# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=960 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 961 --- ## [Geeky wedding recessionals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-wedding-recessionals/737053)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geeky-wedding-recessionals/737053 "2015-11-10T22:35:03Z")
A fried just got married and used the Star Wars Throne Room (Episode IV victory music) as his recessional. I’ve had the same idea (he just got married before me) Any other tunes that would work? Brian Don’t need an a… --- ## [Lasagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagne/737055)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagne/737055 "2015-11-10T21:35:01Z")
I can’t remember the last time I made lasagne. Either it’s provided like once a year at the office, or I just get it frozen, or Mrs. L.A. makes it. Without looking up a recipe, this is how I’d make it: Brown a bunch o… --- ## [Help me improve my landscape photography!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-landscape-photography/736990)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-landscape-photography/736990 "2015-11-10T20:59:14Z")
I usually take photos of birds. There are some simple goals with that, like, try and fill the frame with bird, catch them doing something interesting, crop following Rule of Threes, etc. Landscapes… elude me. I had a sh… --- ## [A.1. vs. Heinz 57](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-1-vs-heinz-57/736842)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-1-vs-heinz-57/736842 "2015-11-10T19:40:43Z")
I started another thread about A.1. Sauce marketing. Thought about posting there, but I think I’ll make a poll. I grew up with A.1 Steak Sauce (now called A.1. Sauce) or Heinz 57 for our steaks. I think I liked them a… --- ## [Help me indentify this song \[possibly Irish folk song\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-indentify-this-song-possibly-irish-folk-song/736926)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-indentify-this-song-possibly-irish-folk-song/736926 "2015-11-10T19:28:43Z")
Here’s all I know. The song was in rotation on BBC Radio 1 in Northern Ireland some time ago, though I have no idea when. The snippet is someone singing what it sounds like. For a whole 26 seconds. Mystery Song If anyo… --- ## [Comedy TV Show - Schitt's Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-show-schitts-creek/737192)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-tv-show-schitts-creek/737192 "2015-11-10T18:31:21Z")
Last year, a new TV sitcom called “Schitt’s Creek” had its first season. It stars Eugene Levy and his son Daniel Levy as well as Catherine Ohara, Chris Elliot and others. Levy and his son are the Exec Producers and they… --- ## [Instruments that should be more common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-that-should-be-more-common/736980)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instruments-that-should-be-more-common/736980 "2015-11-10T17:26:00Z")
We’ve had a lot of threads about instruments we hate. How about the reverse, instruments that should be used a lot more than they currently are. The only time you hear them is as part of a horn section, but I’ve always… --- ## [Pictures of Castles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-castles/730827)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-castles/730827 "2015-11-10T16:42:04Z")
I just got an email with some spectacular images of scenery around the world. Among them was a view of Hohenwerfen Castle that I have turned into my computer “wallpaper.” There are some other amazing castles views at To… --- ## [Best way to brew tea (long and detailed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-brew-tea-long-and-detailed/736442)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-brew-tea-long-and-detailed/736442 "2015-11-10T15:06:59Z")
I was watching a TV show the other day about this Japanese coffee shop, with vintage fittings, a very large old espresso machine, different types of tampers for the espresso depending on what kind of drink was going to b… --- ## [Help identify a Las Vegas fast food joint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-las-vegas-fast-food-joint/737015)
**Author:** [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-las-vegas-fast-food-joint/737015 "2015-11-10T14:35:33Z")
Around new years 2009, a friend and I were passing through Vegas on a road trip. We gambled at the Belagio and wanted to grab a quick bite before we took off across the desert towards Phoenix. The place we got food from… --- ## [Knitting For Beginners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-for-beginners/736858)
**Author:** [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-for-beginners/736858 "2015-11-10T11:34:05Z")
Hi, I’ve just started knitting. I’m still confused by purl an something else. Anyone have any good tips or tricks for a beginner? I did find a nice trick though, so I have a beginning of a scarf! The trick is putting a … --- ## [PIXEL the movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixel-the-movie/737005)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pixel-the-movie/737005 "2015-11-10T08:17:42Z")
We just rented it on Netflix. My son and I both LOVED it. I especially like the Centipede battle scene. To those of us who blew alot of quarters on video games, and you others, what did you think? --- ## [Best album covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-album-covers/295215)
**Author:** [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-album-covers/295215 "2015-11-10T05:49:51Z")
Remember album covers? My favorite 3… The Stones…Sticky fingers…with the little zipper. Uriah Heep…Look at yourself…with the “mirror” Jackson Browne…For Everyman…If the album was in the sleeve he was sitting in the r… --- ## [How to find an obscure 1960's/70's (PBS?) TV documentary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-obscure-1960s-70s-pbs-tv-documentary/731415)
**Author:** [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-an-obscure-1960s-70s-pbs-tv-documentary/731415 "2015-11-10T02:37:38Z")
I’m trying to find information on a TV documentary from the 1960’s or 1970’s called “The Race for the Repressor”, or possibly “The Hunt for the Repressor”, which was probably but not definitely made by PBS. It’s about th… --- ## [Google Pays Tribute to Hedy Lamarr's 101st b-day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pays-tribute-to-hedy-lamarrs-101st-b-day/737134)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-pays-tribute-to-hedy-lamarrs-101st-b-day/737134 "2015-11-10T02:05:21Z")
That’s “HEDLEY”. --- ## [Joan Cusak "all I want is some pie"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-cusak-all-i-want-is-some-pie/426136)
**Author:** [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-cusak-all-i-want-is-some-pie/426136 "2015-11-10T00:15:46Z")
Snookie is wondering where the hell he saw this (Joan Cusak saying “all I want is some pie” she may or may not have added, ‘is that so wrong?’ . I did a whole bunch of searches and came up with references to the scene … --- ## [Have any chefs or other restaurant pros seen "Burnt" yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-chefs-or-other-restaurant-pros-seen-burnt-yet/736268)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-chefs-or-other-restaurant-pros-seen-burnt-yet/736268 "2015-11-09T23:56:25Z")
Authentic? Stuff you liked, stuff you didn’t? I’m interested in your assessment. I haven’t seen it, but I plan to. --- ## [Does anyone else remember this children's TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-remember-this-childrens-tv-show/633543 "2015-11-09T23:52:03Z")
It was called something like “The Spirit of '76”, and aired in 1976, or possibly 1975. Each episode was thirty minutes long, live action, and featured stories and songs about the American Revolution by the narrator, who… --- ## [LOTR question: Are the lighting of the beacons based on reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-question-are-the-lighting-of-the-beacons-based-on-reality/737128)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-question-are-the-lighting-of-the-beacons-based-on-reality/737128 "2015-11-09T20:47:36Z")
That is, was there a pre-phone type of communication used by countries where beacons were lit one by one to signal the other over vast distances? For reference, here’s the scene from the movie. Of course, in real life … --- ## [Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play/736879)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-burns-a-post-electric-play/736879 "2015-11-09T20:16:28Z")
Just got back from seeing a production of this show in Seattle. I hadn’t heard about it until they announced they were doing it here, but apparently it debuted in New York a few years ago and it’s proven quite popular in… --- ## [John Lennon's guitar auctioned for $2.4million](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennons-guitar-auctioned-for-2-4million/737004)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennons-guitar-auctioned-for-2-4million/737004 "2015-11-09T20:06:00Z")
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-john-lennons-guitar-sells-for-2.4-million-at-auction-2015-11 Buyer not disclosed. Biggest price for a guitar that I know of, acoustic like this or electric. Also says a drumhead used… --- ## [Favorite Decade For Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-decade-for-movies/736959)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-decade-for-movies/736959 "2015-11-09T17:53:35Z")
Let’s see: 1920S- Had A few good movies 1930S- had Gone With The Wind, And The Marx Brothers Movies and Boris Korloffs Frankenstein 1940S- Citizen Kane. Nuff said. 1950S- The Tingler with Vincent Price was good 1960… --- ## [Weirdest comic strip crossover ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-comic-strip-crossover-ever/736594 "2015-11-09T17:29:53Z")
So I’m browsing through the comic strips for Wednesday, and I notice something very strange going on in both the 11/04 Mary Worth strip, and the 11/04 Phantom strip. Slick! --- ## [Best Canadian RPM Number Singles:1993(Edited Version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-singles-1993-edited-version/736957)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-singles-1993-edited-version/736957 "2015-11-09T17:05:42Z")
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 M… --- ## [TAR 6 November 2015 -- Full Speed Ahead, Captain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-6-november-2015-full-speed-ahead-captain/736857)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-6-november-2015-full-speed-ahead-captain/736857 "2015-11-09T16:11:48Z")
The Ha-goo?! --- ## ["Preacher" Trailer- New AMC Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-trailer-new-amc-series/736399)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-trailer-new-amc-series/736399 "2015-11-09T15:58:09Z")
Saw the trailer for this during “The Walking Dead.” They didn’t really reveal much- not sure about the Cassidy casting, and is Tulip a brunette??? But to me, it looks like the series will pick up where the comics left … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - October 2015 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2015-edition/733052)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2015-edition/733052 "2015-11-09T15:26:01Z")
Otober! “From ghosties and ghoulies and long legged beasties and things that go bump in the night, Dear Lord protect us.” Or for us Urban Fantasy readers, BRING IT ON! I am nearly finished with Aloha from Hell by Richar… --- ## [Help me get free food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-free-food/736850)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-free-food/736850 "2015-11-09T15:00:25Z")
I just went through the junk mail we got today and there was a flyer with 11 coupons… each was for $1 off with a purchase of $1 or more. I don’t really think I will go through with this but I thought it would be fun to … --- ## [Songs About Single Works of Art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-single-works-of-art/735822)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-single-works-of-art/735822 "2015-11-09T12:24:31Z")
Two of my favorite songs in the world are Vincent(which one might reasonably assume is called Starry, Starry Night) by Don McLean and Painting by Chagall by the Weepies. Both are inspired by single identifiable painting… --- ## [Wotlz's optioms? Godfather question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wotlzs-optioms-godfather-question/736136)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wotlzs-optioms-godfather-question/736136 "2015-11-09T10:15:22Z")
I am rereading the Godfather and I was wondering what would have happened if Wotlz had still refused to sign Johnny Fontane after the horses head. If he had been someone who was willing to risk everything on principal. I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=959) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=961)