# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=882 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 883 --- ## [Favourite Christianity-related songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christianity-related-songs/753178 "2016-05-01T03:00:51Z")
Christmas songs - “O Holy Night” I think this song from Cartman, “Jesus Baby”, is genius: Joni Eareckson Tada - “Spirit Wings” It was featured in a Christian ad that was on TV when I was a child. When … --- ## [Watching Jurassic World on cable and have questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-jurassic-world-on-cable-and-have-questions/753044)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-jurassic-world-on-cable-and-have-questions/753044 "2016-05-01T02:29:36Z")
I didn’t have these questions when I saw the movie in theaters. Something about watching it at home brings out the stupid, I think. I am much more forgiving in the theater. What was the nephew’s parents plan? Send the… --- ## [No Such Thing As A Fish - The Q.I. Elves Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-fish-the-q-i-elves-podcast/684845)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-such-thing-as-a-fish-the-q-i-elves-podcast/684845 "2016-05-01T01:05:01Z")
I’ve been enjoying this podcast for the last couple weeks and just thought I’d pass it on to all of you. The QI elves have started a podcast where they discuss the most interesting fact they discovered in the last week. … --- ## [Keyboard/Piano players, recommend an instrument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-piano-players-recommend-an-instrument/457241)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keyboard-piano-players-recommend-an-instrument/457241 "2008-07-24T04:31:48Z")
I play piano but haven’t had access to one for many years (about thirteen!) I’d like to buy one but due to my slightly nomadic lifestyle I don’t want an actual piano as I can’t be bothered moving and tuning it etc. Inste… --- ## [CNN's new show "United Shades of America" with W. Kamau Bell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-show-united-shades-of-america-with-w-kamau-bell/753532)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-new-show-united-shades-of-america-with-w-kamau-bell/753532 "2016-04-30T20:24:15Z")
I just saw the first episode of this show, and it was terrific. W. Kamau Bell, a black comedian, describes the premise as “A black guy goes places in America where he probably shouldn’t”. In the first episode we visite… --- ## [Stephen King Endings (Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-endings-spoilers/258456)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-endings-spoilers/258456 "2016-04-30T18:44:03Z")
Well I don’t know if I’m going to get a smackdown from the mods for two different book threads on the front page, but it’s a different author! I love Stephen King. In one of his intros, he talks about bad trash and good… --- ## [Another "Help me identify this song" thread (a real long shot)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-identify-this-song-thread-a-real-long-shot/753457)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-identify-this-song-thread-a-real-long-shot/753457 "2016-04-30T18:30:40Z")
I was shopping at an Asian supermarket this afternoon when an absolutely beautiful song came over the sound system. I have no idea who the artist was or what language she was singing in (if I had to guess, I’d say Vietn… --- ## [Will Ferrell Backs Out of Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrell-backs-out-of-ronald-reagan-alzheimers-comedy/753443)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-ferrell-backs-out-of-ronald-reagan-alzheimers-comedy/753443 "2016-04-30T15:56:16Z")
From The Hollywood Reporter. I think this was a wise decision. Whatever you think of Reagan, his Alzheimers was no joke and to make it the object of mockery would have been beyond the pale. --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 3/144--The Closet Reconfiguration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-3-144-the-closet-reconfiguration/652947)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-3-144-the-closet-reconfiguration/652947 "2016-04-30T11:35:42Z")
Howard struggles with whether or not he should open a letter from his father, Leonard and Penny throw a “grown-up” cocktail party at the apartment, and Sheldon cleans out Howard and Bernadette’s closets. --- ## [Who DOES like tomatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-like-tomatoes/752847)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-does-like-tomatoes/752847 "2016-04-30T04:53:24Z")
We need to add some Yin to the Yang of the poor misguided souls who are posting in the thread about how they don’t like tomatoes. I’m pretty sure that since the local groceries have sections in produce with several diff… --- ## [New Show: Lucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-lucifer/744247)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 354\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-lucifer/744247 "2016-04-30T03:35:36Z")
The creativity of TV producers constantly amazes me. It’s a show about a charming rogue who meets a by-the-book female detective. She’s very serious about her job, but he seems to think that rules don’t apply to him. … --- ## [X-Men: Days of Future Past (spoilers included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-spoilers-included/689079)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-days-of-future-past-spoilers-included/689079 "2016-04-30T02:26:27Z")
I’ll probably have light spoilers in the first paragraph (not including this), but heavy spoilers in the last one. So, skip that last one if you haven’t seen it yet. This was well worth seeing. In the list of 2014 action… --- ## [Help me find a song from "Praire Home Companion"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song-from-praire-home-companion/753468)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song-from-praire-home-companion/753468 "2016-04-30T02:23:34Z")
A few months ago I heard Garrison Keillor singing a bouncy song which consisted of advice from a mother to son. The chorus went like this: Don’t la la la Do la la la Dum de dum dum dum, dum de dum And always wear cle… --- ## [God's not dead 2 & The Truth (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-not-dead-2-the-truth-spoilers/753320)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gods-not-dead-2-the-truth-spoilers/753320 "2016-04-30T00:35:09Z")
I was thinking up this post while the movie was still on. I watched it on the opening day with 5 other people in the theatre. Since I was by myself I sat in my favourite spot - the front row - so it is more immersive. I… --- ## [Anyone else measure a movies intensity or worth by...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-measure-a-movies-intensity-or-worth-by/753456)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-measure-a-movies-intensity-or-worth-by/753456 "2016-04-29T22:37:19Z")
…whether it makes you talk to the person next to you? And I don’t mean to a stranger. I want to the movie that DOES THAT! Of course it doesn’t count if you just naturally do so. For myself I can only think of two in th… --- ## [When did professional wrestling become fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-professional-wrestling-become-fake/638444)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-professional-wrestling-become-fake/638444 "2012-10-25T23:05:41Z")
OK I’m not stupid. I know wrestling has always been fake. But in the past they never admitted it. There were some famous incidents when wrestlers got irate when you called it fake. John Stossel got slapped around. Richar… --- ## [Netflix announces Punisher series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-announces-punisher-series/753421)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-announces-punisher-series/753421 "2016-04-29T17:30:26Z")
Netflix has announced a series based on the Punisher character introduced in Daredevil season two. --- ## [The West Wing Weekly - Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-weekly-podcast/753432)
**Author:** [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-weekly-podcast/753432 "2016-04-29T16:42:58Z")
It started a few weeks ago, and stars Josh Malina and another podcaster taking on each episode one per week. They are getting West Wingers to guest and talk about the experience as well. I enjoy going back through the o… --- ## [Final concert: Merle, Bowie, Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-concert-merle-bowie-prince/752980)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-concert-merle-bowie-prince/752980 "2016-04-29T16:40:59Z")
If you could be at either Merle Haggard’s final performance (February 6, 2016 at Manadalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas), David Bowie’s final performance (June 25, 2004 at the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel, Germany) or Princ… --- ## [Name this film: German b&w from the 60s? 70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-german-b-w-from-the-60s-70s/753283)
**Author:** [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-film-german-b-w-from-the-60s-70s/753283 "2016-04-29T15:38:29Z")
The thread on great opening 15 minutes of movies got me thinking about this film which I watched many years ago. It had a great opener: a closeup profile of two men in uniform running with a white horse running between t… --- ## [Do you think stereotypically attractive men make better actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-stereotypically-attractive-men-make-better-actors/753398)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-stereotypically-attractive-men-make-better-actors/753398 "2016-04-29T15:15:41Z")
What I mean is that male actors who I consider very good actors are also actors who have a wide range of characters they can play believably, and who also have an intensity about them that I find appealing. In my experie… --- ## [Get ready for the "Let's Make A Deal" controversy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-the-lets-make-a-deal-controversy/753348)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-ready-for-the-lets-make-a-deal-controversy/753348 "2016-04-29T15:04:35Z")
Wait for it! Wayne Brady just awarded Fur Plates to a lesbian couple! :smack: I’m sure the Intertubes will be lighting this up any second. --- ## [Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-2/752323)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-2/752323 "2016-04-29T14:41:01Z")
I did not laugh more than 2-3 times in the premiere, but I do see the charm somewhere in there and hope the show improves throughout the season. I’ll give them this, though. They are sticking with the Native American st… --- ## [Please explain the Jason Statham LG commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-jason-statham-lg-commercial/753335)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-jason-statham-lg-commercial/753335 "2016-04-29T13:04:14Z")
I know it’s tough guy actor Jason Statham in different roles. And I know it’s a commercial for LG phones. Other than that, it doesn’t make a damn bit of sense to me. It’s like a nonsensical fever dream. What the hell is … --- ## [What one ingredient do you cook with, more than any other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-ingredient-do-you-cook-with-more-than-any-other/752794)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-ingredient-do-you-cook-with-more-than-any-other/752794 "2016-04-29T10:41:39Z")
What one ingredient can’t you live without? For me, it’s onions. I can’t think of one savory dish that I make that doesn’t contain onions. And sometimes LOTS of them. And sometimes more than one type of onion. --- ## [What's your favorite fruit on cold cereal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fruit-on-cold-cereal/753301)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-fruit-on-cold-cereal/753301 "2016-04-29T04:39:47Z")
My cold cereal just isn’t satisfying without sliced bananas. :cool: Strawberries are good too. Whats your favorite fruit toppings on cold cereal? poll is multiple choice --- ## [Black and pink bun KFC burgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-pink-bun-kfc-burgers/753065)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-pink-bun-kfc-burgers/753065 "2016-04-29T03:50:49Z")
At the moment at Australia’s KFCs there is a burger with a black bun… I haven’t had one yet but it would be confusing to try like I’d imagine clear cola would be like. Also in the past in China they also had ones with… --- ## [The best Prince song - tell us why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-prince-song-tell-us-why/752899)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-prince-song-tell-us-why/752899 "2016-04-29T03:09:26Z")
This thread is not a competition. Let’s honor the Artist. What do you think is the best Prince song. But more importantly, why? What about it musically, or in your life, makes it that way. It will be hard to discus… --- ## [Songs Prince wrote for other artists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-prince-wrote-for-other-artists/753270)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-prince-wrote-for-other-artists/753270 "2016-04-29T03:00:00Z")
In the wake of his recent death, some of the threads about Prince refer to all the songs he wrote that were recorded and released by other artists. Some are songs like “Manic Monday” that he wrote under a pseudonym. Othe… --- ## [Anybody watch "Bering Sea Gold"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-bering-sea-gold/753315)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watch-bering-sea-gold/753315 "2016-04-29T01:28:22Z")
Frankly, I can’t believe how much of a dick Brad Kelly on the “The Reaper” is, on Bering Sea Gold. He lies. He steals from his sons. Jumped his son, Kris, who is IMHO the only one in the family with any skill or experie… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=881) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=883)