# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=82 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 83 --- ## [Please help identify the poem I read in college. Involves Kilimanjaro....I think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-the-poem-i-read-in-college-involves-kilimanjaro-i-think/1016793 "2025-04-08T16:04:58Z")
I was in college 1996-2002, but this was likely 1999-2002 time range. A.I. showed me three poems about Kilimanjaro and having read them, they don’t appear to be it. “On Top of Africa” by B. Tejani “Kilimanjaro” by Han… --- ## [Who do you think will make triple figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748)
**Author:** [@Tyronne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyronne)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-will-make-triple-figures/1016748 "2025-04-08T15:17:47Z")
Personally here is my predictions June Lockhart Dick Van Dyke Mel Brooks William Daniels Marion Ross Ann Blythe Fernando Montenegro Paul Dooley Robert Wagner Robert Duvall Michael Caine Jamie Farr --- ## [Still another question re: Capricorn One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-another-question-re-capricorn-one/1016348 "2025-04-08T03:04:36Z")
I recently watched Capricorn One for about the fortieth time and something occurred to me that I hadn’t thought of before: I had believed the astronauts were going to be somehow sneaked onto the capsule after splashdown … --- ## [Has anyone tried those alcohol-removed wines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-those-alcohol-removed-wines/1016424 "2025-04-08T02:00:38Z")
I like to cook with wine, but don’t like to keep alcohol in the house. How about those alcohol-removed wines like I’ve been seeing lately at the market? Do they taste like wine, or are they just grape juice? Additiona… --- ## [What the Hell, Jack in the Box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-jack-in-the-box/1016459 "2025-04-07T21:59:15Z")
I just saw an ad for Jack in the Box on the page I use to cheat on Wordle. It’s touting a $5 Combo meal with the rubric “Entree, 2 Sides & Drink For $5”. One might find this inoffensive, but I am extremely offended by th… --- ## [My friend made a weird observation about license plates in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-made-a-weird-observation-about-license-plates-in-movies/166122 "2025-04-07T21:42:12Z")
My friend claims that he has observed the license plate initials “PCE” show up in movies unusually often; Can anyone confirm or deny this? Is he just crazy, or, indeed, are these initials used for a purpose?? --- ## [Goodbyyyyyyye, Mr. Wilson! \[Dennis the Menace actor Jay North has died.\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbyyyyyyye-mr-wilson-dennis-the-menace-actor-jay-north-has-died/1016713)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbyyyyyyye-mr-wilson-dennis-the-menace-actor-jay-north-has-died/1016713 "2025-04-07T16:18:19Z")
He died at 73, of colorectal cancer. --- ## [Color me bland!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-me-bland/1016678 "2025-04-07T00:47:35Z")
What is the blandest food I can eat? Backstory: I’ve been having stomach issues. This is not good for a brittle diabetic. I fly around on my glucose levels like a trapeze artist. I can’t be barfing. It throws every… --- ## [What movie or tv show is the song “Don’t Dream It’s Over” from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-tv-show-is-the-song-don-t-dream-it-s-over-from/1016714)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-tv-show-is-the-song-don-t-dream-it-s-over-from/1016714 "2025-04-06T23:58:05Z")
I understand it was a popular song in the 1980s, my lost decade for music, but I’m familiar with it from the soundtrack to something I’ve watched many times. What am I thinking of? Opening myself up here to ridicule for… --- ## [Could someone identify this classical tune please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-identify-this-classical-tune-please/1016706)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-identify-this-classical-tune-please/1016706 "2025-04-06T22:06:37Z")
Yes. Me again. Could someone tell me where this tune comes from. It’s a famous classical piece. https://onlinesequencer.net/4568745 Thanks ! --- ## [Pans, stones, pots. Bread Extremism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pans-stones-pots-bread-extremism/1016611)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pans-stones-pots-bread-extremism/1016611 "2025-04-06T02:11:58Z")
From an off topic post I made to one of @Beckdawrek’s post… I am an amateur baker. I have baked bread in ovens - electric, coal and wood-fire. I’ve baked bread in a tin can inside the coals of a bonfire. I’ve baked in a… --- ## [Works about the dangers of AI/Robots but in Human hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-about-the-dangers-of-ai-robots-but-in-human-hands/1016233)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-about-the-dangers-of-ai-robots-but-in-human-hands/1016233 "2025-04-05T12:07:35Z")
I was listening to a movie podcast today bring up the classical idea of the dangers of AI, mainly that it will grow sentience and oppress/kill off humanity eventually, as seen in classic Sci-Fi works like Terminator, Sta… --- ## [Simpsons: How can a ten-year old boy retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-how-can-a-ten-year-old-boy-retire/1010624)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-how-can-a-ten-year-old-boy-retire/1010624 "2025-04-05T07:33:36Z")
Milhouse, that is. Okay, so Milhouse isn’t retiring but Pamela Hayden, his voice actor, is. At age 70, she’s decided to drop the mike. Show says that they will re-cast the role. --- ## [Your Top Ten books of 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2020/929387)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2020/929387 "2025-04-05T00:49:42Z")
Last year’s thread: Your Top Ten books of 2019 Doesn’t matter when they were published, but you read 'em and loved 'em in 2020. And please tell us, in a sentence or two, why you liked 'em. I’ll post mine a little later… --- ## [What horror villains would you want to see in situations from other horror films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-horror-villains-would-you-want-to-see-in-situations-from-other-horror-films/1016472)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-horror-villains-would-you-want-to-see-in-situations-from-other-horror-films/1016472 "2025-04-04T23:50:31Z")
What horror villains would you want to see in situations from other horror films? How do you think they would fare? My examples: Art the Clown in The Purge Jason in Army of Darkness Mick Taylor in The Hunt Otis Dri… --- ## [Michael Hurley, the Now-Late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-hurley-the-now-late/1016653)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-hurley-the-now-late/1016653 "2025-04-04T23:44:12Z")
Michael Hurley’s plainspoken surrealism is no more. He was a guy who didn’t much care about a music career, just someone who would get up on a stage and strum a few quiet chords, but people wouldn’t believe the stuff he… --- ## [A question about Good Omens (seasons 1 vs 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-good-omens-seasons-1-vs-2/1016644)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-good-omens-seasons-1-vs-2/1016644 "2025-04-04T21:46:42Z")
In S1 E1 Crawly (or Crowly) is a fallen angel who took the form of a snake to tempt Eve and Adam to eat a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Well, when asked, Crowly says (as Pratchett or Gaiman wrote in the book) he wasn… --- ## [Childhood treats rediscovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-treats-rediscovered/1016565)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-treats-rediscovered/1016565 "2025-04-04T18:54:39Z")
I never really forgot it, just couldn’t find it anytime I bothered to look for it over the years. A few weeks ago, I discovered halva at a local walmart. Just the one, I’ve checked around at others and not seen it at a… --- ## [Was The Powerpuff Girls EVER that great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-powerpuff-girls-ever-that-great/1016069)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-powerpuff-girls-ever-that-great/1016069 "2025-04-04T07:53:00Z")
So I caught a bunch of stuff on the recently-axed live action Powerpuff Girls, and the news that Craig McCracken reacquired the rights and is planning some kind of revival. There’s been a predictable amount of hand-wring… --- ## [Local burger place claims they serve Coca-Cola but they don't, do I have a legal case against them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-burger-place-claims-they-serve-coca-cola-but-they-dont-do-i-have-a-legal-case-against-them/1016386)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-burger-place-claims-they-serve-coca-cola-but-they-dont-do-i-have-a-legal-case-against-them/1016386 "2025-04-03T20:45:17Z")
I’m kidding (the title is exaggeration) but I’m curious if they’re technically in trouble. There’s a local non-chain burger place (sit-down restaurant with a drive-thru) that’s been here as long as I’ve lived here for 3… --- ## [What's going on with gocomics.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285 "2025-04-03T17:44:09Z")
The site seems to have been down for the last three days. I need my comics fix and gocomic’s competitors don’t carry the strips I prefer to read. :frowning: --- ## [When did Disney’s original SNOW WHITE break even?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-disney-s-original-snow-white-break-even/1016562)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-disney-s-original-snow-white-break-even/1016562 "2025-04-03T13:49:35Z")
All the clucking about what a “box office bomb” the new SNOW WHITE is has me wondering. I once heard that the original cartoon released three or four times before it made a profit. My Google search came up dry, so does a… --- ## [RIP Val Kilmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-val-kilmer/1016494)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-val-kilmer/1016494 "2025-04-03T04:02:35Z")
I am shocked to hear this. I did not know he was sick. I remember as a kid I wanted to be friends with Chris Knight in Real Genius. RIP. --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #28 – March, 2025 – “Gritty” -- Poll Added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-28-march-2025-gritty-poll-added/1015036 "2025-04-03T01:44:31Z")
This is the monthly thread for March, 2025. The topic this month is “Gritty”, chosen by @minor7flat5. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussio… --- ## [Science Fiction novel where Earth isn't united](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-novel-where-earth-isnt-united/1016366)
**Author:** [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-novel-where-earth-isnt-united/1016366 "2025-04-02T23:05:18Z")
Is there a novel that has humans in space, with FTL, and dealing with aliens that still has different countries on Earth? --- ## [So I Finished Reading East of Eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finished-reading-east-of-eden/1016521)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finished-reading-east-of-eden/1016521 "2025-04-02T21:58:41Z")
I’m feeling lazy today, so I’m just cutting and pasting the review I wrote over at Goodreads. (I hope that’s okay according to board rules. It is my own work, just copied from another website.): This book kept my inter… --- ## [Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (SPOILER THREAD)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-thread/837646)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-spoiler-thread/837646 "2025-04-02T20:54:05Z")
No spoilers until the second post! --- ## [Long Island serial killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-island-serial-killer/1016536)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-island-serial-killer/1016536 "2025-04-02T19:18:51Z")
Recently I learned that Rex Heuermann has yet to go to trial I just watched the new Netflix 3 part series: \*Gone Girls\* : The Long Island Serial Killer. And I was shocked to learn that Rex has yet to stand trial for his… --- ## [Making Chili Colorado for the first time this weekend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-chili-colorado-for-the-first-time-this-weekend/1016211)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-chili-colorado-for-the-first-time-this-weekend/1016211 "2025-04-02T13:57:49Z")
Just got my dried pasilla, guajillo, and ancho chilies, along with some Mexican oregano, delivered after 2 1/2 long weeks of waiting (Amazon really drags their heels when you don’t subscribe to Prime). Been reading or vi… --- ## [Classical music performance as an exercise in memorization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-performance-as-an-exercise-in-memorization/1016142)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-performance-as-an-exercise-in-memorization/1016142 "2025-04-02T10:50:08Z")
We saw a Performance on Sunday of Beethoven’s piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”). And while I was of course impressed by the skill and talent of the pianist, and genius of Beethoven… I am always struck by the fact that the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=83)