# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=945 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 946 --- ## [Star Trek TNG: "The Enemy: Do you order Worf to save the Romulan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-enemy-do-you-order-worf-to-save-the-romulan/739960)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-the-enemy-do-you-order-worf-to-save-the-romulan/739960 "2015-12-14T01:49:56Z")
In case you don’t recall the NextGen episode mentioned in the thread title, here’s the TVTrropes recap. Here’s the heart of the dilemma. For the sake of this post, consider that you rather than Jean-Luc Picard are capta… --- ## [70s Sci Fi TV movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371 "2015-12-14T01:04:15Z")
This is a long shot but I will ask if anyone else remembers this TV movie. I think it was on ABC late night during 1976 give or take a year. The plot was that an Air Force crew was stationed way up north near the arti… --- ## [Sarah Vowell - Annoying Voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-vowell-annoying-voice/652569 "2015-12-14T00:50:37Z")
Sarah Vowell was on NPR this morning. Who the hell told her she had a voice for radio!? It’s possible they said “face” and she misheard. Her voice is just horrid. I think she must speak with her mouth closed, because… --- ## [Who was the best Buffy "Big Bad"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-buffy-big-bad/740375)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-buffy-big-bad/740375 "2015-12-14T00:49:38Z")
The question should really be “Who’s the second-best Buffy Big-Bad, since all good and righteous people know that Glory is the correct answer” :wink: :stuck\_out\_tongue: One note: It’s not “What’s the best season?” (I mi… --- ## [What is your go-to, quick breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-go-to-quick-breakfast/740080)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-go-to-quick-breakfast/740080 "2015-12-14T00:48:40Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this kind of thread before, but I couldn’t find one that was recent, so here’s another one. For many years I ate cereal almost every day – usually Life, Cheerios, Grape Nuts, or plain Corn Flak… --- ## [Survivor Cambodia: S31; E13](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-s31-e13/740149)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-s31-e13/740149 "2015-12-14T00:35:57Z")
Keith, Keith, Keith. Didn’t you do the same thing last time-- couldn’t keep your mouth shut a TC? And it’s funny to watch him win the RC and have to pick players to go along with him. Not a strategic bone in his body. … --- ## [What happened to my cookie dough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-cookie-dough/740260)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-cookie-dough/740260 "2015-12-13T21:29:46Z")
Ugh, for some reason I always have problems baking anything. I’ve never been able to get anything to work out when I try by myself, though I have zero problems with someone else standing there. Today I tried to make som… --- ## [What kind of education would Tony Stark have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-education-would-tony-stark-have/740030 "2015-12-13T21:22:30Z")
Or put another way, if I were going to build a suit of powered armor, what kind of education would be helpful if cost was no object? EDIT: Could a Mod if possible please change the terrible spelling error in the title?… --- ## [Fajitas - why don't they ever give you enough tortillas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fajitas-why-dont-they-ever-give-you-enough-tortillas/740334)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fajitas-why-dont-they-ever-give-you-enough-tortillas/740334 "2015-12-13T20:47:47Z")
It happened again the other night. I ordered fajitas at a restaurant and got enough stuff to make at least four, but they only gave me three tortillas. So I either have to stuff them as full as I can, or ask the waitpers… --- ## [What is the alphabetical "first song" on your device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-alphabetical-first-song-on-your-device/739214 "2015-12-13T20:16:14Z")
Whenever I plug my phone in to someone’s car via USB to charge it seems to always want to connect immediately to their radio and play the very first song in the alphabetical listing. I don’t know how many times I’ve bee… --- ## [List of Rock Stars that have successfully made it back from the brink of self destruction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-rock-stars-that-have-successfully-made-it-back-from-the-brink-of-self-destruction/739809)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-rock-stars-that-have-successfully-made-it-back-from-the-brink-of-self-destruction/739809 "2015-12-13T19:02:20Z")
Title say it all. I’m just trying to comprise a list of rock stars that have successfully beaten their addictions. Whether it be drugs or alcohol. (or whatever) --- ## [Reverse Sear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-sear/740331)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-sear/740331 "2015-12-13T16:06:44Z")
I’ve heard about this and read about this but never tried it… until last night. My wife bought me a dry aged prime rib eye and I decided to give it a try. I seasoned it with some Lawry’s and cracked pepper, put it into… --- ## [Practical Magic movie question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-magic-movie-question/740151)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-magic-movie-question/740151 "2015-12-13T08:02:10Z")
Were the elderly aunts portrayed by Dianne Weist and Stockard Channing in the movie lesbian lovers? There was no overt indications of lesbianism in the movie, and of course the plot gives the characters an excellent reas… --- ## [Oscar Meyer Liversausage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-meyer-liversausage/739621)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-meyer-liversausage/739621 "2015-12-13T05:32:25Z")
What happened? Where did the Oscar Meyer Liver-sausage go? Nobody is carrying it, locally. Nobody can order it. And the only other brand tastes like shit. Is anybody else missing their OM Liverwurst? --- ## [McMillan and Wife: 'Marianne' clues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcmillan-and-wife-marianne-clues/740271)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcmillan-and-wife-marianne-clues/740271 "2015-12-13T05:10:52Z")
I recall an episode of Magnum P.I. where Magnum keeps hearing the tune Marianne. It just kept popping up, IIRC even on an ice cream truck. I think an old friend with the surname ‘Marion’ engineered the clues to let Mag… --- ## [What's the biggest steak that you have ever eaten in one sitting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-steak-that-you-have-ever-eaten-in-one-sitting/739905)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-steak-that-you-have-ever-eaten-in-one-sitting/739905 "2015-12-13T05:06:58Z")
I saw one in Albertsons that was the size of an iPad. I’m not even sure how you’d cook that monster. Anyone got stories? --- ## [Fi-Bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fi-bars/740224)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fi-bars/740224 "2015-12-13T03:04:19Z")
I think that’s how they were spelled. Does anyone else remember these? Little breakfast or energy bars full of fiber and coated in flavored icing. Far superior to any granola, breakfast etc bar out there now but seem to … --- ## [Austin Dopers--Restaurants open on Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopers-restaurants-open-on-christmas/740268)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/austin-dopers-restaurants-open-on-christmas/740268 "2015-12-13T02:30:22Z")
Hello Austin dopers! I’m spending Christmas day in Austin with my heathen family. After we go to the movies, we’re thinking of going out to eat. I assumed we could go eat Chinese food with all the nice Jewish people,… --- ## [The next "help me ID this movie" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-help-me-id-this-movie-thread/740279)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-help-me-id-this-movie-thread/740279 "2015-12-13T01:29:45Z")
At work we were talking about movies we’d seen as kids, such as “the very first theater movie” we’d seen, or the first Disney movie. One person of my own age(I’m almost 61) mentioned a movie, but couldn’t remember the t… --- ## [The Flash/Arrow Crossover Dec 1-2, 2015 \[Open spoilers after airing\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-arrow-crossover-dec-1-2-2015-open-spoilers-after-airing/738422)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-arrow-crossover-dec-1-2-2015-open-spoilers-after-airing/738422 "2015-12-13T01:03:57Z")
In case you don’t know yet: Neither series has a new episode this week, but next week will be the crossover event. I figure I’ll get the ball rolling now, where we can freely speculate on what’s going to happen, then co… --- ## [Is the Narrator of "Remembrance" Proust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163 "2015-12-13T00:39:35Z")
Remembrance of Things Past, À la recherche du temps perdu, is not a memoir but rather a work of fiction, right? So, is the narrator • the author, Marcel Proust (á la Kinsella in Shoeless Joe)? • an unnamed fictional ch… --- ## [Rose Siggins of "American Horror Story" dies at 43](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-siggins-of-american-horror-story-dies-at-43/740280)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-siggins-of-american-horror-story-dies-at-43/740280 "2015-12-13T00:11:46Z")
She developed a fatal infection following the removal of a kidney stone. She was born with sacral agenesis, a birth defect that is usually incompatible with life, and was also the first woman with the condition to get… --- ## [Is a penis more appropriate than labia in mainstream film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-penis-more-appropriate-than-labia-in-mainstream-film/683238)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-penis-more-appropriate-than-labia-in-mainstream-film/683238 "2015-12-12T23:51:06Z")
Penii are rarely in mainstream films, and even when they are its usually for comedic value. Erect penises seem to be the domain of porn/non-mainstream films unless covered by pants/sheets etc. But what about vulvas? Whi… --- ## [TV actors breaking multi-year contracts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-breaking-multi-year-contracts/740135)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-breaking-multi-year-contracts/740135 "2015-12-12T22:21:13Z")
I understand TV actors whose casting is critical to a show (think Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones) will sign multi-year contracts - what happens if they break them? Of course I would assume they would forfeit all futu… --- ## [Was there a hidden meaning to the song Livin' La Vida Loca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-hidden-meaning-to-the-song-livin-la-vida-loca/740157)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-hidden-meaning-to-the-song-livin-la-vida-loca/740157 "2015-12-12T20:10:52Z")
Yes, I know, I’m 16 years late. Here’s the song’s video: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca - YouTube A few of the song and video’s aspects, organized by theme: Sensory distortions: “Upside, inside out” “Woke up in … --- ## [Sinatra Centennial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinatra-centennial/740197)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinatra-centennial/740197 "2015-12-12T19:20:34Z")
Ol’ Blue Eyes would’ve turned 100 tomorrow. Here’s more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/opinions/lehman-frank-sinatra/index.html My favorite song of his: “Come Fly With Me” from 1958: - YouTube Yours? --- ## [Rock Bio: Sam Phillips, the Man Who Invented Rock n' Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bio-sam-phillips-the-man-who-invented-rock-n-roll/740255)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bio-sam-phillips-the-man-who-invented-rock-n-roll/740255 "2015-12-12T17:31:34Z")
So, yeah, I am on a tear with these rock bio’s - there’s a lot out there right now. Thread on Sound Man by Glyn Johns: Rock Bio: Sound Man by Record Engineer/Producer Glyn Johns - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message … --- ## [Best TV Episodes 2015 - nominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-episodes-2015-nominations/739949)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-episodes-2015-nominations/739949 "2015-12-12T15:40:44Z")
What were the best single epsiodes of television that first aired (or dropped, or streamed) this year? I’m looking for single episodes that really stood out of both the great and not so great shows of the year. Any gen… --- ## [Best "song within a song" performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-within-a-song-performance/739744)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-within-a-song-performance/739744 "2015-12-12T15:22:55Z")
The Bruce Hornsby thread currently getting some posts reminds me of a thread I wanted to post. I attend a LOT of live performances, both big names, and shows where I’m one of 20 people there. One of the things I love a… --- ## [pick your wooden actor - actress couple of all-time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-wooden-actor-actress-couple-of-all-time/515500)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-wooden-actor-actress-couple-of-all-time/515500 "2015-12-12T15:07:11Z")
OK… here’s what I’m looking for. The two stiffest people you can think of that, if put on the silver screen together, would make the movie look more like a budding forest than a feature film. My nominees: Bill Paxton … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=944) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=946)