# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=782 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 783 --- ## [When did movies stop being quotable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-movies-stop-being-quotable/776594 "2017-01-25T18:47:30Z")
I mean, maybe (probably?) it’s a function of age (49), but for the life of me I can’t recall any recent movies which contained quotes which swept the country and became catchphrases even to those who haven’t seen the fil… --- ## [Voyager's nacelles. Also, landing gear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyagers-nacelles-also-landing-gear/777964)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voyagers-nacelles-also-landing-gear/777964 "2017-01-25T18:37:47Z")
When Voyager goes into warp, its nacelles cant upward. TMK, no other Star Trek starship does this. Aside from ‘Ooh, it looks cool!’, why do Voyager’s nacelles do that? It seems to serve no purpose (‘GNDN’ :wink: ) and… --- ## [I'd love to see a cable series on the Beatles' career.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-love-to-see-a-cable-series-on-the-beatles-career/778031)
**Author:** [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-love-to-see-a-cable-series-on-the-beatles-career/778031 "2017-01-25T17:06:19Z")
I know there’s been some talk about a Beatles biopic or mini-series, which, believe me, I’d still be glad to see. But the story of the Beatles is so rich and full of interesting side stories and details that I think it c… --- ## ["The Vanishing": I don't get it. (COMPLETE SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vanishing-i-dont-get-it-complete-spoilers/165670)
**Author:** [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vanishing-i-dont-get-it-complete-spoilers/165670 "2017-01-25T16:20:32Z")
\*\*Be forewarned the entire movie is spoiled here. \*\* Otherwise I’d have to include the entire message in a spoiler box, which seems silly. Okay, I’m talking about the original, 1988 version. I rented it and watched it… --- ## [Can you ID this (viking) heavy metal song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-viking-heavy-metal-song/778100)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-viking-heavy-metal-song/778100 "2017-01-25T12:22:19Z")
I don’t have much to go on. It was early 2000s I think. The song is supposedly about the main song writer having a falling out with the band and leaving. The song is very long (several minutes). I think the group or the … --- ## [SNL dirty talk skit from last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-dirty-talk-skit-from-last-night/777831 "2017-01-25T02:33:00Z")
I think this was the best skit of last night. --- ## [Episode VIII has a title...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-viii-has-a-title/777995 "2017-01-24T23:49:50Z")
It’s The Last Jedi. In other interesting news (possibly), they have taken to calling the main Star Wars movies “The Skywalker Saga”. So is Jedi singular or plural? Guess we’ll find out in 11 months. --- ## [Losing my mind over a song I've heard but can't place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-my-mind-over-a-song-ive-heard-but-cant-place/777983)
**Author:** [@Remedy\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remedy_Quinn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-my-mind-over-a-song-ive-heard-but-cant-place/777983 "2017-01-24T23:22:32Z")
I just watched this vine by mishaleckles about Crowley, I can’t find the song the person used, It’s driving me crazy:smack: --- ## [Goliath - new Amazon series with Billy Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goliath-new-amazon-series-with-billy-bob/768839)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goliath-new-amazon-series-with-billy-bob/768839 "2017-01-24T21:45:07Z")
Goliath is a new 8-episode series about a washed out lawyer who goes up against his former mega-firm. I’ve always liked Billy Bob Thornton, and the rest of the cast tried their damnedest to make this thing work, and ther… --- ## [Weird setting on new bread machine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-setting-on-new-bread-machine/777959)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-setting-on-new-bread-machine/777959 "2017-01-24T20:25:44Z")
At least I thought they were weird but, from talking to another person that has two bread machines, they apparently aren’t. Does anyone else’s bread machine have settings for: Yogurt, Sticky Rice, Rice Wine or Stir Fry?… --- ## [Would you help me to translate my novel? (to English)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-help-me-to-translate-my-novel-to-english/777676)
**Author:** [@Julius\_TheG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_TheG)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-help-me-to-translate-my-novel-to-english/777676 "2017-01-24T19:20:46Z")
I’ve published a novel in Spanish, in Amazon, and I wonder if you guys would help me to translate it to English. The problem is that I can’t afford to buy a professional translation service, so I’ve started to translate … --- ## [William Peter Blatty, dead at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-peter-blatty-dead-at-89/777059)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-peter-blatty-dead-at-89/777059 "2017-01-24T17:05:24Z")
Link I think it’s appropriate that this is reported on Friday the 13th. --- ## [Alvin and the Chipmunks: What were they wearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-what-were-they-wearing/777520)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alvin-and-the-chipmunks-what-were-they-wearing/777520 "2017-01-24T15:47:11Z")
The original Alvin and the Chipmunks, not the modern CGI ones. Long shirts? Dresses? Nuns’ habits? --- ## [Who is that coquettish old woman in the new Subway commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-coquettish-old-woman-in-the-new-subway-commercials/778027)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-that-coquettish-old-woman-in-the-new-subway-commercials/778027 "2017-01-24T13:47:34Z")
She looks and sounds familiar, but I can’t place her. I’m guessing she was in pictures maybe 50-odd years ago? :confused: --- ## [Do you find tomatoes gross and disgusting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-tomatoes-gross-and-disgusting/777737)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-tomatoes-gross-and-disgusting/777737 "2017-01-24T10:43:35Z")
People considered tomatoes poisonous for a long time. I’m not entirely sure they weren’t right. :smiley: I’m not sure why I don’t like them. I know the texture bugs me. I always tell them no tomatoes on my burger. But … --- ## [How Old is Maggie May?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-maggie-may/777927)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-maggie-may/777927 "2017-01-24T05:05:24Z")
Note on use of the term “Narrator” in the Poll options: Rod Stewart says that this song is based upon a real woman, a woman he lost his virginity to when he was 16 years old. Thus, this question could have what would be… --- ## [RIP: "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-superfly-jimmy-snuka/777324)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-superfly-jimmy-snuka/777324 "2017-01-24T04:48:36Z")
The Superfly has flown away Can’t find another thread on this, so… I’m going to out myself as a 1980s wrestling fan. Adolescent me was fascinated with the good guys and bad guys in the brief period in the 80s when wres… --- ## [Name that TV 'show' (for lack of a better word)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-show-for-lack-of-a-better-word/777828)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-show-for-lack-of-a-better-word/777828 "2017-01-24T04:08:16Z")
OK, here we go again…this show was a one-off as far as I know. It aired sometime in the last five years or so(?) I hesitate to call it a ‘show’ as it seemed more like one super-sized skit running for about 30 minutes. It… --- ## [Inappropriate music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-music/776341 "2017-01-24T02:36:12Z")
Mrs. L.A., RN, was on the phone with a doctor’s office. Their ‘hold music’ (or at least the music playing while she was on hold) was Be Still. Excerpt: And when you go through the valley And the shadow comes down fro… --- ## [Is the " G " (US) rated movie an endangered or extinct species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-g-us-rated-movie-an-endangered-or-extinct-species/777576)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-g-us-rated-movie-an-endangered-or-extinct-species/777576 "2017-01-24T00:42:11Z")
When was the last time you even saw a G rated movie come to box office? I’m not saying you had to pay to see it, I’m just wondering when was the last time one even existed. What is the cause? --- ## [Help me recall this scene from the 1960's TV series "Get Smart"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-this-scene-from-the-1960s-tv-series-get-smart/777459)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-recall-this-scene-from-the-1960s-tv-series-get-smart/777459 "2017-01-23T21:54:43Z")
I loved this show as a kid, and I’m slowly splurging with a boxset I got for Christmas. I vaguely recall a scene in which Max and another guy are sharing quarters for the night. As they tuck themselves in, Max makes a c… --- ## [How should the mainstream media respond to WH's intimidation and "alternative facts"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-mainstream-media-respond-to-whs-intimidation-and-alternative-facts/777958)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-mainstream-media-respond-to-whs-intimidation-and-alternative-facts/777958 "2017-01-23T20:43:17Z")
There’s already a thread on how Orwellian the blatant lying of Trumps new press people are. The question for this thread is: \*\*how should the media respond ? \*\* I don’t know what the endgame is for the gaslighters-in-ch… --- ## [Star Trek TOS: "The Deadly Years"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-the-deadly-years/777604)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-the-deadly-years/777604 "2017-01-23T19:30:42Z")
I just realized today that Kirk, on the stand, is doing a “Captain Queeg” (though much much shorter) Which leads to another question: Kirk just got old…is he at heart a raving paranoic??? And insanely delusional. “Looka… --- ## [Songs that can be played on an eight-note toy xylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-can-be-played-on-an-eight-note-toy-xylophone/260747)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-can-be-played-on-an-eight-note-toy-xylophone/260747 "2017-01-23T18:51:33Z")
My daughter has got a little toy xylophone. It’s got eight keys, going from low-pitched to high-pitched from left to right (I’ll refer to these as keys A \[low\] through H \[highest\]). My sister-in-law showed us how to pla… --- ## [Best true crime book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-true-crime-book/777123)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-true-crime-book/777123 "2017-01-23T18:47:50Z")
2017 is the 50th anniversary of the release of “In Cold Blood” (the movie; the book’s 50th anniversary was in 2016), so an up-to-date poll of Doper true crime preferences is in order. There have been a lot of good ones … --- ## [Comics Q: Beast and Marvel Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-q-beast-and-marvel-boy/777954)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-q-beast-and-marvel-boy/777954 "2017-01-23T18:43:04Z")
I don’t follow comics anywhere near as closely as I used to, so I’m hoping someone can bring me up to speed on something. A few years back, during one of those mega-events, Noh-Var (a.k.a. Marvel Boy or Protector), not e… --- ## [The  Resurrection of Gavin Stone movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resurrection-of-gavin-stone-movie/777125)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-resurrection-of-gavin-stone-movie/777125 "2017-01-23T17:39:07Z")
Thread to discuss the movie. Post comments if you’ve seen it or plan to see it. The previews look really good. It’s a comedy with a Christian message. I think they kept it fun without getting preachy. YMMV Basically a… --- ## [Guy sits in the garage, does a killer cover, puts it on YouTube...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-sits-in-the-garage-does-a-killer-cover-puts-it-on-youtube/738269 "2017-01-23T16:14:18Z")
Cover of Steve Wariner’s “Some Fools Never Learn” --- ## [Superman killing sentient robots, ever explained?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-killing-sentient-robots-ever-explained/777827)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-killing-sentient-robots-ever-explained/777827 "2017-01-23T09:27:24Z")
For someone who has taken a personal vow never to kill Superman certainly seems to do a lot of it, though for some reason sentient robots and other non-humanoid shaped aliens don’t seem to count. I know the real-world e… --- ## [Old contradictory story about the two dead boys getting up to fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-contradictory-story-about-the-two-dead-boys-getting-up-to-fight/355562)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-contradictory-story-about-the-two-dead-boys-getting-up-to-fight/355562 "2017-01-23T05:57:11Z")
When I was a kid growing up, we had these neighbors across the street, a muni court judge and his wife, who used to hang out with my parents, and my brother and I used to hang out with the younger daughter. This was we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=781) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=783)