# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=880 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 881 --- ## [Scarlett Johanssen as Makoto Kusanagi vs. Idris Elba as James Bond](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlett-johanssen-as-makoto-kusanagi-vs-idris-elba-as-james-bond/752338)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 242\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlett-johanssen-as-makoto-kusanagi-vs-idris-elba-as-james-bond/752338 "2016-05-05T01:23:17Z")
So the former casting has occurred in the Ghost in the Shell movie, which retains all names from the very Japanese manga and anime. The defense of some people at this casting reminded others of the time there were Intern… --- ## [Has an author ever died while you were reading their book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-author-ever-died-while-you-were-reading-their-book/654388)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-author-ever-died-while-you-were-reading-their-book/654388 "2016-05-04T23:58:34Z")
Has an author ever died while you were reading his/her book? It’s happened to me twice - W.O. Mitchell died while I was reading his book “Who Has Seen The Wind?” and Harold C. Schonberg died while I was reading his boo… --- ## [Cheap but interesting restaurants in NYC resonably near East Village? (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-but-interesting-restaurants-in-nyc-resonably-near-east-village-need-answer-fast/753940)
**Author:** [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-but-interesting-restaurants-in-nyc-resonably-near-east-village-need-answer-fast/753940 "2016-05-04T21:31:25Z")
This Saturday I will be going to New York, for the first time in a couple of years, to see a movie. I’ll have a couple of hours afterwards to grab a late lunch, and since I’m not familiar with the city but I know it has … --- ## [Cast the new Three's Company movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-threes-company-movie/753680)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-threes-company-movie/753680 "2016-05-04T20:54:36Z")
So as we all found out from a recent thread, there is a new Three’s Company movie in the works. Let’s help the producers cast this upcoming period film with modern-day actors. To refresh everyone’s memory, Three’s Comp… --- ## [The Affair; Episode 2.1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affair-episode-2-1/733504)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affair-episode-2-1/733504 "2016-05-04T18:48:49Z")
I don’t know what keeps me watching this show, because there is so much to bitch about, but it keeps drawing me back in. SHOW had a marathon of season 1 yesterday, and I started to watch an episode. Then they screwed … --- ## [cooking question on cooked turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-question-on-cooked-turkey/753847)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-question-on-cooked-turkey/753847 "2016-05-04T11:58:36Z")
ok greant aunt had a ton of turkey left after xmas and she froze it and they gor a craving for some so she took out a bag and asked me how long could it keep I looked it up and found this http://981thehawk.com/how-to-f… --- ## [Translations of Apollinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translations-of-apollinaire/753684)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translations-of-apollinaire/753684 "2016-05-04T07:37:44Z")
The poems of Apollinaire came up in another thread. I hope Dopers will indulge my curiosity about translations. Here is one of Apollinaire’s more famous poems: \[QUOTE=Guillaume Apollinaire\] Sous le pont Mirabeau coul… --- ## [Music videos (or moments in videos) that are embarassing/unintentionally hilarious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-or-moments-in-videos-that-are-embarassing-unintentionally-hilarious/751413)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-videos-or-moments-in-videos-that-are-embarassing-unintentionally-hilarious/751413 "2016-05-04T06:58:39Z")
I’d figure a lot come from the 80’s, with the advent of MTV. In Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield”, there’s at least two butt-brained things in it - the sneering, pimpadelic bar manager, and the classy boob-jiggling … --- ## [Why are English cheeses mainly hard, and French cheeses mainly soft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-english-cheeses-mainly-hard-and-french-cheeses-mainly-soft/753850)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-english-cheeses-mainly-hard-and-french-cheeses-mainly-soft/753850 "2016-05-04T04:14:16Z")
Cheddar, Red Leicester, Stilton, Gloucester, etc - all hard. Camembert, Brie, etc - mainly soft. How come? --- ## [Peter Thomas, the voice of Forensic Files and a million other things, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thomas-the-voice-of-forensic-files-and-a-million-other-things-has-died/753764)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-thomas-the-voice-of-forensic-files-and-a-million-other-things-has-died/753764 "2016-05-04T00:42:34Z")
He was 91, and in addition to probably being the most ubiquitous voice artist ever, was also a WWII vet and a very generous, civic-minded fellow. I remember hearing his voice in a filmstrip, when I was a very young kid.… --- ## [Orphan Black - season 4 (spoilers after episodes air)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-season-4-spoilers-after-episodes-air/752303)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-season-4-spoilers-after-episodes-air/752303 "2016-05-03T23:38:09Z")
Season premiere was last night. I enjoyed it a lot. Getting a lot of Beth backstory was welcome, the new clone (Mika? MK?) was interesting. A bit of Helena (the accent) a bit of Cosima (braininess), but the paranoia and… --- ## [Thermopop question, where EXACTLY on the probe is the temp read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermopop-question-where-exactly-on-the-probe-is-the-temp-read/753756)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thermopop-question-where-exactly-on-the-probe-is-the-temp-read/753756 "2016-05-03T23:27:46Z")
The distance between the tip of the probe and the initial taper are almost an inch apart. For a one inch piece of meat, this is a large distance. Just judging by the tip, it could be hot near the top of a burger, cold n… --- ## [Jeopardy! set curiosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451)
**Author:** [@Frapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frapp)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451 "2016-05-03T22:56:25Z")
I’ve been on a bit of a Jeopardy! watching habit lately and I was wondering about how the set pieces function. Looking at the set from the TV camera’s point of view, there’s the array of screens which show the categorie… --- ## [Marvel - Micronauts rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-micronauts-rights/753137)
**Author:** [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-micronauts-rights/753137 "2016-05-03T22:36:28Z")
Does still own the license to the Micronauts? I was watching Ant-Man and Hank Pym mentions shrinking to a sub-atomic dimension and the Micronauts immediately jumped into my mind. I might be the only one, but I would lov… --- ## [Why did my beans take so long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-beans-take-so-long/753735)
**Author:** [@tadtooornamental](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tadtooornamental)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-beans-take-so-long/753735 "2016-05-03T21:58:20Z")
I made a big batch of black beans in the crockpot today, it it took waaay longer than it should have- 4 hours on low, and they weren’t softening at all, so I turned the pot up to high and it still took another 9 hours fo… --- ## [Green Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-room/753527)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-room/753527 "2016-05-03T20:41:12Z")
This only started getting a wider release Thursday night, so I don’t know that a lot of people have seen it yet. It comes from Jeremy Saulnier, whose previous film, Blue Ruin can be seen on Netflix streaming. It’s a sie… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.04 "Blood in the Streets" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-04-blood-in-the-streets-open-spoilers/753653)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-04-blood-in-the-streets-open-spoilers/753653 "2016-05-03T17:35:37Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] The group lets a family in distress board the Abigail; Strand’s past begins to come to light. \[/QUOTE\] Colman Domingo and Yvette Nicole Brown are on Talking Dead. For greater clarity the open spoilers war… --- ## [Mr. Bean as Maigret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-as-maigret/753687)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-bean-as-maigret/753687 "2016-05-03T17:14:28Z")
Apparently ITV is doing a series of movie-length Maigret TV adaptations with Rowan Atkinson as the French police Commissaire. The first one is called “Maigret Sets a Trap” and the second “Maigret’s Dead Man.” Isn’t Atki… --- ## [The Flash S02E19: Back to Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e19-back-to-normal/753253)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e19-back-to-normal/753253 "2016-05-03T16:11:05Z")
Barry loses his speed and Wally goes back to being an overeager puppy-dog. I hope this is the last we’ll see of Wally’s hero worship, as it was becoming annoying by the end of the episode. The writers better give him s… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD: S3 E18 "The Singularity" 4/26/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e18-the-singularity-4-26-16/753229)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e18-the-singularity-4-26-16/753229 "2016-05-03T15:10:17Z")
After Daisy is infected by Hive, the team goes after her. Haisy/Dive tracks down other Inhumans. Not really digging the FitzSimmons chasing down the scientist at the collection of enhanced humans. But so far I like the … --- ## [How common is it for cocktail pianists to use sheet music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-for-cocktail-pianists-to-use-sheet-music/753664)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-for-cocktail-pianists-to-use-sheet-music/753664 "2016-05-03T13:23:35Z")
Hi SD, After a gig today, someone commented to me how they were really impressed that I don’t use sheet music. I accepted the compliment graciously but I don’t think it’s neither rare or especially impressive. Is it com… --- ## [Tim Sandlin GroVont Books - Spoilers OK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-sandlin-grovont-books-spoilers-ok/658254)
**Author:** [@the\_thecat\_hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_thecat_hat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-sandlin-grovont-books-spoilers-ok/658254 "2016-05-03T12:45:04Z")
I have recently purchased “Lydia”, the fourth book in this series. It has been a long time since I read the first three. Can anyone give me a quick recap on the characters/events and what I should remember at this poin… --- ## [But wait - there's more! Oh, no, wait. Maybe not. (K-Tel founder Phillip Kives has died)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-theres-more-oh-no-wait-maybe-not-k-tel-founder-phillip-kives-has-died/753467)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-wait-theres-more-oh-no-wait-maybe-not-k-tel-founder-phillip-kives-has-died/753467 "2016-05-03T07:46:44Z")
He certainly wasn’t the guardian of good taste, or even particularly good products, but he did kind of single handedly make the compilation album a thing, and sold half a billion of them. Now, he’s gone to that commercia… --- ## [Food Prediction: We'll be eating bugs within 10 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-prediction-well-be-eating-bugs-within-10-years/752915)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-prediction-well-be-eating-bugs-within-10-years/752915 "2016-05-03T04:40:32Z")
I mean in the US since other cultures already do eat bugs. Here’s why and how I think it will happen: What we eat, for the most part, is controlled by a handful of companies and they know that the world doesn’t have th… --- ## [TBBT: Can Penny Act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-can-penny-act/753417)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-can-penny-act/753417 "2016-05-03T02:19:08Z")
So a local station just reran the episode which ends with the gang watching Penny in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing Blanche. Everyone is talking about how good she is, and frankly, she’s dreadful. She … --- ## [When's the last time "In a world..." was used seriously in a movie trailer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-in-a-world-was-used-seriously-in-a-movie-trailer/752554)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-the-last-time-in-a-world-was-used-seriously-in-a-movie-trailer/752554 "2016-05-03T00:32:56Z")
As in, it wasn’t being used ironically or as a reference to movie trailers using “In a world” --- ## [Why no gay men making out in shows like Grays Anatomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-gay-men-making-out-in-shows-like-grays-anatomy/753134)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-gay-men-making-out-in-shows-like-grays-anatomy/753134 "2016-05-03T00:07:11Z")
One thing I’ve noticed in watching this show is that all the gays seem to be women, who are often shown passionately making out with each other. Gay men though have been conspicuous by their absence, at least among the d… --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.01 "The Red Woman" 4/24/2016 \[Show Discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-01-the-red-woman-4-24-2016-show-discussion/752950)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-01-the-red-woman-4-24-2016-show-discussion/752950 "2016-05-03T00:05:20Z")
This is the weekly episodic thread for discussions of the show and only the show. There will be an open spoilers thread for those who wish to compare the show to the books. For this thread, and the ones that follow, the … --- ## [The Wobbly Pocket of The Rolling Stones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wobbly-pocket-of-the-rolling-stones/753490)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wobbly-pocket-of-the-rolling-stones/753490 "2016-05-02T22:55:16Z")
The Pocket: within a music groove, the obviousness and follow-ability of the “main” beat. If the rhythm section has set up a groove everyone can follow, they are said to “have a great pocket.” The music equivalent of… --- ## [Daily Show's Roy Wood Jr. made a rap video made up of Donald Trump quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-shows-roy-wood-jr-made-a-rap-video-made-up-of-donald-trump-quotes/753720)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daily-shows-roy-wood-jr-made-a-rap-video-made-up-of-donald-trump-quotes/753720 "2016-05-02T22:40:42Z")
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