# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=773 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 774 --- ## [Baseball/Geographic driving playlist recommendations please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116 "2017-02-18T15:25:54Z")
I’m putting together a playlist for my annual Baseball Trip. Looking for songs that have something to do with baseball (I’ve been doing this for a bunch of years, and it’s tough to find good ones I haven’t used yet), tr… --- ## [What could a billion-dollar budget do for a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-billion-dollar-budget-do-for-a-movie/780007)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-a-billion-dollar-budget-do-for-a-movie/780007 "2017-02-18T14:53:53Z")
It appears that the most expensive movies ever made were in the $300 million+ budget range. For fun’s sake - in 2017 dollars - what could a billion-dollar budget do for a movie, and at what point does the budget hit the… --- ## [What was your most recent truly unique food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-recent-truly-unique-food/780037)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-most-recent-truly-unique-food/780037 "2017-02-18T14:44:41Z")
At a beer-food pairing last night one of the courses was truly unique. I realized that’s sort of a rare event. I go out of my way to try anything, so after 58 years I sometimes figure there are no surprises left. The co… --- ## [Dystopian mosquito society cartoon? Possibly German.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dystopian-mosquito-society-cartoon-possibly-german/631723)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dystopian-mosquito-society-cartoon-possibly-german/631723 "2017-02-18T12:45:14Z")
I’m trying to find the name of a cartoon(intended for children?) that features a society of mosquitos oppressed by a guy who we only hear his terrifying voice of god speaking high German and see his finger tip. He threat… --- ## [fudge not crystilizing when it cools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudge-not-crystilizing-when-it-cools/779856)
**Author:** [@helena.carleton4\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/helena.carleton4_gmail.com)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fudge-not-crystilizing-when-it-cools/779856 "2017-02-18T00:28:38Z")
I have made old fashioned fudge at least 30 times and it always turned out, until recently. I cook the sugar and milk combo til 235 or soft ball stage and then let it cool to 110 and stir til loses its gloss. What is … --- ## [RIP Stuart McLean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stuart-mclean/779960)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-stuart-mclean/779960 "2017-02-17T20:00:50Z")
Having enjoyed The Vinyl Cafe for many years, the CBC show, the books, the live show once way back when… Canada has lost its most esteemed raconteur today. I’m sure many will be saddened to hear it. I am too – Dave, Mo… --- ## [Mischke Roadshow Podcast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mischke-roadshow-podcast/780088)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mischke-roadshow-podcast/780088 "2017-02-17T18:30:35Z")
Mostly just want to draw attention to it (hence the exclamation point.) Any other listeners out there? Whether you are familiar with T.D. Mischke (a one-time radio talk show host in the twin cities) or not I am going to … --- ## [Pinterest apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinterest-apps/780085)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinterest-apps/780085 "2017-02-17T18:22:11Z")
How does one go about removing the little number next to the Pinterest icon on a Smartphone screen? I can view the Pinterest pictures and such, and the number disappears; but it returns later on. --- ## [Gilbert O'Sullivan! That's right... Gilbert O'Sullivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-osullivan-thats-right-gilbert-osullivan/779941)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilbert-osullivan-thats-right-gilbert-osullivan/779941 "2017-02-17T18:08:10Z")
Tell me something I don’t know about him! --- ## [Youtube frustration - don't want to see songs I've listened to recently...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-frustration-dont-want-to-see-songs-ive-listened-to-recently/779897)
**Author:** [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-frustration-dont-want-to-see-songs-ive-listened-to-recently/779897 "2017-02-17T16:08:28Z")
I am a luddite. I remember a time in the past when a person could find a song on YouTube and be given a number of other songs that the poster of the song I asked for liked. I found many songs I had never heard and many … --- ## [Jagger ghostwritten memoir up through 1980 just surfaced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jagger-ghostwritten-memoir-up-through-1980-just-surfaced/780048)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jagger-ghostwritten-memoir-up-through-1980-just-surfaced/780048 "2017-02-17T14:25:12Z")
NYTimes article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/arts/mick-jagger-memoir.html A UK publisher claims to have a decades-old memoir from Mick Jagger, ghostwritten a while ago. Jagger has not authorized its releas… --- ## [Here's an interesting activity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-interesting-activity/780027)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-interesting-activity/780027 "2017-02-17T12:44:14Z")
Go to the wiki article on films released when you were say 22-24. Now find films you completely forgot you saw in the theatre and possibly a little ashamed of. Side convo: How much have your tastes changed? For the fi… --- ## [Songs That Wouldn't Fly Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-wouldnt-fly-today/778227 "2017-02-17T07:18:33Z")
I Saw Her Standing There (she was just 17) Sweet Little Sixteen Sweet Little Rock n Roller (9 years old and sweet as she can be). Stray Cat Blues (I can see that you’re fifteen years old) Others? . . . --- ## [Is painful, vaginal birth the default in film/TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-painful-vaginal-birth-the-default-in-film-tv/779509)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-painful-vaginal-birth-the-default-in-film-tv/779509 "2017-02-17T02:51:02Z")
On a trip I caught a rerun of HIMYM and Lili was giving birth. Of course, it had the classic “I want the drugs!!!” and the answer “it’s too late”. Then, the mother-to-be crushes someone’s hand. It got me thinking that m… --- ## [Guitar amps for dummies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amps-for-dummies/779879)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amps-for-dummies/779879 "2017-02-17T02:33:08Z")
I have always been an acoustic player, and have recently gotten into electrifying. I have looked some of this stuff up, but my eyes glaze over before I am able to absorb any useful knowledge. I figured out that the Voi… --- ## [Any Mustard Connosiours Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mustard-connosiours-here/779622)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mustard-connosiours-here/779622 "2017-02-16T20:56:08Z")
Sorry about the spelling, but I believe you know what I meant to write… I have long held the belief that true mustard cannot be bought off the shelves of any supermarket, but that one must be willing to pay a bit extra … --- ## [Movies or TV shows you only quote one line from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-you-only-quote-one-line-from/769817 "2017-02-16T19:14:00Z")
My wife and I quote tons of movies and TV shows, but we usually have a wide selection of quotes from each film or show. However, we have a few movies that only provide us with one quote and sometimes, those aren’t even m… --- ## [How dare the Grammys not give Beyonce every award!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-the-grammys-not-give-beyonce-every-award/779802)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-the-grammys-not-give-beyonce-every-award/779802 "2017-02-16T16:28:41Z")
I don’t even like Adele’s album much, but I’m streaming it now just on general principle. I’m so sick of the “Beyhive” (or the “Beygency”, as one of the greatest SNL bits ever called them). I’m sure her R&B-inflected d… --- ## [Handsome and the female beast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsome-and-the-female-beast/779616)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsome-and-the-female-beast/779616 "2017-02-16T15:43:33Z")
They are always making movies about beauty and the beast would it work if they reversed it? --- ## [Forgotten luncheon meats and types of salami](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-luncheon-meats-and-types-of-salami/779506)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-luncheon-meats-and-types-of-salami/779506 "2017-02-16T15:42:42Z")
Does anyone even remember when it was called “luncheon meats”? This came up while talking with my son’s girlfriend. I mentioned how it is weird that I like Spam but never liked spiced ham. She was totally confused until … --- ## [What movie are you in the mood for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-are-you-in-the-mood-for/779857)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-are-you-in-the-mood-for/779857 "2017-02-16T13:10:38Z")
Today is that holiday thingie – like the hundred and fifty-somethingth anniversary of Oregon’s admission to the union. Or whatever. You feel like watching a movie. Which one? I feel like watching Eternal Sunshine of the… --- ## ["Kedi", and other foreign films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kedi-and-other-foreign-films/779654)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kedi-and-other-foreign-films/779654 "2017-02-16T07:21:15Z")
We’re in the middle of the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) and went to see two films yesterday. One was a charming Turkish effort called Kedi (schedule and trailer here), which is about the many thousands of … --- ## [Did the authors make these things up? Or are/were they real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-authors-make-these-things-up-or-are-were-they-real/779742)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-authors-make-these-things-up-or-are-were-they-real/779742 "2017-02-16T03:41:31Z")
Three passages in three different novels have puzzled me for years, so I’m finally asking in one post if what I read was author invention, or if it has any basis in reality. – Everybody’s All-American by Frank Deford. T… --- ## [What album have you listened to the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-album-have-you-listened-to-the-most/779552 "2017-02-16T02:59:53Z")
The whole album from start to finish. And approximately how many times have you listened to it? --- ## [Recognize this short story? Perforations in paper lead to indestructable materil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-short-story-perforations-in-paper-lead-to-indestructable-materil/779684)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognize-this-short-story-perforations-in-paper-lead-to-indestructable-materil/779684 "2017-02-16T01:45:39Z")
A long time ago my brother told me about a short story where a scientist, investigating why perforated paper always seems to tear anywhere except at the perforations, discovers some property by which holes in things make… --- ## [Binge watching the office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-watching-the-office/779951)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-watching-the-office/779951 "2017-02-16T01:37:21Z")
I’ve seen episodes here and there, but I’m binge watching the show right now and am on season 2. I have to say, some of Michael Scotts behavior is more cringeworthy than funny. Him and Jan, that is pretty sad at times. … --- ## [John Oliver - Last week Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-last-week-tonight/779928)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-last-week-tonight/779928 "2017-02-15T21:33:44Z")
Well, Oliver painted a pretty clear picture of the way things work in Trumptopia. First, Donald sees something on Twitter or Breitbart or some source just as credible. He Then repeats it as fact without fact checking. T… --- ## [Foreign Movies where Americans are the Bad Guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-movies-where-americans-are-the-bad-guys/779930)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-movies-where-americans-are-the-bad-guys/779930 "2017-02-15T21:26:45Z")
looking at the thread Cultural Villains in non-Western Countries ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=818891 ) , it occurs to me that an interesting question to ask about is Foreign Movies where the B… --- ## [Heff says: No more thread-bare hare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heff-says-no-more-thread-bare-hare/734518)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heff-says-no-more-thread-bare-hare/734518 "2017-02-15T20:26:07Z")
If you were wondering what to get Satan for Christmas this year, you might want to consider a pair of ice skates because Hell is freezing over. As of March 0f 2016, Playboy Magazine will no longer feature naked ladies. --- ## [Imposters - new Bravo series (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imposters-new-bravo-series-open-spoilers/779931)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imposters-new-bravo-series-open-spoilers/779931 "2017-02-15T20:09:48Z")
I thought the premiere showed promise - lots of breathing room for plot development. The only complaint I have is that the lead femme fatale’s Belgian accent was either really poor or intentionally that way, to show how … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=772) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=774)