# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=758 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 759 --- ## [Gertrude and Ophelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gertrude-and-ophelia/782943)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gertrude-and-ophelia/782943 "2017-03-24T20:07:35Z")
The death of OpheliaThere is a willow grows aslant a brook, That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream; There with fantastic garlands did she come Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples That liberal… --- ## [Less cowbell! More MELLOTRON!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-cowbell-more-mellotron/782620)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-cowbell-more-mellotron/782620 "2017-03-24T18:26:35Z")
C’mon! Point me to some great songs that use that Mellotron! (Excluding Moody Blues music because that’s too easy) --- ## ["A Whiter Shade of Pale" has \*four\* verses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-whiter-shade-of-pale-has-four-verses/782889)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-whiter-shade-of-pale-has-four-verses/782889 "2017-03-24T17:25:37Z")
Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale is one of my favorite songs. I particularly like the lyrics, and I just found out that the common recording only plays two of the four verses. The full set of verses are here. It wa… --- ## [Help Me Identify This Mozart Piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mozart-piece/782913)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-mozart-piece/782913 "2017-03-24T15:28:06Z")
This may be a tough one to answer, considering the difficulty in describing music in a text-based medium. Also, I’m not musically literate, so I can only describe the piece in layman’s terms. About the only thing I can s… --- ## [Chuck Berry has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-berry-has-died/782506)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-berry-has-died/782506 "2017-03-24T14:11:17Z")
--- ## [New York City Architecture Book (Manhattan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-architecture-book-manhattan/782864)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-architecture-book-manhattan/782864 "2017-03-24T14:08:53Z")
Around 2004-2005 I was at a Barnes and Noble in NYC and remember this book of architecture, and as I remember it was all of Manhattan buildings. I’d guess the pictures were taken in the 30’s or 40’s. All black and white,… --- ## [And when they were bad they were horrid (musical acts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-they-were-bad-they-were-horrid-musical-acts/782859)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-when-they-were-bad-they-were-horrid-musical-acts/782859 "2017-03-24T12:32:50Z")
Last year when Adele’s \*Hello \* was at the top of the charts and she was on a trajectory to super stardom / canonization we had a thread in which I couldn’t praise her enough. I still think she has an outstanding voice b… --- ## [What is your preferred type of non-fresh mushroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-type-of-non-fresh-mushroom/782810)
**Author:** [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-preferred-type-of-non-fresh-mushroom/782810 "2017-03-24T07:22:18Z")
Sometimes I would like to add some mushrooms to a dish, but I do not have any fresh mushrooms on hand. My old standby is to keep a little can of button mushrooms in the pantry just for this situation. This works in a pin… --- ## [Clever (and not so clever) rhymes in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-not-so-clever-rhymes-in-songs/762588)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-and-not-so-clever-rhymes-in-songs/762588 "2017-03-23T20:44:17Z")
More as I think of them, but just to get the ball rolling… In Terry Allen’s Amarillo Highway… “I don’t wear no Stetson But I’m willin’ to bet son That I’m a big a Texan as you are” --- ## [Wow, john Mayer is really a pretentious douche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-john-mayer-is-really-a-pretentious-douche/782854)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-john-mayer-is-really-a-pretentious-douche/782854 "2017-03-23T20:14:55Z")
Link to interview --- ## [Lord of the Rings trivia question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-trivia-question/782738)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-rings-trivia-question/782738 "2017-03-23T20:11:32Z")
I just read a trivia fact and I’m looking for verification. It was that in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Legolas only speaks one line directly to Frodo; in the council meeting when he says “And you have my bow.” In all… --- ## [Bands with letters in their names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-letters-in-their-names/782776)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-letters-in-their-names/782776 "2017-03-23T19:17:34Z")
(It’s something of a broad topic, I know.) What I’m looking for are musical groups that use acronyms, initialisms, or other abbreviations in their names. Driving home from work last night, I heard the song Restart (YouT… --- ## [Form your League of Extraordinary...Advertising Characters!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/form-your-league-of-extraordinary-advertising-characters/782590)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/form-your-league-of-extraordinary-advertising-characters/782590 "2017-03-23T16:17:42Z")
A number of you are probably aware of the 2012 animated film “Foodfight!” For those who aren’t, think of it as “to ‘Toy Story’ what ‘MAC and Me’ was to ‘E.T.’” An adventure story about food mascots bravely fighting again… --- ## [When did the average person first hear about CDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-average-person-first-hear-about-cds/782285)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-average-person-first-hear-about-cds/782285 "2017-03-23T14:02:59Z")
I’m putting this in CS so people can share their stories. I turned 11 in 1982 and was a classical music fan (and remain so, though I only listened to classical then). I think that’s when I first heard about CDs on the c… --- ## [Rogue One CGI: minor spoilers, I suppose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-cgi-minor-spoilers-i-suppose/782548)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rogue-one-cgi-minor-spoilers-i-suppose/782548 "2017-03-23T12:22:02Z")
. . . . . . . . . . . . I thought the CGI of Peter Cushing was good, but it still looked obviously CGI to me. But I already knew he was CGI before I watched the movie, and maybe that primed me to see imperfe… --- ## [So...Arby's new "Traditional Greek Gyro" is actually good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-arbys-new-traditional-greek-gyro-is-actually-good/782708)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-arbys-new-traditional-greek-gyro-is-actually-good/782708 "2017-03-23T11:36:56Z")
They’ve had “gyros” before. but they were just turkey or roast beef sandwiches on pita with a slightly cucumber-y ranch. These new ones appear to be actual carved from a gyro loaf spit (probably not at the indivudual re… --- ## [Prof. X...first non-villain in a wheelchair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prof-x-first-non-villain-in-a-wheelchair/782613)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prof-x-first-non-villain-in-a-wheelchair/782613 "2017-03-23T02:11:41Z")
Professor Charles Francis Xavier first appeared in 1963–The X-Men #1 (September 1963) to be specific. I had a discussion at the steampunk con last weekend about heroes with disabilities and we need information. Clearly… --- ## [serrated knife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serrated-knife/782689)
**Author:** [@bladerunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bladerunner)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serrated-knife/782689 "2017-03-22T23:42:03Z")
correct me if i am wrong but i thought the cutting motion when using a serrated knife is back and forth sawing, or long pull stroke. i was looking for on line for knife classes and got a glimpse at one i thought i would … --- ## [What movie had the first depiction of an anarchic, post-apocalyptic dystopia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-had-the-first-depiction-of-an-anarchic-post-apocalyptic-dystopia/782679)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-had-the-first-depiction-of-an-anarchic-post-apocalyptic-dystopia/782679 "2017-03-22T22:14:13Z")
The whole Mad Max, The Postman, Waterworld etc type thing with society collapsed back to survival. The earliest I can think of is 1975 “A Boy and His Dog” and 1981 “Escape from New York” which had a sectioned off, conta… --- ## [Comic Book Archives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-archives/782793)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-archives/782793 "2017-03-22T22:10:30Z")
My Google-Fu is not strong. Lately I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic. I’m keen to revisit the old comics I read when I was a kid. I’ve been doing a little research, just to really figure out when I was an avid reader. I… --- ## [Was "Some Girls Do" \_THE\_ most sexist movie ever made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-some-girls-do-_the_-most-sexist-movie-ever-made/782284)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-some-girls-do-_the_-most-sexist-movie-ever-made/782284 "2017-03-22T21:45:17Z")
The 1960s had lots of spy flicks beginning with the James Bond movies and scores of imitators, some decent, some terrible. Of course they all featured beautiful women in various degrees of exploitation. But “Some Girls D… --- ## [RIP Emile Autuori \[Chuck Barris's 'Bonded Security Agent'\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-emile-autuori-chuck-barriss-bonded-security-agent/782762)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-emile-autuori-chuck-barriss-bonded-security-agent/782762 "2017-03-22T19:41:13Z")
From the 1970s “Treasure Hunt.”. Autuori was an employee of Barris who played the ‘bonded security agent’ who had placed the $25K check in one of the 30 boxes. Barris juuuuust did outlive him. Supposedly Autuori’s onl… --- ## [Summarize a fantastical plot as mundanely as possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-fantastical-plot-as-mundanely-as-possible/760623)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summarize-a-fantastical-plot-as-mundanely-as-possible/760623 "2017-03-22T18:10:57Z")
Jurassic Park: A new theme park runs into some technical difficulties. Alien: A crew of truckers deal with a pest infestation. --- ## [Professor X - Evil Genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-x-evil-genius/230299)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-x-evil-genius/230299 "2017-03-22T18:10:52Z")
I was watching X-Men 2 the other day, and something occured to me: Doesn’t Professor Xavier behave much more like your stereotypical comic book supervillain than Magneto does? I’m not talking about trying to conquer/des… --- ## ["A View To a Kill" quirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-view-to-a-kill-quirk/770087)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-view-to-a-kill-quirk/770087 "2017-03-22T17:26:44Z")
I’m watching A View to a Kill for the 45th time and spotted a small quirk I hadn’t seen before. Right after Bond and Tibbett go to the horse auction, Tibbett follows the doctor and a henchman into the stables. They are j… --- ## [Minor characters in shows ruthlessly killed off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-characters-in-shows-ruthlessly-killed-off/782472)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-characters-in-shows-ruthlessly-killed-off/782472 "2017-03-22T15:24:46Z")
Just watched the latest episode of Chicago Med. Right at the start we focus on one of the minor doctors, Wheeler played by Jurgen Hooper. He really is the low man on the totem pole of the show’s regulars. No major storyl… --- ## [Jimmy Breslin, 1928-2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-breslin-1928-2017/782682)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-breslin-1928-2017/782682 "2017-03-22T15:03:28Z")
No Cafe Society post yet for dis guy? Just a death pool mention. Sheesh. Breslin died Sunday. The guy who defined tough guy journalism/commentary in the 60s, 70s and 80s is gone. His appearances on talk shows back then… --- ## [Cliffird D. Simak spoiler All Flesh is Grass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliffird-d-simak-spoiler-all-flesh-is-grass/782760)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cliffird-d-simak-spoiler-all-flesh-is-grass/782760 "2017-03-22T14:34:51Z")
I enjoyed the book, but why didn’t the military nuke the village? --- ## [Juggernaut vs Captain America's Shield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggernaut-vs-captain-americas-shield/782591)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggernaut-vs-captain-americas-shield/782591 "2017-03-22T05:14:48Z")
The big, bad-guy mutant with infinite momentum is capable of knocking down and busting through anything when he runs into it. Cap’s vibranium shield can withstand and absorb any impact. When the irresistable force meet… --- ## [Unconvential Music Solos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvential-music-solos/781626)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unconvential-music-solos/781626 "2017-03-22T04:22:15Z")
We’ve all heard great guitar solos, or drum solos, even bass solos, but what other kind of awesome solos can you think of that aren’t of the norm? My first example would be the great harmonica solo by Jon Popper in Blue… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=757) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=759)