# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=872 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 873 --- ## [Actors you hated in one role but loved in another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-hated-in-one-role-but-loved-in-another/754397 "2016-05-27T07:06:27Z")
I first saw Natalie Zea on The Following, which was an idiotic show to begin with but I absolutely couldn’t stand her character. I guess it was just the writing/directing on that show, because now she’s on The Detour on… --- ## [Ketchup or Catsup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-or-catsup/586593)
**Author:** [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-or-catsup/586593 "2011-06-25T05:11:13Z")
Just curious. --- ## [The National Spelling Bee is later this week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-spelling-bee-is-later-this-week/755383)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-national-spelling-bee-is-later-this-week/755383 "2016-05-27T03:41:50Z")
The rules have changed, which may make the finals quite interesting. Among other things, they’re going to give the kids harder words, which makes me wonder where they’re going to find them. :o A few years ago, MAD ma… --- ## [Ex-Megadeth drummer Nick Menza dies onstage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-megadeth-drummer-nick-menza-dies-onstage/755386)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-megadeth-drummer-nick-menza-dies-onstage/755386 "2016-05-27T01:00:53Z")
:eek: As traumatic this is for his friends, family, and audience, what a way to go - doing what you love. Never heard of him until today, but RIP anyway. The cause of death has not yet been determined. (I was going … --- ## [Any Orange Crush fans? Do you make your own with Sprite and OJ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-orange-crush-fans-do-you-make-your-own-with-sprite-and-oj/755745)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-orange-crush-fans-do-you-make-your-own-with-sprite-and-oj/755745 "2016-05-27T00:07:59Z")
Orange Crush tastes so good on a hot day. I drink other soda more often but I enjoy a Crush once in awhile. My family made ice cream with Orange Crush. 6 pack of it and 2 cans Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk. Put … --- ## [Gotham - new season discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotham-new-season-discussion/733128)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotham-new-season-discussion/733128 "2016-05-26T23:59:06Z")
Didn’t see a thread yet, thought I’d start one. The second ep brings a rather shocking main-cast death and some screwing up of the canon… it will be interesting to see how they resolve it. There’s also a new introductio… --- ## [TV Series That Spun Off The Rails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-spun-off-the-rails/754819)
**Author:** [@btcg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/btcg)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-that-spun-off-the-rails/754819 "2016-05-26T23:53:32Z")
Lost in Space in 1968 seems my obvious choice. The series went from cool and cutting edge to audition’s for clown college. They doomed themselves: people stopped watching in droves. Methinks Star Trek’s “The Trouble Wit… --- ## [Call the Midwife; series 5 on PBS (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-series-5-on-pbs-open-spoilers/751140)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-series-5-on-pbs-open-spoilers/751140 "2016-05-26T22:56:10Z")
Series 5 of Call the Midwife starts tonight. Oddly the first episode is set at Easter making this almost perfect timing for PBS. --- ## [Anyone seen "A Bigger Splash"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-a-bigger-splash/755587)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-a-bigger-splash/755587 "2016-05-26T21:47:12Z")
I saw this movie on Sunday, the 22nd. Beautiful cinematography, interesting landscapes and full frontal male nudity(Ralph Fiennes) in case anyone is interested. How did you all like the movie? --- ## [Ed Henry/FOX News Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-henry-fox-news-question/755763)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-henry-fox-news-question/755763 "2016-05-26T21:30:08Z")
What’s the deal with FOX and Ed Henry’s affair? He was recently featured after purchasing an investment property in Las Vegas. Will FOX take him back? If so, and as Trump has been making an issue of Bill Clinton’s his… --- ## [Arrow - Season 4 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-4-thread/733881)
**Author:** [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-4-thread/733881 "2016-05-26T21:17:32Z")
Season 4 starts tonight! When last we left Ollie, he had turned over the title of Ra’s Al Ghul to Malcolm. Ollie and Felicity are together… I think? Ray was in an explosion at his lab. We know there is a spinoff seri… --- ## [Jackson Browne, "Stay" - Who sang falsetto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-browne-stay-who-sang-falsetto/414781)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-browne-stay-who-sang-falsetto/414781 "2016-05-26T20:55:55Z")
In the extended live version of Stay there appears to be at least two other people taking turns singing the refrain, “Oh, won’t you staaaayyyy, just a little bit longer…” One voice appears to be that of a female and the… --- ## [What's up with Dilbert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert/748124)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-dilbert/748124 "2016-05-26T20:42:18Z")
Don’t know if anyone else noticed, but the artwork on the daily Dilbert strip has changed a bit. Anyone know what’s up with that? --- ## [Really? You literally framed the perp's pic? More SVU goodness!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-you-literally-framed-the-perps-pic-more-svu-goodness/755752)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-you-literally-framed-the-perps-pic-more-svu-goodness/755752 "2016-05-26T19:38:03Z")
Please see my post in “Shows that went off the rails” if you’d like background on my rapidly-evolving hate for SVU. This morning, in a pre-coffee haze, I watched a new SVU I had DVR’d. Dramatic, sloppy stupidness ensued… --- ## [Why no root beer drink mix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-root-beer-drink-mix/718423)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-root-beer-drink-mix/718423 "2016-05-26T15:49:59Z")
I consume a lot of drink mix, mostly sugar free. When I was a kid a lot of companies made a root beer flavor. They weren’t sugar free but they were good. Today you can get any flavor you want, sugar or sugar free, but … --- ## [How do you pronounce "Qwlghm"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722)
**Author:** [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-qwlghm/265722 "2016-05-26T15:23:04Z")
from Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle? --- ## [So disappointed in Castle Season 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-disappointed-in-castle-season-8/736766)
**Author:** [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-disappointed-in-castle-season-8/736766 "2016-05-26T13:13:26Z")
What a huge blunder - Ok so they had to come up with an “interesting” story line for Beckett to get Stana to come back for another season, but what giant mistake it has been for the show. The whole premise of Kate’s lea… --- ## [What's the point of ,,reaction clips" in shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-reaction-clips-in-shows/755651)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-reaction-clips-in-shows/755651 "2016-05-26T11:39:38Z")
I absolutely can’t stand those fake reaction clip things that pop up every few seconds in tv shows, for example yesterday I was looking at some show where a guy was entering a garage of some sort, then he magically appea… --- ## [A few questions about the movie WALL-E by Disney.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-movie-wall-e-by-disney/755442)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-movie-wall-e-by-disney/755442 "2016-05-26T02:58:21Z")
I re-watched WALL-E the other night and few questions occurred to me tha were not (so far as I can tell) answered in the wiki.. I don’t see any backstory so I realize some of these are purely speculative questions. Are… --- ## [Eating Bananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-bananas/755694)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-bananas/755694 "2016-05-26T01:01:36Z")
Do bananas taste good when picked off the tree and eaten at that moment? Seems like I read somewhere that they have to be picked and then ripened for a spell. --- ## [Anyone remember Goober Grape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-goober-grape/755672)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-goober-grape/755672 "2016-05-25T22:45:37Z")
The condiment where the peanut butter and jelly (usually grape) was all in one jar. I wonder why no one tried that with ketchup and mustard. You can get ‘hot dog’ relish with the relish and mustard in one jar. --- ## [Happy Towel Day!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-towel-day/755666)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-towel-day/755666 "2016-05-25T21:02:25Z")
The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool. They lay. They rotted. They turned Around occasionally. Bits of flesh dropped off them from Time to time. And sank into the pool’s mire. They also smelt a great deal. Paul… --- ## [Jeopardy Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/755253)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/755253 "2016-05-25T19:27:32Z")
This week’s show in Washington, DC primarily features media figures. While I think I only saw 3 or 4 of the 5 broadcasts, I noted newscasters/writers from both the broadcast networks, cable and print media, almost all o… --- ## [Add a verse-- It Ain't Gonna Rain No More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-it-aint-gonna-rain-no-more/755551)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-a-verse-it-aint-gonna-rain-no-more/755551 "2016-05-25T17:32:19Z")
Way back in the misty past when Cafe Society was new, we had an add a verse thread for that famous children’s song Diarrhea (a word I have to look up to spell every time). This morning, after the weatherman said after to… --- ## [How do you eat asparagus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-asparagus/570322)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-asparagus/570322 "2016-05-25T17:16:42Z")
As a child, I was taught that plain asparagus (not covered in sauce) should be picked up and eaten by hand unless the spears were way too long and then you could cut the spears with a folk, eat the longer stalk section w… --- ## [Share your homebrew keg set up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-homebrew-keg-set-up/755147)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-homebrew-keg-set-up/755147 "2016-05-25T16:54:42Z")
Howdy, I think I’m ready to start brewing beer again. I like to brew, have more time these days, want to brew a lower octane (say 3-4% alcohol range) yet tasty beer, and don’t want to deal with bottling. Of course, if s… --- ## [Please recommend some novels based on included criteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-novels-based-on-included-criteria/754626)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-novels-based-on-included-criteria/754626 "2016-05-25T14:38:13Z")
I’m looking for novels, classic is fine though contemporary is better, with beautiful prose. Not prose like Faulker or McCarthy - I prefer grammatical, highly readable prose that I think “Wow what a beautiful way to sa… --- ## [Beethoven re: guitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beethoven-re-guitar/755652)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beethoven-re-guitar/755652 "2016-05-25T14:14:43Z")
“The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven Does anyone know the origin of this? --- ## [The Casual Vacancy TV series (based on J.K. Rowling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-casual-vacancy-tv-series-based-on-j-k-rowling/755617)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-casual-vacancy-tv-series-based-on-j-k-rowling/755617 "2016-05-25T13:28:09Z")
I just watched the three-part miniseries based on J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy. All-in-all, I enjoyed it. It had some of my favorite actors, all of whom performed fantastically. There were some really good relations… --- ## [Vikings - Mid Season Finale???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-mid-season-finale/752712)
**Author:** [@btcg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/btcg)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-mid-season-finale/752712 "2016-05-25T12:22:30Z")
Never heard of a mid-season-finale. Still… if it’s only half done, that’s great. Go Ragnar! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=871) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=873)