# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=834 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 835 --- ## [Virtue! A fig! (Figgy recipes please!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtue-a-fig-figgy-recipes-please/763915)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtue-a-fig-figgy-recipes-please/763915 "2016-09-02T20:31:14Z")
This year, for the first time, I put a proper net over the fig tree in my garden to keep the birds off. Now I have more figs than I know what to do with. Gave some to family, but they aren’t really pretty or sweet enou… --- ## [Best Actor vs. Best Supporting Actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-actor-vs-best-supporting-actor/748424)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-actor-vs-best-supporting-actor/748424 "2016-09-02T19:28:58Z")
Is there any hard and fast criteria that governs whether a particular performance by and actor would be considered a lead role vs. a supporting role? Things like mount of screen time or number of lines… real objective cr… --- ## [ID this old zombie movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899 "2016-09-02T19:15:53Z")
I remember seeing a trailer for a zombie movie when I was very young, so that puts the time frame somewhere between the late 70s and the early 80s (1982 max, I’d say). What I saw was a couple goofing around on what look… --- ## [Dennis Miller: Did he stop being funny? Was he ever funny to begin with? If so, wha' happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-miller-did-he-stop-being-funny-was-he-ever-funny-to-begin-with-if-so-wha-happened/755165)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-miller-did-he-stop-being-funny-was-he-ever-funny-to-begin-with-if-so-wha-happened/755165 "2016-09-02T17:04:45Z")
I was watching Dennis Miller on Bill O’Reilly at the gym last night and remembering how I used to laugh at his material but now it’s sad. It’s not that he’s an outspoken conservative, it’s the fact that he’s just another… --- ## [Who's the worst actor in a truly great movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-in-a-truly-great-movie/762945 "2016-09-02T17:04:13Z")
It’s very easy to cite great actors in jaw-droppingly terrible movies. Hell, pretty much EVERY actor with a resume of reasonable length has a terrible dog on there somewhere. As Michael Caine said of Jaws IV, “I haven’… --- ## [X-Men Apocalypse. Seen it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-apocalypse-seen-it/755289)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-apocalypse-seen-it/755289 "2016-09-02T16:19:43Z")
Just saw it. While not as good as either First Class or Days of Future past, it was a good conclusion to this trilogy. Some notes: \*I thought Fassbender and McAvoy were excellent as usual. Jennifer Lawrance however, … --- ## [Need answer fast video of guitar player with loaves of bread on his feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-video-of-guitar-player-with-loaves-of-bread-on-his-feet/764679)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-video-of-guitar-player-with-loaves-of-bread-on-his-feet/764679 "2016-09-02T15:32:00Z")
I’m currently at dinner and trying to remember the specifics of a music video where a guitar player is walking across a picnic table with loaves of bread (I think) on his feet as he takes the table. My memory is that it’… --- ## [Does anybody else have a problem with Netflix's audio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-have-a-problem-with-netflixs-audio/764784)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-have-a-problem-with-netflixs-audio/764784 "2016-09-02T15:28:38Z")
All summer long, I’ve been attempting to watch Netflix shows. I made it through “Stranger Things” but gave up on “Longmire” simply because I could not HEAR what was ever being said. Initially, I thought the problem was … --- ## [Links or Patties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-or-patties/764528 "2016-09-02T05:20:14Z")
Once and for all, links or patties? Me? Links all the way. I like the peel of the skin against my teeth, and the taste of grease. Patties tend to be dry unless there’s an exceptional cook in the kitchen. Your choice… --- ## [Cook book recomendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cook-book-recomendations/764644)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cook-book-recomendations/764644 "2016-09-01T20:47:02Z")
My household just shrunk and most of my recipes can feed an army. What are your recommendations for cookbooks featuring healthy meals for two? Not overly picky but not interested in overly complicated and trendy recipes. … --- ## [Help me ID Gilligan's Island episode (everybody tells their version of the same story)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-gilligans-island-episode-everybody-tells-their-version-of-the-same-story/764443)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-gilligans-island-episode-everybody-tells-their-version-of-the-same-story/764443 "2016-09-01T20:36:38Z")
In school today a 4th grade teacher was talking about Point Of View. It reminded of one of my favorite episodes of Gilligan’s Island (and several other shows that have this same plot): Something happened, and everybody… --- ## [Survivor 33 - Gen X vs Millennials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-33-gen-x-vs-millennials/764569)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-33-gen-x-vs-millennials/764569 "2016-09-01T20:14:45Z")
Does anybody care? I predict a very whiny season. --- ## [Curious re (discovered and disliked) thriller author](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-re-discovered-and-disliked-thriller-author/764586)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-re-discovered-and-disliked-thriller-author/764586 "2016-09-01T19:35:52Z")
A bit of an “idle” enquiry; but – I recently got from the library, a murder mystery by an author hitherto unknown to me: The Beast in the Red Forest, by Sam Eastland. Set in the USSR during World War II. I am usually u… --- ## [Benefits of regional theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-regional-theater/764652)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-regional-theater/764652 "2016-09-01T19:29:28Z")
Anyone else a regular at their regional theater productions? We’ve been subscribers to one or more theaters for a long time and getting out every eight weeks or so to a show is a real treat. Our current local theater is … --- ## [unknown funny old song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642)
**Author:** [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-funny-old-song/764642 "2016-09-01T17:30:20Z")
It is a bit like this: I heard the second half of this song on the radio in the end I could hear “the girl can’t help it” and la la la la… but it heaps of complicated lyrics. There was a girl or girls singi… --- ## [Underground Empire Records Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-empire-records-music/764641)
**Author:** [@R.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.D)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-empire-records-music/764641 "2016-09-01T13:55:18Z")
This thread is for the purpose of showing off new content brought to you by underground empire records. Note That not all content will be workplace safe\*\* Colour coding for the content will be as follows Red is not wo… --- ## [What Does an Executive Producer Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-executive-producer-do/764364)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-executive-producer-do/764364 "2016-09-01T02:34:48Z")
Simple question. I ask because they often seem to be big name actors or stars, usually, but not entirely, unrelated to the project. I just saw a TV series about revitalizing a Cleveland neighborhood with LeBron James a… --- ## ["Perfect Attendance Index" for TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-attendance-index-for-tv-shows/764420)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-attendance-index-for-tv-shows/764420 "2016-09-01T01:52:49Z")
I started a thread a while back about how remarkable it was that the six principal actors on Friends each appeared in every one of the show’s 236 episodes, and I solicited examples of other shows with similar full-cast l… --- ## [Deep dark food confessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-dark-food-confessions/763878 "2016-09-01T01:14:20Z")
So I prefer to drink soda in a glass bottle but it is very rare to find American soda in a glass bottle at the grocery store. I recently found out that you could get soda bottled in a glass bottle in the Hispanic isle so… --- ## [Grilled lobster tails with herb butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-lobster-tails-with-herb-butter/764040)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grilled-lobster-tails-with-herb-butter/764040 "2016-09-01T01:01:54Z")
Inspired by this post: I picked up a couple of 4-oz frozen lobster tails this morning. They’re thawing now. I’ve also mixed up the herb butter according to this recipe. I forgot the chives when I was at the supermar… --- ## [My friend's band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-band/763890)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-band/763890 "2016-09-01T01:01:44Z")
I’ve got a musician friend who is a prolific song writer and now has formed a new band. I’ve had friends so this before, but this is the first who is seriously trying to make it. Here’s a video of clipsfrom a recent con… --- ## [Dr. Lecter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lecter/764621)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lecter/764621 "2016-09-01T00:18:37Z")
Why was he giving very serious thought to eating Allegra Pazzi? Barney said Lecter ate only free-range rude. I thought she was perfectly pleasant towards him at the opera. --- ## [Doctor Who Season 9: I forgot to watch it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-9-i-forgot-to-watch-it/764213)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-9-i-forgot-to-watch-it/764213 "2016-08-31T23:42:11Z")
New season, new Doctor, meant to keep up and somehow forgot. Whoo! I was reading the news, ran across an article about the next Doctor Who Christmas special and thought, wait a minute, I can’t remember what happened. I… --- ## [Guess What! The Beatles Never Existed, and there's a website to prove it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-the-beatles-never-existed-and-theres-a-website-to-prove-it/764139)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-the-beatles-never-existed-and-theres-a-website-to-prove-it/764139 "2016-08-31T22:38:50Z")
Just click here You never know what a simple Google search will turn up these days. --- ## [Beatles - Not Even Close To The Best Group Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-not-even-close-to-the-best-group-ever/763280)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-not-even-close-to-the-best-group-ever/763280 "2016-08-31T21:42:27Z")
The Beatles were not a super duper amazing group. They were a boy-band before there were boy-bands. In that sense they were innovators and are the grandfathers of N’Sync. George Martin made them sound good and Brian Eps… --- ## [Bottled water- Is it really worth it? (Scam or not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water-is-it-really-worth-it-scam-or-not/763327)
**Author:** [@onething](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onething)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottled-water-is-it-really-worth-it-scam-or-not/763327 "2016-08-31T21:21:40Z")
I drink a lot of water, and actually believe that different waters have different tastes, based on their pH and mineral content, for example. In my head, its easier to justify spending 3$ on a 500 ml bottle of water than… --- ## [Poor Leslie Jones.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-leslie-jones/764370 "2016-08-31T21:18:43Z")
I’ve seen the “racist” things she’s posted in the past. The thing is, She’s a comedian and everyone knows her and that she’s joking. I waited to make this thread because I worry I’m giving these trolls attention and br… --- ## [Westworld series on HBO coming in October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-series-on-hbo-coming-in-october/757902)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/westworld-series-on-hbo-coming-in-october/757902 "2016-08-31T20:37:18Z")
The on-again, off-again Westworld series is back on! HBO announced it will air in October of this year, and debuted a teaser trailer yesterday. I’m cautiously optimistic - the trailer looks pretty cool, it has a decent … --- ## [How to tell these often mixed up celebrities apart.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181 "2016-08-31T16:35:06Z")
Bill Paxton-- Aliens Bill Pullman – Independence Day Ryan Reynolds – Funny Ryan Gosling – Takes himself far to seriously. Also, here is a tweet by Reynolds on how to tell them apart: Michael Cera Jessie Eisenberg … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - August 2016 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2016-edition/761529)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-august-2016-edition/761529 "2016-08-31T16:34:59Z")
Here ya go! August dog day reading for those of us sweltering. I’ve not been reding much lately. I think my brain is on vacation, it will pick up the end of the month. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ K… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=833) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=835)