# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=740 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 741 --- ## [A "No Country for Old Men" question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-no-country-for-old-men-question/786459)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-no-country-for-old-men-question/786459 "2017-05-12T16:45:38Z")
What was the whole point of Llewellyn hiding the money case in the motel ductwork? --- ## [Need help IDing an illustrated Sci-Fi book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-an-illustrated-sci-fi-book/785184)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-an-illustrated-sci-fi-book/785184 "2017-05-12T13:35:39Z")
I was given a book for my bar mitzvah back in 1980 that I have lost in the intervening years. I can’t quite remember every detail but I am hopeful these details will bear fruit: I am pretty sure the book was more illus… --- ## [Last Man on Earth - season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-season-3/767035)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-season-3/767035 "2017-05-12T12:41:42Z")
So the season premiere was Sunday. I think the season’s off to a a great start. Sure, a few things made no sense whatsoever (why were those guys carrying guns if they weren’t going to shoot anyone? didn’t we already lear… --- ## [Questions about Dirk Gently:Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul (spoilers wanted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dirk-gently-long-dark-tea-time-of-the-soul-spoilers-wanted/580363)
**Author:** [@Whaleo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whaleo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-dirk-gently-long-dark-tea-time-of-the-soul-spoilers-wanted/580363 "2017-05-12T09:52:46Z")
Original thread is here http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280499 (but doesn’t address this question) Can anyone tell me the significance of Thor’s counting all the stones in Wales? It’s brought up … --- ## [Identify this old locked room mystery story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-old-locked-room-mystery-story/786301)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-old-locked-room-mystery-story/786301 "2017-05-12T02:35:39Z")
I read this a long time ago, and although I remember the premise, I don’t remember what the final solution was. I’d like to read it again if I can find it. Lord Whatsit was found shot through the chest with a large cali… --- ## [Phonetics Program For Burns' "To A Louse"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonetics-program-for-burns-to-a-louse/786411)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonetics-program-for-burns-to-a-louse/786411 "2017-05-12T01:51:20Z")
Performed excellently here: Robert Burns Live - To a Louse - YouTube ================================= So I was wondering: for those of us not so well-versed in the Scots accent, does a program exist whereby one could … --- ## [The Expanse (new show on syfy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-new-show-on-syfy/740300)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-new-show-on-syfy/740300 "2017-05-11T21:17:23Z")
Science fiction fans! What are your opinions of this show?? Could we be finally upon a “new BSG”? --- ## [Question for "I Love Lucy" Fans...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-i-love-lucy-fans/786108)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-i-love-lucy-fans/786108 "2017-05-11T20:45:37Z")
Was the actress who played “Carolyn Appleby” in the “Harpo Marx” episode the same woman who played “Carolyn Appleby” in other episodes when Carolyn brags about her kids? She doesn’t look like the same person to me. Am I … --- ## [Help with dialogue in Last of the Mohicans(1992)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dialogue-in-last-of-the-mohicans-1992/786356)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-dialogue-in-last-of-the-mohicans-1992/786356 "2017-05-11T20:39:57Z")
One of my all time favorite films if not THE favorite is\* Last of the Mohicans\*. In my mission to show great films to my kids, I’ve decided to show them this one this upcoming weekend. Give them a bit of a history less… --- ## ["Translation is like a beautiful woman..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-is-like-a-beautiful-woman/786184)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-is-like-a-beautiful-woman/786184 "2017-05-11T20:07:49Z")
One of the more misogynistic quotes I’ve come across: “Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.” - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, the famous Russ… --- ## [Twin Peaks 2017 release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-2017-release/786377)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-peaks-2017-release/786377 "2017-05-11T18:58:59Z")
Does anyone know: is the new Twin Peaks gonna come out all at once, or an episode a week? --- ## [Worst Fast Food Menu Gimmick Item You Ever Tried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fast-food-menu-gimmick-item-you-ever-tried/785701)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-fast-food-menu-gimmick-item-you-ever-tried/785701 "2017-05-11T14:53:14Z")
Worst as either “Worst Quality” or “Dumbest Concept”, and I say Gimmick just so people don’t flood it with “Any McDonalds burger” or chains they don’t like in general. I think the “Loaded Taco” from Taco Bell just from… --- ## [Psych Reunion!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psych-reunion/786172)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psych-reunion/786172 "2017-05-11T14:18:15Z")
More at link: --- ## [Iris Scott, Finger Painter Extraordinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iris-scott-finger-painter-extraordinaire/786265)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iris-scott-finger-painter-extraordinaire/786265 "2017-05-11T05:03:17Z")
I just discovered this young woman and am blown away. Paintings Videos Finger Painting? Who knew? --- ## [Songs that have no discernible melody, hummable tune or chorus line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-no-discernible-melody-hummable-tune-or-chorus-line/786195)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-no-discernible-melody-hummable-tune-or-chorus-line/786195 "2017-05-11T04:54:22Z")
There are many artists who sing songs that are practically not hummable. Usually the singer delivers the words accompanied to guitars and other instruments but there is no melody or refrain or tune. Usually folk singers … --- ## [American Top 40, But Why Not...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-top-40-but-why-not/786107)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-top-40-but-why-not/786107 "2017-05-11T04:09:16Z")
Since the bottom half of the American Top 40 countdown sucks so bad, why didn’t Casey Casem only bother with the Top 20? Could it be he needed the advertising over the full show to make the show profitable? Was he a slav… --- ## [IYHO, which decade contains the most recent "oldies" music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iyho-which-decade-contains-the-most-recent-oldies-music/786223)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iyho-which-decade-contains-the-most-recent-oldies-music/786223 "2017-05-11T01:47:54Z")
When you hear the term “oldies” in reference to music, which decade would be the most recent that you would consider to be an oldie? IOW, if someone mentioned an oldie from the 80’s and your thought was “That’s too rece… --- ## [Hollywood Plot #27: Dead or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-plot-27-dead-or-not/786319)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-plot-27-dead-or-not/786319 "2017-05-10T22:40:17Z")
We were watching ST: DS9 Season 2 Episode 13, “Armageddon Game” when it occurred to me that the premise that a character dies in the show but isn’t really dead is used often. In that episode, Dr. Bashir and Miles O’Brie… --- ## [Daliah Lavi has passed away...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daliah-lavi-has-passed-away/786167)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daliah-lavi-has-passed-away/786167 "2017-05-10T19:18:44Z")
Daliah Lavi died at her home in Asheville, North Carolina (???) on May 3, at age 74. Best known for her role as one of the many “James Bonds” in 1967’s CASINO ROYALE, she also starred in various other mid-'60s spy spoof… --- ## [Why I hate the new Star Wars movie...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-new-star-wars-movie/786155)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-new-star-wars-movie/786155 "2017-05-10T18:53:49Z")
I already wrote the story about the rebels breaking in and stealing the death star plans years and years ago. Unfortunately they never told MY story. I was digging through some old documents of mine and found it. But it’… --- ## [Star Wars: What happened to the captives from the Tantive IV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-what-happened-to-the-captives-from-the-tantive-iv/786208)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-what-happened-to-the-captives-from-the-tantive-iv/786208 "2017-05-10T17:44:58Z")
In the original Star Wars film, the Rebel blockade runner Tantive IV is overtaken by Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer, and several Rebels are killed trying to prevent the Stormtroopers from boarding. The remainder of them a… --- ## [This year's wedding dance glurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-years-wedding-dance-glurge/786288)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-years-wedding-dance-glurge/786288 "2017-05-10T14:49:49Z")
Summer’s almost here and that means many June weddings, which means many first dances for happy newlyweds. It also means proms. Every year there’s at least one sappy top 40 tune that you just know the artist wrote with t… --- ## [What is the oldest book you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-book-you-own/785122)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-book-you-own/785122 "2017-05-10T14:43:55Z")
I have around 100 old books, of which I am quite proud, and which are on my mind at the moment as I start thinking about updating my will and also whether I should get them insured. My great, great-aunt, born 1886-died … --- ## [Commercials with unintended messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-with-unintended-messages/784539)
**Author:** [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-with-unintended-messages/784539 "2017-05-10T05:21:23Z")
Inspired by Boyo Jim’s post about unintended symbology… I have a personal game of watching for unintended but clear messages in TV commercials. Favorite example: a whole series of commercials in support of Frosted M… --- ## [Very short plays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-plays/785985)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-plays/785985 "2017-05-10T01:19:54Z")
Hey guys, I’m looking for very short one act plays that could be read in parts in about half an hour or so. Preferably three or four parts or more, but that’s not necessary. They should be available online. All suggestio… --- ## [Should the Oscars go non-binary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-oscars-go-non-binary/786130)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-oscars-go-non-binary/786130 "2017-05-09T21:01:00Z")
MTV Movie and TV Awards in an astute publicity move combined their Best Actor/Best Actress awards into a non-binary award for Best Actor whatever the gender (won bizarrely by Emma Watson for Beauty and the Beast but then… --- ## [Harrison Ford doing a stormtrooper's voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-doing-a-stormtroopers-voice/254561)
**Author:** [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-doing-a-stormtroopers-voice/254561 "2017-05-09T19:16:51Z")
I am told by New & Improved Scott that it is properly not a stormtrooper at all, but I say it’s close enough. The Imperial soldier in question is the one who finds Leia when she’s sitting on the log with the first ewok … --- ## [Save the salsa!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-the-salsa/785954)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-the-salsa/785954 "2017-05-09T15:56:09Z")
Well I’m relleno-ing the ol’ chiles tonight, and I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to have some pico de gallo?’ So I nipped off to the market on my ‘lunch break’ to get stuff to make it. I ended up with 1.5 quarts. Now,… --- ## [Making gravy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-gravy/785959)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-gravy/785959 "2017-05-09T15:45:10Z")
So many variables! Right now I’m making roasted paprika chicken and the drippings do not make for tasty gravy, in my opinion. So I made what I guess would be called giblet gravy with the innards bag, only not really beca… --- ## [Star Wars Sadness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-sadness/786116)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-sadness/786116 "2017-05-09T15:28:21Z")
I used to love Star Wars when I was little, even had a decent sized collection of the toys (several tote containers filled to the top) and still have them. I still do appreciate Star Wars but it has been a let down for m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=739) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=741)