# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=776 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 777 --- ## [Are Wind Instruments (Musical) as Physically Taxing As They Appear To Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wind-instruments-musical-as-physically-taxing-as-they-appear-to-be/779392)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-wind-instruments-musical-as-physically-taxing-as-they-appear-to-be/779392 "2017-02-10T15:07:43Z")
I’ve seen many people playing trombones, saxes, and the like over the years, and it looks like they have a tough time of it. Faces red and swelled up, eyes popping out of their heads, and so on. (I’m talking about profes… --- ## [Spin̈al Tap cranks the legal up to 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-al-tap-cranks-the-legal-up-to-11/779333)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-al-tap-cranks-the-legal-up-to-11/779333 "2017-02-10T05:03:19Z")
Apparently French distribution giant Vivendi has been stiffing our boys something fierce. Not only that, the company abandoned the trademarks for the group back in 2011, yet still demands a payment from the group if th… --- ## [Coffee, Tea, or Milk with that Cookie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-or-milk-with-that-cookie/779041)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-tea-or-milk-with-that-cookie/779041 "2017-02-10T04:20:23Z")
Milk with that cookie for me, a tall glass and cold. Some may denigrate milk as childish, but nothing goes down with cookies so well. And I hope those cookies have chocolate chips. Argument? --- ## [Decline of the 'concept album' as an art form](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decline-of-the-concept-album-as-an-art-form/778592)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decline-of-the-concept-album-as-an-art-form/778592 "2017-02-10T03:57:36Z")
This weekend I listened to “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” for the first time in about 30 years. Sure “Suffragette City” gets plenty of air time on classic rock format stations, but listen… --- ## [Do phasers disintegrate people anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-phasers-disintegrate-people-anymore/778618)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-phasers-disintegrate-people-anymore/778618 "2017-02-10T03:36:49Z")
In Star Trek, when someone is hit with a phaser blast at the ‘kill’ setting, they’d glow, and then vanish. Complete disintegration. I don’t remember that happening on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Spa… --- ## [Possible new Firefly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-firefly/779403)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-new-firefly/779403 "2017-02-10T02:19:34Z")
Article here. Basically, a Fox exec has said that they’re onboard if Joss Whedon is. That’d be very cool! Probably unlikely, but very cool. --- ## [Wherein the Star Trek franchises plagiarize each other.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-star-trek-franchises-plagiarize-each-other/779350)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-the-star-trek-franchises-plagiarize-each-other/779350 "2017-02-09T18:14:22Z")
Forgive me, I can’t remember the episode names so I’ll just leave a brief summary: Example 1.) Voyager: Seven and the Doctor are the only ones left awake as the rest of the crew sleeps as the ship passes through a nebu… --- ## [Go Chu Jang - "Korean Ketchup"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-chu-jang-korean-ketchup/779284)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-chu-jang-korean-ketchup/779284 "2017-02-09T17:50:36Z")
Does anyone have a recipe for this stuff? I’ve developed a taste for the sauce that comes in a bottle (Annie Chun brand) but is kind of pricey as compared to other condiments and it can be difficult to find where I live. … --- ## [The most creative animated TV series of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-creative-animated-tv-series-of-all-time/778805)
**Author:** [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-creative-animated-tv-series-of-all-time/778805 "2017-02-09T17:32:44Z")
Since it’s beginning 6,7 years ago I’ve watched the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time (when I remember that it’s on) as often as I can. Everytime that I do remember that it’s on, I always enjoy it and usually think, … --- ## [Strangest Book You Have Ever Found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-book-you-have-ever-found/334110)
**Author:** [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-book-you-have-ever-found/334110 "2017-02-09T16:17:34Z")
When I was doing research in my campus library a short time ago, I found a book claiming to be the autobiography of William Shakespeare. This struck me as peculiar, for reasons that are obvious. Curious, I decided to rea… --- ## [Anyone else going to see The Shining on the big screen 10/23?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-going-to-see-the-shining-on-the-big-screen-10-23/768676 "2017-02-09T14:18:24Z")
TCM presents The Shining in theatres October 23rd. Mrs L.A. doesn’t want to go, but I have my ticket for the afternoon show. --- ## [My 600-lb Life on TLC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-600-lb-life-on-tlc/775843)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-600-lb-life-on-tlc/775843 "2017-02-09T13:42:52Z")
I find myself watching this in a slow-down-as-I-pass-a-car-wreck kind of way. I caught the episode on 12/28 of Pauline Potter. I know these are reality shows, edited to provide the most drama. But what strikes me in m… --- ## [Are Muslims portrayed fairly by Hollywood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-muslims-portrayed-fairly-by-hollywood/778331)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-muslims-portrayed-fairly-by-hollywood/778331 "2017-02-09T10:58:52Z")
Interesting take by the LA Times (scroll about a quarter way down the page for the story). Exploiting fear of Muslims? The far right has nothing on liberal Hollywood I think the writer of the article has it right. It… --- ## [Any graduates of Middlebury Russian school in the audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graduates-of-middlebury-russian-school-in-the-audience/779379)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graduates-of-middlebury-russian-school-in-the-audience/779379 "2017-02-09T06:14:02Z")
I would be eternally grateful if you could give me the lyrics to О школа наша русская, the parody of this song: I lost mine in a basement flood some time ago. :frowning: I can give you an e-mail address… --- ## [Identify this Grade C Movie from late 1960s / early 1970s...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-grade-c-movie-from-late-1960s-early-1970s/779368)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-grade-c-movie-from-late-1960s-early-1970s/779368 "2017-02-09T04:13:18Z")
Came bubbling up in my brain during discussions of Hell or High Water. It’s a movie I saw with my sister in 6th grade or thereabouts, maybe 1971. There were some quantity of senior citizens (2? 3?) of whom I only remem… --- ## [What is your favorite and least-favorite shape of pasta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-shape-of-pasta/778674)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-shape-of-pasta/778674 "2017-02-09T00:05:56Z")
And why? I like ditalini because it’s easiest to get all the sauce on, and it’s a good shape and size for using the leftovers in other things (like stirfrys). I don’t like linguine/fettuccine (still not sure what the d… --- ## [Celebrities that are your age.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-are-your-age/779074)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-that-are-your-age/779074 "2017-02-08T22:05:49Z")
I was looking up celebrity birthdays, with an eye for a themed DeathPool list. For fun I looked up the birthdays of celebrity folks who are very close in age to me. I was surprised to find how close in age I was to the… --- ## [Is it true that sushi restaurants in Japan make new chefs go through extreme apprenticeships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-sushi-restaurants-in-japan-make-new-chefs-go-through-extreme-apprenticeships/777005)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-sushi-restaurants-in-japan-make-new-chefs-go-through-extreme-apprenticeships/777005 "2017-02-08T20:31:12Z")
I like sushi just fine but it is one of the more simple foods there is. However, I have heard that some of the more demanding master sushi chefs require a young apprentice to learn how to cook rice for two years or more … --- ## [Easy Song ID Challenge: Brazilian Female Vocal Hit from Late 1983](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-song-id-challenge-brazilian-female-vocal-hit-from-late-1983/779246 "2017-02-08T16:40:29Z")
Inspired by the “Foreign Language” music thread. I’ve got some old cassette tapes from when I was in Brazil. I would record stuff off the radio, and with no mixer or high-tech stuff, the results are pretty poor. No big … --- ## [Movie ID: Man biting a rope that is holding a sword above him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-man-biting-a-rope-that-is-holding-a-sword-above-him/779272 "2017-02-08T16:30:07Z")
This should be an easy one. A guy is tied spread-eagle on the ground. He has a rope in his mouth. The rope goes over a tree limb, and supports a very large sword (I think). The game is this: As long as the guy keeps… --- ## [Serious about losing weight and lowering my blood pressure and have 2 questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-about-losing-weight-and-lowering-my-blood-pressure-and-have-2-questions/778449)
**Author:** [@4kad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4kad)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-about-losing-weight-and-lowering-my-blood-pressure-and-have-2-questions/778449 "2017-02-08T15:23:28Z")
What are some healthy options for breakfast? What are some healthy options for lunch? Thanks. I want to watch my sodium intake and became motivated once buttons starting popping off my shirt and being out of bre… --- ## [Javier Grillo-Marxuach's The Middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javier-grillo-marxuachs-the-middleman/779318)
**Author:** [@The\_Pork-Chop\_Express](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Pork-Chop_Express)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/javier-grillo-marxuachs-the-middleman/779318 "2017-02-08T15:11:47Z")
I was looking around the SDMB for mention of this show, but amazingly there appears to be none! So, as a self-appointed champion of The Middleman–yet another fantastic tv gem that met an untimely death–I felt it my duty … --- ## [My Name is Luka...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-luka/773661)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-luka/773661 "2017-02-08T14:34:28Z")
I’m surprised the consensus in the comments on the official video on Youtubeof “Luka” is sure this song is about child abuse. I always thought it was about spousal abuse. Maybe the SD can enlighten me. Why would so many … --- ## [Which fictional mystery would you like to be solved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-mystery-would-you-like-to-be-solved/777498)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-mystery-would-you-like-to-be-solved/777498 "2017-02-08T12:16:49Z")
For me it’s this: I’d like to know what happened at Troy McClure’s aquarium incident. But then, maybe I better don’t really …So, what’s yours? (can be anything, books, movies, TV) --- ## [How is Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-alan-dean-fosters-spellsinger-series/779297)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-alan-dean-fosters-spellsinger-series/779297 "2017-02-08T12:10:59Z")
I won’t be needing a new series for awhile. I have been alternating between Brandon Sanderson, my favorite author, and Discworld books. I will eventually run out of Sanderson books, though. I was wondering about the Spe… --- ## [RIP Irwin Corey, The World's Foremost Authority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-irwin-corey-the-worlds-foremost-authority/779250)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-irwin-corey-the-worlds-foremost-authority/779250 "2017-02-08T04:12:20Z")
‘Professor’ Irwin Corey Dies at 102 Clip Another clip --- ## [Military memoirs from more unusual combat roles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-memoirs-from-more-unusual-combat-roles/778948)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-memoirs-from-more-unusual-combat-roles/778948 "2017-02-08T04:07:57Z")
I’m currently reading the 'Worst combat role in WWII?" thread in general questions and someone made the comment that they’ve never seen a memoir by a flame-thrower operator. So I was wondering if people could recommend … --- ## [How does Saturday night live find random celebrities to do impressions of people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-saturday-night-live-find-random-celebrities-to-do-impressions-of-people/779236 "2017-02-08T03:31:58Z")
Examples would be Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer, Ben Affleck as Keith Olbermann, etc. These aren’t regular cast members or the host, so how do they get jobs playing a character rather tha… --- ## [Question about The Flash TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-flash-tv-show/779296)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-flash-tv-show/779296 "2017-02-08T03:08:56Z")
The main hangout in the show is a coffee shop. To my knowledge they always referred to the place as Jitters. Last week I noticed they called it CC Jitters and that is also what is on the sign. That seems like a change to… --- ## [Mad-Men: 7.14 "Person to Person", SERIES FINALE (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-14-person-to-person-series-finale-open-spoilers/720273)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-men-7-14-person-to-person-series-finale-open-spoilers/720273 "2017-02-08T02:11:09Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] The stories of Don Draper, his family and his co-workers at Sterling Cooper & Partners conclude. \[/QUOTE\] It’s all come down to this, last episode of the series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=775) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=777)