# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=891 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 892 --- ## [Do season-ending cliffhangers piss you off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-season-ending-cliffhangers-piss-you-off/751170)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-season-ending-cliffhangers-piss-you-off/751170 "2016-04-09T20:37:59Z")
Inspired, as some of you will doubtless realize, by last night’s season finale of The Walking Dead, in which \[spoiler\]someone DIES! Only we don’t know who, except that it wasn’t Rick or Carl. And yes, I’m sure of that. … --- ## [A few Batman/Superman questions (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-batman-superman-questions-open-spoilers/751583)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-batman-superman-questions-open-spoilers/751583 "2016-04-09T17:46:10Z")
I’m not only referring to the recent movie. I haven’t seen it and don’t intend to until it’s on TNT or whatever; I decided long before MAN OF STEEL that Zack Snyder would get no more of my money. But a few things I’ve gl… --- ## [The Psychic Parrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychic-parrot/751672)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychic-parrot/751672 "2016-04-09T16:51:49Z")
The Psychic Parrot (1977) I saw this a few times back in the days of ‘Showtime Shorts’. Does anyone know if it’s available anywhere? I’d love to see it again. --- ## [Nation-wide radio station hack airs hours of vulgar “furry sex” ramblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-wide-radio-station-hack-airs-hours-of-vulgar-furry-sex-ramblings/751667)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nation-wide-radio-station-hack-airs-hours-of-vulgar-furry-sex-ramblings/751667 "2016-04-09T16:14:44Z")
This is obviously wrong, but it is funny. People need to learn to use stronger passwords! --- ## [Books Read to You in School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-read-to-you-in-school/750911)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-read-to-you-in-school/750911 "2016-04-07T02:22:59Z")
I have wonderful memories of teachers reading to the class in elementary school. The most memorable books for me were Escape to Witch Mountain, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, and Charlie and the Chocolate … --- ## [So tell me about Dr. Strange. What's his schtick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-about-dr-strange-whats-his-schtick/751193 "2016-04-09T02:50:49Z")
I’ve been reading about how Cumberbatch is filming a movie about a comic book character: Dr. Strange. I know nothing about comic book heroes. What’s Dr. Strange’s deal? Is he a good guy or a bad guy? What’s up with … --- ## [Merle Haggard has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merle-haggard-has-passed/751369)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merle-haggard-has-passed/751369 "2016-04-09T02:30:03Z")
I’ve just learned that Merle Haggard has died. He’s one of those performers whose nagging draw made me know that my childhood love of country music that wouldn’t die was just one of those things that I had to live with,… --- ## [Patty Duke dead at 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patty-duke-dead-at-69/750539)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patty-duke-dead-at-69/750539 "2016-04-08T23:54:46Z")
I think I used to watch reruns of her show when I was little. ETA: According to another report, she died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. . --- ## [Debate on the order to introduce Star Wars to a child: Now with a twist!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-on-the-order-to-introduce-star-wars-to-a-child-now-with-a-twist/751489)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debate-on-the-order-to-introduce-star-wars-to-a-child-now-with-a-twist/751489 "2016-04-08T23:03:19Z")
So last year I introduced my son to the Star Wars universe. I did it in the order of release, leading up to taking him to see his first movie in the theater: The Force Awakens. He’s loved every minute. Now we’re working… --- ## [Straight Dope book seen on "Seinfeld"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-book-seen-on-seinfeld/751464 "2016-04-08T22:52:36Z")
I caught a bit of the Seinfeld clip show the other day, and during a scene when Kramer was trying to squeeze into a spot on a bus, the young fellow who was already in the bus seat was holding a book that appeared to be o… --- ## [Assemble a band made up of musicians who were born on your birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assemble-a-band-made-up-of-musicians-who-were-born-on-your-birthday/751224)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assemble-a-band-made-up-of-musicians-who-were-born-on-your-birthday/751224 "2016-04-08T22:52:00Z")
Once we have several entries we can vote on the best group. For March 15, I have: \[ul\] \[li\]Bret Michaels (Poison) on lead vocals\[/li\]\[li\]Terrence Trent D’Arby on vocals\[/li\]\[li\]Lightnin’ Hopkins on vocals\[/li\]\[li\]Ry C… --- ## [Helltown Brewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helltown-brewing/750908)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helltown-brewing/750908 "2016-04-08T19:04:48Z")
We took a drive out to Mt Pleasant, PA to visit Helltown Brewing, a nice microbrewery whose beer I’ve enjoyed for years. I currently love Pergatory, their double IPA. While there I had an epiphany of sorts. I always tho… --- ## [XKCD 1663 Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-1663-garden/751195 "2016-04-08T17:12:06Z")
New XKCDis some sort of game. I don’t get it. You can position three lights, change the direction, beam width and colour as you like … and then what? Nothing happens for a while, then it crashes. It shows the message “… --- ## [Story about a mother and her children at an apocalyptic event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-a-mother-and-her-children-at-an-apocalyptic-event/751554)
**Author:** [@littleAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littleAl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-a-mother-and-her-children-at-an-apocalyptic-event/751554 "2016-04-08T16:07:28Z")
This might be a long shot,but I am trying to remember a short story set in Britain after some sort of apocalyptic event with a mother and her children. The mother had just given birth and the baby was dying or too little… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD: S3 E14 "Spacetime" 4/5/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e14-spacetime-4-5-16/751317)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-s3-e14-spacetime-4-5-16/751317 "2016-04-08T16:06:10Z")
The team encounters an Inhuman that gives them a glimpse of the future. And things with Ward and Mallick heat up in a variety of ways. Well, you can’t say nothing happened in this episode. I’m not a huge fan of time tra… --- ## [NCIS - Character Dresses As Sandy From Grease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-character-dresses-as-sandy-from-grease/751443)
**Author:** [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncis-character-dresses-as-sandy-from-grease/751443 "2016-04-08T13:14:47Z")
I watched episode 6 of season 12 of NCIS - which is the most recent episode I have ever seen. In the UK we are a couple of years behind… The main plot was the wife of a Navy SEAL was murdered and suspects included terror… --- ## [GnR 2016 Tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-2016-tour/751453)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnr-2016-tour/751453 "2016-04-08T10:45:51Z")
So will be the first time Axl, Slash and Duff have toured together since 1993. Will they be able to stay together through the tour? Who’s going? --- ## [Dexter returning? (Spoilers are likely!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-returning-spoilers-are-likely/751381)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dexter-returning-spoilers-are-likely/751381 "2016-04-08T05:30:44Z")
This just popped up on my FB feed. It may be just a rumor. It may even be from April 1 (and possibly a joke), since I can’t find a date on the article. The article mentions that it might be done as a miniseries. The… --- ## [Looking for some royalty-free photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-royalty-free-photos/748913)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-royalty-free-photos/748913 "2016-04-08T04:39:11Z")
I hope this is the right forum for this question, since it involves making a music video. If not, mods, feel free to move. I’m looking for some royalty-free images – and yes, I know that means the creators get paid. I w… --- ## ['Stand By Me' (Has Any Movie Ever Done This?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-has-any-movie-ever-done-this/750806)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-by-me-has-any-movie-ever-done-this/750806 "2016-04-08T01:25:06Z")
I’m sure I’m not the first one to ask this, so apologies in advance but: Richard Dreyfuss was around 40 when ‘Stand By Me’ was filmed in 1986; Wil Wheaton is now about 42. They played older and younger versions of the sa… --- ## [Carlo Mastrangelo of The Belmonts has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlo-mastrangelo-of-the-belmonts-has-died/751495)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carlo-mastrangelo-of-the-belmonts-has-died/751495 "2016-04-08T01:13:02Z")
The distinctive baritone in songs like I Wonder Why with Dion as the lead singer is dead at 78. --- ## [Is Passion of the Christ worth watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-passion-of-the-christ-worth-watching/334547)
**Author:** [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-passion-of-the-christ-worth-watching/334547 "2016-04-08T00:32:57Z")
Some friends of mine host Movie Night every Monday evening: whoever wants to show up is welcome, there’s a potluck dinner at 7 and the movie starts around 7:30. The movies are arranged in series; whoever is hosting the s… --- ## [Will Shortz' Puzzler on NPR this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shortz-puzzler-on-npr-this-morning/750346)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-shortz-puzzler-on-npr-this-morning/750346 "2016-04-07T19:45:05Z")
Will Shortz always ends the Sunday Puzzle portion of NPR with the next Puzzle - folks send in answers and a winner is picked to do a puzzle on the radio the following week. I am not a puzzle guy, but listen. This time… --- ## [Silent Don Juan film with dual-swordfight: Please identify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-don-juan-film-with-dual-swordfight-please-identify/751391)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-don-juan-film-with-dual-swordfight-please-identify/751391 "2016-04-07T19:36:40Z")
My sister and grandpa caught the second part of a silent film about Don Juan, in which two characters fought, both with a sword in each hand. They saw it on Turner Classic Movies on Monday night. Any ideas what it is? --- ## [Tommy's chili recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-chili-recipe/750385)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-chili-recipe/750385 "2016-04-07T19:31:21Z")
I’ve been jonzin’ for a Tommy’s Chili Cheeseburger, or at least something similar. I haven’t come across anything like Tommy’s in NW Washington though. The good news is that you can order their chili by the gallon. Or… --- ## [How many Disney-created "constructed languages" are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-disney-created-constructed-languages-are-there/751110 "2016-04-07T19:01:19Z")
(Or “conlangs,” to use the specialist term.) Now, many of us are familiar with languages invented for works of fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy—such as Tolkien’s Elvish, or Star Trek’s Klingon. But it on… --- ## [Anyone remember Chicago-based writer Gary Deeb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-chicago-based-writer-gary-deeb/751462)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-chicago-based-writer-gary-deeb/751462 "2016-04-07T18:09:53Z")
I was familiar with his column when it appeared in the Sunday newspaper Entertainment/TV Weekly supplement. Very acerbic, sarcastic tone as I recall, but as much as I enjoyed his columns, I can recall only two things: H… --- ## [RIP, Admiral Ackbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-admiral-ackbar/751235 "2016-04-07T16:51:04Z")
Haven’t seen anything about this on the Dope yet - apologies if it’s already been posted. Erik Bauersfeld, who played everyone’s favourite fishy Admiral, has passed away aged 93. --- ## [The Blacklist Red Reddington's hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-red-reddingtons-hats/748361)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blacklist-red-reddingtons-hats/748361 "2016-04-07T15:40:37Z")
I’ve been enjoying the Blacklist, but I’ve been becoming increasingly obsessed with the hats James Spader wears. You really can’t wear hats like that these days if you want to be a normal acceptable person. It’s a lit… --- ## [I need help identifying this logo or symbol please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-logo-or-symbol-please/751410)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-this-logo-or-symbol-please/751410 "2016-04-07T14:13:47Z")
I’m not sure what this symbol is and it’s hard for me to describe. I couldn’t draw it in paint very well at all, but I made an approximation. Thisimage is kinda close but instead of two “arms” there are three equally spa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=890) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=892)