# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=813 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 814 --- ## [So long, NWCN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-nwcn/770294)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-nwcn/770294 "2016-10-31T20:14:17Z")
As I work from home more often than not, NWCN (Northwest Cable News) is my morning go-to station. They deliver news and weather before the other stations. (I usually start work between 06:00 and 06:30.) Alas, they’re … --- ## [Question re: Black Mirror - White Bear (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-black-mirror-white-bear-spoilers/770284)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-black-mirror-white-bear-spoilers/770284 "2016-10-31T18:40:34Z")
OK, so if you haven’t seen this episode, or this series, NETFLIX IT NOW!!! (But do brace yourself for one of the creepiest, most unsettling episodes of a TV shows you’ve ever seen.) But there is a twist to the episode, a… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 6 (October 27, 2016) -- "The Fetal Kick Catalyst"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882 "2016-10-31T16:16:09Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Yet another ID this movie thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-this-movie-thread/769856)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-this-movie-thread/769856 "2016-10-31T15:58:42Z")
I think this movie was made in the 60s. It’s about a viking (or some other warrior tribe guy who dresses in leather skins and such) who returns to his homeland. His grandfather is the chieftain, and there’s a scene where… --- ## [Adam Schiff - the Jessica Fletcher of Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-schiff-the-jessica-fletcher-of-manhattan/768594)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-schiff-the-jessica-fletcher-of-manhattan/768594 "2016-10-31T14:57:17Z")
Jessica Fletcher is well-known for the fact that her friends and relatives are accused of murder at a startling rate, but Adam Schiff (of Law and Order) seems just as bad - or worse: friends and political allies of him s… --- ## [ID This Short Horror Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-short-horror-story/769824)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-short-horror-story/769824 "2016-10-31T14:42:43Z")
Asking for the Dope’s help in identifying a short horror story I read many moons ago. Not sure even what decade I read it in, but I hazily think it was during the '80s, so the story probably isn’t any newer than that. I… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - October 2016 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2016-edition/767256)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2016-edition/767256 "2016-10-31T14:20:24Z")
Halloween! Jack o lanterns! Ghosts! And more importantly time to break out the HOODIES! My favorite one for this year is my new Bloom County Zenguin… Opus will be so faded by spring, I fear. In other news, I started The… --- ## [Anyone else think most English singers sound American when they sing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-most-english-singers-sound-american-when-they-sing/769665)
**Author:** [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-most-english-singers-sound-american-when-they-sing/769665 "2016-10-31T13:31:54Z")
I’m American and, more often than not, I have a hard time distinguishing an accent from English performers when they sing. They usually sound American to me. (Yes, I realize that many would argue it’s Americans who have … --- ## [The Ninth Gate - Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ninth-gate-huh/14731)
**Author:** [@Iago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iago)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ninth-gate-huh/14731 "2016-10-31T12:05:15Z")
I’m usually pretty good with these things, but I’m baffled by the end of this movie. Spoiler to follow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Okay, I pretty much had it up until the end. So who was the g… --- ## [Am I the only one here who reads Gerald Durrell's books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-here-who-reads-gerald-durrells-books/306441)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-here-who-reads-gerald-durrells-books/306441 "2016-10-31T09:39:40Z")
One of the first “grown-up” books I ever read was Gerald Durrell’s The Overloaded Ark, and I am still hooked on his work. GD was an amateur naturalist and zookeeper who wrote books about his animal collecting experience… --- ## [Do you like Neil Young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-neil-young/769431)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-neil-young/769431 "2016-10-31T09:37:43Z")
Apologies to Idle Thoughts for his Rod Stewart Poll, but this is a natural continuation of that thread. Well, do you? I’ll post a brief poll in a moment. --- ## [Someone brilliant contributed to the Wiki page for actor/director Alfonso Arau (Three Amigos)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-brilliant-contributed-to-the-wiki-page-for-actor-director-alfonso-arau-three-amigos/770098)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-brilliant-contributed-to-the-wiki-page-for-actor-director-alfonso-arau-three-amigos/770098 "2016-10-31T05:16:28Z")
A bit of trivia that came up in a bar conversation the other day: Alfonso Arau, the actor who plays El Guapo in the movie ¡Three Amigos! is actually a well established film director. I don’t just mean that he’s an actor… --- ## [Limericks with a twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-with-a-twist/769896)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limericks-with-a-twist/769896 "2016-10-31T04:51:05Z")
There was an old man dressed in gray, Who stood on his head every day. When someone asked why, He was quick to reply, “¡ʎɐʍ sıɥʇ ɹǝʇʇǝq ɥɔnɯ ʇı ǝʞıl ı” (not an original work, but don’t remember where I first saw thi… --- ## [How far back in time does setting out salt & pepper as condiments at meals go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-does-setting-out-salt-pepper-as-condiments-at-meals-go/770058)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-does-setting-out-salt-pepper-as-condiments-at-meals-go/770058 "2016-10-31T02:34:15Z")
Just curious what’s the history on salt and pepper as table setting must haves? Did the Pilgrims do it? --- ## [Stuff Missing from Movies -- Dracula (1931)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-missing-from-movies-dracula-1931/770213)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-missing-from-movies-dracula-1931/770213 "2016-10-31T00:26:24Z")
One of the things I like about movies is to finally see parts that were excised, because the movie frequently makes so much more sense with these parts put back in. Over the years I’ve watched as more and more of the sil… --- ## [A new "whatcha readin'" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-whatcha-readin-thread/770207)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-whatcha-readin-thread/770207 "2016-10-30T23:38:15Z")
So, what printed words are the Teeming Millions amusing themselves with currently? I’m currently a few chapters into “Unnatural Acts” which features a private detective who happens to be a zombie. His girlfriend is a gh… --- ## [Movie releases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-releases/770016)
**Author:** [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-releases/770016 "2016-10-30T23:21:29Z")
Why do studios release movies on different dates in different countries? Dr. Strange is being released a week earlier in other countries before the USA? Why? Dr. Strange is an American product first. It also gives th… --- ## [Zacherley has Died! Just before Halloween!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zacherley-has-died-just-before-halloween/770115)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zacherley-has-died-just-before-halloween/770115 "2016-10-30T22:08:10Z")
Once again, it’s mentioned in the Death Pool thread ( http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776787&page=39&highlight=Zacherle ), but John Zacherle deserves his own thread. I grew up watching him on WPIX’s… --- ## [Recipe idea that turned out great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-idea-that-turned-out-great/769830)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-idea-that-turned-out-great/769830 "2016-10-30T20:51:42Z")
Does anyone else like halvah? I decided to try making it, and it turned out pretty well, but then it gave me another idea to try sesame cookies. I took a peanut butter cookie recipe, used tehini instead of peanut butter… --- ## [Political song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-song-lyrics/769353)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-song-lyrics/769353 "2016-10-30T19:33:01Z")
Here’s what I have so far: Cult of Personality (Living Colour) Fortunate Son(Creedence) The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Can’t remember his name, Zimmerman? Something like that.) Please add your favorites. --- ## [I'm Going To See The Pixies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-see-the-pixies/769670)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-see-the-pixies/769670 "2016-10-30T19:30:43Z")
…In March. Even without Kim Deal (:() I’m still stoked. It will be inthis venue, more of an intimate thing, I’m given to understand. My wife has just gotten the tickets - love her so much! --- ## [and a further two wild card teams were](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-further-two-wild-card-teams-were/770109)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-a-further-two-wild-card-teams-were/770109 "2016-10-30T16:38:27Z")
Reported --- ## [Fractured Quote: What fortune to be born in such times - ISH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fractured-quote-what-fortune-to-be-born-in-such-times-ish/769821)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fractured-quote-what-fortune-to-be-born-in-such-times-ish/769821 "2016-10-30T11:31:14Z")
Hi folks - I have what I think is a literary quote I think I kinda sorta remember. From someplace. Maybe. My memory is far too vague for Prof Google to help with. Wikiquotes is equally useless. So I turn to the actual… --- ## [Vampire Mickey Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampire-mickey-mouse/770083)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampire-mickey-mouse/770083 "2016-10-30T11:13:07Z")
In the spirit of the season, I present The Count, Mickey Dragul. http://img11.deviantart.net/3787/i/2012/084/0/0/steampunk\_goth\_mickey\_mouse\_wallp\_by\_twisted\_wind-d4tx8j2.jpg http://orig04.deviantart.net/9d90/f/2014/16… --- ## [The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-lets-do-the-time-warp-again-open-spoilers/769193)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-lets-do-the-time-warp-again-open-spoilers/769193 "2016-10-30T02:38:36Z")
Is anyone else watching tonight? :slight\_smile: I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile in spite of the changes made to Rocky’s costume. :wink: --- ## [isnt tilefish on the not to eat lists becuase of pollution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-tilefish-on-the-not-to-eat-lists-becuase-of-pollution/763703)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-tilefish-on-the-not-to-eat-lists-becuase-of-pollution/763703 "2016-10-30T01:11:46Z")
Yesterday we were watching the teen chopped tournament and then the kids chopped show after and I don’t remember which one but one had a whole tilefish in the basket And I remarked that tilefish were on food safety lis… --- ## [Do you like Rod Stewart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-rod-stewart/769313)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-rod-stewart/769313 "2016-10-30T01:09:11Z")
As in, do you like his songs/music? I can’t stand the guy. At all. I hope I’m not the only one. To be clear: “I LOVE Rod Stewart” means you pick the first option. That one ranges from “I sorta like him” all the way to… --- ## [What to do with a pressure cooker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-pressure-cooker/769029)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-pressure-cooker/769029 "2016-10-29T23:10:36Z")
I’m a bit of a nut when it comes to kitchen tools. It drives my wife crazy when I buy something and she doesn’t understand why I would want these things. I have always wanted a pressure cooker but I’m worried that if I b… --- ## [Can we freeze grilled chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-freeze-grilled-chicken/770017)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-freeze-grilled-chicken/770017 "2016-10-29T22:57:21Z")
I guess I’ve never heard of it before, but we’d like to grill a bunch of breasts and then throw them in the freezer for occasional later use. Does freezing grilled chicken - or other food, for that matter - present any … --- ## [Atlanta (new FX series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-new-fx-series/765320)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-new-fx-series/765320 "2016-10-29T21:14:42Z")
Anyone catch this? I tuned in almost reluctantly, as I didn’t think it would be my cup of tea. But I did love Troy on Community so figured I could at least check out the pilot. After having seen it, I think I’m definit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=812) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=814)