# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=922 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 923 --- ## [Sally Field's most iconic role?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-fields-most-iconic-role/744143)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sally-fields-most-iconic-role/744143 "2016-01-30T02:32:04Z")
Of all the many roles in the career of Sally Margaret Field, which defines her career the most in your eyes? I vote “Gidget”, mainly because I fell head over heels in love with it when I discovered it a few years ago. … --- ## [Jet's Pizza--Good? Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-pizza-good-bad/744321)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jets-pizza-good-bad/744321 "2016-01-30T02:25:57Z")
Is Jets Pizza a good garbage pie, or a bad one? --- ## [Batman Begins - A British (Isles) Invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-begins-a-british-isles-invasion/702928)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-begins-a-british-isles-invasion/702928 "2016-01-29T23:35:09Z")
Some mundane and pointless (but film-related) that I must share: I was watching Batman Begins the other night when it occurred to me that a lot of people in it are from the UK or Ireland. A few I didn’t know by name, bu… --- ## [STAR TREK TOS: Does anybody believe that Starfleet actually had an order authorizing genocide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-does-anybody-believe-that-starfleet-actually-had-an-order-authorizing-genocide/744409)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-does-anybody-believe-that-starfleet-actually-had-an-order-authorizing-genocide/744409 "2016-01-29T22:03:44Z")
Many of you will recall the TOS epsiode "A Taste of Armegeddon," which is notable for four things: Demonstrating that Montgomery Scott is nobody to fuck with. The normally pacifistic Mr. Spock says at one point (paraph… --- ## [Should Disney Remove The Prequels From Canon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-disney-remove-the-prequels-from-canon/743481)
**Author:** [@Lorne\_Armstrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorne_Armstrong)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-disney-remove-the-prequels-from-canon/743481 "2016-01-29T21:28:08Z")
I am going to say yes. The entire memory of those three bowel movements should be wiped from the face of the earth. We can all pretend that they were just a dream, a really horrible dream. A proper prequel trilogy could… --- ## [and another one... Paul Kantner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-one-paul-kantner/744584)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-another-one-paul-kantner/744584 "2016-01-29T18:25:44Z")
Of Jefferson Starship passed away. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jefferson-airplane-guitarist-paul-kantner-dead-at-74-20160128 --- ## [Big Bang Theory Annoyance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-annoyance/744281)
**Author:** [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-annoyance/744281 "2016-01-29T18:19:51Z")
Ok, so i know better than to expect consistency in the show, but this bugged me. In a recent episode, Penny learns of her pet pig’s death, and is apparently horrified when Bernadette suggests that Moondance is part of th… --- ## [What's the oldest (dry) spice you have in your spice cabinet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-dry-spice-you-have-in-your-spice-cabinet/744519)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-dry-spice-you-have-in-your-spice-cabinet/744519 "2016-01-29T17:22:45Z")
I have several that have been in there for 2 years or more. Got some mustard seed that’s probably a good ten years old. No idea if it’s still good or not. Still though, can’t bring myself to throw it away. --- ## [About Sitcoms... Let's use TBBT as an example](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sitcoms-lets-use-tbbt-as-an-example/744529)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sitcoms-lets-use-tbbt-as-an-example/744529 "2016-01-29T17:11:26Z")
One of the recent TBBT threads got me wondering about this again. Now, it seems to take a week of production to tape a half hour episode. That is, the cast has it’s first table read on Monday and on Thursday or Friday th… --- ## [Could any of Plato's Dialogues be produced as commercially successful plays/movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-of-platos-dialogues-be-produced-as-commercially-successful-plays-movies/744462)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-any-of-platos-dialogues-be-produced-as-commercially-successful-plays-movies/744462 "2016-01-29T16:48:17Z")
They’re written as plays, after all. Maybe not what Plato would have recognized as a play – no chorus – but certainly what we would recognize as a play. But, would a play or movie where the characters just sit or stand… --- ## [Dalek to Chinese translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-to-chinese-translation/744491)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalek-to-chinese-translation/744491 "2016-01-29T16:11:03Z")
OK, a silly premise but still could use a serious answer. As you’re probably aware, Daleks speak in a near-monotone, while Chinese is a tonal language where the same word can mean different things depending on how it’s t… --- ## [Recommend me some SHORT novels.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-short-novels/744071)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-short-novels/744071 "2016-01-29T15:09:50Z")
One of my new year’s resolutions is to read or listen to a book a week (so far so good, btw!). I’ve got a little list of some of the books I want to read but some of them are very long and, in all likelihood, will take … --- ## [Can someone explain the Julie Mao case from The Expanse TV show? (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-julie-mao-case-from-the-expanse-tv-show-spoilers/744340)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-julie-mao-case-from-the-expanse-tv-show-spoilers/744340 "2016-01-29T10:49:44Z")
Here is what I can gather so for. Miller? the guy with the weird haircut . . . has been assigned to investigate the disappearance of Julie Mao, a tycoons daughter. I am so confused by this plot line: -What evidence has … --- ## [American Crime Season 2 and male rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-crime-season-2-and-male-rape/744500)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-crime-season-2-and-male-rape/744500 "2016-01-29T05:17:14Z")
I’ve just been reading this article on the American TV series American Crime. The thread about the first season was not very positive. How are Dopers finding this second season? --- ## [So Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor, and Marlon Brando walk into a bar...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-michael-jackson-liz-taylor-and-marlon-brando-walk-into-a-bar/744322)
**Author:** [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-michael-jackson-liz-taylor-and-marlon-brando-walk-into-a-bar/744322 "2016-01-29T04:14:30Z")
How do you know when you’re being trolled? Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in 9/11 road-trip drama I can’t imagine what the challenge was. --- ## [R.I.P Paul Katner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-paul-katner/744538)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-paul-katner/744538 "2016-01-29T02:08:48Z")
Searched and didn’t see a thread yet. 74 years old :sad --- ## [Hohner Enthusiast series: Same things, different covers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hohner-enthusiast-series-same-things-different-covers/744116)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hohner-enthusiast-series-same-things-different-covers/744116 "2016-01-29T00:07:37Z")
I’m going to start a new ‘learning harmonica’ thread soon, I hope. In the meantime, I’m curious about Hohner’s Enthusiast series. These are cheap harps from China. (I used to see – and have bought – the Blues Band for… --- ## [Need ID for 80s TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-id-for-80s-tv-show/744516 "2016-01-28T23:48:41Z")
I was talking to a friend and she was describing a television series that she remembers watching that I didn’t recognize (we’re the same age) but thought someone here might. The data, from what she recalls: It was an … --- ## [Mad Max Fury Road question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-max-fury-road-question/737687)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-max-fury-road-question/737687 "2016-01-28T23:26:43Z")
Much of the interior of Australia is desert or very dry right now. It might be made even worse after a nuclear war. What I cant get is why don’t they live on the coasts where already the best land is? Also, why not buil… --- ## [Movies far better than you remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-far-better-than-you-remember/744161 "2016-01-28T20:44:30Z")
Obviously, this is the opposite of this thread. Like the other thread, this is about movies you incorrectly assessed the first time you saw them except your estimation of them has now improved. Feel free to provide for… --- ## [National Chocolate Cake Day 1/27](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-chocolate-cake-day-1-27/744406)
**Author:** [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-chocolate-cake-day-1-27/744406 "2016-01-28T17:59:37Z")
It’s National Chocolate Cake Day! Well, in the U.S., that is. But the rest of you are welcome to celebrate it with us! My go-to chocolate cake is Rosie’s Sour Cream Chocolate Cake. Super moist and so chocolatey! It goes… --- ## [I think the bear in The Revenant might be the best movie monster ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-bear-in-the-revenant-might-be-the-best-movie-monster-ever/744392)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-bear-in-the-revenant-might-be-the-best-movie-monster-ever/744392 "2016-01-28T17:06:31Z")
Violent, visceral, terrifying. Even more than the shark in Jaws. Just a truly excellent scene. --- ## [Oops, baked the flavor out of my cake. Or essence extraction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-baked-the-flavor-out-of-my-cake-or-essence-extraction/744355)
**Author:** [@TipTapTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TipTapTwo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-baked-the-flavor-out-of-my-cake-or-essence-extraction/744355 "2016-01-28T15:51:19Z")
Is there a way to actually impart the flavour of blueberries to the muffin’s dough itself, rather than the usual plain tasting muffin with a few burst blueberries inside? Are there cooking techniques that would allow me… --- ## [Vocal Notation for The Eagles' 7 Bridges Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-notation-for-the-eagles-7-bridges-road/333155)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-notation-for-the-eagles-7-bridges-road/333155 "2016-01-28T15:33:45Z")
Does anyone know where I can find the vocal notation for the acapella part of the Eagles song “Seven Bridges Road”? Thanks! --- ## [Help me find a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song/744486)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song/744486 "2016-01-28T12:54:17Z")
I have this song stuck in my head. I don’t know where it came from and I only remember part of the lyrics. I’m not even sure if this is exactly correct. But here it is: “Carry me back to my home” The only part I’m real… --- ## [Weaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaving/744225)
**Author:** [@Henga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henga)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaving/744225 "2016-01-28T11:00:32Z")
I am engaged in a longterm project where I am trying to document all of the possible occupations that existed in the past up to the Edwardian Era. If I had the money, the youth and the health to do it, I would buy land … --- ## [Who's more annoying, Jar Jar Binks or Kylo Ren?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-annoying-jar-jar-binks-or-kylo-ren/744257)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-more-annoying-jar-jar-binks-or-kylo-ren/744257 "2016-01-28T09:33:20Z")
I didn’t see The Phantom Menace, so I can’t judge. --- ## [Pigs is Pigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-is-pigs/744344)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-is-pigs/744344 "2016-01-28T06:25:00Z")
Way back in the mists of time (about 1960) PT was given a birthday present of the Readers Digest Junior Omnibus. In the passage half a century, I have lost track of my copy and recently MumofPT has asked me if I could f… --- ## [Picklebacks and other yummy shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picklebacks-and-other-yummy-shots/744287)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picklebacks-and-other-yummy-shots/744287 "2016-01-28T03:49:19Z")
My Monday evening beer discussion group met last night. A good time was had by all. My buddy Chris, a bartender by trade, ordered a round of picklebacks. I’d never heard of or had a pickleback. It’s simply a shot of ch… --- ## [I need to worry about spoiled eggs, really? Is it possible to eat a bad egg without realizing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-worry-about-spoiled-eggs-really-is-it-possible-to-eat-a-bad-egg-without-realizing-it/744303)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-worry-about-spoiled-eggs-really-is-it-possible-to-eat-a-bad-egg-without-realizing-it/744303 "2016-01-28T00:31:09Z")
From a few things I’ve read or heard lately, I now need to worry about eggs spoiling even if they are in the refrigerator. Only a couple of days ago I heard something on TV about how we shouldn’t use the in-the-door egg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=921) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=923)