# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=738 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 739 --- ## [Star Trek being sent up this Fall on Fox!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-being-sent-up-this-fall-on-fox/786888)
**Author:** [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-being-sent-up-this-fall-on-fox/786888 "2017-05-18T02:07:11Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, I offer you The Orville --- ## [The Flash S03E21: Cause and Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e21-cause-and-effect/786262)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e21-cause-and-effect/786262 "2017-05-18T01:49:58Z")
Savitar has finally revealed himself, the stakes are high, and now we get a comedy episode. I didn’t expect this so late in the season. At least we got to see Barry and Iris spend some quality time together. Every tim… --- ## [Identify that Novel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-that-novel/786806)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-that-novel/786806 "2017-05-18T01:27:51Z")
OK, I’m trying to remember a novel, and I imagine I might not be the only one who will wanting to find some obscure literary memory, so… Semi-perminant? Novel in question: Something about wolf-were. Not a werewolf, but … --- ## [Help me identify this pop instrumental please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-pop-instrumental-please/601468 "2017-05-17T23:53:38Z")
I’m not exactly sure when it came out. I’m thinking early to mid 80’s, but it could be from the late 70’s. It sounds to me that it’s mostly a xylophone and synthesizer. This will be silly, but I’ll try to give you an … --- ## [Bourbon Street Beat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-street-beat/786825)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-street-beat/786825 "2017-05-17T20:09:48Z")
Anyone recall this 1950s/60s detective show set in New Orleans? I’ve just watched a few shows from the first season and it isn’t at all bad. It stars Richard Long and is much the same format as 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaii… --- ## [Arrested Development - Season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5/786856)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-season-5/786856 "2017-05-17T17:19:18Z")
Arrested Development is coming back! I’m so excited I think I need to see my analrapist. --- ## [Identify this tv/show movie: Period drama with talking white mice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tv-show-movie-period-drama-with-talking-white-mice/786838)
**Author:** [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tv-show-movie-period-drama-with-talking-white-mice/786838 "2017-05-17T16:05:47Z")
I only spotted a bit of this on the television in the eye doctor’s waiting room a few weeks ago, but my curiosity has grown and google-fu is failing me. It was live action, and seemed to be something rather like an Engl… --- ## [I seem to have a slight crush on Rachel Riley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-a-slight-crush-on-rachel-riley/786775)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seem-to-have-a-slight-crush-on-rachel-riley/786775 "2017-05-17T13:29:06Z")
She’s beautiful. She’s intelligent. She sometimes spells out rude words. Even so, though, I wasn’t sure if she was really my type, you know? :wink: But she won me over when she drew a cock and balls. (Very slightly NSF… --- ## [Garth Marenghi's Darkplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-marenghis-darkplace/786712)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garth-marenghis-darkplace/786712 "2017-05-17T13:26:44Z")
How the hell did I miss this show? Oh, I know, Adult Swim was too busy advertising Squidbillies or Tim and Eric Are Untalented Hacks. Watching this for the first time, and I love the hell out of it. It just feels like a… --- ## [Best acting you've seen in a low/no budget production?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-acting-youve-seen-in-a-low-no-budget-production/786823)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-acting-youve-seen-in-a-low-no-budget-production/786823 "2017-05-17T13:05:59Z")
Most likely with film, but TV can count too. Prefer actors who are not huge stars today, since there’s a “well, of course, (s)he was” feel to it. --- ## [Purple Rain was about Mumia Abu Jamal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-rain-was-about-mumia-abu-jamal/786758)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-rain-was-about-mumia-abu-jamal/786758 "2017-05-17T09:51:05Z")
According to this Cracked.com article the late Prince wrote Purple Rain for Mumia Abu Jamal. All I can say is, whaaaaa??? Back in the day, I was a Prince fan in good standing. My favorite song was, and still is Purple… --- ## [Rogue One - seen it thread. (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/774722)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 499\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/774722 "2017-05-17T01:30:41Z")
My second Rogue One thread in a couple days, but hey, it’s a big deal! Anyone had a chance to see it yet? If so, share your thoughts. You can avoid spoilers if you like, but you do not have to. I have not yet seen it, b… --- ## [Anyone want to watch/discuss "All the Presidents's Men"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-watch-discuss-all-the-presidentss-men/786401)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-watch-discuss-all-the-presidentss-men/786401 "2017-05-17T00:29:53Z")
I watched it (again) a few months ago, and I’d forgotten what a great movie it is. Very suspenseful, even when you know how it’s going to turn out. I invite under 40s-50s especially, who weren’t adults during the origina… --- ## [Mint; Growing and Cooking With](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-growing-and-cooking-with/786552)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mint-growing-and-cooking-with/786552 "2017-05-16T23:42:23Z")
In my teens I planted a little mint beside the house. After a while, it took over a good patch of yard. This was in the Antelope Valley (Mojave Desert). Dad put down about eight thousand cubic yards of fertiliser for … --- ## [Eating healthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-healthy/786620)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-healthy/786620 "2017-05-16T21:32:01Z")
(Or healthfully, if you prefer.) Spring is here, the sun is shining (today), and it’s time for lighter, more healthy food. (Also, Mrs. L.A. said if I didn’t start making healthier food, she was going to get scurvy.) T… --- ## [Drokk it! Judge Dredd coming to TV!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-it-judge-dredd-coming-to-tv/786436)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drokk-it-judge-dredd-coming-to-tv/786436 "2017-05-16T21:20:41Z")
Yes please! And please let them keep it satirical. They’ve got 40 years of source material, so that should be more than enough for a season or three. --- ## [Cheapest tastiest meal(s) you can make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapest-tastiest-meal-s-you-can-make/786545)
**Author:** [@Herdthiscat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herdthiscat)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapest-tastiest-meal-s-you-can-make/786545 "2017-05-16T21:06:33Z")
Criteria are: (mostly) home-cooked, reasonably nutritious, appealing to your tasty senses. No dietary restrictions. One of my favorite staples since childhood (spent in East Germany) is lentil soup: about 1 lb dry lenti… --- ## [A "Blood Simple" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blood-simple-question/786757)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blood-simple-question/786757 "2017-05-16T17:55:50Z")
Just caught the last half on TCM last night. One thing puzzled me: M. Emmet Walsh was reaching around to, and opening, the window in which his hand got stabbed. Why was he reaching around there? I’m sure the question mak… --- ## [Can you identify a Muppet Show sketch for me, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-a-muppet-show-sketch-for-me-please/786764)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-a-muppet-show-sketch-for-me-please/786764 "2017-05-16T17:19:34Z")
The sketch is set to wordless music, and presents an eyeballed creature that looks like an elbow macaroni noodle doing a dance. Every now and then a smaller creature of the same race comes on and tries to dance with it.… --- ## [Prego Vs. Ragu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prego-vs-ragu/614526)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prego-vs-ragu/614526 "2017-05-16T17:13:13Z")
We’ve had polls on just about every major food brand battle but I don’t remember this one. The recent “Prego Challenge” commercials got me wondering where the Dope stood. Personally I found it surprising that Ragu was c… --- ## [Ikarie XB-1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikarie-xb-1/786641)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikarie-xb-1/786641 "2017-05-16T15:19:40Z")
I obtained a copy of this 1963 Czech film recently and finally watched it. I had seen it, ages ago, as a kid when it was released in theaters by American International Pictures as Voyage to the End of the Universe, and … --- ## [Girl Scouts cookies cereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scouts-cookies-cereal/786735)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-scouts-cookies-cereal/786735 "2017-05-16T14:33:01Z")
If THIS wasn’t a thing the world would be a lesser place. I’m eating a bowl of the Thin Mint version as I type this. Life is good! :slight\_smile: --- ## [The Comedian's smiley face badge (Watchmen)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedians-smiley-face-badge-watchmen/786332)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedians-smiley-face-badge-watchmen/786332 "2017-05-16T09:24:19Z")
So it turns out that a company in Europe owns the iconic smiley face that we see even here to your right of this text panel, in UBB code: :slight\_smile: : ) :slight\_smile: With DC Comics presently rattling the cages of … --- ## [OC's me and my brother made when we were preteens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocs-me-and-my-brother-made-when-we-were-preteens/786714)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocs-me-and-my-brother-made-when-we-were-preteens/786714 "2017-05-16T04:46:35Z")
http://imgur.com/gallery/bUfYY A cowardly, evil, lazy British tiger named Orangestripes http://imgur.com/gallery/zsQI3 A British mad genius dog named Smart Dog http://imgur.com/gallery/zDXXW A 4-year-old puppy named Scru… --- ## [Do you listen to the same music as your parents? Kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-the-same-music-as-your-parents-kids/786244)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-the-same-music-as-your-parents-kids/786244 "2017-05-16T03:33:45Z")
Two local radio stations are doing Mother’s Day requests/dedications this weekend. Call in during the week & they’ll play your request along with your dedication on Sunday. For this to work, the offspring needs to list… --- ## [Did Margaret Atwood fundamentally misread Orwell's Appendix to 1984?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-margaret-atwood-fundamentally-misread-orwells-appendix-to-1984/786287)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-margaret-atwood-fundamentally-misread-orwells-appendix-to-1984/786287 "2017-05-16T02:20:46Z")
I heard Atwood interviewed on KCRW’s The Business, talking about she came up with the “coda” for her book The Handmaid’s Tale. She based it on what I would consider an overly optimistic take on the Appendix of George Or… --- ## [What's the last novel you read that you didn't understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-novel-you-read-that-you-didnt-understand/785966)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-novel-you-read-that-you-didnt-understand/785966 "2017-05-16T00:06:56Z")
I recently finished The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert, and I did not get it. I mean, it seemed like it was lumbering along to some sort of big reveal, but…I didn’t understand most of what was going on in the last 1/… --- ## [Krunch Kote on an Ice Cream Cone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krunch-kote-on-an-ice-cream-cone/786149)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krunch-kote-on-an-ice-cream-cone/786149 "2017-05-15T22:47:51Z")
\[Krunch Kote\](http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDAwWDUzMw==/$(KGrHqJHJDgF!vcb-YzlBQ,P9NvThQ~~60\_1.JPG) Krunch Kote It’s a mixture of sprinkles, finely-chopped nuts and what seems to be like chopped up waffle cone. On Tuesday… --- ## [Worst Disney animated movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-disney-animated-movies/786316)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-disney-animated-movies/786316 "2017-05-15T22:22:44Z")
Disney might be the #1 name in animation, but even they’ve made some stinkers in the past. What are the biggest stains on the Disney Canon? (It should be noted that a movie that’s bad by Disney standards is still bette… --- ## [Making flavor extracts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-flavor-extracts/786691)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-flavor-extracts/786691 "2017-05-15T21:26:02Z")
At work we have a ton of mint growing in the small garden. I don’t want it to go to waste so I’m considering making mint extract. After looking around it seems to be “Clean the leaves and seperate them from the stem. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=737) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=739)