# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=847 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 848 --- ## [Need ideas for an outdoor kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-an-outdoor-kitchen/586327)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-an-outdoor-kitchen/586327 "2011-06-23T21:00:18Z")
The good news, my friend is going to build me an outdoor kitchen to make up for the favors I’ve done him, and to work off the money he owes me. The bad news, he dropped a couple of tons of granite in my yard today, so I… --- ## [Frozen meatballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-meatballs/761469 "2016-08-03T00:48:05Z")
So when I buy food, it tends to fall into two categories: fresh or near-fresh components for cooking, and some amount of absolute crap for quick meals or snacking. In the first category, yuckiness bottoms out at canned … --- ## [Kym Johnson and Robert Herjavec Got married!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kym-johnson-and-robert-herjavec-got-married/761516)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kym-johnson-and-robert-herjavec-got-married/761516 "2016-08-02T21:15:01Z")
Congratulations to the happy couple. :smiley: Their romance on Dancing With the Stars was the best part of season 20. Kym has always been my favorite pro and has won several times. Most people know Robert from Shark … --- ## [Jeffrey Ross Roast Battle on Comedy Central. Who watched?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-ross-roast-battle-on-comedy-central-who-watched/761526)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-ross-roast-battle-on-comedy-central-who-watched/761526 "2016-08-02T20:24:19Z")
Interesting concept. Probably a fucking riot in the back-stage of comedy clubs. When you are blasted drunk and most likely high as a kite. Didn’t translate that well to TV. Pretty damn un-funny. And those stupid idiots … --- ## [Who are the great lyricists today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-great-lyricists-today/761334)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-great-lyricists-today/761334 "2016-08-02T20:17:24Z")
Earlier this week, I heard Janis Ian’s At Seventeen as I was driving to work, and I was struck by the poetry. It got me to thinking about other songs with elegant lyrics, especially so many by Paul Simon: Dangling Conv… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - July 2016 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2016-edition/758671)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-july-2016-edition/758671 "2016-08-02T04:46:58Z")
July, for the US the joy of fireworks… for American dogs time to load up on the Xanax spend a lot of time under beds. I started Dead Wake by Erik Larson today. I learned about the Lusitania long ago in my early teens wh… --- ## [Movies/books/songs etc. largely known because of one famous/infamous part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-books-songs-etc-largely-known-because-of-one-famous-infamous-part/761198 "2016-08-02T04:06:54Z")
This thread is about pop culture works (could be anything that falls under the pop culture umbrella, from any era) that gained a large chuck of their success/fame/infamy from including a portion that stood out from the r… --- ## [explain to me the concept of "chemistry" between two romantic leads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-concept-of-chemistry-between-two-romantic-leads/551579)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-concept-of-chemistry-between-two-romantic-leads/551579 "2016-08-02T03:21:35Z")
I will read sometimes in a movie review (especially for romantic comedies) that the two lead actors have “no chemistry”. How can you tell? I have seen movies that were described as such, and usually it seems to me that … --- ## [The Brink was a fun show and I can't believe it got canned after one season! (On HBO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brink-was-a-fun-show-and-i-cant-believe-it-got-canned-after-one-season-on-hbo/761312)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brink-was-a-fun-show-and-i-cant-believe-it-got-canned-after-one-season-on-hbo/761312 "2016-08-02T01:24:09Z")
So “Ballers” gets a green light and “The Brink” gets shit canned? Is there no justice in this world? :mad: :slight\_smile: --- ## [Justice League ComiCon Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-comicon-trailer/760756)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-comicon-trailer/760756 "2016-08-02T00:40:50Z")
First thoughts: Aquaman has potential. The whole trailer looks too dark and kind of “cheap”, more like a TV show than a movie. But looking forward to it, nonetheless. --- ## [Can't figure this song out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-figure-this-song-out/761507)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-figure-this-song-out/761507 "2016-08-01T22:21:11Z")
“Good Morning, Captain” by Slint. Instrumentally - a very finely crafted tune, almost (dare I say) it has a silken, sensual feel to it, (wow - a song that would actually make me un-ironically say those kinda words!), th… --- ## [Stephen King's Dark Tower filming...alright, alright, alright.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-filming-alright-alright-alright/761318)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-filming-alright-alright-alright/761318 "2016-08-01T20:50:36Z")
So it looks like after several attempts, they are going to bring Stephen Kings Dark Tower series to the big screen… Mathew McConaughey is in it if you didn’t get the reference. No he doesn’t play Roland. http://www.ch… --- ## [Star Trek Beyond: The Sulu Controversy (minor spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-beyond-the-sulu-controversy-minor-spoilers/760853)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-beyond-the-sulu-controversy-minor-spoilers/760853 "2016-08-01T20:01:55Z")
Ok, if you didn’t know, the controversy is thus. They made Sulu gay in the new Star Trek Beyond, as an ‘honor’ to Takei, who did not find it an honor. This has really been eating at me, for a number of reasons. I tried t… --- ## [Is "The Vikings" series any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-vikings-series-any-good/761387)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-vikings-series-any-good/761387 "2016-08-01T19:36:32Z")
As posted earlier, I’m on the verge of finishing Sons of Anarchy and will need a new bingewatching series soon. Is The Vikings worth a watch? I’m down for some violence, so long as it’s not propagated by a motorcycle ga… --- ## [Recommendations for blind hemming machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-blind-hemming-machines/761060)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-blind-hemming-machines/761060 "2016-08-01T19:03:24Z")
I’m interested in buying a hemming machine and the most popular hit is this Blind Stitch Machine. Has anyone had any experience with hemming machines in general and this one in particular? --- ## [Has anyone read the Shattered Sea series by Joe Abercrombie??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-the-shattered-sea-series-by-joe-abercrombie/761481)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-the-shattered-sea-series-by-joe-abercrombie/761481 "2016-08-01T19:01:54Z")
I loved the first book, Half a King, but right now I’m in the middle of book two, Half The World, and I’m starting to get tired of the Does the stuff in the spoiler box continue for the whole book or does it stop and t… --- ## [Harry Potter and the Cursed Child- open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-open-spoilers/761397)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-open-spoilers/761397 "2016-08-01T17:05:11Z")
I’m about 3/4 of the way through and I would say mixed opinions. Of course I’m hindered by only reading it, not seeing it, which for a script makes a huge difference. I’ll forego spoilers for the OP but they’re welcome … --- ## [The most metal word in the English language is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-metal-word-in-the-english-language-is/761350)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-metal-word-in-the-english-language-is/761350 "2016-08-01T17:03:40Z")
A data scientist (that’s Latin for not really a scientist) decided to compare the frequency of English words used in heavy metal lyrics to their use in everyday English text. Take a guess at the winner. It’s pretty good… --- ## [Michael Kenneth Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-kenneth-williams/761475)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-kenneth-williams/761475 "2016-08-01T15:30:57Z")
Omar, Chalky, Leonard, and now… Freddy. This guy is one of if not my favorite actor. Most of his success has been serial television. Why has he not landed any major movie roles? --- ## [Does anyone have a good recipe for jam-jam cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-jam-jam-cookies/761352)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-good-recipe-for-jam-jam-cookies/761352 "2016-08-01T12:04:29Z")
You know the ones I mean: soft buttery cookies, with raspberry jam in-between two of the cookies? My mother used to make them for us growing up, but I’ve not been able to find her recipe and want to make some for the Cu… --- ## [Warren Ellis seems to have become very prolific of late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-ellis-seems-to-have-become-very-prolific-of-late/761436)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warren-ellis-seems-to-have-become-very-prolific-of-late/761436 "2016-08-01T06:53:34Z")
British comic book writer Warren Ellis seems to be on a roll in 2016: a. Karnak - an Ellis curmudgeon b. Trees - very, very good concept about an alien invasion where the aliens do not notice humans. c. Injection - Pl… --- ## [ID an old movie help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-old-movie-help/761421)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-old-movie-help/761421 "2016-08-01T02:58:19Z")
I recall watching it in grade school (mid-to-late 70s), it was an ‘arty’ movie. I have the impression that there was very little, if any, dialogue spoken in the course of it. The main gist of it was a troubled, mute you… --- ## [Bojack Horseman, Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-3/760676)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-3/760676 "2016-08-01T00:41:50Z")
Because I have no self control, I binged through all of the new season of Bojack Horseman like it was a pack of muffins left in the produce section. Incredibly, Bojack Horseman seems to only have gained confidence as it… --- ## [Which bands kept giving the most energetic live shows for the longest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bands-kept-giving-the-most-energetic-live-shows-for-the-longest/760912)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bands-kept-giving-the-most-energetic-live-shows-for-the-longest/760912 "2016-07-31T23:43:43Z")
I know Iggy Pop has a strong reputation in this respect… --- ## [Good mid-priced rum for daiquiris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-mid-priced-rum-for-daiquiris/760418)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-mid-priced-rum-for-daiquiris/760418 "2016-07-31T23:31:53Z")
Been making margaritas for the wife and me the past couple hot summer weekends. Found a couple margarita threads here, so I had no need to ask for a good recipe. Came up with a recipe of: 3 parts El Mayor Reposado tequil… --- ## [How long can a famous pseudonym last without revealing its author?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-famous-pseudonym-last-without-revealing-its-author/761355)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-a-famous-pseudonym-last-without-revealing-its-author/761355 "2016-07-31T22:27:12Z")
A couple of questions about the practice of using pseudonyms in literature: Is it plausible that an author could reach Harry Potter levels of success while still staying hidden under a pen name, or is that kind of secr… --- ## [Heavy Metal: a Philosophical Opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-a-philosophical-opinion/761264)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-a-philosophical-opinion/761264 "2016-07-31T17:21:43Z")
Heavy metal. TRUE heavy metal. Most people define “heavy metal” music as loud guitars and a screaming singer. Those people are wrong. In the late 1980s, David Lee Roth, the singer for Van Halen, said: “Heavy metal is s… --- ## [Stories where robots replace politicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-robots-replace-politicians/761326)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-robots-replace-politicians/761326 "2016-07-31T17:11:34Z")
Isaac Asimov’s “Evidence” from 1946 was about the possibility that a robot was so humanlike that he could be elected President. His 1976 “The Tercentenary Incident” was more specific, with a robot double taking the place… --- ## [The Phrase "Taken By The Wind" In Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-taken-by-the-wind-in-fleetwood-macs-rhiannon/707596)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phrase-taken-by-the-wind-in-fleetwood-macs-rhiannon/707596 "2016-07-31T07:57:19Z")
In this context, what do you think “taken” means? I’m seeing four possibilities. “Enamored with,” as in “My tween daughter sure is taken by those One Direction boys.” Literally taken - as in, the wind abducted her (or… --- ## [How would you have played this Final Jeopardy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-have-played-this-final-jeopardy/761154)
**Author:** [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-have-played-this-final-jeopardy/761154 "2016-07-31T06:54:55Z")
Spoiler Alert to those in the western time zones, I’m discussing tonight’s (7/28/16) episode of Jeopardy. So, on tonight’s Jeopardy the 2nd challenger lead the champion by exactly double the money. The other challenger … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=848)