# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=885 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 886 --- ## [Thunderbirds (2004 live action movie) "F.A.B."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-2004-live-action-movie-f-a-b/751924)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-2004-live-action-movie-f-a-b/751924 "2016-04-24T16:22:55Z")
In the 2004 live-action Thunderbirds movie – which I just watched on disk this weekend – and enjoyed! – several times, characters say “F.A.B.” This is usually said by (or to?) a pilot while he is flying a rocket/jet/air… --- ## [George Orwell's other, longer essay on British cookery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-orwells-other-longer-essay-on-british-cookery/752211)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-orwells-other-longer-essay-on-british-cookery/752211 "2016-04-24T09:51:32Z")
Many of you may be familiar with George Orwell’s 1945 essay, “In Defence of English Cooking.” (It’s so cute how those Brits pretend English is their native language but they consistently spell things wrong.) It’s a sho… --- ## [The Flash S02E18: Versus Zoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e18-versus-zoom/752718)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e18-versus-zoom/752718 "2016-04-24T03:47:18Z")
At the start of the episode, there was blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment when Barry visited Supergirl. Apparently he jumped back at the exact moment he left, since no one at S.T.A.R. Labs was able to detect that he had le… --- ## [Do you, or did you, read comics as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-did-you-read-comics-as-an-adult/751635)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-did-you-read-comics-as-an-adult/751635 "2016-04-24T03:13:46Z")
I did, in my 20s, up to about 31. I lost interest for a couple for reason I’ll explain, but here’s how I got into them. Someone tipped me off about a magazine called Raw. It published so-called “underground” comics, stu… --- ## [Okay, what the heck is this TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-the-heck-is-this-tv-series/752969)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-the-heck-is-this-tv-series/752969 "2016-04-24T02:10:15Z")
I watched a season opener of a series a few weeks ago, and it seemed promising, but I can’t remember the name of it or whether it’s a new series or one I saw on Netflix or Amazon. The premise is, I think, drug intervent… --- ## [Is this gravy going to work, or should I give up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-gravy-going-to-work-or-should-i-give-up/752761)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-gravy-going-to-work-or-should-i-give-up/752761 "2016-04-24T00:50:24Z")
I’ve never tried to make gravy until today. I had a vague idea about what went into gravy, so instead of reading a recipe like a reasonable person, I scraped some drippings into a frying pan, along with about a cup of fl… --- ## [Bigger jackass: Lieutenant Worf or Doctor House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-jackass-lieutenant-worf-or-doctor-house/752676)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-jackass-lieutenant-worf-or-doctor-house/752676 "2016-04-23T19:47:55Z")
Recently I saw an old episode of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (as opposed to the relaunch starring Wil Wheaton, set to begin airing on Netflix in June). I don’t recall the episode title, but it must have been around th… --- ## [Pearl Jam cancels Raleigh NC 4/20 show in protest of state law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-cancels-raleigh-nc-4-20-show-in-protest-of-state-law/752601)
**Author:** [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-cancels-raleigh-nc-4-20-show-in-protest-of-state-law/752601 "2016-04-23T10:15:32Z")
Just emailed to me: PEARL JAM STATEMENT It is with deep consideration and much regret that we must cancel the Raleigh show in North Carolina on April 20th. This will be upsetting to those who have tickets and you can … --- ## [Prince appreciation thread (RIP MJ, but \*Prince won\*)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-appreciation-thread-rip-mj-but-prince-won/510086)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-appreciation-thread-rip-mj-but-prince-won/510086 "2016-04-23T09:46:55Z")
After all the circus surrounding MJ’s untimely passing, and with what’s his face humiliating some teenage country teenybopper, I’m a bit fed up. Could we talk about true musical talent for a change? Every time I look fo… --- ## [What make/model is th red car in The New Girlfiend (2014)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-make-model-is-th-red-car-in-the-new-girlfiend-2014/748291)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-make-model-is-th-red-car-in-the-new-girlfiend-2014/748291 "2016-04-23T09:12:06Z")
What make/model is the red convertible in several scenes in The New Girlfriend (2014) --- ## [Orphan Black. Blindspot. 12 Monkeys. Blacklist. No SDMB love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-blindspot-12-monkeys-blacklist-no-sdmb-love/752645)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-blindspot-12-monkeys-blacklist-no-sdmb-love/752645 "2016-04-23T00:29:10Z")
I find it interesting that these shows, off the top of my head, don’t have enough of a dedicated following to warrant even a season-long thread. It seems like these are they types of shows that in the old days would hav… --- ## [Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-ghostrider-the-pattern-is-full/112220)
**Author:** [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-ghostrider-the-pattern-is-full/112220 "2016-04-23T00:18:44Z")
This has been bugging me since I re-watched Top Gun out of sheer boredom while the Starz channels were showing it every two hours for the last month. Maybe someone can suggest a logical reason for the following, which h… --- ## [Orphan Black Aftershow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-aftershow/752519)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orphan-black-aftershow/752519 "2016-04-23T00:15:23Z")
Hated it. BBC must have watched The Talking Dead and decided they needed an aftershow for Orphan Black. Yeah, it pretty much sucks. The behind-the-scenes notes are a little interesting, but the pace is like molasses i… --- ## [Singers You Felt Sound Similar but Others May/ May Not Agree With?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-you-felt-sound-similar-but-others-may-may-not-agree-with/752428 "2016-04-21T22:13:50Z")
I tend to prefer to revive zombie threads when there is already a similar topic, rather than start a new one. But the similar threads dealing with “singers who sound like other singers” subject are old, the most recent … --- ## [Magnicifent Seven remake in theatres this September](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnicifent-seven-remake-in-theatres-this-september/752837)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnicifent-seven-remake-in-theatres-this-september/752837 "2016-04-21T17:51:45Z")
Trailer here. Looks like fun. With Denzel Washington in the Yul Brenner role. Bad guy is some robber baron rich guy with a hired army rather than a gang of marauding bandits. There seems to me a conscious effort on t… --- ## [Prince has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-has-died/752829)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-has-died/752829 "2016-04-21T17:45:57Z")
Just heard this on the radio and TMZ is reporting that the great musician Prince has passed. I wasn’t really a fan but can certainly appreciate what he has brought to the musical world. --- ## [Let's devise a Big Bang Theory spinoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-devise-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/752598)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-devise-a-big-bang-theory-spinoff/752598 "2016-04-21T16:57:49Z")
Which TBBT characters would you like to see in a spinoff? What locale and circumstances would you place them in? --- ## [Are all the newspaper comic strip websites down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-newspaper-comic-strip-websites-down/752827)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-the-newspaper-comic-strip-websites-down/752827 "2016-04-21T16:40:51Z")
For the last four hours, I’ve been unable to look at any comic strips from GoComics, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times and the Doonesbury website. Is something going on? --- ## [So anyone here watch/like Big Bang Theory? I just started....oh, who am I kidding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-here-watch-like-big-bang-theory-i-just-started-oh-who-am-i-kidding/750444)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-here-watch-like-big-bang-theory-i-just-started-oh-who-am-i-kidding/750444 "2016-04-21T16:31:45Z")
I know there’s tons of fans of this show on here, I’ve been seeing a weekly thread that gets the most amount of replies that I’ve ever seen a sitcom get for a long time now. I’m almost at the end of season one after sta… --- ## ["Creed" movie sequel prediction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creed-movie-sequel-prediction/752455)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creed-movie-sequel-prediction/752455 "2016-04-21T15:18:23Z")
Just an idea. I think a followup to last years “Creed” will be where they bring in the son of Ivan Drago to have a rematch and this would be hyped as a way for young Creed to defend his fathers honour. Creed vs. Drago … --- ## [Confirmation on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-on-hbo/752819)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confirmation-on-hbo/752819 "2016-04-21T15:16:43Z")
Anyone else watch this? I’m a bit more than half way through (just past the “high-tech lynching” speech), and so far it’s okay but a little disappointing for reasons I just can’t put my finger on. I think it’s because, c… --- ## [What bands could seriously be considered in the same ballpark as The Beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-could-seriously-be-considered-in-the-same-ballpark-as-the-beatles/752616)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-could-seriously-be-considered-in-the-same-ballpark-as-the-beatles/752616 "2016-04-21T14:44:26Z")
Yes. I know. I know it’s probably been done to death that most people here (me included) think that The Beatles are the best pop/rock band of all time. In this thread it is proposed that The Kinks are better. As I sa… --- ## [Banshee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banshee/680817)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banshee/680817 "2016-04-21T03:14:46Z")
I was amused to see the sheriff, his girl, his guru and his barkeep taking down an armored car, using the impossible method of driving a pickup truck backwards right up to the back door of the armored truck going down th… --- ## [Funny Jeopardy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-jeopardy/752773)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-jeopardy/752773 "2016-04-21T02:42:16Z")
Category was “My Wife”. The contestant said “Lets do My Wife for 600.” I giggled. --- ## [How would you treat the BBT characters if they posted here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-treat-the-bbt-characters-if-they-posted-here/752716)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-treat-the-bbt-characters-if-they-posted-here/752716 "2016-04-21T02:21:18Z")
I wonder how people here would treat the Big Bang Theory characters if they were to post here. A lot of the male characters (especially Sheldon and Stuart and maybe Raj) aren’t very normal. Earlier on Sheldon didn’t comp… --- ## [Name Your Top 5 YES Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661 "2016-04-21T02:13:09Z")
Heart of the Sunrise Time and a Word Hearts Starship Troopers South Side of the Sky Honorable Mention: Close to the Edge Machine Messiah Sound Chaser And You and I --- ## [Top 5 Hendrix numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-hendrix-numbers/752675 "2016-04-21T01:28:25Z")
Well, this will be my only top 5 thread - usually I like to go for something a bit more creative, other than just some list thread.:slight\_smile: If 6 was 9 Spanish Castle Magic I Don’t Live Today Ezy Rider (fave my … --- ## [Changing the Time Period or Cultural Setting Before Release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-time-period-or-cultural-setting-before-release/752720)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-time-period-or-cultural-setting-before-release/752720 "2016-04-21T00:11:54Z")
I just read the novel The Lost Ones, a circa 1960 “Lost World” novel about a closed society of Vikings living on a Canadian island. The novel was made into a movie by Disney in 1974 as The Island at the Top of the World,… --- ## [Face Off Season 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-10/744445)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-off-season-10/744445 "2016-04-21T00:06:57Z")
Face Off is Back. This is actually Week 3. Week 1: Create Alien Bounty Hunters inspired by pictures of space ships. Walter and Kaleb created a lizard inspired alien. Pretty good sculpt, color, and texture. Top Look. … --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 5: A Song That Reminds You of Someone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-5-a-song-that-reminds-you-of-someone/752232)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-5-a-song-that-reminds-you-of-someone/752232 "2016-04-20T22:44:41Z")
This one (Hey There, Delilah). Not going to share the story behind it this time, and you don’t have to if you don’t want to… …but if you don’t mind, who does it remind you of and why? And here is a list of every poster… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=884) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=886)