# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=895 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 896 --- ## [Does this visual style have a name? (horizontally linked faces)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-visual-style-have-a-name-horizontally-linked-faces/750483)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-visual-style-have-a-name-horizontally-linked-faces/750483 "2016-03-31T13:39:06Z")
I saw this charming cane topper on Antiques Roadshow yesterday: I think they said it was a Nordic design, but does this form (where each eye is part of two adjacent faces) have a name? I want to find some more examples… --- ## [Seemingly random actors in music videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemingly-random-actors-in-music-videos/750312)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seemingly-random-actors-in-music-videos/750312 "2016-03-31T13:10:19Z")
So I’m screwing around on YouTube, and I just rewatched the video for “Roses” by Outkast. There are a few actors/celebrities in it, including former Kid in the Hall Kevin McDonald and Katt Williams (side note: if irony a… --- ## [Goodbye Blue Sky: is that a buzz bomb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-blue-sky-is-that-a-buzz-bomb/750638)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-blue-sky-is-that-a-buzz-bomb/750638 "2016-03-31T12:03:50Z")
The Wikipedia entry for Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Blue Sky” asserts that the sound in the beginning is “the sound of approaching bombers.” Is this known for sure? Is it possible instead that it’s an approaching V-1 buzz bo… --- ## [Aretha singing for Carole King at Kennedy Center Honors - why didn't I know about this?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-singing-for-carole-king-at-kennedy-center-honors-why-didnt-i-know-about-this/744410)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-singing-for-carole-king-at-kennedy-center-honors-why-didnt-i-know-about-this/744410 "2016-03-31T11:24:19Z")
Aretha Franklin comes out in a fur coat, plays piano (something she doesn’t do in public much) and sings You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, which of course Carole King wrote. At the middle 8 of the so… --- ## [How do you feel about The Big Bang Theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-big-bang-theory/750484)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-big-bang-theory/750484 "2016-03-31T04:42:56Z")
(The TV show, not the actual theory) --- ## [Who in pop culture looks like someone you dated or tried to date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-pop-culture-looks-like-someone-you-dated-or-tried-to-date/750407 "2016-03-31T03:39:39Z")
While sitting in my dorm mess hall with some friends a pretty Jewish girl who looked like Selma Blair passed and said hi to me, something she had never done before. Stunned because of my fixation on the Eternal Hot Jewe… --- ## [Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Theatrical ending or original ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-shop-of-horrors-1986-theatrical-ending-or-original-ending/750683)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-shop-of-horrors-1986-theatrical-ending-or-original-ending/750683 "2016-03-31T02:05:57Z")
In the 1986 remake of LSOH, the version with Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin and Levi Stubbs’ voice as Audrey II, the original ending was cut from the film and it was re-edited with a happy “Hollywood” ending, a… --- ## [I got duped by Stephen King's utterly untalented doppleganger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-duped-by-stephen-kings-utterly-untalented-doppleganger/749885)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-duped-by-stephen-kings-utterly-untalented-doppleganger/749885 "2016-03-31T01:44:50Z")
I was trying out my new kindle (well, not new, but new to me) and for fun put in “Stephen King” just to see what the interface looks like, how it works, etc. Imagine my surprise and joy when I found he has a new book of … --- ## [The Flash S02E16: Trajectory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e16-trajectory/749936)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e16-trajectory/749936 "2016-03-31T01:23:42Z")
Add this to the list of strange things we know about Earth-2: Beyoncé is a Senator. Last episode, when I said that we should have seen Team Flash having some fun after rescuing Jesse from the clutches of Zoom, I was exp… --- ## [Pee-Wee's Big Holiday - anyone seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-big-holiday-anyone-seen-it/750667)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-wees-big-holiday-anyone-seen-it/750667 "2016-03-30T22:44:09Z")
So Pee-Wee has another movie after 28 years. Big Top Pee Wee sucked, but I have always thought Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure was a pretty fun movie. I know Paul Reubens wanted to make another for a long time. Anyway, it strea… --- ## [A different Monty Hall question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-monty-hall-question/750637)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-monty-hall-question/750637 "2016-03-30T19:07:01Z")
While my oldest son, Fang, and I were driving home from soccer practice last night, we were talking about math, probability, and The Monty Hall Problem. As I was laying out the scenario and explaining the math behind it… --- ## [Heresy.... Disney Animation better than Pixar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heresy-disney-animation-better-than-pixar/750108)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heresy-disney-animation-better-than-pixar/750108 "2016-03-30T14:46:18Z")
The most recent 5 animated movies made by Disney Animation studios, along with Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB ratings, are: Tangled (90, 7.8) Wreck it Ralph (86, 7.8) Big Hero 6 (89, 7.9) Frozen (89, 7.6) Zootopia (99, 8.… --- ## [Opera-savvy folks: can you save my sanity & identify this snippet of melody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-savvy-folks-can-you-save-my-sanity-identify-this-snippet-of-melody/750610)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-savvy-folks-can-you-save-my-sanity-identify-this-snippet-of-melody/750610 "2016-03-30T14:04:34Z")
Argh. About a half-hour ago I started humming this melody–out of literally nowhere, since I wasn’t listening to any music that reminded me of it. Thing is, I am having a total senior moment (okay, middle-age moment) and… --- ## [Why do people hate Anne Hathaway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/748084)
**Author:** [@black\_rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rainbow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-hate-anne-hathaway/748084 "2016-03-30T13:39:00Z")
She’s more hated than Chris Brown. --- ## [Pandora. Strategy, Thumbprint, Algorithm questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-strategy-thumbprint-algorithm-questions/750536)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-strategy-thumbprint-algorithm-questions/750536 "2016-03-30T06:13:13Z")
I use Pandora Radio, paying monthly so I don’t have to hear ads. I’ve played around and created a few stations I really enjoy, but I have a few questions maybe someone could help me with. Strategy. I “like” (thumbsu… --- ## [Most recognizable song intro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recognizable-song-intro/749732)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recognizable-song-intro/749732 "2016-03-30T04:33:23Z")
I was listening to the radio today and the DJ introduced The Who’s Long Live Rock as having one of the most recognizable intros in rock. Mm, whut? Don’t get me wrong, I like The Who but that’s not even close. Off the to… --- ## [Question about PB&J Sandwiches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pb-j-sandwiches/750411)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-pb-j-sandwiches/750411 "2016-03-30T03:15:24Z")
Now that we know where they came from, here is my question: In A PB&J sandwich do you think of Jelly as a condiment for the peanut butter (i.e. it’s a Peanut butter sandwich with Jelly) or do they have equal billing in t… --- ## [There's a remake of Plan 9 From Outer Space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-remake-of-plan-9-from-outer-space/750000)
**Author:** [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-remake-of-plan-9-from-outer-space/750000 "2016-03-30T01:48:19Z")
Why am I always the last to know? :smack: --- ## [I cannot make carrot cake. Help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-make-carrot-cake-help/750375)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-make-carrot-cake-help/750375 "2016-03-29T23:36:57Z")
Easter Sunday, and after supervising the egg hunt and putting a dozen real ones on to hard-boil for dyeing, I whip up a scratch carrot cake. Here is the recipe. Four and a half stars, right? Awesome! Not awesome. The ca… --- ## [Sandman (Gaiman) and Symbol to Prevent Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-gaiman-and-symbol-to-prevent-nightmares/750097)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-gaiman-and-symbol-to-prevent-nightmares/750097 "2016-03-29T22:08:23Z")
In one issue of Sandman comics (written by Neil Gaiman, but I don’t remember who the artist was at this point) there was a picture of a “symbol to prevent nightmares.” Can anyone tell me which issue it was in? (Once I … --- ## [Who invented the peanut butter and jelly sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich/750257)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich/750257 "2016-03-29T21:59:47Z")
Both things taste good on bread, but where did the idea of combining the two come from? --- ## [Do you have a problem with your LOCAL Fox news affiliate? Plus bonus question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-your-local-fox-news-affiliate-plus-bonus-question/750249)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-problem-with-your-local-fox-news-affiliate-plus-bonus-question/750249 "2016-03-29T20:05:15Z")
I’m as lefty as they come, and I feel the my local Fox news does a fine enough job. So my question is, do you folks like your local Fox news? And if not, is it because they tend to too biased? Or do they just suck in ge… --- ## [Looking for an old political cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-political-cartoon/750563)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-political-cartoon/750563 "2016-03-29T19:55:06Z")
I’m pretty sure it was by Toles Today on Tom Toles - GoComics -but when I don’t know. It showed a motorist goggling at a gas station sign advertising gas at hundreds of dollars per gallon, while a service attendant expla… --- ## [Short story id please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-id-please/750562)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-id-please/750562 "2016-03-29T19:36:26Z")
These were both contained in one of those Alfred Hitchcock paperbacks that arnt as far as i know episode adaptations. One story was about a landfill guy who worked for the mob. The capper being that his landfill was goi… --- ## [Vikings: Prophecy about Ragnar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-prophecy-about-ragnar/750206)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vikings-prophecy-about-ragnar/750206 "2016-03-29T17:15:54Z")
We’ve been watching Vikings, but I have enough trouble remembering who everyone is. So what was the prophecy The Seer gave to Ragnar when Ragnar asked him when he would die? Something about ‘when the blind man sees you… --- ## [A Graffiti Artist Painted A Road Runner Tunnel On A Wall And Somebody Tried To Drive Through It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-graffiti-artist-painted-a-road-runner-tunnel-on-a-wall-and-somebody-tried-to-drive-through-it/750087)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-graffiti-artist-painted-a-road-runner-tunnel-on-a-wall-and-somebody-tried-to-drive-through-it/750087 "2016-03-29T09:53:51Z")
This appears to be a true story. There are pictures at the link. There is a large road runner painted next to the painted tunnel. http://www.mandatory.com/2016/03/16/a-graffiti-artist-painted-a-road-runner-tunnel-on-a-w… --- ## [Let's discuss the subtext and unanswered questions of the Jack and the Beanstalk story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-subtext-and-unanswered-questions-of-the-jack-and-the-beanstalk-story/581578)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-the-subtext-and-unanswered-questions-of-the-jack-and-the-beanstalk-story/581578 "2016-03-29T09:12:04Z")
Presumably everybody knows the story, though there are different versions. Jack and the Beanstalk has more unanswered and half told component stories than any tale since the Book of Exodus. For starters, why did the p… --- ## [I just watched "Dumb and Dumber."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-dumb-and-dumber/750169)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-dumb-and-dumber/750169 "2016-03-29T03:48:22Z")
Last week, a friend of mine PVRd “Dumb and Dumber.” It was on broadcast TV, so I don’t know how it faired with the original version. It is a work of art. The movie is on par with the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooge… --- ## [How do you make your tuna salad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-tuna-salad/749897)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-tuna-salad/749897 "2016-03-29T03:11:19Z")
'Really? You’re asking how to make tuna salad? :dubious: ’ No. I’m asking how you make your tuna salad. I grew up with chunk-light tuna packed in oil, drained, and mixed with Miracle Whip and sweet pickle relish. (… --- ## [In praise of refrigerator Tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-refrigerator-tea/750398)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-refrigerator-tea/750398 "2016-03-29T02:08:30Z")
All, Those of you who are perhaps purists about tea making methiods may find this this less than optimal, all I can say is; different methods for different folks. So, I take a gallon, not quite 4 liters, of water, thro… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=894) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=896)