on Reddit, but I’m kind of in a mild non-emergency panic. The Dope harbours some powerful imaginations, so I hope someone here has the time to … --- ## [Brits: ID this blue alcoholic drink please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-id-this-blue-alcoholic-drink-please/787871)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-id-this-blue-alcoholic-drink-please/787871 "2017-06-01T23:58:26Z")
Just finished watching the series “Black Books” (A sitcom about three chain smoking alcoholics). In the show, one of the characters is drinking from a tall skinny plastic bottle with blue liquid inside it. (I’d estimate … --- ## [Mustard tacos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-tacos/787813)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mustard-tacos/787813 "2017-06-01T23:37:35Z")
Last night The Wife introduced me to a new snack. She said her sister used to make them when she was little. Fry a corn tortilla in a little oil. Top with mustard. :eek: :dubious: Actually, the were pretty good! … --- ## [Best queso blanco for chip dipping (preferably premade)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queso-blanco-for-chip-dipping-preferably-premade/787744)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-queso-blanco-for-chip-dipping-preferably-premade/787744 "2017-06-01T23:24:45Z")
When my family eats at a mexican restaurant, for a few dollars you can buy a container of white cheese that everyone loves to dip their chips in. I bought a can of queso blanco today at the store and it wasn’t nearly as… --- ## [Survivor: Game Changers Starts on Wednesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-game-changers-starts-on-wednesday/781580)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 395\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-game-changers-starts-on-wednesday/781580 "2017-06-01T23:08:34Z")
The only reason I know is that I saw it on my DVR schedule. No promotion that I’ve seen but I watch very little network Prime Time. I generally don’t like returnees, but all returnees is better than a few or half. I al… --- ## [Anime Recommendation Thread - Minor Plot Summaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-recommendation-thread-minor-plot-summaries/757219)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-recommendation-thread-minor-plot-summaries/757219 "2017-06-01T22:31:13Z")
Some of us were having a discussion on Death Note (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=795163) and the subject turned to recommending anime. Since I think many people who might be fans of anime might ne… --- ## [Have you noticed ground beef is now Exactly 1 lb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-ground-beef-is-now-exactly-1-lb/787780)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-ground-beef-is-now-exactly-1-lb/787780 "2017-06-01T19:03:47Z")
Ground beef used to vary a bit. 1.1 lbs, .9, 1.2 etc. It wasn’t worth the butcher’s time to pull out tweezers and remove tiny amounts to be exactly 1 lb. They simply weighed and labeled whatever amount was there. The pri… --- ## [The Dirty Dozen (movie) obscure question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dirty-dozen-movie-obscure-question/787675)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dirty-dozen-movie-obscure-question/787675 "2017-06-01T18:50:04Z")
I watched this again recently for the first time in many years. During the war games, our heroes have “wounded” men in the enemy’s headquarters. Just before they spring the trap, Ernest Borgnine looks over at them, Char… --- ## [Anybody remember this old commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-old-commercial/787855)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-this-old-commercial/787855 "2017-06-01T18:45:30Z")
Back in the early 90s- probably 90 or 91- there was a commercial that played quite often, and that I found quite memorable, even though I now have no idea who or what it was for. It starts with a girl standing on a bea… --- ## [Disney Beauty & the Beast live-action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-beauty-the-beast-live-action/781209 "2017-06-01T17:01:52Z")
I’ve been seeing trailers for the upcoming remake of Beauty and the Beast in live-action. To me, it looks absolutely pointless; the animated version was just about a perfect movie; I’m not sure that remaking it with un… --- ## [Supergirl Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-2/768236 "2017-06-01T14:21:18Z")
The Girl of Steel is back, on a different network and a different shooting location. I am actually impressed at how they got cold and rainy Vancouver to look like sunny Southern California. I’m also impressed with Tyle… --- ## [The SDMB Essential Album List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-essential-album-list/787432)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-essential-album-list/787432 "2017-06-01T13:51:33Z")
Some person had somehow made it to adulthood without ever hearing any music. How this happened no one can explain, but it did. Now they’ve heard a few songs and are all like “holy moly this music stuff is the shit, wha… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- May 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2017-edition/785538)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2017-edition/785538 "2017-06-01T13:11:33Z")
May…flowers. If it keeps raining in North America we’re going to NEED Mayflowers or Arks. But as long as there’s a dry berth for our books, we’ll be fine! And get plenty of reading done as we float along. :smiley: So Wh… --- ## [Opinions of Diamonds Are Forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-of-diamonds-are-forever/787524)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-of-diamonds-are-forever/787524 "2017-06-01T11:47:32Z")
I’m curious to hear what the opinions on Sean Connery’s sixth (and final EON) film as James Bond were? I like it for all it’s campy craziness but the older, fatter, gray haired Bond he portrays really stands out from YOL… --- ## [Source for this Buster Keaton gag/stunt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-this-buster-keaton-gag-stunt/787695)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-this-buster-keaton-gag-stunt/787695 "2017-06-01T11:22:47Z")
I’m a fairly devoted Buster Keaton fan, but there’s certainly a whole lot that I have not yet managed to see. Still, I thought I had caught anything that would qualify as his greatest hits. Then the other day I caught a… --- ## [Were any of the Hair Bands in the 1980s any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-hair-bands-in-the-1980s-any-good/736929)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-of-the-hair-bands-in-the-1980s-any-good/736929 "2017-06-01T06:26:40Z")
Whenever I hear Quiet Riot, Ratt, Poison, Mötley Crüe, etc. on the radio I quickly change the station. The writing & execution of the music just seems so… formula. The time signature is always 4/4, and there’s always a 3… --- ## [Lucifer, Season 2 (2016-2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-2-2016-2017/766511)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-2-2016-2017/766511 "2017-06-01T05:12:15Z")
I thought that I would start a thread for Season Two, which started Monday, September 19, 2016 with the episode "Everything’s Coming Up Lucifer ". Any thoughts on the episode? --- ## [Which science..................fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-science-fiction/787052)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-science-fiction/787052 "2017-06-01T03:49:51Z")
Just rereading “The Martian” and it occurs to me that, aside from all the info about Mars and celestial mechanics, there’s a great deal about botany. I’m wondering if dopers would give the name of a SF story (novel, mov… --- ## [There aren't that many Alexander the Great movies, are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-arent-that-many-alexander-the-great-movies-are-there/787471)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-arent-that-many-alexander-the-great-movies-are-there/787471 "2017-05-31T19:58:56Z")
Guess he’s not so easy to interpret as a character. I was checking if there would be enough to write something interesting about. But I count only 4 movies and 2 TV specials?? Not counting documentaries or out-of-time … --- ## [Scott Pelley ousted as anchor at "CBS Evening News," reassigned to "60 Minutes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-pelley-ousted-as-anchor-at-cbs-evening-news-reassigned-to-60-minutes/787767 "2017-05-31T18:00:00Z")
Scott Pelley, who has sat behind the anchor desk at the CBS Evening News since 2011, was removed from that post on Tuesday. Pelley’s office was being cleaned out as he was away on assignment for CBS’s newsmagazine show 6… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=732) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=734)