# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=98 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 99 --- ## [Happy Beethoven's birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1011731)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-beethovens-birthday/1011731 "2024-12-17T16:13:40Z")
Time to get down, get funky! --- ## [Thor and Green Lantern...switch accessories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-and-green-lantern-switch-accessories/1011427)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-and-green-lantern-switch-accessories/1011427 "2024-12-17T16:00:59Z")
(Usually) Only Thor can pick up Mjolnir…because he’s worthy. The Green Lantern ring sought out and accepted Hal Jordan…because he’s worthy. Could these two…theoretically…switch their respective tools of the trade? --- ## ['Groundhog Day' inspired movies/series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-inspired-movies-series/932592)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-inspired-movies-series/932592 "2024-12-17T15:32:56Z")
Big fan of Groundhog Day. I also found that I really like many movies and series that were inspired by the same mechanic. That is: protagonist experiencing same day over and over, without being able to stop it. That is t… --- ## [Tasting new beers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasting-new-beers/950724)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasting-new-beers/950724 "2024-12-17T12:14:01Z")
So, what new beers have you poured down your gullet recently? Right now I am drinking something called a “White Russian Nitro” from Left hand Brewing. It is described as a white stout with coffee and vanilla added, it … --- ## [Deliberately dim, sympathetic protagonists in non-comedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliberately-dim-sympathetic-protagonists-in-non-comedies/1011549)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliberately-dim-sympathetic-protagonists-in-non-comedies/1011549 "2024-12-17T04:48:45Z")
Last night my wife told me about the book she was reading, a gothic novel in which the protagonist is just dumb as hell. The problem, she said, is that the author thinks it’s a smart protagonist, and it’s infuriating. I… --- ## [Christian Bale gets around - Google maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-gets-around-google-maps/1011018)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-bale-gets-around-google-maps/1011018 "2024-12-16T17:35:17Z")
I thought there was a ‘strange things on Google maps’ thread but I couldn’t find it. Anyway, they’ve probably updated since then so… Helping a friend find a Planet Fitness near him, I found this strange graffiti (?) on … --- ## [In Your Eyes: What happened to the churches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-eyes-what-happened-to-the-churches/193526)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-eyes-what-happened-to-the-churches/193526 "2024-12-16T16:11:35Z")
I’ve heard Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” twice in the last 24 hours, and I’ve noticed that the line “I see the doorway to a thousand churches” has been excised from the song. Is this some new development? Does anyone … --- ## [What is green corn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-green-corn/1011698)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-green-corn/1011698 "2024-12-16T15:59:20Z")
I just saw a picture of a hotel menu from 1890. The vegetable choices were mashed potatoes, roast sweet potatoes, boiled potatoes, macaroni in cream, green peas, green corn, and boiled rice. What is green corn? Judging … --- ## [The power of memory/nostalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-memory-nostalgia/1011648)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-memory-nostalgia/1011648 "2024-12-16T15:39:17Z")
Today I did some grocery shopping and then made a batch of our nearly-sacred Christmas sugar cookie dough. These will be baked tomorrow, cut out with tin cutters I’ve inherited from my mother, and decorated in the only p… --- ## [Comedies with an extremely cringy and awkward major character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-with-an-extremely-cringy-and-awkward-major-character/1011534)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedies-with-an-extremely-cringy-and-awkward-major-character/1011534 "2024-12-16T13:42:10Z")
Any good movies or TV shows where a main character makes you cringe in how awkward and embarrassing they are? The increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret The US version of the Office (the first few seasons at leas… --- ## [Obscure lines from commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-lines-from-commercials/1011420)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-lines-from-commercials/1011420 "2024-12-16T12:49:05Z")
I’ll start: “She can’t count too good, but she shore is purty.” Cowboy Sid, referring to Sheila The Wonder Horse on a Krystal commercial. --- ## [Humankind: A Hopeful History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humankind-a-hopeful-history/1011672)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humankind-a-hopeful-history/1011672 "2024-12-16T02:21:16Z")
I’ve been reading a book called Humankind: A Hopeful History. The author, Martin Bregman, sets out to prove that we are in fact evolutionarily wired for cooperation rather than competition, and that our instinct to trus… --- ## [What's wrong with using a microwave to make tea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-using-a-microwave-to-make-tea/1011513)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-using-a-microwave-to-make-tea/1011513 "2024-12-15T17:38:53Z")
A new XKCD strip is based on this. I’ll confess; this is how I make tea. I fill up my mug with water from the sink and then I heat it in the microwave for a couple of minutes. Then I put a tea bag in the hot water. Thi… --- ## [Name of the movie for SILK ROAD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-movie-for-silk-road/1011639)
**Author:** [@Sim77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sim77)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-movie-for-silk-road/1011639 "2024-12-15T09:04:52Z")
One friend of mine told me about a movie and the story was some people were looking to find a way through himalaya because they wanted to reach china by foot of course. Can anybody remember something ? --- ## [Nerds Gummy Clusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerds-gummy-clusters/1009524)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerds-gummy-clusters/1009524 "2024-12-15T07:56:50Z")
I had “fun sized” samples of a new-to-me candy that someone left in the WisDems office i worked out of. (Wisconsin Democrats. Catchy name, i thought.) It was a little lump of gummy candy coated in multi-colored “nerds”. … --- ## [Neil Young – the artist whose music has given me the most pleasure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-the-artist-whose-music-has-given-me-the-most-pleasure/1011394)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-the-artist-whose-music-has-given-me-the-most-pleasure/1011394 "2024-12-15T04:49:05Z")
This was a bit of a revelation, and it occurred to me just yesterday. Music has been a part of my life since the summer of 1971 when I discovered AM radio. I’ve had many favorites over the years, with the Beatles and Dy… --- ## [About The Honeymooners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-honeymooners/1011586)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-honeymooners/1011586 "2024-12-15T03:41:20Z")
About where does Alice’s mother live? Near or far to the Kramdens? In one episode, Alice says she saw her mother at the market making it seem like she’s nearby; yet, I was sure I recall in another episode, Alice begs Ral… --- ## [That'll be the day, by Buddy Holly: what does it mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-be-the-day-by-buddy-holly-what-does-it-mean/1011609)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thatll-be-the-day-by-buddy-holly-what-does-it-mean/1011609 "2024-12-14T22:55:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the most commonly used phrase in English that came from a movie?: My wife and I realized last night that we interpret the Buddy Holly song in very different ways. I hear “That’ll … --- ## [Alien: Romulus coming this Summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-romulus-coming-this-summer/999090)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-romulus-coming-this-summer/999090 "2024-12-14T22:45:18Z")
Nope it’s not Star Trek and there’s no Neutral Zone. It’s a standalone story set between Alien and Aliens. Can’t link to the trailer at the moment but it definitely looks more horror than action. --- ## [Trying out a candy cane- Can you guess the flavor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-out-a-candy-cane-can-you-guess-the-flavor/1011544)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-out-a-candy-cane-can-you-guess-the-flavor/1011544 "2024-12-14T20:20:36Z")
A friend sent me a six-pack of candy canes, and while I am diabetic I can still taste at least one of them, and pass the rest out to friends…or perhaps enemies? Can you guess the candy cane flavor, with bonus points for… --- ## [Weirdness of recording on my cable box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdness-of-recording-on-my-cable-box/1011626)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdness-of-recording-on-my-cable-box/1011626 "2024-12-14T19:28:16Z")
I have a standard cable box that has the occasional glitch but 99% of the time works just fine. Lately, though, there’s a glitch I can’t explain. The Ovation channel runs marathons of a half-hour show called The Art of.… --- ## [Barry Season 4 HBO. Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-season-4-hbo-open-spoilers/982831)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barry-season-4-hbo-open-spoilers/982831 "2024-12-14T18:16:13Z")
Following up on last season’s thread, first two eps dropped. I could have lived with it ending with the end of last season, but so fat so good. --- ## [Xmas tree preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xmas-tree-preferences/1011265)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xmas-tree-preferences/1011265 "2024-12-14T16:53:34Z")
Do you prefer your Xmas tree to be themed or more randomly decorated? Growing up, my family tree was chaotic. The huge, insanely hot lights were multi-colored. There were several different types of ornaments as the ye… --- ## [Warner Brothers Lawyers: (Spittake!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-brothers-lawyers-spittake/974164 "2024-12-14T06:54:36Z")
Uhm…the fuh. I have a difficult time believing Diddy got permission for this because there would be creative control issues…etc…you can’t just call up DC and say “Yo im doing a tequila commercial, how many zeros do i add… --- ## [Sergeant Cork tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sergeant-cork-tv-series/1011623)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sergeant-cork-tv-series/1011623 "2024-12-14T03:10:20Z")
A British series from 1963-1966, set in about 1890 Victorian London. Sergeant Cork and DC Marriott are the sum total of a new class of policeman called “detectives” in the new CID department at Scotland Yard. I highly re… --- ## [When did celebrity autograph signings at public events go from free to paid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-celebrity-autograph-signings-at-public-events-go-from-free-to-paid/1011390)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-celebrity-autograph-signings-at-public-events-go-from-free-to-paid/1011390 "2024-12-14T02:12:53Z")
Note not talking about randomly finding them on the street, rather at conventions or other public signing events. Though I never went to them prior to the 2000s seeing them in media it didn’t really seem like the celebr… --- ## [Long-in-development Movies Completed by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-in-development-movies-completed-by-someone-else/1011565)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-in-development-movies-completed-by-someone-else/1011565 "2024-12-13T13:38:51Z")
I re-watched The Thief and the Cobbler recently. It was a long-term project of Richard Williams (who directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and, as we’ve been discussing in the Christmas Carl thread, the 1971… --- ## [Most quintessential Christmas singer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quintessential-christmas-singer/1011515)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quintessential-christmas-singer/1011515 "2024-12-13T09:43:05Z")
With only two weeks till Christmas, we’re in the thick of Christmas music on the radio, as background music in stores, etc. Which singer to you most exemplifies Christmas music? To me, I think the only real answer here i… --- ## [The Amazing Kreskin dead at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-kreskin-dead-at-89/1011501)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-kreskin-dead-at-89/1011501 "2024-12-13T01:06:07Z")
Wonder if he predicted his own death. George Joseph Kresge Jr. --- ## [Looting the post-apocalyptic pharmacy: How do they find anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looting-the-post-apocalyptic-pharmacy-how-do-they-find-anything/1011556)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looting-the-post-apocalyptic-pharmacy-how-do-they-find-anything/1011556 "2024-12-12T23:08:33Z")
You can picture it: The world has gone to shit (again), supply chains have crumbled (again), zombies and mean people are everywhere (per usual). Someone had an oopsie and needed something stronger than a band-aid. So the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=99)