# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=87 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 88 --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #27 – February, 2025 – “Motion” poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-27-february-2025-motion-poll-added/1013729 "2025-03-02T16:00:27Z")
This is the monthly thread for February, 2025. The topic this month is “Motion”, chosen by @beowulff. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussio… --- ## [Sandwiches nobody eats anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 401\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714 "2025-03-02T11:59:09Z")
This article was in my Yahoo news feed this morning. Coronation Chicken Olive Loaf Chow Mein Sandwich Fluffernutter Banana and Mayonnaise Finger Sandwiches Mock Ham Salad Hot Brown Liverwurst Or Braunschweiger Scotch … --- ## [RIP David Johansen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-johansen/1014991)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-david-johansen/1014991 "2025-03-02T00:22:03Z")
RIP David Johansen. OMG… I sort-of met him. I gambled on the other side of the table from him at Foxwoods back-in-the-day. He laughed, smoked a big cigar, and he won like Crazy. When I left the table, every other ta… --- ## [The Godfather (novel) - Lucy Mancini's operation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-novel-lucy-mancinis-operation/1014979)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfather-novel-lucy-mancinis-operation/1014979 "2025-03-01T22:35:36Z")
(Perhaps this is more of a FQ question?) I was telling Inna about the above subplot to the GF novel, where… (spoiling for good taste) Inna just died laughing, and then asked me… does this sort of surgery actually exis… --- ## [Any Love & Rocket's fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-rockets-fans/1014902)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-rockets-fans/1014902 "2025-03-01T18:44:18Z")
Hey, I have kept up with Los Bros Hernadez for decades. Really glad to they are still at it. SPOILER ALERT: NY Times gift link to a fun update on where they (and the plotlines) are today. --- ## [Your National Treasures (Do you call them that?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-treasures-do-you-call-them-that/1014829)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-treasures-do-you-call-them-that/1014829 "2025-03-01T15:14:03Z")
In another thread I recently referred to Seasick Steve as “something approaching \[a\] National Treasure (Overseas Division)”. Now, I think of the term National Treasure as essentially a British concept – but surely other … --- ## [Making banana pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-banana-pudding/1014901)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-banana-pudding/1014901 "2025-03-01T01:06:59Z")
Banana pudding is banana slices in vanilla pudding. What would happen if after cooking the pudding, I put the mashed bananas directly into it? --- ## [Name a movie you think EVERYONE should see at least once in their life. Everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-movie-you-think-everyone-should-see-at-least-once-in-their-life-everyone/1014287)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-movie-you-think-everyone-should-see-at-least-once-in-their-life-everyone/1014287 "2025-03-01T01:00:22Z")
So, this thread by Beckdawrek gave me inspiration. This idea formed, let’s turn it specifically towards movies. Name one movie you think everyone should be required (somehow, maybe in school? Like “required reading”) at… --- ## [So how do I clean a cast iron pan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-clean-a-cast-iron-pan/1014650)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-do-i-clean-a-cast-iron-pan/1014650 "2025-02-27T17:21:35Z")
I somehow ended up with a little cast-iron frying pan. So, how do I clean it, without attracting the rage of people from Kentucky? --- ## [Reacher - the full-sized version is a vast improvement {Season 2, 1st 3 episodes available 2023-12-15}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978 "2025-02-27T03:04:42Z")
The new TV show Reacher came out on Amazon yesterday. My wife and I binged 5 eps yesterday. I’m a longtime fan of the books, and I found it quite enjoyable. Haven’t read Killing Floor in some time, but much of it capt… --- ## [Time conversion from stove simmer to Instant Pot question - need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-conversion-from-stove-simmer-to-instant-pot-question-need-answer-fast/1014509)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-conversion-from-stove-simmer-to-instant-pot-question-need-answer-fast/1014509 "2025-02-27T02:12:44Z")
I’m planning to make Spicy Beef Rendang for dinner today. This is a dinner favorite I’ve made a dozen times or more, but I always make it on the weekend because it takes around 4 hours. But most of that is oven time, and… --- ## [TV shows and movies set in ambiguous time periods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-movies-set-in-ambiguous-time-periods/1014600)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-movies-set-in-ambiguous-time-periods/1014600 "2025-02-27T01:52:36Z")
The universe of Severance seems to be set in a weirdly ambiguous time period (which I’m sure is on purpose). Everyone has iPhones, which makes it seem like the present day. But the interior of the Lumen offices seems t… --- ## [Actors playing the same part in a Sequel or Series by a Different Studio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-part-in-a-sequel-or-series-by-a-different-studio/1014782)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-part-in-a-sequel-or-series-by-a-different-studio/1014782 "2025-02-27T01:27:41Z")
I bring this up because I just finished reading Treasure Island, and I see that Robert Newton played Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney version, then went on to play the same character in Long John Silver (1954), made b… --- ## [I can’t sleep. Give me a recipe for split peas. Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-t-sleep-give-me-a-recipe-for-split-peas-please/1014803)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-t-sleep-give-me-a-recipe-for-split-peas-please/1014803 "2025-02-26T22:38:15Z")
I’m taking the night off work (actually three nights ) while I recover from a mild case of pneumonia, so I’ve decided to cook some pantry stuff. Also because I can’t get to sleep. I found a two-pound bag of pinkish spli… --- ## [Dad band that made it big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-band-that-made-it-big/1014755)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-band-that-made-it-big/1014755 "2025-02-26T18:41:44Z")
Are there any examples of what I’m terming “dad bands,” ie. Bands trending toward middle age, that would play covers at weddings or local beer tents and fish fries, that made it big? Any middle aged accountant rockers t… --- ## [My cat goes nuts for corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-goes-nuts-for-corn/1014667)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-goes-nuts-for-corn/1014667 "2025-02-26T03:47:52Z")
She’ll fight you for corn on the cob. We have to lock her in the garage when we have it. I can’t leave husks or silks in the trash or they will be all over the floor in the morning. Corn bread crumbs get scoofed up like … --- ## [Stories where magic is just hard work and studying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-magic-is-just-hard-work-and-studying/1014670)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-magic-is-just-hard-work-and-studying/1014670 "2025-02-26T03:04:58Z")
There are a lot of stories (books, movies, whatever) where the main character is a wizard/sorcerer/mage/witch/whatever. But in most of them, it seems like the ability to do magic is just something innate, that you eithe… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #26 – January, 2025 – “Blue” (poll added)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458 "2025-02-26T01:10:34Z")
This is the monthly thread for January, 2025. The topic this month is “Blue”, chosen by @beowulff . Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion … --- ## [Influence of Franz Liszt on Maurice Ravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-of-franz-liszt-on-maurice-ravel/1014731)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-of-franz-liszt-on-maurice-ravel/1014731 "2025-02-25T15:05:31Z")
I went to my nephews’ concert yesterday. Their piano accompanist wrote that Maurice Ravel was “inspired by Lizst’s Sonnet 104 del Petrarca, S. 161/5” He implied that Ravel was inspired by Liszt to write a later presented… --- ## [How to handle Amazon disallowing Kindle downloads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-amazon-disallowing-kindle-downloads/1014722 "2025-02-25T09:47:30Z")
Maybe I’ve been living under a rock, but I just heard this morning that Amazon will stop allowing downloads of purchased Kindle books starting after February 25, i.e., two days from now. It appears that the point is to l… --- ## [Amazon is no longer allowing users to backup books to computer as of 2/26/25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-no-longer-allowing-users-to-backup-books-to-computer-as-of-2-26-25/1014527)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-no-longer-allowing-users-to-backup-books-to-computer-as-of-2-26-25/1014527 "2025-02-25T04:17:18Z")
This probably won’t make a difference to most users, but it allows Amazon to remove titles you’ve purchased if they lose their license to sell them. Also allows Amazon to substitute edited copies of titles, for example, … --- ## [Movies with overlapping casts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-overlapping-casts/1014577)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-overlapping-casts/1014577 "2025-02-25T01:40:22Z")
I was watching the new Bridget Jones movie yesterday, starring Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, and Chiwetel Ejiofor…and realized: "Hey! All those guys were in Love, Actually" I thought there might also be a con… --- ## [Illustrate your progression of musical touchstones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrate-your-progression-of-musical-touchstones/1014627)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrate-your-progression-of-musical-touchstones/1014627 "2025-02-24T22:13:21Z")
Mine: The Archies \> The Beatles \> Kiss \> Jethro Tull \> Bob Dylan \> Paul Simon \> Elvis Costello \> Lou Reed \> Neil Young Structure how your musical tastes have evolved, using my example as a guide. Each of the artists ab… --- ## [TV series ID: English/Australian women captured by Japanese in WWII, with Jenny Agutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-id-english-australian-women-captured-by-japanese-in-wwii-with-jenny-agutter/1014714)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-id-english-australian-women-captured-by-japanese-in-wwii-with-jenny-agutter/1014714 "2025-02-24T20:55:34Z")
I remember watching a tv series about a group of English and Australian women in the Philippines in WWII, who were captured by the Japanese. Tenko is too early. (And the title is not familiar to me.) I’m sure this was… --- ## [Roberta Flack dies at age 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberta-flack-dies-at-age-88/1014735)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roberta-flack-dies-at-age-88/1014735 "2025-02-24T20:43:19Z")
One of the iconic voices of our time has died of cardiac arrest. Sing it softly, sweetie. --- ## ["Send lawyers, guns and money" original to Warren Zevon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-lawyers-guns-and-money-original-to-warren-zevon/1014586)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-lawyers-guns-and-money-original-to-warren-zevon/1014586 "2025-02-24T16:08:55Z")
Or was it a term in use already? Has to be the best phrase ever about being in trouble! --- ## ["It is a pune or play on words" (Terry Pratchett)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-pune-or-play-on-words-terry-pratchett/139849)
**Author:** [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-a-pune-or-play-on-words-terry-pratchett/139849 "2025-02-24T13:24:36Z")
This line pops up a few times in the Discworld books, and my husband and I like to quote it to each other. The problem is that we can’t figure out how to pronounce “pune.” Pun? Poon? Pyoon? --- ## [Stories with flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-with-flashbacks-within-flashbacks-within-flashbacks/1014669)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-with-flashbacks-within-flashbacks-within-flashbacks/1014669 "2025-02-23T23:03:25Z")
Last night I watched an old Humphrey Bogart movie called “Passage To Marseille”. The movie starts out in WWII with a war reporter visiting an outpost of the Free French Air Force, who are preparing for a bombing run that… --- ## [Canadian Art Question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-art-question/1014594)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-art-question/1014594 "2025-02-22T15:43:54Z")
Years ago, I saw a humorous image by a Canadian artist that showed the Canada-US border. The Canadian side was full of snow and had an igloo, a Canadian flag and perhaps a saluting Mountie. I can’t remember the America… --- ## [Is there a way to 'de-stretch' a crocheted piece of clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-de-stretch-a-crocheted-piece-of-clothing/1014651)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-de-stretch-a-crocheted-piece-of-clothing/1014651 "2025-02-22T12:22:18Z")
I have a hat that’s special to me. It’s the last thing my mother made for me before she died, over 25 years ago. Objectively it’s nothing special. It’s pretty much a round disk, mostly of double crochet stitches that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=88)