# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=910 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 911 --- ## [Songs with actual bars and restaurants in the lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-actual-bars-and-restaurants-in-the-lyrics/746301)
**Author:** [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-actual-bars-and-restaurants-in-the-lyrics/746301 "2016-02-24T19:43:50Z")
So I was listening to Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues” (I wish I was in Austin, mmm-mmm, in the Chili Parlor bar, drinkin’ mad margaritas and not carin’ where you are) and I got to thinking that I might like to take a drive to… --- ## [The Supper of the Lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supper-of-the-lamb/746581)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supper-of-the-lamb/746581 "2016-02-24T19:18:36Z")
Has anybody read this? I came across it mentioned in The Everlasting Meal, which I found moving and profound, and interlibrary loaned it. It’s quite similar in that it’s theoretically a cookbook (lamb for eight persons… --- ## [Abbott & Costello or Laurel & Hardy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbott-costello-or-laurel-hardy/746869)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abbott-costello-or-laurel-hardy/746869 "2016-02-24T18:36:52Z")
Which one do you think was the funniest? --- ## [Better Call Saul 2.01 "Switch" 2/15/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-01-switch-2-15-16/745915)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-01-switch-2-15-16/745915 "2016-02-24T18:25:04Z")
Season 1 threads 1.01 Uno and 1.02 Mijo 1.03 Nacho 1.04 Hero 1.05 Alpine Shepherd Boy 1.06 Five-o 1.07 Bingo 1.08 Rico 1.09 Pimento 1.10 Marco Starting this thread a few days early to remind people and to serve… --- ## [Chris Jansing of NBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-jansing-of-nbc/739370)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-jansing-of-nbc/739370 "2016-02-24T18:24:01Z")
She has four eyebrows. Is this a thing now? I used to see her on occasion on TV and I thought “That’s an attractive older woman.” Now she’s been on non-stop covering the San Bernardino shooting and all I can think is … --- ## [Opened unrefrigerated jelly--okay to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opened-unrefrigerated-jelly-okay-to-eat/746927)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opened-unrefrigerated-jelly-okay-to-eat/746927 "2016-02-24T16:43:17Z")
Through some boring circumstances, I have come into possession of a previously opened jar of a jelly made using beer. The jar was opened months ago, its contents were not touched, and it was kept in an unrefrigerated pan… --- ## [Star Trek DS9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ds9/746696)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-ds9/746696 "2016-02-24T15:52:57Z")
In previous threads, I’ve watched with utter astonishment as poster after poster says that DS9 is their favorite Star Trek series. Let me set the record straight: DS9 is the worst series. Stop and consider – the whole… --- ## [Who Are the Least Prolific Best Selling Authors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-prolific-best-selling-authors/746563)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-least-prolific-best-selling-authors/746563 "2016-02-24T08:35:12Z")
With the passing of Harper Lee, I’m struck that both she and Margaret Mitchell only wrote one popular book each. But, boy, what a book! Margaret Mitchell has a short story called Lost Laysen, but it wasn’t published un… --- ## [Edge of Tomorrow - Movie Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow-movie-question/736127)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-tomorrow-movie-question/736127 "2016-02-24T05:16:26Z")
Is there any information about why Major Cage (Tom Cruise’s character) was chosen by the General to be on the beach in France for Operation Downfall? I know without the assignment, there is no movie. But there is no re… --- ## [Ok, I have to learn portrait photography - kinda fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-have-to-learn-portrait-photography-kinda-fast/737954)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-have-to-learn-portrait-photography-kinda-fast/737954 "2016-02-24T05:12:25Z")
So, I am a post grad student of product design. We are now working on our final project. I was a bit drunk when I had the idea for it. And I sent that said idea to my professor, who loved it. So now I am sober (still lov… --- ## [Beginner sewing projects for men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-sewing-projects-for-men/746806)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-sewing-projects-for-men/746806 "2016-02-24T04:29:48Z")
I bought a sewing machine. I know how to use it; I took Home Ec in high school and I got an “A.” Now I just don’t know what to do with it. Background: I am a short man. 5’3". 5’4" on a good day. As a short man, you… --- ## [I need some chipotle seasoning. (Dried)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-chipotle-seasoning-dried/746853)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-chipotle-seasoning-dried/746853 "2016-02-24T04:20:00Z")
Basically, I’ve become addicted to Kroger’s chipotle fried chicken they sell in the deli. The only thing that keeps me coming back is the damned seasoning. Unfortunately, they don’t sell just the seasoning. Nor is their … --- ## [Where is the new Foster Brooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-new-foster-brooks/746924)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-new-foster-brooks/746924 "2016-02-24T02:49:55Z")
I was watching an old TV show that featured Foster Brooks and realized how brilliant a comedian he was. Not just his dead perfect ‘drunk’ impersonations, but also his witty jokes and biting sense of humor. Which got me … --- ## [The Flash S02E14: Escape from Earth-2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e14-escape-from-earth-2/746328)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e14-escape-from-earth-2/746328 "2016-02-23T23:05:42Z")
Either Jesse and Barry are not familiar with Alexandre Dumas or possibly Dumas doesn’t exist on Earth-1 and Earth-2. That’s right, I’m calling it: the man in the iron mask is the real Jay Garrick. The man we know as Ja… --- ## [Mon Dieu! My Pernod isn't cloudy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mon-dieu-my-pernod-isnt-cloudy/746843)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mon-dieu-my-pernod-isnt-cloudy/746843 "2016-02-23T22:29:15Z")
I just poured a shot of Pernod into a cafe glass and added the requisite amount of cold tap water. I now have a glassful of unappetizing urine-colored beverage instead of the normal milky cloudy aperatif I was expecting… --- ## [Favorite Queen album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-queen-album/746852 "2016-02-23T20:57:06Z")
What’s your favorite Queen album? --- ## [Suggest a "buy now, eat in 4 months" meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-buy-now-eat-in-4-months-meal/746534)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-buy-now-eat-in-4-months-meal/746534 "2016-02-23T20:49:18Z")
Although my family mostly lives in Indonesia, we do maintain a home base in the US, and I happen to be there now. It’s on the island of Hawaii - not terribly remote, but remote enough that there are no 7-11 or Store 24 p… --- ## [Does anyone remember this MTV video from the 80's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-mtv-video-from-the-80s/746832)
**Author:** [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-mtv-video-from-the-80s/746832 "2016-02-23T19:22:12Z")
I believe it may have been a promotion video for the movie Amadeus but it’s different from the ones I’ve been finding online thus far. I remember it started out with Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth getting into a lim… --- ## [How to make chewy crusty bread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-chewy-crusty-bread/746628)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-chewy-crusty-bread/746628 "2016-02-23T18:43:40Z")
I’ve never been much of a baker, at least never much of a good one, but I want some good bread like the store I used to live next to had. Just a good round ball with a think crust and nice and chewy heavyish center for … --- ## [Anyone else having problems with their Watchmen DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-their-watchmen-dvd/503965)
**Author:** [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-their-watchmen-dvd/503965 "2016-02-23T16:11:03Z")
So I bought the Watchmen Director’s Cut DVD yesterday after work, and go over to a friend’s house to watch it. In Chapter 21, my DVD freezes up. Guess my friend’s DVD player is getting old. I get home, pop it in my DVD … --- ## [Going to New Orleans for a week! We leave tomorrow, tell me what not to miss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-new-orleans-for-a-week-we-leave-tomorrow-tell-me-what-not-to-miss/742967 "2016-02-23T16:10:35Z")
My husband and I are taking our first trip to NOLA. We’re staying in a B&B in Marigny. We’re into architecture, outdoors-y pursuits, art, food, and booze. I’m thinking maybe a bike tour one day? Has anyone done that and … --- ## [Stephen King Dark Tower Movie Gets a Release Date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-dark-tower-movie-gets-a-release-date/727175)
**Author:** [@MegaNazz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaNazz)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-dark-tower-movie-gets-a-release-date/727175 "2016-02-23T14:20:54Z")
I still don’t quite believe that this will happen (or at least happen at a level that’s worth the wait) but Sony announced a release date for a movie based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. The release date is ear… --- ## [Watching Stuff on Amazon - Do you? Are you happy with the experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-stuff-on-amazon-do-you-are-you-happy-with-the-experience/746691)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-stuff-on-amazon-do-you-are-you-happy-with-the-experience/746691 "2016-02-23T04:06:44Z")
I haven’t streamed much of anything from Amazon and I’m curious about how it all works. Those of you who do, do you like it? Can you answer some of my basic questions? I don’t watch T.V. or movies on my computer. The s… --- ## [Archie Comics to reveal Jughead's sexual orientation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-reveal-jugheads-sexual-orientation/745647)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-comics-to-reveal-jugheads-sexual-orientation/745647 "2016-02-23T00:09:28Z")
…or lack thereof Archie Comic Reveals Jughead Is Asexual --- ## [Bourbon for a Noob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-for-a-noob/713361)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-for-a-noob/713361 "2016-02-22T21:36:07Z")
I’ve been a Scotch drinker for a long time but last summer I was introduced to Bourbon and I’ve just now started to buy some of my own. I need some insight on what I should be looking for at a reasonable price. I starte… --- ## [Did the ending of "Quantum Leap" bother you? \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ending-of-quantum-leap-bother-you-obvious-spoiler/746754)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ending-of-quantum-leap-bother-you-obvious-spoiler/746754 "2016-02-22T20:59:06Z")
Some people like this guyare pretty angry about the ending. Assuming you followed the series what was your take on it? The take in the link \[spoiler\] That’s it, the basic premise – Sam is time-traveling in the past and … --- ## [Ding Dong the "Witch" is dead?-What an incredibly callous thing to say.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-what-an-incredibly-callous-thing-to-say/746537)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead-what-an-incredibly-callous-thing-to-say/746537 "2016-02-22T16:30:21Z")
You’ve got soldiers, munchkins! Use them! And Glinda “The Good” is exhorting Munchkins to spread the word that the woman is dead? And Dorothy joins in singing? Jesus girl, you don’t even know her! And again, this “Good… --- ## [Avengers: "I'm always angry"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-im-always-angry/746536)
**Author:** [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avengers-im-always-angry/746536 "2016-02-22T15:52:28Z")
In the first Avengers movie, Cap asks Banner what is secret is and Banner replies with “I’m always angry” and turns into the Hulk. What did he mean by that? He’s always angry, that’s why he can turn into the Hulk at wil… --- ## [Gravity Falls: The Weirdmageddon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-falls-the-weirdmageddon/746211)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-falls-the-weirdmageddon/746211 "2016-02-22T14:48:47Z")
My kid has been binge-watching Gravity Falls, a Disney show. I must admit, I’ve been sucked into liking it, too. It is one of those rare kids shows that adults can genuinely enjoy. It is kinda hard to describe - it is b… --- ## [Breaking Bad: What is the occupation of Ken ("KENWINS")?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-what-is-the-occupation-of-ken-kenwins/701278)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-what-is-the-occupation-of-ken-kenwins/701278 "2016-02-22T13:55:35Z")
In his first appearance in the episode “Cancer Man”, Ken mentions a number of what sound like firms, one of which he claims would “make (him) partner” just for walking in the door". Later, he suggests a bonus for himself… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=909) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=911)