# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=948 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 949 --- ## [Anyone watching "Dark Matter"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-dark-matter/729276)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-dark-matter/729276 "2015-12-07T21:23:53Z")
We’re dragging our way through the early part of this new SyFy offering. Pretty recycled, but just engaging enough to see what’s next - in the absence of any other new shows for a few more weeks. Firefly it ain’t, altho… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S03E08: Many Heads, One Tale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e08-many-heads-one-tale/737841)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e08-many-heads-one-tale/737841 "2015-12-07T21:00:51Z")
“Many Heads, One Tale” Directed by Garry A. Brown Written by Jed Whedon & DJ Doyle Going by the title alone this will be the best episode of the season. No the series. Then again most people don’t judge quality by pun… --- ## [Shaggy Dogs Stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaggy-dogs-stories/714467)
**Author:** [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Conrad_Shadowdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaggy-dogs-stories/714467 "2015-12-07T20:56:18Z")
I am searching for shaggy dog stories. You know, long-winded jokes that go on seemingly forever with lots of unneeded details and offer an entirely unsatisfactory punchline. The two sadistic joys of a good shaggy dog s… --- ## [TAR 4 December 2015 -- It's Not Easy Beating Green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-4-december-2015-its-not-easy-beating-green/739482)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-4-december-2015-its-not-easy-beating-green/739482 "2015-12-07T18:27:11Z")
I swear, that sumbitch Justin fell out of the lucky tree and hit every branch on the way down. --- ## [Interesting programming choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-programming-choices/739688)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-programming-choices/739688 "2015-12-07T17:55:23Z")
I’m still a bit bemused by one the Weather Channel did recently. On the weekend of US Thanksgiving, which is quite food-oriented, they saw fit to run (several times, and promoting it fairly heavily) a documentary on the … --- ## [Things I have learned listening to 1949-1950 "Dragnet" radio shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-listening-to-1949-1950-dragnet-radio-shows/739198)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-have-learned-listening-to-1949-1950-dragnet-radio-shows/739198 "2015-12-07T17:49:47Z")
Listened to about 20 1948-1950 radio shows so far at the Internet Archive. Here is what I have learned so far. Los Angeles is hot, sometimes humid, sometimes warm Cars needed to lubed monthly Lots of middle class peop… --- ## [Robert Loggia Dies at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-loggia-dies-at-85/739468)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-loggia-dies-at-85/739468 "2015-12-07T17:02:55Z")
Certainly, we all knew him from many movies. I’m not even sure what his biggest movie is. I remember him from Big. --- ## [Why is chicken fat sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chicken-fat-sticky/739124)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-chicken-fat-sticky/739124 "2015-12-07T15:20:14Z")
A quick google of the above question didn’t render any satisfying answers, they were all about how to make sticky chicken. But when you handle cooked chicken, or most poultry, the fat has a sticky quality to it. Why doe… --- ## [70's playlist - started with Gram Parsons, now what??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-playlist-started-with-gram-parsons-now-what/739164)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-playlist-started-with-gram-parsons-now-what/739164 "2015-12-07T14:04:28Z")
I felt guilty because of my total lack of knowledge of Gram Parsons. So I downloaded his music then continued on with more 70’s stuff. I need more ideas. I’d like to think I have the obvious music handled, I need more… --- ## [Best Beginner's Guitar to Buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beginners-guitar-to-buy/739260)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beginners-guitar-to-buy/739260 "2015-12-07T10:50:54Z")
I’m buying the wife a guitar and beginner’s lessons for Xmas. I know absolutely nothing about guitars, so any help appreciated. I don’t want a cheapo instrument, but don’t want to buy high-end in case she hates lessons … --- ## [Foods You Can Freeze, Foods You Can't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-freeze-foods-you-cant/738416)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-can-freeze-foods-you-cant/738416 "2015-12-07T08:04:18Z")
This is really a topic I have wondered about, with great interest, for some time now. What foods can you safely freeze, and what can’t you? I know you can freeze butter. We’ve always done that in my family. It also is … --- ## [Name That Tune (without looking it up)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-without-looking-it-up/739391 "2015-12-07T05:51:14Z")
This will be mostly for the older folks among us. Like me. Without looking them up, can you name the song used as the radio and/or TV theme or signature tune for these performers? Laurel and Hardy Jack Benny Burns an… --- ## [The Wiz Live!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiz-live/739382)
**Author:** [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wiz-live/739382 "2015-12-07T04:23:14Z")
So did anyone watch? I rather enjoyed it. I didn’t watch the previous live specials, so I didn’t know what to expect, but this wasn’t awful. The singing was quite competent, Common looked good in green, in fact that who… --- ## [Krampus (I cannot wait for this comedy/horror movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746 "2015-12-07T04:18:18Z")
So I saw this movie trailer today (for a movie called Krampus) while at the showing of The Visit. Immediately after seeing it, I told my cousin that I absolutely MUST see that one as well, when it comes out. It looks v… --- ## [Musicians: Why does it take so long to record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-why-does-it-take-so-long-to-record/739505)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-why-does-it-take-so-long-to-record/739505 "2015-12-07T03:59:13Z")
I am a musician with plenty of live performing under my belt but no studio experience. I hear stories over and over about these long stints in the studio to record an album. Just this morning I read an article about Caro… --- ## [Joke about pate a choux / chew pastry in French crime show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-pate-a-choux-chew-pastry-in-french-crime-show/739487)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-pate-a-choux-chew-pastry-in-french-crime-show/739487 "2015-12-07T00:17:07Z")
I was watching the 2014 French crime series “Witnesses” (Les Témoins) and there was an exchange that I think I didn’t quite understand because it involved some kind of cultural joke between Belgian and French speech. Th… --- ## [Homemade Christmas Goodies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-christmas-goodies/739613)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-christmas-goodies/739613 "2015-12-06T23:13:59Z")
I want to make some gifts this year, as usual, but I’m not very creative. I usually go with food or candy, but I’d love non food ideas too. As I said, I’m not very creative, but I saw this on my TV the other day and th… --- ## [My Fair Lady: What's this joke in Professor Higgin's first song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fair-lady-whats-this-joke-in-professor-higgins-first-song/737651)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fair-lady-whats-this-joke-in-professor-higgins-first-song/737651 "2015-12-06T22:25:53Z")
Professor Higgin’s first song at the beginning of the film version of My Fair Lady is “Why Can’t The English Teach Their Children How To Speak?”, in which Higgins rants about the low quality of English spoken by the work… --- ## [Which media provider to buy? ( Netflicks/ Amazon Prime / Hulu / Etc. )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-media-provider-to-buy-netflicks-amazon-prime-hulu-etc/739582)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-media-provider-to-buy-netflicks-amazon-prime-hulu-etc/739582 "2015-12-06T17:36:49Z")
My Dearly Beloved™ and I have no normal t.v. No cable, no dish, nothing. We get our NYC-based programming through the air. Pretty interesting, those “secondary” channels. ( Channel 5.2 is “Movies !”, etc. ) Aside from wa… --- ## [Glad I didn't see that in the theater thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-i-didnt-see-that-in-the-theater-thread/739464)
**Author:** [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-i-didnt-see-that-in-the-theater-thread/739464 "2015-12-06T12:36:24Z")
I just saw the latest Fantastic Four movie and it doesn’t seem as though that fact deserves its own thread. So I thought I’d make a thread to bitch about crummy movies you’ve seen lately. That said: They played the … --- ## [The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chronicles-of-thomas-covenant-the-movie/528203)
**Author:** [@Remarkable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Remarkable)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chronicles-of-thomas-covenant-the-movie/528203 "2015-12-06T05:04:33Z")
For those that have read the story (all six books of it), can you see it being a successful movie adaptation, epic fantasy LOTR style, or not? IMHO it has the prerequisites… but how would you condense it into a film? Do… --- ## [William McIlvanney Dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-mcilvanney-dies/739556)
**Author:** [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-mcilvanney-dies/739556 "2015-12-06T04:25:32Z")
I suspect this will mean little to Dopers outside of Scotland, but one of the good Scots writers of his generation has died. The Laidlaw trilogy is worth a spin. --- ## [What is the Signature Song by the Rolling Stones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-signature-song-by-the-rolling-stones/738479)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-signature-song-by-the-rolling-stones/738479 "2015-12-06T03:40:14Z")
For Zeppelin, there’s no question. (right?) For the Beatles, I would think most would point to “A Day in the Life” For the Stones…it’s a bit hazy. If you pick the 60’s era, I think we could all agree upon “Satisfactio… --- ## [Removing slime from trout: need answer before supper!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-slime-from-trout-need-answer-before-supper/739352)
**Author:** [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-slime-from-trout-need-answer-before-supper/739352 "2015-12-06T02:53:42Z")
I went out ice fishing yesterday for the first time in years. Had a very successful day catching 8 or 9 rainbow and brook trout. What was very noticeable was how slimy the fish were. A couple of other guys came over t… --- ## ["Memento" getting remake - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memento-getting-remake-wtf/739236)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memento-getting-remake-wtf/739236 "2015-12-06T01:30:26Z")
Info here. I can’t think of a movie less in need of a remake. It’s not anachronistic, it won’t be done better with a big budget or modern special effects or anything like that. It doesn’t need some sort of spin for the … --- ## [Turquitos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turquitos/739530 "2015-12-06T01:16:01Z")
Yes, there are still leftovers from Thanksgiving. Tuesday I put the smaller bits of turkey – stuff that came off the wings, legs, various pieces of white and dark meat – into a pot with a can of Rotel’s mild salsa and s… --- ## [Help identify book series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-book-series/739529)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-book-series/739529 "2015-12-05T22:40:14Z")
Years ago before satellite radio I was a member of a books on tape service located in truck stops around the country. Pick up a book in Walcott Iowa, listen as you drive and leave it in Lodi Ohio. Get another for the dri… --- ## [Best movie duology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-duology/739177)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-duology/739177 "2015-12-05T22:04:54Z")
There are tons of “best movie trilogy” threads and lists, but what about series with only 2 movies? For reference, here’s a handy list (wikipedia). There’s a whole lot of “major release flop, low-budget straight-to-vid… --- ## [Survivor: Cambodia 12/2: "Tiny Little Shanks to the Heart"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-12-2-tiny-little-shanks-to-the-heart/739296)
**Author:** [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-12-2-tiny-little-shanks-to-the-heart/739296 "2015-12-05T19:02:34Z")
SPOILERS . . . . . . . . So, if you had watched the ‘next time on Survivor’ from last week, you knew someone was going out in the Immunity Challenge. And if you really paid attention, you knew it was a white mal… --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S03E09: Closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e09-closure/739155)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e09-closure/739155 "2015-12-05T15:23:04Z")
“Closure” Directed by Kate Woods Written by Brent Fletcher Closure?! Is a storyline going to be wrapped up? Will a new storyline pop out? Feels like it has been forever since the last episode! Looking forward to seei… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=947) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=949)