# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=74 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 75 --- ## [Those ground beef tubes with crazy long expiration dates- do you trust the date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-ground-beef-tubes-with-crazy-long-expiration-dates-do-you-trust-the-date/1018012)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-ground-beef-tubes-with-crazy-long-expiration-dates-do-you-trust-the-date/1018012 "2025-06-01T05:07:23Z")
So my rule of thumb when buying raw meat has always been to cook or freeze the meat no more than 4 days after purchase, or by the ‘sell by’ date, whichever comes first. But lately I’ve been buying ground beef in these 3… --- ## ["The low spark of high heeled boys"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/978225)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys/978225 "2025-05-31T23:41:06Z")
One of the more memorable quotes from the early 1970s. I wasn’t much interested in Traffic so I paid it scant attention. But WTF does it mean to you? I was surprised to see that Micheal J. Pollard wrote the phrase and th… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2025-edition/1017631)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2025-edition/1017631 "2025-05-31T17:29:33Z")
I’m early, but I’m here and there’s no guarantee I’ll remember to return tomorrow or Wednesday. My schnoodle, who in spite of sounding like an exotic form of pasta, is in fact a dog named Fish… a dog reminding me that i… --- ## [The Handmaid's Tale season 6 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-6-open-spoilers/1016863)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-6-open-spoilers/1016863 "2025-05-31T16:47:57Z")
Hulu dropped the first 3 episodes Monday. It’s weird how much I’ve been looking forward to thus given how much I dislike the prequel (aka the new), but I managed to watch the first episode last night. I was not disappoin… --- ## [Movies with titles that sound like they're sequels, but they aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002 "2025-05-31T16:29:55Z")
…at least not officially. Sometimes they want to give that impression, though. This is in response to the thread about sequels that don’t sound like sequels, but are. Destry Rides Again – two movies with this title, wh… --- ## [RIP Loretta Swit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-loretta-swit/1019021)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-loretta-swit/1019021 "2025-05-31T16:01:00Z")
Died today at age 87. Not many of the original cast remain. --- ## [Severance Season 2 \[OPEN SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 406\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-season-2-open-spoilers/1012952 "2025-05-31T02:09:01Z")
On January 17, after almost three full years, we get Severance season 2 on Apple TV. Season 1 thread I just re-watched the first season because it’s been so long since the previous one that I forgot some details and yo… --- ## [What are your top three episodes of the Twilight Zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-episodes-of-the-twilight-zone/1018839)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-top-three-episodes-of-the-twilight-zone/1018839 "2025-05-31T01:02:34Z")
The classic one, I mean, not any of the three (yes, three by now) reboots. Mine would have to be The Shelter The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Shadow Play But there are a ton I could sub in. I could easily make a … --- ## [Why no female artists in the Yacht Rock genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-female-artists-in-the-yacht-rock-genre/1018920)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-female-artists-in-the-yacht-rock-genre/1018920 "2025-05-30T20:44:38Z")
I was listening Carly Simon’s ‘You Belong to Me’ and I got to thinking the music is kind of yacht rockish. Then I tried to think of any yr songs by female artists and came up blank. Can you think of any? Also, why do yo… --- ## [Peter David, Star Trek novelist and comic book writer, passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795 "2025-05-30T20:10:41Z")
Peter David, well-known as a prolific writer of comic books and Star Trek novels, has passed away at the age of 68. My favorite Trek books of his are the New Frontier books starring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the US… --- ## [Another tipping thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tipping-thread/993792)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tipping-thread/993792 "2025-05-30T19:23:07Z")
We all know that tipping has become a hot topic of conversation of late with seemingly everyone having their hand out and not so subtle hints asking for a percentage. I encountered one this weekend that really pissed me … --- ## [Paul Simon's "Late in the Evening"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simons-late-in-the-evening/1018878)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-simons-late-in-the-evening/1018878 "2025-05-30T04:14:46Z")
I’ve loved this song ever since its release in 1980. Give a listen if you’re not familiar. It feels like it’s borrowing from some world music genre that I can’t put my finger on … afro-cuban/calypso/Brazilian samba…ish… --- ## [Viva la Dirt League?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-la-dirt-league/1010871)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viva-la-dirt-league/1010871 "2025-05-30T00:48:13Z")
Any fans? I’ve been seeing their sketches on Facebook for maybe a year now. They seem to have two general theme; a tech store with a clueless, autocratic manager and his spineless staff, and what seems to be a live-acti… --- ## [The Wheel of Time: TV series discussion (open spoilers; comparison to the books allowed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wheel-of-time-tv-series-discussion-open-spoilers-comparison-to-the-books-allowed/954636)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 435\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wheel-of-time-tv-series-discussion-open-spoilers-comparison-to-the-books-allowed/954636 "2025-05-29T18:51:28Z")
The Wheel of Time series has started playing on Amazon Prime. The show is based off of the book series of the same name by author Robert Jordan and was pretty popular back then. For this thread, open spoilers are allow… --- ## [Another Bay Leaf harvest. Anyone want some?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bay-leaf-harvest-anyone-want-some/1010742)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bay-leaf-harvest-anyone-want-some/1010742 "2025-05-29T18:19:20Z")
I have some bay leaf branches which got pruned after growing too close to the power line. Awhile back I offered up fresh bay leaves to anyone who wanted to try some. I thought I’d do it again while they’re still fresh. T… --- ## [What sitcom had a lot of child actors that were regulars go on to success as actors . Actors had to be minors to count, not playing minors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sitcom-had-a-lot-of-child-actors-that-were-regulars-go-on-to-success-as-actors-actors-had-to-be-minors-to-count-not-playing-minors/1018746)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sitcom-had-a-lot-of-child-actors-that-were-regulars-go-on-to-success-as-actors-actors-had-to-be-minors-to-count-not-playing-minors/1018746 "2025-05-29T03:10:06Z")
So Happy Days does not count except for Joanie & Chachi. Andy Griffith Show does count and it is 1 for 1 on success. Family Ties, only Mallory would count, Michael J. Fox was 21 when Family Ties started. On Partridge … --- ## [Rick Derringer RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-derringer-rip/1018868)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-derringer-rip/1018868 "2025-05-29T02:45:18Z")
Farewell to a great rock ‘n’ roll guitarist, singer and songwriter. He played with Edgar and Johnny Winter, Steely Dan, produced and played the solo on Weird Al’s “Eat It”, and wrote Hulk Hogan’s theme song “Real America… --- ## [Help me identify an old-timey tune, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-timey-tune-please/1018649)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-timey-tune-please/1018649 "2025-05-29T01:23:44Z")
I don’t think it’s from a movie or TV show, but I’m sure everyone has heard it at some time in their life. It’s a kind of slow, rambling, banjo or rinkey-tink piano “wagon-train/way out West” piece that might have once… --- ## [If you want to turn somone on to a musical (theater stage) what is the best choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-somone-on-to-a-musical-theater-stage-what-is-the-best-choice/1018748)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-want-to-turn-somone-on-to-a-musical-theater-stage-what-is-the-best-choice/1018748 "2025-05-28T19:39:30Z")
Title kinda says it all. To be clear, I mean the easiest, most popular musical that everyone likes. Pirates of Penzance Wicked Mamma Mia Little Shop of Horrors Doubtless there are others. Just some examples. Lookin… --- ## [Jam session & time keeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jam-session-time-keeper/1018889)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jam-session-time-keeper/1018889 "2025-05-28T19:19:35Z")
I know little about this and I am learning guitar and really enjoy passing time improvising off of scales. I also have an acoustic bass that I enjoy as well. If two people are jamming - one bass and one guitar - does th… --- ## [Yellow squash. Oh boy, we gots 'em!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-squash-oh-boy-we-gots-em/1018879)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-squash-oh-boy-we-gots-em/1018879 "2025-05-28T17:06:09Z")
Any recipes would be greatly appreciated. Send your favorites. (Don’t worry about my own dietary restrictions, any and all tasty recipes will be considered) Thx! :smiley: --- ## [The movie sequel isn't based on the book sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-sequel-isnt-based-on-the-book-sequel/1018762)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-sequel-isnt-based-on-the-book-sequel/1018762 "2025-05-28T16:08:05Z")
Since we’ve been doing a thread on sequels I thought I’d bring up this case. Often when a book has a sequel and movie is based on the original book, the movie sequel is based on the book sequel. As with the Arthur C. C… --- ## [Inglourious Basterds - Shosanna and Landa (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-shosanna-and-landa-open-spoilers/540613)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inglourious-basterds-shosanna-and-landa-open-spoilers/540613 "2025-05-28T15:06:34Z")
So, thinking again of the two scenes between Shosanna Dreyfus and Col. Landa: Why did he let her go when she was a child? He could easily have shot her, or had his men do so, but chose not to. Even though he had no … --- ## [What's your favorite Bob Dylan cover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-bob-dylan-cover/990887 "2025-05-28T07:03:51Z")
That is, what is your favorite cover of a Bob Dylan song? Full disclosure; I’m not a big Dylan fan but I respect his song writing abilities. Still, to me he’s like the Babe Ruth of songwriting - throw that much stuff ag… --- ## [Did Molly Shannon ever make a thriller, with an armed police standoff where she gets shot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-molly-shannon-ever-make-a-thriller-with-an-armed-police-standoff-where-she-gets-shot/1018866)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-molly-shannon-ever-make-a-thriller-with-an-armed-police-standoff-where-she-gets-shot/1018866 "2025-05-28T02:05:49Z")
I just saw some short clips from a movie (I presume), Molly Shannon was the only one in the cast I recognized. It was a suburban setting, some guy gets shot in the back at a neighborhood barbeque, later she and a 10-year… --- ## [Identify a Character/Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-character-line/1018864)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-character-line/1018864 "2025-05-27T23:01:42Z")
Okay, I think this one might be a toughie. Here’s the thing … I was at work the other day and there’s a new kid who asks a lot of questions - which is good, but there’s a limit. In my frustration I muttered to myself, “… --- ## [The Last of Us Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-season-2/1018803)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-season-2/1018803 "2025-05-27T18:42:04Z")
No game spoilers please. Surprised there wasn’t a weekly thread for this. The S2 finale was tonight. S1 was one of my favorite shows of the year with one all time great episode (3) and several other excellent episodes (… --- ## [TMJ food recommendations (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmj-food-recommendations-need-answer-kinda-fast/1018628)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmj-food-recommendations-need-answer-kinda-fast/1018628 "2025-05-27T12:59:47Z")
So Mrs. Cardigan couldn’t open her jaw this morning. She went to a dentist who told her she’s got severe episode of TMJ and recommends she ‘eat’ with a straw. Apart from a Wendy’s Frosty, what other food suggestions mig… --- ## [Celebrities you don't, or can't, recognize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-dont-or-cant-recognize/1018755)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-dont-or-cant-recognize/1018755 "2025-05-27T10:18:52Z")
There’s a thread about recognizing actors across multiple roles, so this is for the opposite; celebrities you don’t recognize, even once you know who they are. In the other thread, I mentioned Eli Wallach. He was great… --- ## [David Attenborough turns 99](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-attenborough-turns-99/1017822)
**Author:** [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-attenborough-turns-99/1017822 "2025-05-27T09:53:52Z")
My hero and what a life. :birthday\_cake: Slowly collecting all the BBC Blu Ray 4k discs. I always learn so much. The whole family is remarkable. His brother Richard made his mark on the world . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=75)