# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=931 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 932 --- ## [Soup Nazi in Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-nazi-in-germany/742178)
**Author:** [@OpusThePenguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpusThePenguin)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-nazi-in-germany/742178 "2016-01-13T15:07:46Z")
A few years ago, I saw Seinfeld in Germany and that got me wondering. What does Soup Nazi translate to over there? I’m guess it translates to something else given German sensitivity over the Nazism. --- ## [Passing of creative legends: greatest impact on you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-of-creative-legends-greatest-impact-on-you/742826)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passing-of-creative-legends-greatest-impact-on-you/742826 "2016-01-13T08:23:50Z")
I have a great deal of respect for David Bowie and his music, and I was shocked and very saddened this morning to hear about him dying. But I also know that I didn’t really grow up listening to his music, and I don’t hav… --- ## [Induction cooktop experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/induction-cooktop-experience/603513)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/induction-cooktop-experience/603513 "2016-01-13T07:43:06Z")
Anyone with induction cooktop experience out there? We’re selecting kitchen appliances and are about 99% sold on the Miele induction cooktop. My wife took her wok and tried out cooking some of her favorites. This is som… --- ## [Help me find a poorly remembered children's book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-poorly-remembered-childrens-book/743018)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-poorly-remembered-childrens-book/743018 "2016-01-13T06:28:00Z")
Only thing I remember: the main character, in 1st or 2nd grade, is the narrator and repeatedly mentions how proud he is to be “learning short vowels.” At some point in the book, he puts trash into a mail box and a poli… --- ## [Reality shows that have become unwatchable.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-that-have-become-unwatchable/685571)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-shows-that-have-become-unwatchable/685571 "2016-01-13T05:58:41Z")
This is not to say shows you never watched because you never liked them. These are shows that you once enjoyed but now do not watch because you actively dislike them. The Biggest Loser. Let’s start off that Allison … --- ## [Anyone seen Burton Cummings in concert recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-burton-cummings-in-concert-recently/742714)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-burton-cummings-in-concert-recently/742714 "2016-01-13T04:06:19Z")
Burton Cummings is performing at the Caesars Windsor casino in Ontario on March 4. I’m considering going, I’m not a huge Guess Who fan, but I’m quite familiar with most of their hits. Worth going? I’ve got a friend who c… --- ## [Richard Libertini has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-libertini-has-died/742849)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-libertini-has-died/742849 "2016-01-13T02:34:03Z")
Character actor Richard Libertini has passed away, according to The Hollywood Reporter. You may not know the name, but if you watched TV or movies at all in the 1970s and 80s, you will surely recognize his face. He was… --- ## [old rock song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-rock-song/743000)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-rock-song/743000 "2016-01-13T02:06:00Z")
Hi guys, I hope you can help with this. It’s a rock song about being on the road. One of the line is about how you can never make a stand because your always out numbered. Another line is about the amps ringing in your… --- ## [Today is Roy Batty's incept date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-roy-battys-incept-date/742507)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-roy-battys-incept-date/742507 "2016-01-12T22:40:53Z")
Happy birthday, Roy! Sorry you have such a crappy life ahead of you. --- ## [Wayne Rogers dead at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-rogers-dead-at-82/741869)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-rogers-dead-at-82/741869 "2016-01-12T21:07:43Z")
RIP, Trapper. --- ## [Anyone have details on Joe Garagiola apology circa 1970?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-details-on-joe-garagiola-apology-circa-1970/207402)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-details-on-joe-garagiola-apology-circa-1970/207402 "2016-01-12T18:40:28Z")
This one has bugged me for 30 years. This happened circa 1970. When I was a kid, one day I was home sick and spent the morning watching game shows. One show I watched was Sale of the Century hosted by Joe Garagiola. W… --- ## [Another "Did I dream this movie?" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-did-i-dream-this-movie-thread/742803)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-did-i-dream-this-movie-thread/742803 "2016-01-12T18:02:46Z")
While I sleep my husband will watch movies in bed next to me. Then I’ll sorta wake up and watch. Sorta. Then I have to come here and ask if what I thought I saw was a real movie. In this one the guy from Twisted Sister h… --- ## [Deadwood Movie Rumors (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-movie-rumors-again/742823)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadwood-movie-rumors-again/742823 "2016-01-12T17:21:31Z")
I here stirrings of a Deadwood movie a-brewin’. Don’t none of you hoopleheads and cocksuckers get your excitement level none too high as yet. (I’ll believe it when I believe it, and not a moment before!) --- ## [Pulp Fiction question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/742241)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-question/742241 "2016-01-12T17:14:33Z")
A close friend of mine who is a Tarantino encyclopedia insists that both Marsellus and Vincent were waiting in Butch’s apartment, ready to kill him. I asked him what made him believe that and he answered enigmatically, “… --- ## [Strong woman = rape victim. Is this a trope/cliché now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-woman-rape-victim-is-this-a-trope-cliche-now/742596)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-woman-rape-victim-is-this-a-trope-cliche-now/742596 "2016-01-12T15:53:07Z")
So I came across this blog post, which talks about the movie 300 2: Rise of an Empire, and its tendency to \[del\]shamelessly make up total bullshit\[/del\] take certain creative liberties with the historical source material… --- ## [Kraftwerk tickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kraftwerk-tickets/742832)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kraftwerk-tickets/742832 "2016-01-12T15:35:33Z")
So a friend, a fairly strange, sometimes hard-to-get-to-know guy, gave me two second-row tickets for a Kraftwerk show, this summer in the opera of Oslo, together with him and some other people. So this person receiving m… --- ## [A Star Trek vs Star Wars conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-vs-star-wars-conundrum/742877)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-star-trek-vs-star-wars-conundrum/742877 "2016-01-12T15:05:27Z")
At dinner tonight, my son Fang, asked a poser, and I didn’t know the answer. If a stormtrooper shoots at a redshirt, does the redshirt still die? --- ## [Creative legends you thought you'd mourn, but didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-legends-you-thought-youd-mourn-but-didnt/742875)
**Author:** [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creative-legends-you-thought-youd-mourn-but-didnt/742875 "2016-01-12T14:48:22Z")
As a counterpoint to this thread… Who are the creative geniuses who, at some point in your life, you were certain you’d mourn—but when they actually died, you didn’t? People who you were once sure that their death woul… --- ## [The Carnevale in the Tyrol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carnevale-in-the-tyrol/742921)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carnevale-in-the-tyrol/742921 "2016-01-12T13:51:01Z")
Carnevale is coming up…I am familiar with the Brazilian version (which is all about sex, dancing, and partying). But in the alpine region of Germany/Austria, etc., it seems entirely different-you have parades featuring … --- ## [I've got an idea for a depressing Science Fiction story. Who already wrote it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-an-idea-for-a-depressing-science-fiction-story-who-already-wrote-it/742561)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-an-idea-for-a-depressing-science-fiction-story-who-already-wrote-it/742561 "2016-01-12T13:32:36Z")
I think it would be cool for there to be a science fiction story set billions of years into the future, in which humanity has survived, but never found a viable way to engage in interstellar travel. We’re still on Earth … --- ## [Boooy! Angus Scrim is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boooy-angus-scrim-is-dead/742766)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boooy-angus-scrim-is-dead/742766 "2016-01-12T13:25:30Z")
Angus scrim has died. One of the great villains in cinema. Boooy! --- ## [When 'The Force Awakens' plays in China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-force-awakens-plays-in-china/742744 "2016-01-12T12:48:40Z")
Is it subtitled or do they just dub over it like the old Godzilla movies? --- ## [Why I hate Godfather Part III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-godfather-part-iii/742676)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-godfather-part-iii/742676 "2016-01-12T12:37:50Z")
I just re-watched this movie, there’s a few problems. \[ul\] \[li\]Awful helicopter scene\[/li\] \[li\]The sets don’t look out of place in 1990’s NYC (When it was filmed)\[/li\] \[li\]Joey Zaza \[/li\] \[li\]Michael Corleone sweari… --- ## [Trying to remember a TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-tv-show/742657)
**Author:** [@billectric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billectric)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-tv-show/742657 "2016-01-12T07:52:22Z")
I’ve been trying to find this TV show for years. I think this was an episode on a TV show with a different story every week, like Alfred Hitchcock, Thriller, or one of the many others like Kraft Television Theatre, etc. … --- ## [Final Season of Foyle's War on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-season-of-foyles-war-on-netflix/742828)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-season-of-foyles-war-on-netflix/742828 "2016-01-12T06:59:43Z")
Netflix calls it Season 9, but IMDB calls it Season 8. I just got done watching it. Foyle (and Sam) are still working for MI5. This surprises me a little. On one hand, it’s obvious that Foyle wants to serve his count… --- ## [Sherlock - The Abominable Bride (spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-the-abominable-bride-spoilers-as-it-airs/741895 "2016-01-12T05:05:57Z")
Anyone else excited that we get a Sherlock special tonight? I can’t wait. Shame we aren’t getting three full episodes this year, though. I’m hoping we get a full three episode run in 2017. --- ## ["Pink Flamingos" DVD - anyone else watch the extras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-flamingos-dvd-anyone-else-watch-the-extras/742862)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pink-flamingos-dvd-anyone-else-watch-the-extras/742862 "2016-01-12T02:06:54Z")
I’m posting this here, because I finally saw that ultra-grossout cult classic a few years ago, and of course watched all the extras. There was some professionally-shot footage in the extras of Waters & Co. making the mo… --- ## [So What's The Big Deal Over "Mein Kampf"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-big-deal-over-mein-kampf/742775)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-big-deal-over-mein-kampf/742775 "2016-01-12T01:25:53Z")
It now is public domain and can be legally published in Germany. So what? It’s a 90 year old book, of interest (only) to historians. Most believe that Hitler wrote very little of it (Rudolph Hess probably wrote most of i… --- ## [Soul Singer Otis Clay died January 8th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-singer-otis-clay-died-january-8th/742842)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-singer-otis-clay-died-january-8th/742842 "2016-01-12T00:23:19Z")
Announcement on the AP: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d3d96188a61c4f4abe4a4f73fdf8cbac/rhythm-and-blues-singer-otis-clay-dies-age-73 If you aren’t sure you’ve heard him, listen to this wonderful track, Trying to Live … --- ## [So What happened to Yahoo Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-yahoo-comics/742433)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-happened-to-yahoo-comics/742433 "2016-01-11T21:56:43Z")
I used to have a link on my Safari page on my Ipad that dumped me into an assortment of popular daily newspaper comic strips. It seems to have died within the last week and now redirects to some general Yahoo news page. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=930) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=932)