# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=9 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## [The End of Oak Street {Spoilers within}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oak-street-spoilers-within/1032495)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-oak-street-spoilers-within/1032495 "2026-08-23T14:43:33Z")
Okay, my 2-¢ (mild spoilers) I think the movie somehow worked better that the starting point was 1982; although it did not give us the ending this led me to expect: ▶ Summary The Mesozoic had an astonishingly dense po… --- ## [One for the apostrophe pedants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363 "2026-08-22T15:17:35Z")
Today’s Wallace the Brave comic strip was a fun piece but I suspect that Rose, the little girl in the bottom center of the panel, will be especially appreciated by those who dream of a world where the noble apostrophe ge… --- ## [David Mitchell's new show "Ludwig" on BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236 "2026-08-22T06:12:18Z")
Dunno if/when it might turn up on BBC America (did his Shakespeare ever make it?) The setup is he’s a reclusive puzzle guy with an identical twin Detective in Cambridge who goes missing. So of course the wife of his bro… --- ## [Mild cursing in old timey TV (The Real McCoys: Grandpa's Birthday (1958)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462 "2026-08-22T04:40:57Z")
Plot revolves around a despondent Grandpappy because the family has forgotten his birthday. Being a comedy, all’s well that ends well, but it was a little jarring when he finally gets his cake and he says something like… --- ## [Project Hail Mary post release thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602 "2026-08-21T18:56:56Z")
Project Hail Mary is one of my favorite lighter reading, page turner books. I was worried they were going to screw the movie up, and I’m happy to say they didn’t. It was actually a really faithful adaptation. They even s… --- ## [Do any of the common bottled waters taste different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130 "2026-08-21T18:48:10Z")
They all taste fine when cold. But my test is when I wake up at night and have a sip of warm bottled water.The alkaline taste comes through. I had some Fiji once and it seemed really good although it is expensive. I buy … --- ## [New Book (C)2027](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445 "2026-08-21T13:50:45Z")
I bought a new medical text, published in June or July. I was surprised to find it (C)2027. How does that work? --- ## [Very disappointed in how small of a role gas lights played in Gaslight \[1944\] (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163 "2026-08-21T00:36:51Z")
Obviously “gaslighting” as a description (often misused) of someone convincing someone else that they’re insane by altering and then denying reality has grown in popularity in the last 10 years, but I just got around to … --- ## [Wonder Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098 "2026-08-20T23:53:46Z")
Marvel’s Wonder Man drops tonight at 9 Eastern/8 Central (why do these Disney shows always premiere at this time? They should drop around 5 or 6 so I can watch them over dinner). This Wonder Man is definit… --- ## [All things Instant Pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-instant-pot/1032413)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-instant-pot/1032413 "2026-08-20T18:56:26Z")
There are a few old Instant Pot threads, but they all have been dormant for several years so I might as well start a new one. I just aquired a never used Instant Pot Lux 6 Quart and want to learn how to use it. First th… --- ## [Who is watching 'Yellowjackets' on Showtime? Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013 "2026-08-20T16:49:53Z")
And will you continue to do so? This is the stupidest shit I’ve ever seen. Actually, surpassed stupid and went right to Asinine (why only one S in this word???). And that is saying something with the glacial pace that i… --- ## [Help me ID this Science Fiction Short Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-science-fiction-short-story/809716)
**Author:** [@Mr.Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Bill)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-science-fiction-short-story/809716 "2026-08-20T15:13:16Z")
I read this in approximately 1974, in a hard cover compilation of science fiction short stories I got from my Dad. I don’t think he was reading science fiction at that point so it might have been at least 10 years old at… --- ## [Dual movies by a married couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-movies-by-a-married-couple/1031961)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-movies-by-a-married-couple/1031961 "2026-08-20T13:26:08Z")
Tom Holland and Zendaya are married. They both have prominent roles in The Odyssey, which is currently in theaters. And they both have prominent roles in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which will be starting its theatrical … --- ## [Songs with notable backup singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-notable-backup-singers/1027275)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-notable-backup-singers/1027275 "2026-08-20T03:13:50Z")
On the radio I just heard “An American Dream” (1979) by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (going by the moniker The Dirt Band at the time), which features lovely backing (and uncredited) vocals by Linda Ronstadt: … --- ## [The Brink of War…Accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brink-of-war-accurate/1032414)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brink-of-war-accurate/1032414 "2026-08-20T01:32:32Z")
As I find the subject matter interesting I very much enjoyed it. Good glimpse into history. I am curious, however, much license, if any, was taken? Is anyone who was present at the Reagan/Gorbachev meetings even alive?… --- ## [Help! French lyric from "Twist and Shout"--1997 Superbowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-french-lyric-from-twist-and-shout-1997-superbowl/237356)
**Author:** [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-french-lyric-from-twist-and-shout-1997-superbowl/237356 "2026-08-19T21:22:48Z")
Mary Chapin Carpenter performed her hit “Down at the Twist and Shout” live at the 1997 Superbowl. It is included on one of her CDs, however, without a transcription of the lyrics. She sang a portion of one of the choru… --- ## [Anyone remember a movie where a bologna was fired as a torpedo by mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-movie-where-a-bologna-was-fired-as-a-torpedo-by-mistake/720794)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-movie-where-a-bologna-was-fired-as-a-torpedo-by-mistake/720794 "2026-08-19T20:12:02Z")
I think it was from the sixties, I thought either Don Knotts or Tim Conway was in it but I can’t find the movie on their IMDB pages. It might have been some other lunch meat like a salami or olive loaf but I think it was… --- ## [WE'RE BACK AGAIN, BABY ! WOO! Futurama begins new season on Hulu {July 29, 2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-back-again-baby-woo-futurama-begins-new-season-on-hulu-july-29-2024/1004157)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-back-again-baby-woo-futurama-begins-new-season-on-hulu-july-29-2024/1004157 "2026-08-19T18:06:18Z")
Futurama begins new season on Hulu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPelef46rlk&ab\_channel=Hulu --- ## [Fictish creative writing challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictish-creative-writing-challenge/1031838)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictish-creative-writing-challenge/1031838 "2026-08-19T16:52:32Z")
There’s a site called Fictish for communal storytelling–you write the first part (called a chapter, but they’re usually far shorter than the average novel’s chapter), then someone else writes the next chapter, and so on.… --- ## ["Hey, Rocky, watch me pull this dvd out of my hat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rocky-watch-me-pull-this-dvd-out-of-my-hat/1032292)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rocky-watch-me-pull-this-dvd-out-of-my-hat/1032292 "2026-08-18T22:29:04Z")
I was looking on Amazon and I saw there is a dvd set titled The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends: The Complete Series (which I will call RB1 in this thread). There is also a dvd set titled Rocky & Bullwinkl… --- ## [Upload on Amazon Prime; A fun binge with awesome world building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973 "2026-08-18T22:27:39Z")
I binged this show last night. Kind of like The Good Place. Only except the “good place” in this scenario is a digitally created virtual world people can download themselves to moments before they die. Lot’s of funny, … --- ## [The Bannerman books by John R. Maxim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bannerman-books-by-john-r-maxim/1032399)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bannerman-books-by-john-r-maxim/1032399 "2026-08-18T21:33:08Z")
I just read that AMC has a “Bannerman” series in development, based on the John R. Maxim series. By the way, as I told this to My Beloved she surprised me by saying “Ah, the surprise is spoiled! I just ordered the whole… --- ## [Has anyone ever heard of Zoom Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-zoom-books/1030364)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-zoom-books/1030364 "2026-08-18T15:54:14Z")
It seems it is a Canadian second hand book shop: they buy books on line, mostly non fiction. They buy old books that have very little use at first sight, then they cut off the binding, scan them, and pulp them. Here is a… --- ## [Has anybody tried RebM? (zero calorie sweetener)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-rebm-zero-calorie-sweetener/1032360)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-rebm-zero-calorie-sweetener/1032360 "2026-08-18T12:07:02Z")
RebM is a sweetening chemical found in Stevia. It is not the primary sweetener in stevia though, that would be RebA. RebA has an after taste, and slight bitter properties. Descriptions I’m reading say that RebM is 350… --- ## [What movie/scene am I thinking of (frantic trumpet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-am-i-thinking-of-frantic-trumpet/1032381)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-am-i-thinking-of-frantic-trumpet/1032381 "2026-08-18T11:25:16Z")
I was running around our facility the other day trying to get some tasks done while dodging other employees and music popped into my mind of frantic fast paced trumpet playing almost “flight of the bumblebee” pace. I co… --- ## [“I’ve seen the Madonna Sex Show”, ca. 1990 playground boast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-the-madonna-sex-show-ca-1990-playground-boast/1032227)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-the-madonna-sex-show-ca-1990-playground-boast/1032227 "2026-08-17T18:02:29Z")
I recall kids (with more than basic cable) claiming this. Madonna was quite the topic at the time. Did you know she said she enjoys sex? I think we were under the impression that this was typically an act one endured to … --- ## [House of the Dragon S3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-s3/1031086)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-s3/1031086 "2026-08-17T16:48:22Z")
Huh, I completely forgot this was coming out today. Lets see if I remember anything from s2 or am lost the whole time. --- ## [I listened to The Odyssey, the Wilson translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176 "2026-08-17T15:25:12Z")
Odysseus finally reaches home, only to be confronted by the suitors. After a grand battle in his palace, in which over one hundred suitors are slain, he has twelve slave girls who were colluders with the suitors remove t… --- ## [Did this conversation ever happen in the Star Trek universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-conversation-ever-happen-in-the-star-trek-universe/998094)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-conversation-ever-happen-in-the-star-trek-universe/998094 "2026-08-16T16:00:08Z")
Starship Captain: I am John S. Captain of the Starfleet Vessel Hubris. We are explorers, seeking out new life and new civilizations, boldly. Alien: I am Kqwzytk, leader of the Blehassole people, from planet Zer-bo-bin… --- ## [Dungeon Crawler Carl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-crawler-carl/1026145)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-crawler-carl/1026145 "2026-08-16T01:50:09Z")
Ok… so my wife made a new friend last year, and she and her husband are huge nerds. Board gaming, video gaming, fantasy, science fiction, you name it. They’re HUGE into all that stuff. They’re really pushing me to re… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=10)