# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=956 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 957 --- ## [Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1998](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1998/737899 "2015-11-19T08:29:03Z")
You May Vote for MORE Than ONE SONG! Older polls always open: 1964:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board 1965:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope… --- ## [Easy T-day Dishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-t-day-dishes/737915)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-t-day-dishes/737915 "2015-11-19T08:13:52Z")
Okay, so my mom asked me what I want to bring for Thanksgiving. I’m not an accomplished cook, so I’m looking for easy recipes for side dishes, etc that I might want to bring. She’ll be doing the turkey and stuffing (and… --- ## [iZombie Season 2 (spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-season-2-spoilers-as-it-airs/733848)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-season-2-spoilers-as-it-airs/733848 "2015-11-19T03:54:26Z")
I am one day behind so I have not yet seen the season 2 premiere last night. iZombie, however, was one of the best shows to premiere last year. Anyone seen it yet? Thoughts? --- ## [Last Man on Earth (tv series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-tv-series/714002)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-tv-series/714002 "2015-11-19T02:41:15Z")
Surprised no thread on this. I found it, um, charming I guess is the right word. The review I read online was unhappy with added cast, but realistically it wasn’t going to be just Will Forte forever. I personally like… --- ## ["Dad Joke" meme and comedian.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-joke-meme-and-comedian/737953)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-joke-meme-and-comedian/737953 "2015-11-19T02:40:15Z")
“knowyourmeme.com” has the first know use of the term “Dad Joke” online at the end of 2003. Which is interesting, apparently it really is a newish term. (But they call “spics’n’specs” a British TV show, so they’re obv… --- ## [Help me ID this person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-person/737774)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-person/737774 "2015-11-18T20:19:44Z")
My brother and his girlfriend are vacationing in New York City. I received the following text from him (my responses included): Later, his girlfriend texts me a picture of the woman, which is here. I can’t place her. I… --- ## [Mexican food tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-food-tonight/737598)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-food-tonight/737598 "2015-11-18T19:45:06Z")
I offered Mrs. L.A. the choice of chili dogs or spaghetti with meatballs for dinner tonight. Then I said, ‘Or I could make chiles rellenos.’ That’s when her face lit up. The chiles seemed lonely, so I decided to make … --- ## [Nightcrawler VS Gambit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightcrawler-vs-gambit/737810)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightcrawler-vs-gambit/737810 "2015-11-18T19:22:22Z")
I admit I’m trying to get more of these VS threads going because I enjoy reading peoples ideas and responses. I learn a lot about different characters that I may not have been so knowledgeable about. That being said … … --- ## [Green Arrow VS Hawkeye W/O Bows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-arrow-vs-hawkeye-w-o-bows/737889)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-arrow-vs-hawkeye-w-o-bows/737889 "2015-11-18T18:04:13Z")
We all know that these two are master marksman, especially with regards to archery, but how would a fight go down without their main equipment? No bows and arrows. Just a hand to hand fight with any kind of improvised … --- ## [Looking for hot sauce in pyramid-shaped bottle, perhaps an Aztec pyramid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-hot-sauce-in-pyramid-shaped-bottle-perhaps-an-aztec-pyramid/737735)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-hot-sauce-in-pyramid-shaped-bottle-perhaps-an-aztec-pyramid/737735 "2015-11-18T17:53:35Z")
Some years ago, maybe as long as 15 or 20 years, I used to go to BBQ place for lunch occasionally that had a “Wall Of Flame” collection of hot sauces. It happened to Lucille’s Bad To The Bone BBQ, and I went to both the… --- ## [very healthy relationships shown in media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-healthy-relationships-shown-in-media/736876)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-healthy-relationships-shown-in-media/736876 "2015-11-18T15:54:38Z")
I haven’t really observed very healthy relationships – romantic relationships or friendships – in real life, and I thought it might be good to expose myself to realistic good relationships as depicted in media. If they b… --- ## [Which Years were better? Diane Or Rebecca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-years-were-better-diane-or-rebecca/737552 "2015-11-18T15:54:19Z")
I liked Diane Years The Most. Sam And Diane had good chemistry and that’s what made me like the early season’s. The Rebecca years on the other hand weren’t so good. Her and Sam didn’t have good chemistry at all. She whi… --- ## [Why did Frozen look so good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-frozen-look-so-good/736893)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-frozen-look-so-good/736893 "2015-11-18T15:47:59Z")
I’d like to have other people’s opinions on why Frozen looked as good as it did. It seems to me that they did a particularly good job with the characters, most of all Elsa and Anna. They completely avoided the uncanny v… --- ## [What else does a stand-in do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-does-a-stand-in-do/737405)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-does-a-stand-in-do/737405 "2015-11-18T15:39:03Z")
I have always been fascinated by stand-ins for movies and TV. If someone vaguely resembles someone acting on a film or in a TV show they are hired to stand in for the actor for lighting and camera adjustment purposes. O… --- ## [Oscar \[Academy Award\] trivia question: 1st cell and mobile phone usage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-academy-award-trivia-question-1st-cell-and-mobile-phone-usage/737663)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-academy-award-trivia-question-1st-cell-and-mobile-phone-usage/737663 "2015-11-18T15:29:55Z")
What was the first ‘Best Picture’ winner to feature a cell phone. What was the first (assuming there were any at all) ‘Best Picture’ winner to feature a mobile phone \[you know, the old timey ones that went thru a mobile… --- ## [Movies, which do not need sequels, My Big fat Greek Wedding 2.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-which-do-not-need-sequels-my-big-fat-greek-wedding-2/737686)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-which-do-not-need-sequels-my-big-fat-greek-wedding-2/737686 "2015-11-18T15:12:17Z")
As seen by the trailer here. Seriously, are studios that short of new ideas already? I\* really enjoyed the original; the trailer looks terrible; with some really bad premises. (I do remember that my grandparent all lo… --- ## [RIP Don Vito Margera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-don-vito-margera/737859)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-don-vito-margera/737859 "2015-11-18T05:28:58Z")
He was rude, disgusting, impulsive and he couldnt keep his hands off the ladies but he was a funny man who lead a life far better than he deserved. He will be missed. His hilites… He made Viva La Bam a hell of a lot… --- ## [I have Season 3 of the Miss Fisher Mysteries!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-season-3-of-the-miss-fisher-mysteries/731501)
**Author:** [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-season-3-of-the-miss-fisher-mysteries/731501 "2015-11-18T04:16:19Z")
It arrived today - and I have to do things like work and take my daughter up North. Acorn is selling it, no one else looks like they’ll have it until next month and no word on when it will show up on PBS or Netflix that… --- ## [Da Vinci's Demons S3-E8 on-demand audio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/da-vincis-demons-s3-e8-on-demand-audio/737854)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/da-vincis-demons-s3-e8-on-demand-audio/737854 "2015-11-18T02:21:31Z")
Mrs. L.A. likes watching Da Vinci’s Demons on Starz (xfinity On Demand). Season 3, Episode 8 seems to have an audio problem. The music plays just fine, but the dialogue is barely audible. Episode 9 looks like it’s OK. … --- ## [Joel or Mike? (MST3K)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-or-mike-mst3k/737326)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-or-mike-mst3k/737326 "2015-11-18T02:10:19Z")
Poll. :cool: --- ## [They Might Be Giants -- "best of" album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-might-be-giants-best-of-album/737603)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-might-be-giants-best-of-album/737603 "2015-11-18T01:58:00Z")
Some while ago, a friend lent me a CD of “the best of” They Might Be Giants. The only song I actually remember was “I Walk Along Darkened Corridors.” This was definitely a “best” compilation, not one of their regular a… --- ## [Ash Ketcham VS Yugi Mutuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-ketcham-vs-yugi-mutuo/737817)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-ketcham-vs-yugi-mutuo/737817 "2015-11-17T22:26:03Z")
Ash has 5 of his best Pokemon (you pick) and Yugi has 5 of his best Monsters (again, you pick). In a 5 on 5 battle which group wins? My pick is Yugi, just based on what I have seen in both TV shows (admittedly this is … --- ## [Music that immediately turns you on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-immediately-turns-you-on/737742)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-immediately-turns-you-on/737742 "2015-11-17T21:34:04Z")
During my last sexual relationship (summer of 2000), I went from Indiana to my then-girlfriend’s house in South Carolina. A few months earlier, knowing that I like Irish music, she bought me a gorgeous CD, Dan Gibson’s … --- ## [NBC Sitcoms you like the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-sitcoms-you-like-the-most/737565)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-sitcoms-you-like-the-most/737565 "2015-11-17T21:30:52Z")
Seinfeld Cheers Frasier Wings The Cosby Show Mad About You The Golden Girls Empty Nest --- ## [TAR 13 November 2015 -- Krakow, I'm Gonna Get You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-13-november-2015-krakow-im-gonna-get-you/737515 "2015-11-17T21:22:20Z")
Thread started in anticipation of tonight’s mispronunciation. --- ## [Is there anyone else who "binge listens" a band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-who-binge-listens-a-band/724741)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-who-binge-listens-a-band/724741 "2015-11-17T21:16:37Z")
I do something similar to “binge watching” on netflix with music. From time to time, I get deep into a band or singer. It may be one that I am familiar with already (I have gone through this cycle with the Beatles and t… --- ## [W/Bob and David on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-bob-and-david-on-netflix/737607)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-bob-and-david-on-netflix/737607 "2015-11-17T19:19:04Z")
Anyone see it yet? I looked around for reviews, and what I see looks good. So, I think I’ll binge on the 5 episodes tonight. Anyone watching? --- ## [How to cook cullen skink for one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-cullen-skink-for-one/737758)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-cullen-skink-for-one/737758 "2015-11-17T19:00:40Z")
Paging the chefs! One of the local dishes I really enjoy is cullen skink. Unfortunately all the recipes I’ve found are for 4+ people. How can I reasonably scale it down for one? Or will it keep in the fridge for re-heati… --- ## [Starting Doctor Who from the very beginning (1963). First time watcher here. Talk with me about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-doctor-who-from-the-very-beginning-1963-first-time-watcher-here-talk-with-me-about-it/736691)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-doctor-who-from-the-very-beginning-1963-first-time-watcher-here-talk-with-me-about-it/736691 "2015-11-17T12:24:13Z")
Not sure how many on here have seen the original, classic, very first ones…although I’ll eventually be getting into the present day and more recent ones as time goes on… …but anyway, I’ve long heard and read about Docto… --- ## [Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1997](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1997/737754)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1997/737754 "2015-11-17T10:18:20Z")
It’s now 1997, and you may vote for more than one song, so I urge you to unless you dislike the entries. Older polls are open and please check them out and vote! 1995 NEEDS MORE VOTES! 1964:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=955) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=957)