# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=88 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 89 --- ## [Asian cuisine: sar gott?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-cuisine-sar-gott/1014652)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asian-cuisine-sar-gott/1014652 "2025-02-22T04:34:47Z")
We found an old Chinese/Hawaiian cookbook with a section on this main ingredient. But Googling fails. Any insight from the teeming millions? --- ## [Have you read the book \_The Righteous Mind\_?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-the-book-the-righteous-mind/1014550)
**Author:** [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-read-the-book-the-righteous-mind/1014550 "2025-02-22T02:58:37Z")
Have you heard of or read this book? A few week ago, I finished reading The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. I found it a good introduction to morality and moral psychology, and it is reflective of research in the fiel… --- ## [Song from 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Where've I heard it before?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-nightmare-before-christmas-whereve-i-heard-it-before/292205)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-nightmare-before-christmas-whereve-i-heard-it-before/292205 "2025-02-21T20:50:13Z")
I heard it on a TV show tonight (100 best cartoons, Channel 4, UK) and I instantly recognised it. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the same basic tune in 'live action (meaning not cartoon) kids film from about the 1980s. T… --- ## [No more Stray Cat Strut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-stray-cat-strut/1014525)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-stray-cat-strut/1014525 "2025-02-21T19:28:40Z")
Brian Setzer says he can no longer play guitar. “Towards the end of the last Stray Cats tour I noticed that my hands were cramping up,” Setzer wrote. “I’ve since discovered that I have an auto-immune disease. I canno… --- ## [Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-open-spoilers/1013589)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-open-spoilers/1013589 "2025-02-21T05:33:53Z")
Watched the first two episodes, really liked it. I hadn’t read any spoilers/speculation other than watching the trailer, so I didn’t know it would be in a setting where other Marvel characters exist (cartoons like this t… --- ## [Odd rhyme in Tolkien's Troll Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-rhyme-in-tolkiens-troll-song/1014601)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-rhyme-in-tolkiens-troll-song/1014601 "2025-02-21T02:32:17Z")
The Troll Song sung by Sam Gamgee (“Troll sat alone on a seat of stone…”) has a distinctive metrical structure and rhyme scheme: it consists of 7-line stanzas, with the fifth line consisting of 4 syllables, where the fir… --- ## [Movie scenes recalled by a single word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 469\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112 "2025-02-21T00:44:53Z")
I was discussing cropdusting the other day with some co-workers, as you do, and I couldn’t help remembering the classic scene in North by Northwest where Cary Grant is lured into the middle of nowhere and then menaced by… --- ## [Your old VHS tapes may be worth a FORTUNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-old-vhs-tapes-may-be-worth-a-fortune/1014514)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-old-vhs-tapes-may-be-worth-a-fortune/1014514 "2025-02-21T00:28:14Z")
13 VHS Tapes That Are Now Worth a Small Fortune Why the heck would anyone pay a small fortune for old VHS tapes, or 8 tracks, cassettes, 78 records or any other obsolete media? What is the real purpose of the article l… --- ## ["not going in there"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-going-in-there/1014408 "2025-02-20T19:54:53Z")
Evil henchmen decide not to intervene in a pitched battle in a number of movies. In the 5th Element, Leeloo is going apeshit on a bunch of Mangalores. Two late arrivals see their buddies flying out the door and turn tail… --- ## [It’s time: give me your cookware recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-time-give-me-your-cookware-recommendations/1014559 "2025-02-20T18:36:54Z")
I currently have a full set of Ninja nonstick cookware. Some of the pieces have seen better days. In particular I need a new large fry pan. That’s what I have to change out right away but I will be replacing more over ti… --- ## [Would rap/hip hop/KL fans explain the Superbowl halftime show to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-rap-hip-hop-kl-fans-explain-the-superbowl-halftime-show-to-me/1014131 "2025-02-20T13:31:24Z")
I readily admit that I’m an out-of-touch old white guy, who has never appreciated rap or hip hop (or understood the difference between the 2.) I have never really made much of an effort to understand/appreciate such mus… --- ## [How do parents in spicy food cultures introduce strong flavors to children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-parents-in-spicy-food-cultures-introduce-strong-flavors-to-children/1014373 "2025-02-19T22:35:29Z")
I apologize for the awkward way the question is phrased, I had to cram a lot of content into few words. Anyway… I’m wondering how parents introduce children to spicy food in cultures where spicy cuisine is the norm. Lik… --- ## [What villains would retire in Old Man Logan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-villains-would-retire-in-old-man-logan/1014466)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-villains-would-retire-in-old-man-logan/1014466 "2025-02-19T22:20:36Z")
In the Old Man Logan setting the villains of Marvel Earth team up, defeat the heroes and divide the country between Magneto, Red Skull, Doom and Abomination. How many villains do you think would either retire after the … --- ## [Early examples of author self-insertion in comics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-examples-of-author-self-insertion-in-comics/1014111)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-examples-of-author-self-insertion-in-comics/1014111 "2025-02-19T17:43:32Z")
I came across an archive of Homer the Happy Ghost comics, a very-thinly disguised rip-off of Casper the Friendly Ghost from the 1950s. In a four page story in issue 18 (March 1958) the characters are reading copies of Ho… --- ## [How do writers come up with names for their characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-writers-come-up-with-names-for-their-characters/1014079)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-writers-come-up-with-names-for-their-characters/1014079 "2025-02-19T04:10:12Z")
I know, there are probably as many different answers as authors. But I don’t know any authors to ask. Do they just pick names out of a random list? Do they try to pick names that somehow match the character’s personali… --- ## [How am I supposed to open this package?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-supposed-to-open-this-package/1014472 "2025-02-19T01:58:51Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com I received these delicious Swiss chocolates in a… --- ## [A.I. artist claims people are stealing his work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-artist-claims-people-are-stealing-his-work/1008373)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-i-artist-claims-people-are-stealing-his-work/1008373 "2025-02-19T00:15:42Z")
So does this guy have a legitimate complaint that he should receive a copyright on his artwork? The article seems pretty dismissive of the idea and he sounds like a tool, but I don’t know a lot about the settled law. --- ## [What's this (probably a children's song)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-probably-a-childrens-song/1014470)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-probably-a-childrens-song/1014470 "2025-02-18T22:15:46Z")
I’m trying to find the rest of the lyrics and where they come from. The tune is classical (just heard it play but no ID given), and the song may be from “Snow White” (maybe the dwarfs sang it?). Here is what I remember (… --- ## [Coffee is literally Magic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-literally-magic/1014166)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-is-literally-magic/1014166 "2025-02-18T20:28:12Z")
You take a bean and heat it. Then you crush it into powder. You then filter hot water through the powder until there is a fluid unfused with the powder. You then extract out the used up powder. You drink the resulting li… --- ## [Name the perfect movie to see with a date on Valentine's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-perfect-movie-to-see-with-a-date-on-valentines-day/1014293)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-perfect-movie-to-see-with-a-date-on-valentines-day/1014293 "2025-02-18T19:32:28Z")
I can think of three: Lady and the Tramp, American Graffiti, and Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet. --- ## [Early cultural references to Star Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-cultural-references-to-star-trek/1014398)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-cultural-references-to-star-trek/1014398 "2025-02-18T18:05:39Z")
I just watched the wedding episode of I Dream of Jeannie from December 2nd 1969, and as an excuse for Jeannie destroying cameras (because genies don’t show up on film) they blame an “anti-photo phaser”. While it doesn’t … --- ## [The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - the first one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-the-first-one/1014441)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-the-first-one/1014441 "2025-02-18T14:53:22Z")
Why is the original so hard to find? All I ever see on “On Demand” is the 2nd version with Daniel Craig. --- ## [RIP Tom Robbins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/1014136)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tom-robbins/1014136 "2025-02-17T23:56:03Z")
Author Tom Robbins passed away yesterday. NEW YORK – Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball adventures as “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “J… --- ## [Coke limited edition flavors (formerly Starlight Coke)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-limited-edition-flavors-formerly-starlight-coke/960620)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-limited-edition-flavors-formerly-starlight-coke/960620 "2025-02-17T23:01:29Z")
I’m drinking one of the new Starlight Cokes right now. (Actually it’s a Starlight Coke Zero.) I am not having a favorable impression. It has a weird taste that’s somehow reminiscent of grain; like you made a barley flav… --- ## [Help finding a commercial from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-commercial-from-the-70s/1014360 "2025-02-17T12:21:34Z")
Don’t ask why, but I am trying to find an old commercial from the 70s (possibly early 80s.) I feel like it was for Hush Puppies shoes, but not certain. It was a man’s face in closeup, and then a number of feet come in an… --- ## [Theatrical trailer for "Out of Africa"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatrical-trailer-for-out-of-africa/1014401)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatrical-trailer-for-out-of-africa/1014401 "2025-02-17T00:07:24Z")
Back in the 1980s I saw a lot of movies, and I remember (or think I remember) that the trailer for “Out of Africa” (which I saw many times) shown before other movies was extraordinarily long - but all I find in Youtube i… --- ## [How Many Different Types of Eggs Have You Eaten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-types-of-eggs-have-you-eaten/1014371)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-types-of-eggs-have-you-eaten/1014371 "2025-02-16T23:21:27Z")
How many different types of eggs have you eaten in your lifetime? For myself, I can think of seven - chicken, duck, goose, turkey, quail, bluegill, and lumpfish (caviar). --- ## [Meat Carnival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-carnival/1014384)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-carnival/1014384 "2025-02-16T21:31:32Z")
My wife took me to the (M)eat Carnival on Mare Island for my birthday last night. It’s pretty much what you would imagine from the name. One price gets you into a massive smoke-filled hanger repurposed from the old navy … --- ## [Mechanical Elephant novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanical-elephant-novel/34155)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanical-elephant-novel/34155 "2025-02-16T19:14:39Z")
Years ago I ran across a children’s novel about two boys who go on a cross-country adventure in -get this- a mechanical elephant that their father built. Now my searches on the Net have turned up several other inquiries … --- ## [Another law question based on Law & Order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-law-question-based-on-law-order/1014291)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-law-question-based-on-law-order/1014291 "2025-02-15T15:28:25Z")
In the episode “Darwinian” a woman strikes a man with her car, trapping him on the hood; she returns home, and leaves him to die in her garage (crying for help until he perishes). At trial, herclawyer produces evidence t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=89)