# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=778 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 779 --- ## [A Pleathora of Tribute Bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pleathora-of-tribute-bands/778928)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pleathora-of-tribute-bands/778928 "2017-02-04T19:48:21Z")
Looking in the entertainment section of my local paper, I see numerous tribute bands coming to my nearby small city and somewhat close larger cities. Pink Floyd (two different ones), Led Zeppelin, Heart, Beatles, Foreign… --- ## [Restaurant Name - NEED HELP!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694)
**Author:** [@shaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shaz)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694 "2017-02-04T16:39:48Z")
Ok, gentle folk, I need your naming expertise. We will (hopefully) be opening a restaurant in Holly Hill, Florida. It’s a small community between Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach. We will be serving comfort food, some fro… --- ## ["Alien" film series: How many "chestburster" scenes have there been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-film-series-how-many-chestburster-scenes-have-there-been/778762)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-film-series-how-many-chestburster-scenes-have-there-been/778762 "2017-02-04T16:24:41Z")
With the recent demise of John Hurt, the famous chestburster scene from the original Alien film naturally comes to mind. If you haven’t seen it, check it out: POP!! I was trying to recall how many other characters in t… --- ## [What was the last Airport Novel you purchased?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-airport-novel-you-purchased/778734)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-airport-novel-you-purchased/778734 "2017-02-04T15:24:21Z")
I was the the airport recently picking up some family members and while I was waiting for their flight to arrive, I decided to browse through the airport bookshop. It got me thinking about the genre of Airport Novel - f… --- ## [Do decaf and regular coffee taste the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-decaf-and-regular-coffee-taste-the-same/778733)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-decaf-and-regular-coffee-taste-the-same/778733 "2017-02-04T15:00:03Z")
Please help me settle a debate! Actually, there isn’t really a debate, but it came up in conversation, and I’m curious what people think. A friend of mine claims that decaf coffee always tastes too watered down. I dri… --- ## [You Remember Kenny Rogers Roasted Chicken? What went wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-remember-kenny-rogers-roasted-chicken-what-went-wrong/722854)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-remember-kenny-rogers-roasted-chicken-what-went-wrong/722854 "2017-02-04T05:09:56Z")
The best roasted chicken I’ve ever eaten in my entire life was at Kenny Rogers Roasted Chicken. They had a 20 min long line of people waiting to get in every single day at lunch and dinner. I still wonder how they got it… --- ## [A Couple Of Questions About The Early Days Of Broadcast TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-early-days-of-broadcast-tv/778942)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-questions-about-the-early-days-of-broadcast-tv/778942 "2017-02-04T03:20:50Z")
Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and I’m assuming many other talk show hosts crowdsource some of their material. Fallon does Hashtags, Kimmel does his YouTube challenges. Before them, Jay Leno crowdsourced his weird headlines… --- ## [All time best Hugo Award loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-hugo-award-loser/778855)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-hugo-award-loser/778855 "2017-02-04T02:57:15Z")
Inspired by the all time best Hugo Award winner thread (which was inspired by the all time best Newberry Award winner thread) how about your favorite Hugo nominees that didn’t win? After all, there are many more of those… --- ## [The Godfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather/778363)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather/778363 "2017-02-04T02:38:19Z")
Why did Clemenza and Michael leave the guns? Especially Michael … holding it up dramatically before dropping it? --- ## [Can you ID this made for television film about an authoritarian state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-made-for-television-film-about-an-authoritarian-state/778784)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-made-for-television-film-about-an-authoritarian-state/778784 "2017-02-04T01:37:57Z")
Posting for a friend who’s trying to remember. Per his description it was a TV film made ca. 1970 “about an America where an authoritarian government had come to power in the wake of economic failure and racial unrest. T… --- ## [Potato cakes (leftover mashed potato)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-cakes-leftover-mashed-potato/778801)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-cakes-leftover-mashed-potato/778801 "2017-02-04T00:42:18Z")
My dear mamma used to be able to take the leftover mashed spuds and turn them into delectable fried potato cakes for the next day’s breakfast. I think she did something to them with egg and flour. I have tried to repli… --- ## [Limitless - the TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitless-the-tv-show/727156)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitless-the-tv-show/727156 "2017-02-04T00:06:19Z")
Previous thread on the movie: Limitless film (spoilers after OP) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board The TV show will premiere Sept. 22 on CBS. Looks like it’ll be a cop show with a twist. Cooper will exec pr… --- ## [Need to know actress and movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-know-actress-and-movie/778917)
**Author:** [@Turnback79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turnback79)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-know-actress-and-movie/778917 "2017-02-03T21:44:31Z")
First off this is a question about a sex scence in a mainstream movie not porn There is video clip from xvideos, once again not from a porn movie To watch google or Bing \ The actress looks familer Please h… --- ## [Dunkin' \[donut\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donut/778861)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donut/778861 "2017-02-03T21:25:27Z")
Does anybody know when (and why) Dunkin’ Donuts stopped selling dunkin’ donuts? --- ## [That depressing funeral march you hear in movies and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-depressing-funeral-march-you-hear-in-movies-and-tv/654230 "2017-02-03T15:49:50Z")
Ok, I’ll admit my ignorance!:smiley: Who was the composer/author/source for that funeral tune one has heard so often on TV and in movies. I’ve even heard it in cartoons. It’s slow and depressing and sterotypical of de… --- ## [Help i.d. that "funeral song"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-that-funeral-song/778846)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-d-that-funeral-song/778846 "2017-02-03T14:14:33Z")
I’m trying to identify what/where the world’s most famous ‘funeral song’ comes from. You’ve heard the 11 note melody I’m talking about dozens if not hundreds of times (dum dum dadum dum dadum dadum daduuum) and can be h… --- ## [Any other Hugo nominators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-hugo-nominators/778900)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-hugo-nominators/778900 "2017-02-03T13:57:01Z")
For Worldcon members, Hugo award (sci-fi and fantasy literature awards) nominations recently started. Any other thoughts on the categories and potential nominees? There’s a category for short and long form dramatic pre… --- ## [Plot question about "The Hunt for Red October" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-the-hunt-for-red-october-spoilers/318237)
**Author:** [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-question-about-the-hunt-for-red-october-spoilers/318237 "2017-02-03T13:49:21Z")
There’s a thread in GQ about the technical aspects of torpedoes and sonar and such, but what I want to discuss is this: Why did the cook on Red October want to sabotage the sub? The Russians were obviously taken by surpr… --- ## [Can you identify this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/778791)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/778791 "2017-02-03T00:03:28Z")
Cracked did a Photoplasty and I have no idea which movie this references. It seems familiar but I can’t place it. Can you identify it? --- ## [I was craving a sub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-craving-a-sub/778633 "2017-02-03T00:01:32Z")
And now I have one. I got an Italian BMT from Subway on 9-grain wheat bread. Yellow cheddar. lettuce, tomato, onion and green peppers. For the sauce, I got the house Italian dressing. Oh yeah! (Checks to make sure I’m… --- ## [Could a Sinbad the Sailor movie be made in today's anti-Muslim climate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sinbad-the-sailor-movie-be-made-in-todays-anti-muslim-climate/778829)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-sinbad-the-sailor-movie-be-made-in-todays-anti-muslim-climate/778829 "2017-02-02T23:31:13Z")
If not it would be a pity because the “Arabian Nights” genre is/was a very imaginative and entertaining one. In particular I’m thinking of one nearly forgotten example: Captain Sinbad 1963, starring Guy Williams of Lost … --- ## [NPR guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-guest/778709)
**Author:** [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-guest/778709 "2017-02-02T23:07:15Z")
Between 5 pm and 5:15 pm on NPR in DC (WAMU), there was a guest with a heavy Thurston Howell accent who was defending the Trump administration. Who was it? --- ## [The Flash S03E11: Dead or Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e11-dead-or-alive/778736)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e11-dead-or-alive/778736 "2017-02-02T22:52:01Z")
Heh. Unexpected Supergirl crossover! The Flash writers should have taken some tips from the Supergirl writers as I couldn’t help but think that the Patriarchy (in the form of Joe and Barry) kept trying to keep a good w… --- ## [That Girl and Mary Richards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-girl-and-mary-richards/778286)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-girl-and-mary-richards/778286 "2017-02-02T22:27:36Z")
My husband is all verklempt about how everyone is saying Mary Richards was the first modern woman-- single and working-- when That Girl preceded her. For sure Ann Marie was a trailblazer in sitcoms. She was the first sin… --- ## [I hate it when this happens in D&D!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-this-happens-in-d-d/778817)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-this-happens-in-d-d/778817 "2017-02-02T21:08:34Z")
http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/89/8928/PP8R300Z/posters/joe-dator-oh-sorry-i-think-i-just-butt-summoned-you-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg --- ## [Sneaky Pete (Amazon Exclusive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaky-pete-amazon-exclusive/778604)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaky-pete-amazon-exclusive/778604 "2017-02-02T19:05:46Z")
We’ll try to make this light on spoilers, I guess, for people interested in watching the show and those who aren’t quite through it yet. I watched the pilot on Amazon in December and wasn’t really sure I wanted to watch… --- ## [On preparing coffee . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-preparing-coffee/778137)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-preparing-coffee/778137 "2017-02-02T17:55:21Z")
I was looking to prepare coffee in the evening so it’s ready faster in the morning. We can set out coffee maker to turn on, but we still have to add cream and sugar and then mix it all (which every can agree is so diffi… --- ## [Flavors in Threes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-in-threes/774034)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flavors-in-threes/774034 "2017-02-02T17:41:10Z")
Anyone who’s familiar with Cajun/Creole cuisine knows the “Holy Trinity” - onions, celery and bell peppers (usually in a 3:2:1 ratio). There’s also the Italian “Soffritto” and French mirepoix of onions, celery and carro… --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.10 "The Winds of Winter" 6/26/16 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-10-the-winds-of-winter-6-26-16-show-discussion/758472)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 611\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-10-the-winds-of-winter-6-26-16-show-discussion/758472 "2017-02-02T17:04:58Z")
6.01 The Red Woman 6.02 Home 6.03 Oathbreaker 6.04 Book of the Stranger 6.05 The Door 6.06 Blood of My Blood 6.07 The Broken Man 6.08 No One 6.09 The Battle of the Bastards The books do not exist in this thread. … --- ## [RIP: John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-wetton-asia-king-crimson-etc/778657)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-john-wetton-asia-king-crimson-etc/778657 "2017-02-02T14:01:14Z")
Cancer claims another prog legend. :frowning: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=777) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=779)