# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=748 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 749 --- ## [How Much for a Bottle of Wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-a-bottle-of-wine/784675)
**Author:** [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-a-bottle-of-wine/784675 "2017-04-20T21:08:32Z")
Imagine you’re standing in the well stocked wine aisle of your local grocery, staring at the evening’s offerings. You might glance down at the bottom row, see the $5 jugs and start thinking about “bang for the buck”. … --- ## [EL Pollo Loco-Carls Jr-Mc Dees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-pollo-loco-carls-jr-mc-dees/784781)
**Author:** [@saturncomet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saturncomet)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-pollo-loco-carls-jr-mc-dees/784781 "2017-04-20T19:16:31Z")
Who likes El Pollo Loco? I have always liked it but about 10 years ago they started with fancy selections and special sauces and the prices seemed to sky rocket. Frequently I order the basic stuff, chicken and sides. C… --- ## [Beer style: Kolsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-style-kolsch/784347)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-style-kolsch/784347 "2017-04-20T16:51:33Z")
Where have you been all my life? Like a slightly more flavorful Pilsener, but still with all the crispness and drinkability. Especially good for warm weather! --- ## [Mofongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mofongo/784817)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mofongo/784817 "2017-04-20T02:31:14Z")
When we were in Puerto Rico, we ate breakfast a few times at a place that claimed it had ‘the best mofongo’. Of course, they all say that, right? When I finally had mofongo for dinner, it was at a different place. Not… --- ## [I used to call Geoff Johns the second greatest fanboy writer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-call-geoff-johns-the-second-greatest-fanboy-writer/784815)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-call-geoff-johns-the-second-greatest-fanboy-writer/784815 "2017-04-19T22:11:11Z")
…second to Jim Shooter. I take it back, he’s by far the ‘best’. I just went over the “Darkseid War” that led to “Rebirth”. Johns takes characters, throws them at a wall to see what sticks…and then blows up the wall. An… --- ## [Rhetorical device: writing in present tense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-device-writing-in-present-tense/784447)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhetorical-device-writing-in-present-tense/784447 "2017-04-19T19:42:48Z")
I’ve noticed a certain rhetorical device, and I’m wondering if there’s a specific name for it. It involves using the present tense to talk about something that is not actually happening at that time. I think that we do… --- ## [The Breakfast Club: what do you think happened next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-what-do-you-think-happened-next/784623)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-breakfast-club-what-do-you-think-happened-next/784623 "2017-04-19T15:24:00Z")
Watched The Breakfast Club for the first time in a long while. Still funny and as someone who was around their age at that time, it still resonates with me. So at the end of the movie the five kids become something like … --- ## [Dixie Fry with frozen fish fillets (need answer fast)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-fry-with-frozen-fish-fillets-need-answer-fast/784758)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-fry-with-frozen-fish-fillets-need-answer-fast/784758 "2017-04-19T14:58:33Z")
I bought a bag of frozen flounder fillets at Costco the other day, and tonight, I’m considering preparing some for dinner. I thought I’d be able to find some decent recipes online, and I did, but kaylasmom has gotten it … --- ## [Books about childrens' role in society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-childrens-role-in-society/784725)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-childrens-role-in-society/784725 "2017-04-19T02:32:43Z")
I’d like to read a book about childrens’ role in society. Like how their roles have changed over generations (for example pre-child-labor laws versus today), how and when marketing became aimed at kids, how much influenc… --- ## [Designs with unintended interpretations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designs-with-unintended-interpretations/784388)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/designs-with-unintended-interpretations/784388 "2017-04-19T01:51:03Z")
Every once in a while I see something; a car, a picture, a building, etc., and my brain makes a mental connection that I really doubt that the designers imagined would be made. Every time I see a new Lexus, I see Hitler’… --- ## [Albert "Gene Catlow" Temple passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-gene-catlow-temple-passed-away/784710)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-gene-catlow-temple-passed-away/784710 "2017-04-19T01:43:25Z")
Albert Temple, artist/author of webcomic Gene Catlow has passed away. --- ## [I was told there would be no math.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-told-there-would-be-no-math/784740)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-told-there-would-be-no-math/784740 "2017-04-19T01:43:15Z")
Who said it first? For the record, I did do a google search and I got more than one answer: Reality Bites, SNL, Old School and many, many more. But where was it said first? Any one know? --- ## [Anyone remember this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-movie/784693)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-movie/784693 "2017-04-18T22:33:37Z")
When I was a kid this movie scared the heck out of me. It was about aliens that looked like gorillas wearing deep sea diver’s helmets. Know the name of this campy movie? --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 21 (April 13, 2017) -- "The Separation Agitation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-21-april-13-2017-the-separation-agitation/784389)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-21-april-13-2017-the-separation-agitation/784389 "2017-04-18T18:37:41Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Need Coco's Choc Truffle Crunch Pie Recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cocos-choc-truffle-crunch-pie-recipe/215343)
**Author:** [@boobah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boobah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cocos-choc-truffle-crunch-pie-recipe/215343 "2017-04-18T17:42:46Z")
My husband informed me this evening that he had tragic news. Since my car was in the shop, and it was already going to cost me $800 to get it back, I figured he was going to tell me that they had found something else w… --- ## [Thinking about cutting the cord...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-cutting-the-cord/784514)
**Author:** [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-cutting-the-cord/784514 "2017-04-18T12:55:46Z")
I’m thinking about ditching my $140 Direct TV, but I have a couple of issues/questions. We really love football, but not the local team, so we get Direct TV’s Sunday ticket during football season. My google foo has c… --- ## [Songs un/justifiably cut from/added to movie musicals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-un-justifiably-cut-from-added-to-movie-musicals/784148)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-un-justifiably-cut-from-added-to-movie-musicals/784148 "2017-04-18T03:43:03Z")
I’m going to talk about one of my favorite musicals: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Music and lyrics by the great Frank Loesser (also known for the musical Guys and Dolls, hit songs, etc.). Wiki, orig… --- ## [Beef-bone broth: why the hype?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-bone-broth-why-the-hype/784607)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-bone-broth-why-the-hype/784607 "2017-04-18T02:33:07Z")
It seems to be one of the latest foodie fads, but I don’t get the hype. Isn’t it just a basic beef-stock? Are there any additional health benefits if you use the word BROTH instead of stock? :wink: Having said that, I… --- ## [Help Identifying a Horror Vampire Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-horror-vampire-movie/783793)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-horror-vampire-movie/783793 "2017-04-17T23:55:29Z")
So there is this vampire horror movie that I have been curious about, and would appreciate it a fellow Dopers can lead me to its identification. I saw this movie at a hotel where my family were staying at in Santa Barba… --- ## [Homeland 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-2017/781637)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-2017/781637 "2017-04-17T20:14:37Z")
I guess nobody is watching this excellent SHO series any longer. Honestly, it’s the fastest hour in television viewing. Crisp editing and great writing, not to mention Mandy Patinkin, F. Murray Abraham, and Rupert Friend… --- ## [Happy now, foodies? I tried the octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-now-foodies-i-tried-the-octopus/784403)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-now-foodies-i-tried-the-octopus/784403 "2017-04-17T20:06:54Z")
We have a lot of threads around here about food likes and dislikes and everything else food related, and at some point I or someone equally not excited about food will express an opinion and be told we are childish, unad… --- ## [Sister assassins in masks (Samurai Jack and Kubo). Origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sister-assassins-in-masks-samurai-jack-and-kubo-origin/784574)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sister-assassins-in-masks-samurai-jack-and-kubo-origin/784574 "2017-04-17T19:45:40Z")
So both the recent SJ season and Kubo and the Two Strings feature sister assassins wearing similar sorts of masks (apparently Noh inspired). I’m not finding much about anything specific in Japanese mythology being refer… --- ## [What's the earliest instance of a brain transplant, in fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-instance-of-a-brain-transplant-in-fiction/784584)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-instance-of-a-brain-transplant-in-fiction/784584 "2017-04-17T17:41:27Z")
I was wondering if someone might help fill a curious gap in my knowledge…that is, what was the earliest instance of a “brain transplant” (or “full-body transplant,” to be technically accurate) in fiction? Just from my o… --- ## [Bread in a can? What is this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783850)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-in-a-can-what-is-this-thing/783850 "2017-04-17T17:25:25Z")
Watching one of those stupid cook-off competitions on the telly recently, one of the contestants had to incorporate ‘canned bread’ into her menu. She wasn’t terribly thrilled with the idea (ended up making French toast … --- ## [Where can I find Amarguinha?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-amarguinha/411347)
**Author:** [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-amarguinha/411347 "2007-07-11T11:28:15Z")
So I’ve returned from a week in the Algarve loaded down with Amarguinha, an almond liqueur so rare and mysterious there’s not even a Wikipedia page about it. Unfortunately, thermodynamics being what they are I’ll eventu… --- ## [I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day - meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-a-man-you-don-t-meet-every-day-meaning/611491)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-a-man-you-don-t-meet-every-day-meaning/611491 "2017-04-17T11:18:34Z")
I know it’s a traditional song that goes back a long way and the lyrics vary a bit between versions. I’ve always considered the Pogues version the definitive one because that’s the one I heard first and because it’s so e… --- ## [Peter Capaldi to leave Doctor Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642 "2017-04-17T07:42:34Z")
Very surprised to see nobody has started a thread about this yet. Today Peter Capaldi unexpectedly revealed that he has decided this upcoming season of Doctor Who will be his last. Personally I think it’s too soon and t… --- ## [Show from the 80s about adoptive teen brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-from-the-80s-about-adoptive-teen-brothers/784604)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-from-the-80s-about-adoptive-teen-brothers/784604 "2017-04-17T05:23:25Z")
Anyone know what this was called? I don’t remember much about it, except that during the intro, the brothers explained that the parents adopted because they didn’t think they could have children, then nine months later t… --- ## [Songs that could plausibly have been released in completely different decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-plausibly-have-been-released-in-completely-different-decades/783646)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-could-plausibly-have-been-released-in-completely-different-decades/783646 "2017-04-17T03:09:19Z")
So, Al Stewart’s The Year of the Cat was on the radio yesterday and, as always, I was taken aback by the fact that it was released in 1976. For some reason, I associate it with the late 80s. And it wouldn’t have been out… --- ## [Turning a piece of lawn into a planting bed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-piece-of-lawn-into-a-planting-bed/784483)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-a-piece-of-lawn-into-a-planting-bed/784483 "2017-04-17T02:47:06Z")
Hello, Vast Unpaid Research Department. I have a gardening question which will involve either chemicals or machinery or possibly both. I want to turn a part of our lawn into a perennial border. We own a rototiller. We a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=747) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=749)