# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=864 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 865 --- ## [making home made bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-home-made-bread/757722)
**Author:** [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-home-made-bread/757722 "2016-06-18T20:45:24Z")
So, ever since I’ve binge watched Michael Pollan’s Netflix foodie series (name escapes me right now) I have been curious about making home made bread… So, could I make bread with simply water, flour and a pinch of salt?… --- ## [television programs with title screens very 'of that time'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-programs-with-title-screens-very-of-that-time/756778)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-programs-with-title-screens-very-of-that-time/756778 "2016-06-18T20:42:55Z")
I saw the intro to Misfits of Science, and when it shows the title, it’s like the perfect stereotype of the eighties – and I’m curious what some other examples might be for other times. --- ## [The Americans Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-season-4/744496)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 593\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-season-4/744496 "2016-06-18T18:38:09Z")
I was going to post this in “The Americans” thread. But I saw it is titled “The Americans Season 3” and I wanted to announce the premier of Season 4. Apparently, it will begin on March 16, 2016. That is about six weeks … --- ## [Love & Friendship - new Jane Austen movie (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-friendship-new-jane-austen-movie-spoilers/757130)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-friendship-new-jane-austen-movie-spoilers/757130 "2016-06-18T17:59:29Z")
Love & Friendship - Wikipedia Saw it last night with my wife, a huge Austen fan, and we both liked it. Fine cast (Kate Beckinsale largely carries the movie, and her Lady Susan is delightfully amoral and scheming), cra… --- ## [Star Wars Rebels Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-season-2/757242)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-season-2/757242 "2016-06-18T17:38:03Z")
My search-fu has failed me, but is the release date for the Blu Ray known? My nephew’s a major Star Wars fan and his birthday is fast approaching. --- ## [Did the Addams Family pervert me or empower me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-addams-family-pervert-me-or-empower-me/757664)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-addams-family-pervert-me-or-empower-me/757664 "2016-06-18T17:21:33Z")
Watching Preacher and Lucifer, and surviving a week’s worth of cute at VBS, got me thinking how, in 1964, a silly sitcom had caused me to say, “These people get me.” I was 10, and while my faith remained long enough to … --- ## [Commercials that had a continuing story line.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-had-a-continuing-story-line/757683)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-had-a-continuing-story-line/757683 "2016-06-18T16:49:12Z")
They don’t seem to have these much any more, but I remember back in the day when they’d sometimes make commercials that had ongoing, continuing story lines. Now, I’m not talking about commercials in a series, I’m talkin… --- ## [Stupid But w/Reason: How To submit Youtube Video Comment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-but-w-reason-how-to-submit-youtube-video-comment/757381)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-but-w-reason-how-to-submit-youtube-video-comment/757381 "2016-06-18T14:14:15Z")
Recently, I signed up to comment on a Youtube video. As I recall, it was too simple. I swear I just entered a Username and I was able to post! Note: There was no evidence of Google’s influence when I set up my “account”… --- ## [Dumb and Dumber: Wanna eat the most annoying thing in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-and-dumber-wanna-eat-the-most-annoying-thing-in-the-world/757586)
**Author:** [@TipTapTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TipTapTwo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-and-dumber-wanna-eat-the-most-annoying-thing-in-the-world/757586 "2016-06-18T10:49:37Z")
An idea from Doctor Jackson’s thread on what are the most unhealthy snacks: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=795392 What about foods that you really want to enjoy, but you really really do not want t… --- ## [What Song Is This? (AC Charts, c.1990's)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this-ac-charts-c-1990s/757658)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-this-ac-charts-c-1990s/757658 "2016-06-18T03:20:33Z")
Does anyone remember a soft song along the lines of Seal or Tony Rich where the chorus says “Don’t Cry Anymore, my baby…” All I remember is there is a line about how all the friends I have never call anymore… I tried Go… --- ## [Song "recoveries"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-recoveries/757325)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-recoveries/757325 "2016-06-18T02:09:18Z")
When I say “recoveries” I mean a song(s) that you heard when you were a kid (usually on the radio) that you heard only once, and then not again until decades later. You did standing back flips of 100 proof joy over the … --- ## [Does Leann Chin contain MSG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-leann-chin-contain-msg/757575)
**Author:** [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-leann-chin-contain-msg/757575 "2016-06-18T00:03:50Z")
I get a headache every time I eat at Leann Chin’s restaurants. Other Chinese places do not cause this issue for me. I’m not much of a fan and have stopped eating at Leann Chin once I was sure of the correlation. After s… --- ## [Alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone/757651)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alone/757651 "2016-06-17T23:55:14Z")
anyone watching this on History Channel? Sorry if there is already a thread. I am so hooked on this show. --- ## [Recommend me some Delay Pedals for Guitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-delay-pedals-for-guitar/756866)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-delay-pedals-for-guitar/756866 "2016-06-17T22:47:22Z")
In my quest to be the world’s foremost mediocre electric guitar player I have decided to up my game by including a delay pedal onto my current setup which is comprised of a Boss DS-1 Distortion, Vox Wah, and my amp’s boo… --- ## [best flavored potato chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-potato-chips/756943)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-flavored-potato-chips/756943 "2016-06-17T22:11:42Z")
Tainting potato chips with ingredients other than salt is not new. Barbeque-flavored potato chips have been around for a while, as have sour-cream-and-onion. Lately the market seems to have exploded, with a whole lot o… --- ## [Good plays that have yet to be filmed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plays-that-have-yet-to-be-filmed/757551)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-plays-that-have-yet-to-be-filmed/757551 "2016-06-17T17:21:51Z")
Mahaloth’s What is Shakespeare’s most underrated play? and Sampiro’s Musicals that were huge hits onstage and flops onscreen got me to wondering: what good plays have yet to grace the silver screen? Of course, there is… --- ## [Bands/artists you've grown sick of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-artists-youve-grown-sick-of/752526)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-artists-youve-grown-sick-of/752526 "2016-06-17T17:13:47Z")
There are quite a few acts (mostly in the classic rock genre) that I’m sick to death of hearing. At one time, I liked listening to most songs from these bands. Then I came to a point where I decided I never need to hea… --- ## [Poaching the perfect egg.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poaching-the-perfect-egg/757214)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poaching-the-perfect-egg/757214 "2016-06-17T15:49:31Z")
To add to the other threads. I have learned to master the art. Heat water to a simmer (e.g., bubbles are forming slowly, but the surface of the water is showing no motionl). Put the egg in the water for about ten seco… --- ## [Fried egg question: keeping yolks from breaking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-question-keeping-yolks-from-breaking/757259)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-egg-question-keeping-yolks-from-breaking/757259 "2016-06-17T15:35:11Z")
Is this simple or hard? I like fried eggs but it’s often difficult to keep from busting the yolk when pouring the egg, which I habitually break into an ordinary coffee cup, into the frying pan. Is it just a matter of pou… --- ## [Songs with a suprisingly long life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087 "2016-06-17T13:46:54Z")
Remember Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit “Baby Got Back”? At the time it was just dismissed as a cheesy novelty song, if acknowledged at all (MTV refused to show the video in daytime hours). Yet over the years it’s been used … --- ## [Good-bye Millie! Ann Morgan Guilbert dies at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-millie-ann-morgan-guilbert-dies-at-87/757521)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-bye-millie-ann-morgan-guilbert-dies-at-87/757521 "2016-06-17T12:04:19Z")
Cite I guess that leaves Carl Reiner, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Guilbert was also hysterical as Fran Fine’s grandmother on The Nanny. The episode with Elton John as one of my favorites! --- ## [Sing Street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-street/754019 "2016-06-17T04:38:23Z")
Sing Street is John Carney’s latest offering. Carney is the Irish write, producer, director of Once and Begin Again. Sing Street, set in 1980’s Dublin, is a coming of age movie about a teenage boy (Collin) whose parent… --- ## [Silicon Valley first season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-valley-first-season/757556)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-valley-first-season/757556 "2016-06-16T23:10:40Z")
Nothing directly popped up on search, but in the first season when they have to incorparate. One of the team members is found to be an undocumented alien. How did he get the visa so fast, or was that just a fictional nev… --- ## [Was Candidate Pat Paulsen misquoted? ;)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477 "2016-06-16T22:19:12Z")
One of my fondest memories of the Smothers Brothers Show was their own Presidential candidate, the very handsome and dynamic Pat Paulson. (Although I’m beginning to think it had all been a big joke…) I recall one time … --- ## [Doper Challenge: Can You Name This REALLY Obscure Play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-challenge-can-you-name-this-really-obscure-play/757524)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-challenge-can-you-name-this-really-obscure-play/757524 "2016-06-16T22:04:55Z")
Since the Dope can identify pretty much any literary work ever written, by anyone, of any kind, at any time since clay tablets went out of style, I present a challenge. When I was in college, one of my literature textbo… --- ## [Anyone watching Peaky Blinders on Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-peaky-blinders-on-netflix/700157)
**Author:** [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-peaky-blinders-on-netflix/700157 "2016-06-16T20:00:33Z")
I’m two episodes in & liking it. It’s kind of like Martin Scorsese meets Masterpiece Theatre. Wiki page. --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 15: A song that describes you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138)
**Author:** [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-15-a-song-that-describes-you/757138 "2016-06-16T18:07:02Z")
Day 14 has fallen off the first page and I don’t want to see this series die, so I guess it’s my turn to keep it going. My pick is Ramones - I’m Against It. I’m sure the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek, but I guess misanthro… --- ## [Did HBO pull something fishy with their replays of "Real Time" this weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hbo-pull-something-fishy-with-their-replays-of-real-time-this-weekend/757404)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hbo-pull-something-fishy-with-their-replays-of-real-time-this-weekend/757404 "2016-06-16T16:11:29Z")
I am a cordcutter, so I subscribe “over the top” to their streaming-only service, HBO Now, which generally makes Real Time episodes available in the wee hours of Saturday morning (I would love it if I could just watch li… --- ## [RIP Mrs. Godsey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mrs-godsey/757462)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mrs-godsey/757462 "2016-06-16T15:33:42Z")
Ronnie Claire Edwards, who played Corabeth Godsey on The Waltons has died. ETA: I just noticed that stupid article says she played Corabeth Walton which is wrong. --- ## [most generations of spin-offs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-generations-of-spin-offs/756919)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-generations-of-spin-offs/756919 "2016-06-16T15:31:04Z")
This is a question about TV show spin-offs. For my purpose I want to be strict about what we mean by a spin-off. I would say a spin-off is strictly when a character or place is introduced in one series and then gets it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=863) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=865)