# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=846 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 847 --- ## [Darin McGavin's Mike Hammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darin-mcgavins-mike-hammer/761708)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darin-mcgavins-mike-hammer/761708 "2016-08-04T19:08:30Z")
He beats the holy snot out of the bad guys. Kicks a guy out of his office by knocking him to the floor and kicking him in the ass several times as he crawls towards the door. Beats a guy to the floor, and falls on him w… --- ## [Have you ever mis heard a line from a movie...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-mis-heard-a-line-from-a-movie/761765)
**Author:** [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-mis-heard-a-line-from-a-movie/761765 "2016-08-04T18:46:51Z")
Since there has been quite a number of lyrics threads on this, but when I searched for movie examples…I couldn’t find any. So same question in terms of movie quotes…are there any you mis heard…or just couldn’t figure ou… --- ## [Looking for hard candies in the South Bay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-hard-candies-in-the-south-bay/761682)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-hard-candies-in-the-south-bay/761682 "2016-08-04T18:27:12Z")
There’s a restaurant I go to (for maybe 35 years now) in Torrance, in the South Bay in Los Angeles County, that keeps a bowl of mints and other hard candies on the counter by the cash register. One item I’ve found in t… --- ## [Jane Austen Audiobooks in Greek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-austen-audiobooks-in-greek/761673)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-austen-audiobooks-in-greek/761673 "2016-08-04T18:13:16Z")
A friend just asked how it might be possible to get hold of audio versions of Jane Austen’s books in Greek. It’s for an elderly relation who does not live in Greece and is going blind, so she would love to listen to them… --- ## [I like Corelle® plates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-corelle-plates/761088)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-corelle-plates/761088 "2016-08-04T18:06:48Z")
My mother in law and my parents have some Corelle® plates. I bought heaps of them. They come in different patterns but I just got ones that are pure white. They are fairly expensive but they are made in the USA. Unlike … --- ## [Was Janeway right to force Tuvix to separate back into Tuvok and Nelix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-janeway-right-to-force-tuvix-to-separate-back-into-tuvok-and-nelix/760953)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-janeway-right-to-force-tuvix-to-separate-back-into-tuvok-and-nelix/760953 "2016-08-04T18:02:39Z")
Let’s settle this. Title says it all. Short summary: Nelix and Tuvok are in a transporter accident that causes the to meld into one person. A Hybrid so to speak. One with a singular conscience. And one with a desire to … --- ## [When Orange Is the New Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-orange-is-the-new-black/761744)
**Author:** [@hayredfvc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hayredfvc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-orange-is-the-new-black/761744 "2016-08-04T16:09:07Z")
Quantum Code Review --- ## [Comic Book Ideas you had and why you didn't follow through](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-ideas-you-had-and-why-you-didnt-follow-through/760638)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-ideas-you-had-and-why-you-didnt-follow-through/760638 "2016-08-04T16:01:45Z")
One of mine was a dark and gritty Metal Men. This was after Moore was in the scene… but before the bulk of “dark and gritty” had come out. Set in the future but not too far. Just enough of a time skip to show that it’s n… --- ## [Helloooo Mr. Mitchell!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helloooo-mr-mitchell/761707 "2016-08-04T15:27:23Z")
I saw that Jay North - AKA TV’s Dennis the Menace - turned 65 today. My first though - now he knows how Mr. Wilson felt. My second thought: A show with Dennis trying to enjoy a peaceful retirement, still living in the f… --- ## [TV Trope Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trope-help/761629)
**Author:** [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trope-help/761629 "2016-08-04T14:08:57Z")
Hiya, need help finding a TV Trope… In Sci-fi stories it’s normal for the baddies to have ridiculously powerful weapons and armor. Often they are only vulnerable to their own weapons, eg. in “classic” Doctor Who (1963-1… --- ## [Are the stories in Fleetwood Mac's "Hypnotized" based on actual stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-stories-in-fleetwood-macs-hypnotized-based-on-actual-stories/761731)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-stories-in-fleetwood-macs-hypnotized-based-on-actual-stories/761731 "2016-08-04T12:18:39Z")
I never heard this song on the radio until a year or so ago, when one of the local oldies stations decided for some reason to put it into rotation. It’s a weird gem from the part of the Mac’s era between when Peter Green… --- ## [Trying to find some books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-some-books/761373)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-some-books/761373 "2016-08-04T04:51:03Z")
For some odd reason, the plots, but not the names, of these books have stuck with me. I’d really like to attach the correct names to the tomes. So here are the book plots: \[ol\]\[li\]Set in the far future where people easi… --- ## [Bass line in "Paint it Black"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-line-in-paint-it-black/761359)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-line-in-paint-it-black/761359 "2016-08-04T04:39:55Z")
One of my favorite bass lines is in the closing part of “Paint it Black”. It is a single, hypnotic note played three times as the melody pauses: “whum, whum, whum”. It has an odd, droning sound. What instrument is used t… --- ## [Can one cast member ruin a TV show for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-ruin-a-tv-show-for-you/750079)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-cast-member-ruin-a-tv-show-for-you/750079 "2016-08-04T03:39:10Z")
Because one certainly can for me. Case in point: “The Mentalist” while not great was a show I could have enjoyed. However I found the lead actress so grating I simply couldn’t watch anymore, no matter how much I liked … --- ## [Name of a late 80s movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688 "2016-08-04T03:03:40Z")
What’s name of movie that played in independent cinemas around 1990 that was set in a dystopian world and focussed on the life of a family. This is what i remember: tubes everywhere, a bit like Brazil food arrived in … --- ## [Where do babies come from? A question about Call the Midwife (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-babies-come-from-a-question-about-call-the-midwife-spoilers/747648)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-babies-come-from-a-question-about-call-the-midwife-spoilers/747648 "2016-08-04T03:01:00Z")
Where do babies come from? Not babies in general – I mean the newborns featured on Call the Midwife. Two or three births happen in every episode and the actors playing the parents and the midwives are shown cuddling new… --- ## [Infographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infographics/761525)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infographics/761525 "2016-08-04T02:45:02Z")
Here is a list of comic book infographics. An infographic on global carbon footprints. And a wonderful infographic on game controllers. Quite obsessed. Trying to do one for an upcoming presentation and making a meal o… --- ## [What new kind of scam is this commercial peddling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-kind-of-scam-is-this-commercial-peddling/739743)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-kind-of-scam-is-this-commercial-peddling/739743 "2016-08-04T02:12:09Z")
Lately on the Discovery/History type channels I’ve been seeing a series of commercials asking for donations to charity and if you do, you have a chance to win two very expensive cars plus $40,00 for taxes. Then there are… --- ## [Photographers: What's the Best Picture You MISSED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-whats-the-best-picture-you-missed/760891)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-whats-the-best-picture-you-missed/760891 "2016-08-03T22:56:27Z")
It happens to us all, and we moan and wail. I was right there, it happened right in front of my face, I had a camera…and I still didn’t get the shot! My best was when a wedge of geese moved through a line of ducks, alm… --- ## [Reading "The Italians" with a Raised Eyebrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-italians-with-a-raised-eyebrow/761699)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-italians-with-a-raised-eyebrow/761699 "2016-08-03T22:14:09Z")
I’m reading a book called The Italians by John Hooper, a British journalist who worked in Rome. It’s a book that purports to describe and explain the Italian people’s culture and lifestyle. It’s well written and intere… --- ## [Pepper jelly- need canning jar advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-jelly-need-canning-jar-advice/761502)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepper-jelly-need-canning-jar-advice/761502 "2016-08-03T20:39:06Z")
Mmmmm, habanero jelly. :smiley: So good, it’s worth the jelly on the floor, the permanent chili heat under my fingernail, and the smoke alarms going off (Note for next time: do not walk away for 2 minutes. You’re a big g… --- ## [Is there a technical musical term for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-technical-musical-term-for-this/761642)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-technical-musical-term-for-this/761642 "2016-08-03T20:24:43Z")
I’m trying to describe how hard a drummer hits the drums. As in, “Charlie Watts tends to use a heavier/harder/higher \_\_\_\_\_\_ than Ringo Starr.” A precise word is eluding me. Force? Doesn’t seem exactly right. I could ju… --- ## [New Trump/Clinton skit on the Simpsons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-clinton-skit-on-the-simpsons/761534)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-trump-clinton-skit-on-the-simpsons/761534 "2016-08-03T20:00:01Z")
“Watch The Simpsons Take Down Trump As Homer Explains How He Became A Democrat” http://www.gopocalypse.org/watch-the-simpsons-take-down-trump-as-homer-explains-how-he-became-a-democrat-video/ I like the “hair” piece… D… --- ## [Please Help Me Find this 80s French Song \[Solved!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-80s-french-song-solved/760634)
**Author:** [@Hasbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hasbro)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-80s-french-song-solved/760634 "2016-08-03T19:25:16Z")
Hi, The last time I heard this song was in 2010 when Grooveshark was still a thing. I don’t remember any words because well, I don’t speak French. I can tell you this much: -It’s from the 80s… I think late 80s, and it’… --- ## [Actress Gloria DeHaven has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-gloria-dehaven-has-died/761513)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actress-gloria-dehaven-has-died/761513 "2016-08-03T19:06:18Z")
Hugely popular with GIs in WWII, she had that sexy, girl-next-door look in many films. --- ## [Help Identifying a kid's book series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-kids-book-series/761433)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-kids-book-series/761433 "2016-08-03T15:33:46Z")
A friend of mine is trying to figure out the name a book series he read in 5th or 6th grade (he’s 31) that he checked out from a public library. He hasn’t given us much to go on and our Google-fu is not working. I told h… --- ## [Bob (and Luis AND Gordon) from Sesame Street axed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-and-luis-and-gordon-from-sesame-street-axed/761127)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-and-luis-and-gordon-from-sesame-street-axed/761127 "2016-08-03T14:21:35Z")
I thought about putting this in the Pit because it made me so mad. http://muppetcast.com/news/sesame-street-releases-bob-mcgrath/ NOW my childhood is officially ruined. Way to pay back three guys, who are heroes for ki… --- ## [Any Airfryer experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-airfryer-experience/744021)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-airfryer-experience/744021 "2016-08-03T12:09:10Z")
I love fried foods, but my wife hates it after I use the deep fryer and thinks the house smells like oil (I think it smells like fried deliciousness). Today she stumbled on a Phillips Airfryer at a huge discount. I have … --- ## [Dear Og, yet another unnecessary remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-og-yet-another-unnecessary-remake/761486)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-og-yet-another-unnecessary-remake/761486 "2016-08-03T05:08:08Z")
Variety Magazine is reporting that they are interested in rebooting the movie “Splash’” with Channing Tatum and Jillian Bell in the starring roles. --- ## [Bands named after public services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-named-after-public-services/761353 "2016-08-03T01:51:17Z")
I am starting a city where all public services are provided by bands. So far I have the Police and the Postal Service taken care of, so at least we are safe and can get mail. I suppose we have some leadership capabiliti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=845) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=847)