# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=783 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 784 --- ## [Oy, vay! My chicken liver is dry!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-vay-my-chicken-liver-is-dry/777786)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-vay-my-chicken-liver-is-dry/777786 "2017-01-23T04:05:20Z")
I didn’t have any shmaltz handy, but I went ahead and made some anyway. Am I correct in assuming that chicken fat is essential to ensuring good texture? :dubious: :frowning: --- ## [Latex casting (or something similar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-casting-or-something-similar/776012)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-casting-or-something-similar/776012 "2017-01-23T01:18:25Z")
I have a hall pass which I made using a 3D printer. I like the shape of it, but I’ve found that it’s not as durable as I’d like: It sometimes gets dropped on hard tile floors, and (even though it shouldn’t) sometimes e… --- ## [Grimm, Season 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-7/777891)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grimm-season-7/777891 "2017-01-22T23:45:37Z")
Has anyone been watching this so far? I came into the series late in season 4 and binge watched to catch up. Had been watching it since, even though the believability and unanswered consequences were off the charts. H… --- ## [Maggie Roche, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-roche-rip/777804 "2017-01-22T22:48:22Z")
Age: 65. Cause of Death: cancer. The Roches could sing the pants off me. The one time I actually watched Tiny Toon Adventures, featured a segment with the sisters driving around in a tiny van because they were…roaches. M… --- ## [Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha valorizes idealism, not madness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-quixote-in-man-of-la-mancha-valorizes-idealism-not-madness/777389)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-quixote-in-man-of-la-mancha-valorizes-idealism-not-madness/777389 "2017-01-22T22:46:37Z")
In this Pit thread, an arts and literary discussion broke out. I’m recreating it here because the Pit seemed ill-suited to it. Essentially, Revenant Threshold and I seem to have some divergent views on the character of … --- ## [Movies were handprints/retinal scans/ laser-array security WORKS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-handprints-retinal-scans-laser-array-security-works/775815)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-were-handprints-retinal-scans-laser-array-security-works/775815 "2017-01-22T19:43:44Z")
In every movie I’ve watched, every time they show that the entrance to the “big important place” o “the gem of gemness” is protected by handprints, retinal scans or by an array of lasers in an intricate pattern, they are… --- ## [Catch me up on the webcomic Misfile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-me-up-on-the-webcomic-misfile/777818)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catch-me-up-on-the-webcomic-misfile/777818 "2017-01-22T17:58:46Z")
A recent thread has reminded me how much I used to enjoy the webcomic Misfile. I stopped reading it some years ago, perhaps even a decade ago. Is it still worth reading? If so, can anyone give me a precis of the plot to … --- ## [Miguel Ferrer RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miguel-ferrer-rip/777584)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miguel-ferrer-rip/777584 "2017-01-22T15:29:10Z")
Loved him in Hot Shots Part Deux (“War! It’s fannnntastic.”) --- ## [DVDs dead media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-dead-media/776953 "2017-01-22T14:19:43Z")
I have over 800 DVD movies and I put together over 300 to sell on CL. I asked $60 for them and never a bite. It’s an assortment of drama, crime, comedy, whatever. Stuff that I outgrew. You’d think there’s a movie buff o… --- ## [Green Day's Revolution Radio Tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-days-revolution-radio-tour/777819)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-days-revolution-radio-tour/777819 "2017-01-22T14:06:11Z")
So I went to see Green Day play in Mannheim on Wednesday. First time I’d seen them since they co-headlined Edgefest 1998 in Saskatoon (along with the Foo Fighters). I was a bit surprised at how much had stayed the same… --- ## [Name your favorite musical artists A-Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-favorite-musical-artists-a-z/777112 "2017-01-22T03:29:51Z")
(Boldly stealing from Panache45) Name your favorite musical artist for each letter of the alphabet. There are rules: Articles (a, an, the) are not considered. This is to prevent you from citing Rush under R and The R… --- ## [Worst retcons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-retcons/776410)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-retcons/776410 "2017-01-22T02:41:45Z")
As I write this the ST:TNG episode that introduced the Borg is playing (on BBC America, which is apparently stands for “Star Trek Marathon Channel” in British.) And I was thinking of how generalized and decentralized the… --- ## [Watching TOS "Bread and Circuses"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tos-bread-and-circuses/777759)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tos-bread-and-circuses/777759 "2017-01-22T01:44:36Z")
Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down outside a large city on an unknown planet in full Starfleet uniform looking for survivors from the Beagle. What the hell do they expect to accomplish? They don’t even have a telephone d… --- ## [A question about The Hunt for Red October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-hunt-for-red-october/567747)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-hunt-for-red-october/567747 "2017-01-21T23:03:04Z")
As an aside Captain Ramius is the role Sean Connery was born to play! Anyway something I’ve always wondered about the final battle scene (apart from how plausible it is, I’m guessing the answer is ‘not very’) one of the… --- ## [Watching tos "dagger of the mind"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tos-dagger-of-the-mind/777663)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-tos-dagger-of-the-mind/777663 "2017-01-21T20:29:48Z")
For the first time in more than 40 years, I just caught the significance of Kirk’s remark “She had better check out as the best assistant I ever had.” DUH! :smack: --- ## [Ethics of Time Travel in fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-time-travel-in-fiction/776474)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-time-travel-in-fiction/776474 "2017-01-21T18:23:19Z")
Have there been any books dealing with the ethics of using time travel? For example, someone with time travel capability goes back in time and wins a lottery. Hasn’t that person essentially stolen that money from the fu… --- ## [Will & Grace (& Jack)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-grace-jack/777710)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-grace-jack/777710 "2017-01-21T15:25:57Z")
I like Will & Grace. I must have been in the US while it was on the air, I remember quite a few episodes. I liked it, it made me laugh. (It is oddly like Big Bang Theory in a way I cannot put my finger on.) I see that t… --- ## [Why was Let it Bleed's release delayed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-let-it-bleeds-release-delayed/777709)
**Author:** [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-let-it-bleeds-release-delayed/777709 "2017-01-21T14:18:48Z")
The classic Stones album was recorded mainly before Mick went off to Australia to act in a film after the Hyde Park concert in July '69, with a few final recording sessions after he got back at the end of August (I think… --- ## [Actors who played the same character in two different versions of the same movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-the-same-character-in-two-different-versions-of-the-same-movie/777252 "2017-01-21T13:44:29Z")
Are there any cases where the same actor played the same character in two completely distinct productions of the same movie? Not counting actors who appeared as their real-life person. --- ## [TBBT questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-questions/777004)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-questions/777004 "2017-01-21T12:47:45Z")
Amy’s an only child, right? Has it ever been mentioned whether her mother is widowed or divorced? Amy doesn’t seem to have a father in the picture, but she’s never commiserated with Sheldon over losing one, or Howard ove… --- ## [I'm going to treat you to a pizza. The catch? You're only allowed to pick one topping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-treat-you-to-a-pizza-the-catch-youre-only-allowed-to-pick-one-topping/777302 "2017-01-21T08:58:08Z")
Okay, so I’m going to pay for you (let’s say “just you”, nobody else I.E. kids, significant other, etc) to have…oohhh…a medium pizza from the chain of your choice. Here are the rules. It MUST be from a chain, it cann… --- ## [The ugliest chord ever! I love it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-chord-ever-i-love-it/777360 "2017-01-20T22:00:36Z")
I can’t I.D. a note to save this current esteemed incarnation - much appreciated if someone here can nail it for me. It occurs (I think) at the top of each measure (at :10, :17, :25…): Siberian Khatru Is it a combinat… --- ## [McDonald's Big Mac line-up changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-big-mac-line-up-changes/777544)
**Author:** [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-big-mac-line-up-changes/777544 "2017-01-20T20:35:14Z")
First, if you want to dump on McDonald’s in general, that’s fine. But their “billions served” metric demonstrates that for every one of you that wouldn’t be caught at gunpoint ordering a Big Mac, there are thousands that… --- ## [Shot without sound viewing list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-without-sound-viewing-list/777583)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shot-without-sound-viewing-list/777583 "2017-01-20T19:40:30Z")
When a scene is shot without recording audio, it’s called ‘MOS’, from the apocryphal German director who would tell his Hollywood crew the take would be Mit-out Sprechen. There have been many films, from educational one… --- ## [Modern Family: Why is this show still on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-why-is-this-show-still-on/777215)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-why-is-this-show-still-on/777215 "2017-01-20T18:16:35Z")
Just watched the most recent ep of Modern Family. “Boring” would be an understatement. No laughs, not even a chuckle. Didn’t even crack a smile. I have only a vague recollection of what the show was about. Everyone invol… --- ## [Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-quicksilver/236200)
**Author:** [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neal-stephensons-quicksilver/236200 "2017-01-20T15:08:36Z")
I’ve read and enjoyed Neal Stephenson’s other books, so I picked up Quicksilver from a used bookstore last week and started working through it. Thing is…I don’t get it. It’s not that I’m afraid of long books. I’ve read… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 1/19/2017 - The Romance Recalibration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777578)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777578 "2017-01-20T14:12:22Z")
A new episode airs tonight! --- ## [11 books President Obama thinks everyone should read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-books-president-obama-thinks-everyone-should-read/777570)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-books-president-obama-thinks-everyone-should-read/777570 "2017-01-20T14:07:13Z")
Link to article Here’s his list of what he considers essential books. I suppose it reflects our post-literate age but what a sad list. (And I’m not particularly getting at Obama, Trump’s would have been far worse.) N… --- ## [Existential Pizza Threat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079 "2017-01-20T06:17:31Z")
Okay, get this. We ordered pizza, which I picked up on the way home from work. Now, I loves me yummy olives, but this was only the second time we ordered that topping–half mushroom / olives, half boring plain for my wi… --- ## [Does anyone else enjoy just eating dry cereal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-enjoy-just-eating-dry-cereal/411616 "2017-01-20T03:37:29Z")
Right now as I type this, I’m eating a bowl of plain, dry Cheerios. This is one of my comfort foods. But when I tell this to people, they look at me like I just stepped off a Martian spacecraft. Am I really that fucked u… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=782) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=784)