# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=759 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 760 --- ## [You might be ordering delivery from a restaurant that doesn't exist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-ordering-delivery-from-a-restaurant-that-doesnt-exist/782670)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-ordering-delivery-from-a-restaurant-that-doesnt-exist/782670 "2017-03-22T02:40:35Z")
I’m not sure what to make of this. We don’t have many home food delivery options where I live. A few wealthy areas in my city has a service called Chef Shuttle. They operate within a small delivery area near the restaura… --- ## [The Thread of Weathered Heads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-weathered-heads/782681)
**Author:** [@The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pork-Chop_Express)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-weathered-heads/782681 "2017-03-22T02:05:31Z")
Please feel free to post pictures of celebrities whose heads are rough-hewn and weathered-looking. I don’t necessarily mean very old people, just people who wouldn’t look out of place in a 19th century logging camp. I’l… --- ## [What model of locomotive was shown in Disney's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-model-of-locomotive-was-shown-in-disneys-something-wicked-this-way-comes/782671)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-model-of-locomotive-was-shown-in-disneys-something-wicked-this-way-comes/782671 "2017-03-21T23:03:13Z")
As seen here. Something I’ve been wondering about (it keeps me off the streets), but I’m not familiar enough with trains to identify a particular make and model—or even to tell if that might be a literal model of a none… --- ## [How long does it take for The Dark Tower to hit its stride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-the-dark-tower-to-hit-its-stride/782603)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-the-dark-tower-to-hit-its-stride/782603 "2017-03-21T21:33:57Z")
I decided to take a crack at reading the Dark Tower before the movies hit. I’m a slow reader and used to enjoy Stephen King quite a bit. I’m about 40 pages in to The Gunslinger and I gotta admit, it’s struggling to grab … --- ## [The Great Wall - Matt Damon movie - Pretty good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663 "2017-03-21T20:42:54Z")
Consider me shocked, but I finally caught this movie the other day and…it was pretty good. In fact, I really liked it. I found the opening battle to be really bad. In fact, I was about to write off the whole movie as be… --- ## [German translation question: 99 Luftballoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-question-99-luftballoons/782585)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-question-99-luftballoons/782585 "2017-03-21T20:40:14Z")
Is the word in German closer in meaning to “aloft balloons” or “lift balloons”? --- ## [R.I.P. Skip Williamson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-skip-williamson/782409)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-skip-williamson/782409 "2017-03-21T20:23:20Z")
Skip Williamson, the underground comix pioneer and longtime contributor to PLAYBOY, died of multiple organ failure while in a medically-induced coma. He was 72. --- ## [Has Cracked ever been humourous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cracked-ever-been-humourous/779835 "2017-03-21T19:07:55Z")
I read or at least skim through Cracked’s articles. It’s amazing to me they consider themselves a humor site. Lately many of their articles are angry and lecture. Reminds me of a teacher wagging their finger at the stu… --- ## [The oldest Marx Brother: Cheeko or Chicko?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-marx-brother-cheeko-or-chicko/782544)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-marx-brother-cheeko-or-chicko/782544 "2017-03-21T18:33:03Z")
How do you pronounce the name of Chico Marx? --- ## [R.I.P. Bernie Wrightson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bernie-wrightson/782535)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-bernie-wrightson/782535 "2017-03-21T14:47:12Z")
Bernie Wrightson 1948 - March 19, 2017. Bernie was a Baltimorean, like Charles Addams and Edgar Allen Poe; given his predilection for horror, he likely hung out in a lot of the same graveyards as them. 2017 is shaping … --- ## [Need help finding 90s song by female artist...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-90s-song-by-female-artist/782621)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-90s-song-by-female-artist/782621 "2017-03-21T07:44:08Z")
I think that this would be better posted in the Cafe Society as opposed to IMHO or MPSTIMS. Also, please bear with my ‘recollection’ of the lyrics if you may. :rolleyes: Although I’m not certain whether this was a 90s s… --- ## [Help me locate this Jack Tale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-jack-tale/782542)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-locate-this-jack-tale/782542 "2017-03-21T02:38:30Z")
Many years ago I read a Jack tale that went something like this: -Jack’s friend was squatting on some land. -A developer from Back East bought it and came to kick the friend off the land. -Jack disguised himself as th… --- ## [Help, looking for a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-movie/782652)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-movie/782652 "2017-03-21T00:21:32Z")
I think it was released post 2010. It was a werewolf movie, and I’m almost certain that Robert Knepper, or someone very similar-looking, was in it. The teenager transforms into a werewolf, ends up murdering a few people,… --- ## [James Cotton, 1935 - 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cotton-1935-2017/782345)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-cotton-1935-2017/782345 "2017-03-20T23:27:23Z")
Most of you probably don’t know who he was, but the man was a legend, one of the greatest blues harp players ever. --- ## [Attic Greek word for "Worth"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attic-greek-word-for-worth/782656)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attic-greek-word-for-worth/782656 "2017-03-20T23:00:52Z")
I read “Song of Wrath” by JE Lendon, who unfortunately uses only latin characters for his key Greek terms, in particular “Timê” for worth, “Metis” for cunning, “Andrea” for strength, and “Hybris” for insult or the dispos… --- ## [The DVD nostalgia thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dvd-nostalgia-thread/782424)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dvd-nostalgia-thread/782424 "2017-03-20T22:04:47Z")
So this thread on when people first discovered CDs has had me reminiscing about the early days of DVD. When DVD was released in the US in 1997, it was around the same time that Montgomery Ward’s Electric Avenue chain was… --- ## [ID this classic sci-fi story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-classic-sci-fi-story/782587)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-classic-sci-fi-story/782587 "2017-03-20T20:11:11Z")
Hello, all. In doing some prep work for a sci-fi role playing campaign, I’ve set about reading a few classic short stories. However, there’s one that I can recall reading, but can’t identify by memory or Google search. W… --- ## [Johnny One Note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-one-note/782530)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-one-note/782530 "2017-03-20T16:56:28Z")
Is there anybody here who remembers, and can help me find, this particular version of “Johnny One Note”? From way back in my youth, I remember a song called “Johnny One Note”. The song involved somebody singing about ho… --- ## [Coolest Mother Scratcher on the Siver Screen! Steve or Paul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-mother-scratcher-on-the-siver-screen-steve-or-paul/782288)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-mother-scratcher-on-the-siver-screen-steve-or-paul/782288 "2017-03-20T14:43:40Z")
Butch Cassidy or Bullit? Cool Hand Luke or The Cooler King? Real Race Car Driver and Philanthropist or Fake Race Car Driver and Misogynist? I don’t know how to make a poll, so have at it! Any other submissions will be… --- ## [Hap and Leonard (TV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hap-and-leonard-tv-series/745843)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hap-and-leonard-tv-series/745843 "2017-03-20T14:39:42Z")
The premier episode of this new Sundance channel series will be on Wednesday night, March 2, 2016. The series is based on the Joe Lansdale book series started in 1990. The character of Hap Collins will be played by Eng… --- ## [Reading Suggestion - 14 year old girl - SciFi/Dystopian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-suggestion-14-year-old-girl-scifi-dystopian/782269)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-suggestion-14-year-old-girl-scifi-dystopian/782269 "2017-03-20T14:39:15Z")
My 14 year old daughter is like, all dystopian and stuff now :smiley: She read Fahrenheit 451 and loved it! We ended up discussing for nearly two hours. Now she wants MORE! More Bradbury, more dystopia, more fall of Ma… --- ## [TV Series Suggestions for My Girlfriend to Binge Watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-suggestions-for-my-girlfriend-to-binge-watch/782353)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-suggestions-for-my-girlfriend-to-binge-watch/782353 "2017-03-20T14:02:21Z")
Looking for some recommendations for my girlfriend to binge thru. She has Netflix and Hulu. She is currently finishing Smallville. Also is watching This is Us on occasion. Shows she has watched: Gilmore Girls and the … --- ## [How long into Rachel Maddow's monologue did you realize that the Trump Tax story was small?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-into-rachel-maddows-monologue-did-you-realize-that-the-trump-tax-story-was-small/782231)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-into-rachel-maddows-monologue-did-you-realize-that-the-trump-tax-story-was-small/782231 "2017-03-20T13:03:11Z")
Oh man, that was painful. I don’t watch Maddow a ton but am inclined to think of her as a competent political journalist pundit. But this Trump Tax return story was Geraldo Rivera’s freakin’ Capone’s Vault stoopid. She … --- ## [Best Check Berry covers, cops or rips...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-check-berry-covers-cops-or-rips/782571)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-check-berry-covers-cops-or-rips/782571 "2017-03-20T12:01:17Z")
OK I just read another stupid clickbait article that has no clue. So I have to post. The only cover that ever beat Chuck was: Route 66 by the Stones from the first LP. Best cop was Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bobby. … --- ## [Smoke on the Water is Beethoven 5th in reverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-on-the-water-is-beethoven-5th-in-reverse/782561)
**Author:** [@yesanything](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yesanything)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-on-the-water-is-beethoven-5th-in-reverse/782561 "2017-03-20T08:28:59Z")
Deep Purple’s RITCHIE BLACKMORES stole BEETHOVEN 5 Th symphony , SMOKE ON THE WATER --- ## [How did Groucho Get His Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-groucho-get-his-name/581364)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-groucho-get-his-name/581364 "2017-03-20T03:59:15Z")
Does some SDoper know where the Marx Brothers got their names? Esp Groucho? That doesn’t sound like a nice moniker to me… --- ## [What cornmeal recipes would you buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cornmeal-recipes-would-you-buy/782498)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cornmeal-recipes-would-you-buy/782498 "2017-03-20T02:48:45Z")
I’m going to be unloading a ridiculous amount of cornmeal at a farmers market over the next few months, and rather than sell it plain, I want to actually make some money by stardew-Valley-ing it up into packaged dry mixe… --- ## [What Discontinued Casual Dining Item Would You Bring Back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-casual-dining-item-would-you-bring-back/779910)
**Author:** [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-discontinued-casual-dining-item-would-you-bring-back/779910 "2017-03-20T01:58:57Z")
In a blatant ripoff of John\_Stamos’\_Left\_Ear thread asking about discontinued fast food items, I ask: You have the power to persuade a casual dining chain to bring back a discontinued item and have it on their menu agai… --- ## [What Was The Phony Film In The Golden Turkey Awards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-phony-film-in-the-golden-turkey-awards/154745)
**Author:** [@SadTomato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SadTomato)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-phony-film-in-the-golden-turkey-awards/154745 "2017-03-20T00:37:53Z")
I still have my copy of Harry & Michael Medved’s “The Golden Turkey Awards,” a 23 year-old book I’m sure everyone’s familiar with. On the back cover is a little box with the following text enclosed : “WARNING–Over 425 … --- ## [Mashups/Medleys (you'd like to hear/arrange)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashups-medleys-youd-like-to-hear-arrange/782385)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashups-medleys-youd-like-to-hear-arrange/782385 "2017-03-20T00:13:12Z")
So, you’re listening to one song on the radio and you suddenly think “Oh, wow, that song would sound so good blended in with this other song I like!” Here’s an fun example…Blondie (Rapture) plus The Doors (Riders on the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=758) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=760)