# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=887 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 888 --- ## [Why do I feel The Book of Eli is coming up short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-the-book-of-eli-is-coming-up-short/744834)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-feel-the-book-of-eli-is-coming-up-short/744834 "2016-04-18T19:08:13Z")
Last my wife and I watched The Book of Eli together with another family who were simply excited about this movie. I had seen it before but I kept my mouth shut for various reasons, including the possibility that I might … --- ## [I just met Thorin Oakenshield, believe it or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-thorin-oakenshield-believe-it-or-not/419743)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-met-thorin-oakenshield-believe-it-or-not/419743 "2016-04-18T17:15:18Z")
I went to a political fundraiser last night and was introduced to a 30-year-old man whose nametag read “Thorin O. \[Common lastname\].” I said, “Your middle name isn’t by any chance ‘Oakenshield,’ is it?” He smiled - a l… --- ## [Why is poultry white meat touted as superior to dark meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-poultry-white-meat-touted-as-superior-to-dark-meat/751294)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-poultry-white-meat-touted-as-superior-to-dark-meat/751294 "2016-04-18T16:56:52Z")
You see it all the time: “Made with 100% white meat chicken;” “Contains premium breast meat turkey.” Personally, I prefer dark meat; it’s moister and more flavorful. But I can’t find products that contain only dark. Why… --- ## [Bassists: Flea & Robert Trujillo geek and dish about bassists on WTF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bassists-flea-robert-trujillo-geek-and-dish-about-bassists-on-wtf/752564)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bassists-flea-robert-trujillo-geek-and-dish-about-bassists-on-wtf/752564 "2016-04-18T16:31:20Z")
Here is the link: - YouTube Maron interviews Aziz Ansari during the first half, which is entertaining on its own. But for the second half, he interviews the bassists Flea (duh) and Robert Trujillo (Suicidal Tendencies… --- ## [Modern Family 4/13/2016: Man Shouldn't Lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-13-2016-man-shouldnt-lie/752319)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-4-13-2016-man-shouldnt-lie/752319 "2016-04-18T14:28:56Z")
A sub-par episode in a sub-par season. Particularly, I thought the bit with the Christian rock band was a little heavy-handed. Also, Phil & Claire seem awfully cavalier about Haley’s pot smoking ("\[Haley’s car\] smells l… --- ## [RIP Gareth Thomas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gareth-thomas/752177)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gareth-thomas/752177 "2016-04-18T10:16:26Z")
Probably about three of you have ever heard of him or his series, Blake’s 7, but anyway… http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36041534 --- ## [New Peanut M&Ms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-peanut-m-ms/752239)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-peanut-m-ms/752239 "2016-04-18T08:00:39Z")
Have you tried the new peanut M&Ms? There’s honey nut, coffee nut and chili nut. I’ve tried all three and my fave is the chili nut. I would like it to be hotter and spicier because I like hot and spicy things. But you … --- ## [I love Tarantino, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-tarantino-but/752444)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-tarantino-but/752444 "2016-04-18T07:33:51Z")
Hateful Eight was aweful. I just saw it. Too much overacting. The dialog was cliché and over the top (Quinton, kill your darlings!). I’m usually a fan of long movies but this thing just would not end. I know I’m in the … --- ## [Hardcore Henry (release 4/8/16)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardcore-henry-release-4-8-16/748546 "2016-04-18T02:14:04Z")
A first person shooter perspective movie, that follows a hectic day in the life of Henry, who wakes up to find himself missing an arm and a leg. After being fitted with a couple of prosthetics by his wife, Henry’s in t… --- ## [Best family friendly comedians or comedy specials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-family-friendly-comedians-or-comedy-specials/752049)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-family-friendly-comedians-or-comedy-specials/752049 "2016-04-18T02:12:14Z")
My nieces are old enough that they are starting to appreciate standup, but the standup comedians I watch are not child appropriate. I was wanting to watch more stand up with them either on youtube or netflix (or pandora)… --- ## [Grabbing the audio from a video clip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grabbing-the-audio-from-a-video-clip/628090)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grabbing-the-audio-from-a-video-clip/628090 "2012-07-14T05:53:13Z")
I’m putting together a Music & TV trivia night, and one category I’d like to try is “Guess the TV show from the theme song” I’ve got a pretty good collection of TV series on DVD, so if I ripped down an episode onto the … --- ## [So, I've been playing this song for decades, and I don't know its name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-playing-this-song-for-decades-and-i-dont-know-its-name/752340)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ive-been-playing-this-song-for-decades-and-i-dont-know-its-name/752340 "2016-04-18T01:35:22Z")
I first learned this from my bass teacher as an exercise when I was a kid. I worked it up to the point where he was satisfied with my run through of it, and by then it was ingrained in my memory. It’s become one of those… --- ## [Looking for comic book artist or writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-book-artist-or-writer/752522)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-comic-book-artist-or-writer/752522 "2016-04-18T01:31:47Z")
Met him but forgot his name. Searched the web but cannot find him. African American , around 30-35 with a beard. Works or worked on Adventure Time comic books . (I don’t think he works on the TV show) Anyone k… --- ## [Recommend me some Jazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-jazz/752171)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-jazz/752171 "2016-04-18T00:50:00Z")
Like the music from the Mathew McConnaughey Lincoln commercial. Something that sounds like it should be following a private detective around the seedy underbelly of whatever. Piano and trumpet or sax… --- ## [Tell me your sausage recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-sausage-recipes/752045)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-sausage-recipes/752045 "2016-04-18T00:34:27Z")
What you do with the sausage will be interesting, but I’m looking for recipes to make sausage. I got the grinder and sausage stuffing attachment for the KitchenAid for christmas and just got time to use it. I made delici… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 8 (November 12, 2015) -- "The Mystery Date Observation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388 "2016-04-17T22:04:45Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Any apps that will show a wide range of text format (epub, mobi, pdf, azw, cbz, cbr, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-apps-that-will-show-a-wide-range-of-text-format-epub-mobi-pdf-azw-cbz-cbr-etc/752359)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-apps-that-will-show-a-wide-range-of-text-format-epub-mobi-pdf-azw-cbz-cbr-etc/752359 "2016-04-17T19:32:36Z")
Kindle mostly does mobi and pdf, I believe. A person can use calibre to convert other formats into mobi to make them readable, but having an app that can just read a wide range of formats would be better. There are apps… --- ## [Neil Gaiman is turning Good Omens into a six-part TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-is-turning-good-omens-into-a-six-part-tv-series/752284)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-is-turning-good-omens-into-a-six-part-tv-series/752284 "2016-04-17T19:18:38Z")
Link. Cool. Hope they don’t muck it up. The book was one of the funniest things I’ve read. And Good Omens quotes. --- ## [Spider-Man: Homecoming is the official movie name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-homecoming-is-the-official-movie-name/752073)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-homecoming-is-the-official-movie-name/752073 "2016-04-17T17:11:22Z")
Or so I am reading online. Supposed to speak to the theme of the movie and some events at high school, which I assume must mean a Homecoming Dance. So the awkward teen element is going to be pushed forward a lot I ass… --- ## [Quesion RE: TBBT "The Zazzy Substitution"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quesion-re-tbbt-the-zazzy-substitution/752458)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quesion-re-tbbt-the-zazzy-substitution/752458 "2016-04-17T14:12:46Z")
Just saw this ep. On Demand, and got to wondering, like I always do when I see it, how does an animal trainer get all those cats to sit still? Are those just unusual cats, or were they all given a dose of Valium before s… --- ## ['Around the Dial' - The Kinks (Incredibly Trivial Question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-the-dial-the-kinks-incredibly-trivial-question/752423)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-the-dial-the-kinks-incredibly-trivial-question/752423 "2016-04-17T05:41:49Z")
Here’s a question that is not only incredibly trivial, it’s most likely unanswerable, but…here goes: The Kinks song ‘Around the Dial’ is from the 1981 album Give the People What They Want. The song opens with the sound … --- ## [What is that hit US song from the 50's or 60's with a French phrases in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-hit-us-song-from-the-50s-or-60s-with-a-french-phrases-in-it/752396)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-hit-us-song-from-the-50s-or-60s-with-a-french-phrases-in-it/752396 "2016-04-17T04:29:34Z")
It’s a nice easy listening kind of song sung by a group with female lead voice. It has several French lines in it then it has the English speaking park which includes “when you say” then the French phrase. IIRC it was o… --- ## [X-Men: Apocalypse speculation, with X-Men DOFP spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-apocalypse-speculation-with-x-men-dofp-spoilers/752313)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-apocalypse-speculation-with-x-men-dofp-spoilers/752313 "2016-04-17T00:47:42Z")
Something just occurred to me, and I wanted to see if the SDMB can show me the error of my ways: we all saw how DAYS OF FUTURE PAST ended, right? If not, that’s why I put the bit up there in the title about spoilers, an… --- ## [Pro tip: use the "Blue Album" version of "A Day in the Life" on your iTunes Beatles playlists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-tip-use-the-blue-album-version-of-a-day-in-the-life-on-your-itunes-beatles-playlists/751872)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-tip-use-the-blue-album-version-of-a-day-in-the-life-on-your-itunes-beatles-playlists/751872 "2016-04-17T00:38:38Z")
A playlist I made had a perfect slot for that song, but it was driving me crazy that the track included the weird, scrambled/psychedelic voices at the end. Seemed pretty obvious to me they should have just labelled that… --- ## [uhd movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhd-movies/752374)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhd-movies/752374 "2016-04-16T22:56:13Z")
I have a new 4k tv and I am having a hard time finding stuff to watch on it. I understand blu-ray has recently upgraded to support 4k but I am not sure even the most recent star wars is available in 4k. Can anyone recomm… --- ## [Marvel Movies or DC Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-movies-or-dc-movies/752041)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-movies-or-dc-movies/752041 "2016-04-16T22:32:25Z")
In your opinion, which company, Marvel or DC, makes better films? Why? --- ## [John Prine fans - have you seen this short documentary on him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prine-fans-have-you-seen-this-short-documentary-on-him/752336 "2016-04-16T19:17:57Z")
John Prine is the main subject of a recent half hour documentary that aired a few months ago. I hadn’t realized the extent of the cancer diagnosis and treatment he went through, and I’m grateful to have him still with us… --- ## [Worst attempts at British accents by American actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-attempts-at-british-accents-by-american-actors/746884)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-attempts-at-british-accents-by-american-actors/746884 "2016-04-16T18:47:51Z")
Come on, let’s get a list going, there might even be a winner. Is it Kevin Costner as Robin Hood? Keanu Reeves in Dracula?.. Or is Dick Van Dyke just unbeatable? --- ## [Best era for musc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-era-for-musc/752088)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-era-for-musc/752088 "2016-04-16T15:17:00Z")
Wat decadhad the best music? --- ## [What is your favorite type of French Fry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-french-fry/752183 "2016-04-16T14:41:30Z")
Doesn’t matter where you get it or if you make them yourself, which type of fry is you favorite? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=886) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=888)