# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=937 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 938 --- ## [Guns 'N Roses reunion and tour rumors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-n-roses-reunion-and-tour-rumors/741757)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-n-roses-reunion-and-tour-rumors/741757 "2015-12-31T21:40:05Z")
Seems there’s talk of Guns 'N Roses doing a reunion and tour soon. At least with Axl, Slash and Duff McKagan. If this is true how long before Axl loses it on tour and they cancel anyway? --- ## [i forgot the movie name could anyone tell me what is it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-movie-name-could-anyone-tell-me-what-is-it/741702)
**Author:** [@blackcloud7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackcloud7)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-the-movie-name-could-anyone-tell-me-what-is-it/741702 "2015-12-31T17:49:39Z")
the main plot is that some secret tape has been taken by someone ,when he is escaping he just meets the hero in lift and then he drops it in the baggage of the hero.the tape or chip falls in the toy the hero has bought f… --- ## [Recommendation for a non-fiction book-WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-non-fiction-book-wwii/741725)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-non-fiction-book-wwii/741725 "2015-12-31T17:10:39Z")
A gift. Can’t do a gift card-taking the gift to him and thence vacation. He’s read the Atkinson trilogy. Special interests in aircraft, D-day and paratroopers. Thanks --- ## [Those weird movie/tv bandages...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-weird-movie-tv-bandages/741694)
**Author:** [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-weird-movie-tv-bandages/741694 "2015-12-31T16:26:12Z")
Watching breaking bad today and there was a scene where Jesse gets beat up, then is shown with these tiny little bandages covering his scar and wounds. It was a series of small white stripe that are placed far enough apa… --- ## [Cranachan biscuits - chef sanity check please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranachan-biscuits-chef-sanity-check-please/730461)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranachan-biscuits-chef-sanity-check-please/730461 "2015-12-31T16:13:06Z")
I’m going to a pot luck tomorrow and have the idea of taking cranachan biscuits. I love cranachan. Could the doper chefs please sanity-check my idea? Mix whipped cream and cheese and a bit of whisky. Smear oat biscuit… --- ## [What is your response to this ad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-response-to-this-ad/741531)
**Author:** [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-response-to-this-ad/741531 "2015-12-31T16:01:12Z")
I debated whether this belonged more to Cafe Society or IMHO, but decided on CS as it involves a television ad. I present this as it was presented to me, with no context other than that it was an ad made for Edeka, a Ge… --- ## [Songs with incorrect basic premises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-incorrect-basic-premises/741371)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-incorrect-basic-premises/741371 "2015-12-31T11:52:47Z")
For instance, Aretha sings, “Your love is like a seesaw, moving up, down and all around …” Sorry, Aretha, I don’t know what love is like, maybe a rollercoaster (?), but if it moves all around it ain’t a seesaw. … --- ## [How do you feel about live music in restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-live-music-in-restaurants/741264)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-live-music-in-restaurants/741264 "2015-12-31T10:34:51Z")
We went out to eat last night at a restaurant that features live music every Wednesday. (It’s also half-price wine night, which is what drew us in). We decided to eat outside, to be as far away from the musicians as po… --- ## [Who played the guitar in Suicide is Painless from MASH?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-the-guitar-in-suicide-is-painless-from-mash/741488)
**Author:** [@HarryTheHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HarryTheHat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-played-the-guitar-in-suicide-is-painless-from-mash/741488 "2015-12-31T09:31:06Z")
I know Johnny Mandel wrote the tune and Robert Altman’s 14-year-old son wrote the lyrics but I can’t for the life of me find out who played the strings so beautifully … --- ## [Faux Epic / Archaic Music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-epic-archaic-music/741773)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faux-epic-archaic-music/741773 "2015-12-31T04:25:41Z")
The musician, Peter Pringle, has a few songs up on YouTube like this one: It and another using the Hurdy Gurdy to tell the Epic of Beowulf are his attempts to reconstruct the sort of sound that an ancient epic singing … --- ## [I finally used a Keurig machine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-used-a-keurig-machine/741150)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-used-a-keurig-machine/741150 "2015-12-31T01:52:26Z")
We stayed at the Red Lion in Anaheim last week, and the room had a Keurig machine in it. We had cups of coffee and English Breakfast tea. I had a cuppa tea, but mostly I drank the coffee. I liked it. But there were t… --- ## [Identify this movie!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie/741770)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie/741770 "2015-12-30T22:29:02Z")
I saw this film on TV in France many years ago (likely late 80s). I’m positive it was dubbed from English to French. It was in monochrome, not colour. The scene I recall is near the end, with monks marching into stalls (… --- ## [Who Defines Pop Culture Relevancy/Zeitgeist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-defines-pop-culture-relevancy-zeitgeist/741737)
**Author:** [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-defines-pop-culture-relevancy-zeitgeist/741737 "2015-12-30T19:42:54Z")
How does one tell if a movie, TV series, actor, or pop culture property is still relevant, known by “the mainstream” (or just Generation Y, as if they are more important), or still "part of the zeitgeist (whatever that … --- ## [Another Damn "ID This Song" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-damn-id-this-song-thread/741730)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-damn-id-this-song-thread/741730 "2015-12-30T18:52:56Z")
Had this song running through my head for the last few days and I just can’t place it. I’m pretty sure it’s called “All Night Long” but it’s not Lionel Richie and it’s not AC/DC so it currently defies googling. I do re… --- ## [Help me find the name of a documentary film.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-documentary-film/741742)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-name-of-a-documentary-film/741742 "2015-12-30T18:48:36Z")
Well, it was a pseudo documentary. I questioned a lot of the presentation. It was in three parts. The first part debunked Christianity. The second part was about terrorism. I didn’t see the third part. I was at the… --- ## ["Only Fools and Horses" term: Near Area Estate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-fools-and-horses-term-near-area-estate/711909)
**Author:** [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-fools-and-horses-term-near-area-estate/711909 "2015-12-30T18:33:49Z")
Putting this in Café instead of GQ because this may be a term made up for the Brit-com “Only Fools and Horses”, since the few Google results seem mostly to point back to the show itself (but not all). Anyway, been watch… --- ## [F in the main part of Helter Skelter? (Beatles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-in-the-main-part-of-helter-skelter-beatles/741510)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-in-the-main-part-of-helter-skelter-beatles/741510 "2015-12-30T18:05:42Z")
I’m trying to teach myself Helter Skelter by the Beatles. In the E7 section: “Do you, don’t you want me to love you I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you” It sounds like the guitar is somehow playing a F note. … --- ## [Bacon: Four weeks beyond expiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-four-weeks-beyond-expiry/741622)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-four-weeks-beyond-expiry/741622 "2015-12-30T17:00:42Z")
I don’t anticipate any issues with bacon, still sealed, which is about four and a half weeks before the BBF date. If you don’t hear from me in the next few days, well, so long. ETA: In case it wasn’t clear, I’m about t… --- ## [Recorded music in restaurants - servers thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recorded-music-in-restaurants-servers-thoughts/741574)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recorded-music-in-restaurants-servers-thoughts/741574 "2015-12-30T16:18:29Z")
Yesterday we had lunch in a little brewpub. They had the music volume turned way up. Whenever this happens, I’m tempted to ask the waiter to turn it down. But I also ponder why a customer should need to ask something lik… --- ## [Best Canadian Number 1 Singles:2012 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2012-2013/741693)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2012-2013/741693 "2015-12-30T15:39:38Z")
Hope everyone had a great Christmas/holidays. 2hi have of these songs would you vote for? Remember you may vote for more than one song. Older pollady still open: 1964:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society -… --- ## [Biscuits vs croissants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-vs-croissants/741045)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biscuits-vs-croissants/741045 "2015-12-30T15:37:09Z")
Which one wins? I really want to go with biscuit. As someone born, raised, and currently living in the South, that seems like it would be the logical choice for me. I’ve had biscuits that were so good that I turn into… --- ## [Unknown actress/singer/entertainer id?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-actress-singer-entertainer-id/741641)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-actress-singer-entertainer-id/741641 "2015-12-30T15:17:19Z")
This is all the info I have. Undated, but Bruno died in 1987, so that might put a cap on the end date. --- ## [Rock Bio: Tom Petty by Warren Zanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bio-tom-petty-by-warren-zanes/741020)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bio-tom-petty-by-warren-zanes/741020 "2015-12-30T14:44:41Z")
Link to book on Amazon: Petty: The Biography - Kindle edition by Zanes, Warren. Arts & Photography Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Yeah, I am on a roll with these things. Here is the link to the Sam Phillips bio I read, … --- ## [dumb songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-songs/740543)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-songs/740543 "2015-12-30T14:04:08Z")
Today, I was cruising around and heard “tie me kangaroo down, sport”. This reminded me of the good old days of Dr. Demento. This is one of the dumbest songs ever, but I caught myself singing along ( badly). I’ll leave i… --- ## [Was Kraemer Always to Have An Unknown First Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kraemer-always-to-have-an-unknown-first-name/741298)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kraemer-always-to-have-an-unknown-first-name/741298 "2015-12-30T13:49:17Z")
I just saw the episode wherein the gang finally learns Kraemer’s first name (Cosmo). Did the script writers always intend that the name would be a mystery? Kraemer was pretty PO’d about it-why did he want it to be a secr… --- ## [What is this style of sunglasses called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-of-sunglasses-called/741721)
**Author:** [@Nippless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nippless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-of-sunglasses-called/741721 "2015-12-30T13:00:27Z")
As seen in the movie “Casino”, those thick framed large square shades like de Niro’s character wore. --- ## [Anyone remember this cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-cartoon/246654)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-cartoon/246654 "2015-12-30T05:10:20Z")
I have vague memories of watching a cartoon when I was little, about a woman who was a school teacher by day, witch by night. Her name was “Ms. Switch?” and she had a black cat named Sheba that talked. She looked like … --- ## [JSA comics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jsa-comics-question/741596 "2015-12-30T03:41:30Z")
Is Hourman only able to take one pill a day, or is it that he has to wait an hour between pills? I’ve read both online. One a day is still interesting, but not as impressive. --- ## [Podcast sorting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-sorting/741617)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-sorting/741617 "2015-12-30T02:01:48Z")
I want to group my iTunes podcasts into various categories, News, Music…I can not find any info on how to do this. Can anyone help? --- ## [Anybody See The HBO Documentary (About Drugs In Cape Cod)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-the-hbo-documentary-about-drugs-in-cape-cod/741650)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-see-the-hbo-documentary-about-drugs-in-cape-cod/741650 "2015-12-30T00:13:49Z")
i missed it-our latest cable “package” iteration doesn’t include HBO. in case you have seen it, are there any new insights about this plague? Thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=936) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=938)