# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=879 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 880 --- ## [Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recomposed-by-max-richter-vivaldi-the-four-seasons/754072)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recomposed-by-max-richter-vivaldi-the-four-seasons/754072 "2016-05-07T08:30:43Z")
Just been digging this piece over the past few days, so thought I’d pass it along in case anyone was interested. I’m not a big Vivaldi fan. OK, I’m not a Vivaldi fan at all, but this is incredibly pretty. Enjoy, rejec… --- ## [Poignant Sad Moment in S4E10 of The Sopranos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-sad-moment-in-s4e10-of-the-sopranos/754143)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poignant-sad-moment-in-s4e10-of-the-sopranos/754143 "2016-05-07T07:35:00Z")
Briefly, the gang is holding an intervention for Christopher. He is resisting. He shouts back at Tony, ‘…look at the way you eat. You will be dead at 50.’ Gandolfini died of a heart attack at 51. Rewatching the show, h… --- ## [Muscial instruments that annoy you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscial-instruments-that-annoy-you/753557)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscial-instruments-that-annoy-you/753557 "2016-05-07T05:50:59Z")
accordion - something depressingly rustic about it. I tend to stereotype it to polkas, or some French boulevardier honking away on it. pan-flute - jeebus christ in the 80’s my Zamfir hate-on was legendary and gigantic. … --- ## [Looking for some advice on comic book writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-advice-on-comic-book-writing/754092)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-advice-on-comic-book-writing/754092 "2016-05-07T03:23:09Z")
For a number of reasons I’ve decided that a comic book would be the best fit for a story I want to tell. Some questions - I know there is no standard format. For anyone who has written a comic, what format did you us… --- ## [Lawsuit about Klingon language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-about-klingon-language/753763)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-about-klingon-language/753763 "2016-05-07T02:51:11Z")
I guess it had to happen someday. The lawsuit brought by Paramount and CBS over Axanar, a crowdfunded Star Trek film, continues to chart a course for exploration of the intellectual property galaxy. To quickly review, … --- ## [I enjoy Turner Classic Movies on TV, but.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoy-turner-classic-movies-on-tv-but/753856)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-enjoy-turner-classic-movies-on-tv-but/753856 "2016-05-06T23:30:44Z")
Turner Classic does offer a wide variety of classic films, but I know there are plenty of ‘older’ movies out there that they NEVER show. Sometimes I get tired of watching the same films being shuffled, like a deck of car… --- ## [The Forever War - Has anybody read this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forever-war-has-anybody-read-this/716552)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-forever-war-has-anybody-read-this/716552 "2016-05-06T22:01:24Z")
Note: I’m not a big reader outside of mandatory stuff that I read for school. The last fiction novel that I read on my own was BioShock: Rapture, which, given the fact that I have a fucking BioShock TATTOO on my forearm… --- ## [Killing off characters vs. recasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-off-characters-vs-recasting/753644)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-off-characters-vs-recasting/753644 "2016-05-06T21:38:52Z")
Many characters are killed off in TV series, even when they’re very popular, because the actor or actress is about to be unavailable. On soaps, these characters are more frequently just recast. (And of course, being ki… --- ## [6 May 16 Achewood: Ray Explains Abortion to a Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-may-16-achewood-ray-explains-abortion-to-a-child/754086)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-may-16-achewood-ray-explains-abortion-to-a-child/754086 "2016-05-06T18:31:30Z")
Chris Onstad’s been doing Achewood again on Fridays. Today’s is hilarious and wrong (and really more about Ray than Abortion). http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05062016 --- ## [Novels vs Films and TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-vs-films-and-tv-shows/753975)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-vs-films-and-tv-shows/753975 "2016-05-06T18:27:18Z")
I find reading novels a chore and can’t picture things in my mind except in a very faint ghost-like way. I imagine that novels give people a richer, more intellectual understanding of stories and situations. I find movie… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 20 (April 7, 2016) -- "The Fermentation Bifurcation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-20-april-7-2016-the-fermentation-bifurcation/753360)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-20-april-7-2016-the-fermentation-bifurcation/753360 "2016-05-06T18:19:55Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [How do breakfast burrito makes remove the egg smell and taste from eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-breakfast-burrito-makes-remove-the-egg-smell-and-taste-from-eggs/753848 "2016-05-06T17:10:01Z")
I like to eat frozen breakfast burritos from the store because the egg in them does not have that eggy smell and taste. I would prefer to make them at home, but the eggs I make have that strong eggy smell and taste I don… --- ## [2016 Hugo Awards: The Sad & Rabid Puppies are back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-hugo-awards-the-sad-rabid-puppies-are-back/753269)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-hugo-awards-the-sad-rabid-puppies-are-back/753269 "2016-05-06T17:00:34Z")
Just accept it. --- ## [How many words can a song have before it is no longer "instrumental"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-words-can-a-song-have-before-it-is-no-longer-instrumental/753935)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-words-can-a-song-have-before-it-is-no-longer-instrumental/753935 "2016-05-06T15:22:29Z")
I would have thought “one” was the correct answer. Apparently not. I can sort of grant an exception to Tequila. Maybe exclude the “hey” in\* Rock and Roll part 2\* as being a sound rather than a lyric. But is The Hustle r… --- ## [Poor (additional) cast choices of good TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-additional-cast-choices-of-good-tv-shows/753802)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-additional-cast-choices-of-good-tv-shows/753802 "2016-05-06T11:51:41Z")
I hate it when I enjoy watching a TV show regularly, and the producers suddenly decide to add horrible, new, regular cast members. A perfect example of this is Frasier. I liked the show originally, and continue to watch … --- ## [If you had use of your Daddy's T-bird, where would you cruise to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-use-of-your-daddys-t-bird-where-would-you-cruise-to/753773)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-use-of-your-daddys-t-bird-where-would-you-cruise-to/753773 "2016-05-06T08:20:16Z")
I like to have fun fun fun as much as anyone else but you’ve got to play the long game. I’d go to the library just like I told my old man that I would and I’d come home right afterward. I’d keep this up for a few months… --- ## [Fuller House, Jodie Sweetin, and awkward feelings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-house-jodie-sweetin-and-awkward-feelings/753673)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-house-jodie-sweetin-and-awkward-feelings/753673 "2016-05-06T07:40:34Z")
Erg. Watching “Fuller House” on Netflix … I don’t know if the people behind this show expected this, or if they’re exploiting it. I watched Full House in the 1990s, when I was almost 30. I guess Candace Cameron Bure is … --- ## [you don't view yourself as a collector, however you do collect...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-view-yourself-as-a-collector-however-you-do-collect/753363)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-view-yourself-as-a-collector-however-you-do-collect/753363 "2016-05-06T04:17:35Z")
I don’t consider myself a collector, but I do have a large collection of book-markers. I can’t explain why I feel the compulsion to continually add to the number of book-markers I possess. --- ## [Alan Rickman dies at 69 of cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-dies-at-69-of-cancer/743124)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-dies-at-69-of-cancer/743124 "2016-05-06T03:53:57Z")
RIP, Mr Gruber. --- ## [Mmmm Avocado.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmm-avocado/753738 "2016-05-06T03:15:09Z")
Just had my first really good avocado of the season. They are pretty hit or miss around here and the couple I’ve had this spring have been watery and disappointing. But this was the perfect texture for mushing onto som… --- ## [Another YouTube timesuck: Hydraulic Press Channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-youtube-timesuck-hydraulic-press-channel/751365)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-youtube-timesuck-hydraulic-press-channel/751365 "2016-05-06T00:51:29Z")
A Finnish couple have started this; they didn’t think it would take off but it has. Interspersed with some of these videos are clips from the 1980s when David Letterman was doing this on his show. :stuck\_out\_tongue: … --- ## [Hamilton gets a record breaking 16 Tony nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-gets-a-record-breaking-16-tony-nominations/753775)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-gets-a-record-breaking-16-tony-nominations/753775 "2016-05-05T22:51:34Z")
Story here The old record holders were The Producers and Billy Elliot, both tied at 15. And The Producers is the one to beat, having won 12 Tonys. --- ## [Art Dopers-Oscar Knudsen--portraitst of the Norse Gods--info on prints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-dopers-oscar-knudsen-portraitst-of-the-norse-gods-info-on-prints/427973 "2016-05-05T21:26:33Z")
Whilst surfing at work, I stumbled across paintings by Oscar Knudsen, originals, in a series on the Norse Gods. Beautiful. And all they had were high-priced originals! :smack: Are there books/posters/prints by/on thi… --- ## [Larry Wilmore to host White House Correspondents' Dinner next April](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-next-april/740677)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-wilmore-to-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-next-april/740677 "2016-05-05T21:11:23Z")
Just announced - I read it in the NYTimes behind their paywall. This should be interesting. Following the footsteps of his post-TDR predecessor, Stephen Colbert, who gave his legendarily “Balls-o-Licious” (per Jon St… --- ## [Is the media encouraging racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-encouraging-racism/754009)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-media-encouraging-racism/754009 "2016-05-05T20:47:29Z")
Whenever a racist blowhard politician like Trump or Lepage makes a racist comment, it is talked about for days in the media. Isn’t this just encouraging racism? --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.03 "Ouroboros" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-03-ouroboros-open-spoilers/753045)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-03-ouroboros-open-spoilers/753045 "2016-05-05T20:08:16Z")
Lorenzo James Henrie, Chris Jericho, & a surprise cast member are on Talking Dead. For greater clarity the open spoilers warning includes everything that airs on Talking Dead; including any previews. --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 23 (May 5, 2016) -- "The Line Substitution Solution"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-23-may-5-2016-the-line-substitution-solution/754003)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-23-may-5-2016-the-line-substitution-solution/754003 "2016-05-05T18:57:46Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Happy Star Wars Day 2016!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-2016/753878)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day-2016/753878 "2016-05-05T17:38:01Z")
May the 4th be with you everyone. How are you celebrating? Me? I’m wearing my Battle of Hoth shirt to work. --- ## [Favorite Joss Whedon Lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-joss-whedon-lines/753189)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-joss-whedon-lines/753189 "2016-05-05T13:39:03Z")
Favorite lines, or dialogues from any of his mediums, or from the man himself. Films, comics, TV etc. Let’s hear’em. I’ll start with a favorite from Firefly. Capt. Mal - Anybody tries to stop you, shoot’em … politely… --- ## [Help me I.D. or find info on this painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-or-find-info-on-this-painting/244315)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-i-d-or-find-info-on-this-painting/244315 "2016-05-05T05:13:44Z")
I have a large, original oil painting that was given to me in the mid-70’s. I am trying to find out more about it. I posted on Opal’s site, with a link to two pictures of the painting - a full view and a close-up of t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=878) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=880)