# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=951 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 952 --- ## [How much would a median piece at a top art museum be worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-median-piece-at-a-top-art-museum-be-worth/739087)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-median-piece-at-a-top-art-museum-be-worth/739087 "2015-12-01T04:44:25Z")
I was recently in NY & DC which meant we hit up a ton of art museums. While each museum had a couple of pieces by what would be considered household names, there were also a ton of paintings by artists that only art hist… --- ## [I grew up a fan of Rocky movies - couldn't help but be excited about "Creed"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grew-up-a-fan-of-rocky-movies-couldnt-help-but-be-excited-about-creed/738928)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-grew-up-a-fan-of-rocky-movies-couldnt-help-but-be-excited-about-creed/738928 "2015-12-01T04:26:37Z")
I saw Creed yesterday. I really liked it. I think I’d say it was the third best Rocky movie, but a very close third best (ie almost equal with Rocky II). Of course, I tend to think of Rocky-Rocky II as being one four hou… --- ## [whats your guys view on Steve Mcqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-guys-view-on-steve-mcqueen/738663)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-guys-view-on-steve-mcqueen/738663 "2015-12-01T03:13:33Z")
is he the next Stanley Kubrick in terms of directing he is a perfectionist and waits a while for each release… what do you guys think --- ## [Taking Stock - Thanksgiving Leftovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-stock-thanksgiving-leftovers/738780)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-stock-thanksgiving-leftovers/738780 "2015-12-01T02:22:21Z")
Surprised there isn’t a thread for this yet…or maybe I’m just bad a searching. I took the turkey carcass out of the fridge and into a stock pot. Added in some leftover chopped carrots and celery. Some parsley, sage, r… --- ## [Any Grace Potter and the Nocturnals fans out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-fans-out-there/607337)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-grace-potter-and-the-nocturnals-fans-out-there/607337 "2015-12-01T02:18:47Z")
My only exposure to this band is the PBS “Artists Den” show in NYC. Seeing it right now for the second time. Seems like a very tight group. Liking it. --- ## [Favorite Cookie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookie/738565)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookie/738565 "2015-11-30T21:36:59Z")
I plan on baking a bunch of cookies tonight for Thanksgiving over at my folks. (My dad always says we don’t need to bring anything, but when I mention I was going to bring cookies, that’s okay :smiley: ) I love the Nes… --- ## [Best Canadian Number 1 Singles:2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2003/738978)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2003/738978 "2015-11-30T20:58:25Z")
You may vote for more than one of these songs. Older polls are always open: 1964:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board 1965:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society -… --- ## [The most disgusting or disturbing movie you have ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-or-disturbing-movie-you-have-ever-seen/738270)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-or-disturbing-movie-you-have-ever-seen/738270 "2015-11-30T20:52:24Z")
Have any of you seen a movie that was so disgusting, disturbing or just plain f’ed up that you will never forget it? My vote goes to an obscure move from Hungary called “Taxedermia”. The plot is basically three barely … --- ## [Does your Kindle use up the battery when its off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-kindle-use-up-the-battery-when-its-off/623709)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-kindle-use-up-the-battery-when-its-off/623709 "2015-11-30T19:20:06Z")
This is starting to really bug me. I turn my Kindle off completely for a couple weeks when life gets too busy. Every darn time I find half the battery drained when I finally get time to resume reading. WTF? is going on? … --- ## [Your Least Favorite Beatles Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933)
**Author:** [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-least-favorite-beatles-song/108933 "2015-11-30T19:01:48Z")
This was inspired by the Top 6 Beatles song thread. Everyone has trouble picking a top six, but can you pick out your least favorite? I choose “Hold Me Tight” on With The Beatles. It just seems poorly written and kind… --- ## [Does the fashion of this decade look appreciably different from that of the previous? Or the 90's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fashion-of-this-decade-look-appreciably-different-from-that-of-the-previous-or-the-90s/738916)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fashion-of-this-decade-look-appreciably-different-from-that-of-the-previous-or-the-90s/738916 "2015-11-30T18:29:25Z")
So I was thinking about how one of the big dividers between decades, especially in the 20th century, has been fashion: poodle skirts in the '50s, long hair and sandals in the 70’s, life preserv— uh, windbreakers in the 8… --- ## [What Cartoon Superhero This?: Zip Zam Zowee Am \[Something\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-superhero-this-zip-zam-zowee-am-something/739034)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cartoon-superhero-this-zip-zam-zowee-am-something/739034 "2015-11-30T17:13:55Z")
Don’t know from what back crevice of my mind this fragment came, or what triggered it, but I saw or read a cartoon superhero as a kid who had this going-into-action phrase: Zip! Zam! Zowee Am! Kerspoosh! (or something l… --- ## [Jessica Jones question (SPOILER if Answered)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-question-spoiler-if-answered/739029)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jessica-jones-question-spoiler-if-answered/739029 "2015-11-30T14:58:04Z")
I’m only a few episodes in on this series, so I don’t want to visit the thread about the show, but my wife and I have a question that I hope someone can answer without too many other spoilers: Does Jones start wearing a… --- ## [Recommendations for new series to watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-new-series-to-watch/738821)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-new-series-to-watch/738821 "2015-11-30T13:44:11Z")
Hi all - I’m looking for suggestions for new TV series to watch. This isn’t comprehensive, but to give you some idea of our taste(s): The wife and I have recently watched and enjoyed… …The Wire …Breaking Bad (neither… --- ## [Name of a female German singer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015 "2015-11-30T06:00:41Z")
I’m trying to recall the name of a German singer from the late 1970s-early '80s. She sang torch songs, maybe schlager, and it isn’t Ute Lemper or Andrea Jurgens. She was blond, with acne scars on her cheeks, and the albu… --- ## [My Pre-Thanksgiving Blues Brothers Tradition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pre-thanksgiving-blues-brothers-tradition/738612)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pre-thanksgiving-blues-brothers-tradition/738612 "2015-11-30T04:39:38Z")
I love this film and watch it every year the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Beer or wine is required. Let The Good Times Roll :smiley: --- ## [Any Detectives of Asian ancestry PLAYED by actors of Asian ancestry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-detectives-of-asian-ancestry-played-by-actors-of-asian-ancestry/723348)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-detectives-of-asian-ancestry-played-by-actors-of-asian-ancestry/723348 "2015-11-30T03:01:18Z")
I mean in English-language movies or TV. I have no doubt there are detectives in Chinese or Japanese movies, or those from other countries in that area. And I mean since 1940, for reason about to be given. I ask this b… --- ## [Share your Thanksgiving story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-thanksgiving-story/738485)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-thanksgiving-story/738485 "2015-11-30T02:25:44Z")
You know you have one… unless you are a heathen from one of those countries that doesn’t celebrate the best holiday on the planet. So what was it… did you confuse salt for sugar… not realize the cancel button didn’t jus… --- ## [Goulash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goulash/738964)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goulash/738964 "2015-11-30T02:24:28Z")
I was tempted to post what I is a common mid-west dish that somehow they call “goulash.” Ground beef, stewed tomatoes, elbow macaroni, shredded cheddar, and maybe a dash of paprika that has been in the spice drawer for 2… --- ## [Simple Rankin-Bass animation (Rudolph special) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-rankin-bass-animation-rudolph-special-question/738904)
**Author:** [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-rankin-bass-animation-rudolph-special-question/738904 "2015-11-30T01:14:33Z")
Just happen to see one of these last night (\*Santa Cause is Comin’ to Town \*I think, the one with Fred Astaire) and it made me wonder something. Since these were the epitome of classic stop-motion animation it applies to… --- ## [Achieving Peak Adele: are we there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achieving-peak-adele-are-we-there/738351)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achieving-peak-adele-are-we-there/738351 "2015-11-29T23:25:10Z")
Her new album is on track to sell 2.5 million copies the first week - those are old school numbers!! The fake ad on SNL was great: a Thanksgiving meal of jerkish relatives is going south; the young girl at the table wa… --- ## [Preparing dinner for 8 in Technicolor in 1934](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-dinner-for-8-in-technicolor-in-1934/738859)
**Author:** [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-dinner-for-8-in-technicolor-in-1934/738859 "2015-11-29T22:32:03Z")
The thread about pre-1970s scenes looking muted in recent movies/TV shows made me think of “Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares ‘Dinner for Eight’”, a 1934 promotional film for Southern California Edison that was among the firs… --- ## [Best Canadian Number 1 Singles:2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2002/738661)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-number-1-singles-2002/738661 "2015-11-29T22:30:48Z")
Happy Thanksgiving 2015! Which of these songs would you vote for? One or two of these are old songs that reached number 1 in Canada in 2002. You may vote for MORE than ONE Song. Older polls always open: 1964:Canadian… --- ## [Do you buy "Live" albums? (or Live music of any kind?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-live-albums-or-live-music-of-any-kind/738726)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-live-albums-or-live-music-of-any-kind/738726 "2015-11-29T19:44:41Z")
Recently, I’ve been trying to organize my music collection. It turned out to be a much bigger job than I thought it would be. Some of my favorite artists include Dylan, Santana and AC/DC. I have more than 20 albums for e… --- ## [Ozu's muse and Japanese screen legend Setsuko Hara dies at 95](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozus-muse-and-japanese-screen-legend-setsuko-hara-dies-at-95/738890)
**Author:** [@tim\_mcdonough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_mcdonough)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozus-muse-and-japanese-screen-legend-setsuko-hara-dies-at-95/738890 "2015-11-29T16:28:17Z")
“We would sigh or let out a great breath from the depth of our hearts, for what we felt was precisely this: Can it be possible that there is such a woman in this world?” --- ## [Old 1930s German Book Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902 "2015-11-29T15:21:35Z")
I have a book printed in 1937, in German, titled “Peter Mönkenmann. Freikorpskämpfer an der Ruhr”. The author is Tudel Weller. Googling hasn’t been a big help. Anyone know anything about this book? My German is spotty, … --- ## [Why must the 1960s and earlier always be shown in muted colors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-the-1960s-and-earlier-always-be-shown-in-muted-colors/738772)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-the-1960s-and-earlier-always-be-shown-in-muted-colors/738772 "2015-11-29T13:19:14Z")
The Man in the High Castle is only the latest in a long series of shows that depict times of long ago in muted, almost sepia, tones and eternal twilight. The program is set in 1962, and as I recall it real life then was… --- ## [Hello Bitches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-bitches/738281 "2015-11-29T13:02:16Z")
Hello Bitches (NSFW, in case that isn’t clear from the title.) CL just released this song about 24 hours ago and the YouTube video already has well over 1 million hits. It totally fucking rocks! It’s an insanely ener… --- ## [What kind of a living can popular ex-Star Trek actors make from appearances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-living-can-popular-ex-star-trek-actors-make-from-appearances/738296)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-living-can-popular-ex-star-trek-actors-make-from-appearances/738296 "2015-11-29T05:45:00Z")
Just curious what kind of a living the actors who played the characters 7 of 9 or Deanna Troi or Elim Garak might be able to pull in by working the various science fiction and fantasy etc cons. Any estimates? 5 figures,… --- ## [Why Would Anyone Want Hard Cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-hard-cookies/738495 "2015-11-29T05:27:26Z")
There’s a chocolate chip cookie by Keebler that comes in standard (hard) or soft versions. Why would anyone want their cookie to be hard rather than soft? They like chipping their teeth on it or have it crumble in their … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=950) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=952)