# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=818 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 819 --- ## [Comics about Babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-about-babies/768892)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-about-babies/768892 "2016-10-18T22:37:55Z")
A friend is having a baby shower. As a gag I want to get some comic books from the 1950 about talking babies. There was a boy and a girl who babbled (but their babble was turned into dialog in the speech bubble. Can’t … --- ## [Ted V Mikels has gone to the Corpse Grinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-v-mikels-has-gone-to-the-corpse-grinder/768953)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-v-mikels-has-gone-to-the-corpse-grinder/768953 "2016-10-18T18:20:30Z")
I heard about this yesterday, but could not find verification until today. Cult filmmaker Ted V. Mikels dies at 87 --- ## [I'm offering to buy you a Whopper from Burger King (your choice of toppings), do you take it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-offering-to-buy-you-a-whopper-from-burger-king-your-choice-of-toppings-do-you-take-it/768206 "2016-10-18T18:03:36Z")
Poll to come. Basically, would you like a Burger King Whopper if I offered to buy you one? There’s only one “Yes”, but there are many, many different kinds of “No” answers, so if your answer is a “No”, why not? Hopeful… --- ## [Dear Lord, H.P. Lovecraft was one freaky looking guy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lord-h-p-lovecraft-was-one-freaky-looking-guy/470325)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lord-h-p-lovecraft-was-one-freaky-looking-guy/470325 "2016-10-18T17:27:39Z")
It being Halloween week (the time of year when one should naturally consider the strange, the frightening & the ghoulish), and partly hoping to find some insipiration for a brilliant NaNoWriMo project, I googled H.P. Lov… --- ## [When you go to a restaurant, are you buying the food or the experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-go-to-a-restaurant-are-you-buying-the-food-or-the-experience/767670)
**Author:** [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-go-to-a-restaurant-are-you-buying-the-food-or-the-experience/767670 "2016-10-18T16:52:42Z")
This is sparked off by some restaurants in New Zealand that wont allow doggie bags as they say it might result in food poisoning. One could argue that you have bought the food, and that you have the right to take it home… --- ## [Women with "singing voices."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-singing-voices/768783)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-singing-voices/768783 "2016-10-18T16:38:44Z")
Every now-and-then I’ll hear a woman speak in what I call a “singing voice.” When she speaks, there is a… “musical quality” to her voice. The best example I can think of is Madeline Kahn. I just finished watching Young … --- ## [The Oxford Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oxford-shakespeare/768621)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oxford-shakespeare/768621 "2016-10-18T14:41:52Z")
I’ve been listening to some Shakespeare lectures from The Great Courses. I have thought about purchasing hard copies of Shakespeare’s plays and noticed The Oxford Shakespeare. Anyone familiar with these editions? They’… --- ## ["Travellers" Yet Another New Time Travel Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travellers-yet-another-new-time-travel-show/768895)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travellers-yet-another-new-time-travel-show/768895 "2016-10-18T02:11:59Z")
Travellers premieres tonight. The premise of the show is a bit more like “Quantum Leap” except there is a team. A group of people travel back in time and take over the bodies of people in the past to fix things which onc… --- ## [Doc Martin \[British TV series\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-british-tv-series/677332)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-martin-british-tv-series/677332 "2016-10-18T01:51:01Z")
Currently showing on PBS. Anyone watching it? Or maybe you saw it when it came out in 2007? I’ve taped the first four episodes and I’ve just started watching number one. The doc is a quirky, awkward sort of fellow. I … --- ## [Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them to be a FIVE part movie series.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-to-be-a-five-part-movie-series/768474)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-to-be-a-five-part-movie-series/768474 "2016-10-17T22:54:22Z")
I love Harry Potter. The movies, the books, they’re all good. And I’m not dumping on this either, per se…but I really feel like the fad of “Let’s make movies into as many parts as possible!” is getting worse and worse. I… --- ## [Books about immortals wandering the earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-immortals-wandering-the-earth/768279 "2016-10-17T21:50:48Z")
More or less in disguise. American Gods, Iron Druid, etc. Got more? --- ## [Zapp Brannigan quoting Donald Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zapp-brannigan-quoting-donald-trump/768457)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zapp-brannigan-quoting-donald-trump/768457 "2016-10-17T21:28:04Z")
Didn’t see this anywhere - Billy West has been tweeting out quotes from Donald Trump in Zapp Brannigan’s voice, and someone has collected them into a bunch of videos. --- ## [Fox newsperson Shep Smith finally steps out of the closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-newsperson-shep-smith-finally-steps-out-of-the-closet/768844)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-newsperson-shep-smith-finally-steps-out-of-the-closet/768844 "2016-10-17T19:00:05Z")
\[Not that it was huge surprise but at least it’s acknowledged\](Shep Smith comes out as gay). I realize that being gay is not correlated to his choice of employment, but to be surrounded by all those non-gay supporting co… --- ## [Archer Season 7 - Sploosh!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-7-sploosh/750765)
**Author:** [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-season-7-sploosh/750765 "2016-10-17T18:49:24Z")
Archer returns tonight! Will his mustache turn out better than Tom Selleck’s? Will they finally bring back “phrasing?” They are relocating to a new city and Ep.1 is called “The Figgis Agency.” And here we go… --- ## [Donald and John](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-and-john/768847)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-and-john/768847 "2016-10-17T16:25:17Z")
A Boy Presidential Candidate and His Imaginary Publicist. This is pretty good- the story of Trump and John in the style of Calvin & Hobbes by Ruben Bolling. --- ## [When Did it Become Obvious That Ang Lee Would Devolve Into Nauseating Sentimental Dreck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-obvious-that-ang-lee-would-devolve-into-nauseating-sentimental-dreck/768799)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-it-become-obvious-that-ang-lee-would-devolve-into-nauseating-sentimental-dreck/768799 "2016-10-17T12:56:08Z")
I’ve never seen Ang Lee’s earliest few films, but I saw, at the time they were released in theaters, everything from Eat Drink Man Woman through Brokeback Mountain except for Ride With the Devil which I only just now be… --- ## [What Are You Listening To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/767913)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to/767913 "2016-10-17T04:53:26Z")
“Hello, It’s Me” -Todd Rundgren (Pretty much every website has a section on this topic) --- ## [Post your favorite Bob Dylan lyric here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-bob-dylan-lyric-here/768472)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-favorite-bob-dylan-lyric-here/768472 "2016-10-17T03:24:50Z")
I am thrilled that Zimmy won the Nobel Prize. It actually made my day. In celebration, let us post some of our favorite Dylan lyrics. From Idiot Wind: I been double-crossed now For the very last time and now I’m fina… --- ## ["Once in a Lifetime" ... Other songs that do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-lifetime-other-songs-that-do-this/768484)
**Author:** [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-in-a-lifetime-other-songs-that-do-this/768484 "2016-10-17T02:42:53Z")
The song, “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98AJUj-qxHI Now, this certainly won’t be news to any big Talking Heads fans but I didn’t notice it until I’d been hearing the song fo… --- ## [How should I cook my brisket? Need answers fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-cook-my-brisket-need-answers-fast/768751)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-cook-my-brisket-need-answers-fast/768751 "2016-10-17T02:18:21Z")
I bought a nice brisket yesterday. I was going to make a pot roast (braise it in tomato sauce/water with some onions and other veggies) but I’m considering a dry method, or some other preparation. Any suggestions? I can’… --- ## [The Flash S03E02: Paradox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e02-paradox/768320)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e02-paradox/768320 "2016-10-16T20:03:20Z")
This episode and the previous one really make up a single story, don’t they? “Flashpoint” and “Paradox” - I think the writers are trying to tell us something. Finally someone told Barry to stop messing with the timelin… --- ## [I'm making everyone fried chicken for dinner. Extra crispy. What two pieces you want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-everyone-fried-chicken-for-dinner-extra-crispy-what-two-pieces-you-want/768074)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-everyone-fried-chicken-for-dinner-extra-crispy-what-two-pieces-you-want/768074 "2016-10-16T19:44:38Z")
You can have two pieces. There are many, many pieces. Way more than just one each, so if you want just two of the same piece, that’s fine…it won’t be selfish. What two pieces of this extra fried deliciousness would you … --- ## [Should I watch season 2 of The Fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-watch-season-2-of-the-fall/710224)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-watch-season-2-of-the-fall/710224 "2016-10-16T16:57:47Z")
I watched the first season (or series, if you prefer!) on Netflix and remember liking it quite a bit. But I don’t remember anything specific about it at all, except that it stars Gillian Anderson as a police detective. I… --- ## [South Park: Problem with Transgendered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-problem-with-transgendered/768199)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-problem-with-transgendered/768199 "2016-10-16T07:35:57Z")
I’m not entirely aware of all the “problematic” stuff out there. I don’t even like the word “problematic”, however - I take issue with ‘South Park’s’ portrayal of trans people. I’m aware that it’s ‘South Park’, and they… --- ## [Caesar salad recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-salad-recipe/768625)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-salad-recipe/768625 "2016-10-16T05:44:39Z")
I adore them. Very easy to make and very tasty. Here’s my recipe (a very, very tangy and flavorful Caesar dressing): Pasteurize an egg for safety (put it in hot but not boiling water for 3 minutes). Mix the following… --- ## [My Dad Wrote A Porno - podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-wrote-a-porno-podcast/768399)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-wrote-a-porno-podcast/768399 "2016-10-16T05:27:02Z")
Almost at the end of season 2 and no thread? If you haven’t heard this joy, each episode is two friends listening to a third read a chapter from an erotic novel his dad has written after retirement from a life in sales.… --- ## [Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel--what were they trying to get at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodgers-hammersteins-carousel-what-were-they-trying-to-get-at/478538)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rodgers-hammersteins-carousel-what-were-they-trying-to-get-at/478538 "2016-10-16T04:55:09Z")
I’m not politically correct. I’m perfectly capable of seeing musicals in their historical context. It’s no biggie when Koko the Executioner has “the nigger serenader and the others of his race” on his list of annoying pe… --- ## [Tell me about Drive By Truckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-drive-by-truckers/767838)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-drive-by-truckers/767838 "2016-10-16T03:34:16Z")
A few years ago, my wife and I drove to St. Louis to meet up with my brother and my niece to see one of our favorite bands, Old 97s, open a show for Drive By Truckers. (To be honest, the way the show was billed, it wasn’… --- ## [Prescriptive grammarians do you enjoy classic literature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescriptive-grammarians-do-you-enjoy-classic-literature/768129)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescriptive-grammarians-do-you-enjoy-classic-literature/768129 "2016-10-15T22:46:51Z")
First of all I want to be clear I am genuinely asking a question. As a person who suffers from dysgraphia I have received a significant amount of very well intended advice from prescriptive grammarians. And while I do … --- ## [Weirdest Cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-cartoon/768337)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-cartoon/768337 "2016-10-15T15:28:48Z")
Weird as in animation style, plot or characters. My two are Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo(anime) and Little Bastards (Spain). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=817) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=819)