# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=983 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 984 --- ## [Who's worse: Sansa Stark or Dana Brody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worse-sansa-stark-or-dana-brody/732237)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-worse-sansa-stark-or-dana-brody/732237 "2015-09-22T21:31:04Z")
Pretty similar characters…woe is me teenage girls. Both annoyed me to no end. Dana might as well be dead, Sansa may still redeem herself. --- ## [Most ridiculous dialog you've heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridiculous-dialog-youve-heard/730860 "2015-09-22T18:47:35Z")
My husband is watching Encore Western. He does this a lot. Right now he’s watching Sierra Baron and I overheard this gem: Guy One: He was shot and killed. Guy Two: But how? Guy One: I do not know. I dare anyone to co… --- ## [Tell me why I should like Primer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-like-primer/651727)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-i-should-like-primer/651727 "2015-09-22T17:35:47Z")
Years ago, I remember seeing this movie on On Demand (IFC), I think I got about 30min into it before I turned it off. I mean I know they had a limited budget to work with but geez, these guys seemed so amateurish. Talkin… --- ## [I have the "key" and you have the, uhm, "lock" it fits....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-key-and-you-have-the-uhm-lock-it-fits/731945)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-key-and-you-have-the-uhm-lock-it-fits/731945 "2015-09-22T17:23:01Z")
I see \*\*this movie \*\*is on TCM today. The poster for it is a bit … suggestive, don’t you think? :eek: :wink: --- ## ["English style" Doner Kebab recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-style-doner-kebab-recipe/732213)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-style-doner-kebab-recipe/732213 "2015-09-22T17:20:49Z")
I spent a year in England over a decade ago and of all the things I miss about that country the lowly Doner Kebab tops the list. Not just any Doner Kebab, I can go to a Turkish restaurant here, but it isn’t the same. O… --- ## ["Sin enters as a servant, leaves as a master"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-enters-as-a-servant-leaves-as-a-master/732070)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sin-enters-as-a-servant-leaves-as-a-master/732070 "2015-09-22T16:45:08Z")
“Sin enters as a servant, but always leaves as the master” Does anyone know the source of this quote? The wording may not be exact but is close. I couldn’t find anything in google. --- ## [You know you had a tough day at work when "Wildfire" makes you teary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-had-a-tough-day-at-work-when-wildfire-makes-you-teary/732161)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-had-a-tough-day-at-work-when-wildfire-makes-you-teary/732161 "2015-09-22T15:36:40Z")
Yes, on my drive home tonight, I found myself feeling a bit weepy while listening to “Wildfire,” by Michael Martin Murphey. I’ve linked to it here so that any readers who don’t know the song can mock me from a position … --- ## [The Shakespeare of "\_\_\_\_\_\_\_"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shakespeare-of-_______/732140)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shakespeare-of-_______/732140 "2015-09-22T14:53:56Z")
I’ve heard Cervantes called the Spanish Shakespeare, and Pushkin called Russia’s Shakespeare, and that made me wonder who the equivalent would be in other places. Is there someone called the Shakespeare of Italy or Chile… --- ## [Wingstop or Buffalo Wild Wings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingstop-or-buffalo-wild-wings/729976)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wingstop-or-buffalo-wild-wings/729976 "2015-09-22T14:35:33Z")
Kind of like “Coke vs Pepsi” and “McDonalds vs Burger King”…you can only choose one here. If your choices are just one of these two, not Wing Street, not Hooters, not anything other than Wingstop or Buffalo Wild Wings, … --- ## [What and where to eat in New York City?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-to-eat-in-new-york-city/729639)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-and-where-to-eat-in-new-york-city/729639 "2015-09-22T09:44:56Z")
Spending 6 days starting mid-next week. I’ve never been before. Will probably be spending most of the time in Manhattan, other than a trip to Coney Island. Will probably spend some time in Brooklyn as well, but mostly ne… --- ## [Books or book series most consider "guilty pleasures"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-or-book-series-most-consider-guilty-pleasures/704385)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-or-book-series-most-consider-guilty-pleasures/704385 "2015-09-22T06:40:34Z")
Do you like to read certain authors, or types of books, that you are afraid others would look down at you for? Harlequin romances, genre mysteries(lots of cooks!), you name it. We’re all anonymous here, c’mon, fess up. … --- ## [Swiffer commercials Lee and Morty Kaufman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiffer-commercials-lee-and-morty-kaufman/732071)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiffer-commercials-lee-and-morty-kaufman/732071 "2015-09-22T06:15:48Z")
I enjoy these Swiffer commercials. Turns out Lee and Morty are a real couple thats been together over 40 years. (they married late in their 40’s). Cute couple and so full of energy at 91. Anyone else enjoy these commer… --- ## [Was Spock sexy? Data? Odo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-sexy-data-odo/731220)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-sexy-data-odo/731220 "2015-09-22T03:20:40Z")
So I’ve been a Star Trek fan for, oh, must be nigh on three hunnert eleventy-nine years now, including that stint I spent in the Phantom Zone. During that time, I’ve noticed that, despite not exactly being a pretty boy, … --- ## [Funniest Comedy Duos -- Past and Present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-comedy-duos-past-and-present/724219 "2015-09-22T03:18:40Z")
Vote for up to FIVE duos. Depending on response this may be preliminary to a Final Round later. =============================== The Group: Abbott and Costello Allen & Rossi Amos and Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles … --- ## [What are Dylan's best post-Jesus Freak cuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dylans-best-post-jesus-freak-cuts/731367 "2015-09-21T23:18:18Z")
Though I was a big Dylan fan back in the day, and am still a big fan of his old stuff up through Desire, he lost me during his Jesus Freak period (Slow Train, Saved). Afterwards, very little of his new stuff got airplay… --- ## [Brie cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brie-cheese/732156)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brie-cheese/732156 "2015-09-21T22:48:28Z")
Hello. Been enjoying some Brie I bought at Costco. Kirkland brand and very good. Well, I guess I didn’t eat it fast enough, and now it is very strong. So strong that it is no longer desirable. I hate to toss out foo… --- ## [Hmmm, looks like Bloom County may be coming back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hmmm-looks-like-bloom-county-may-be-coming-back/724972 "2015-09-21T22:15:59Z")
Or so Breathed teased on his FB page today. I was a big fan back when this was fresh and new, but I’m not sure how easy it would be for him to get up to speed again. --- ## [ID this SNL skit w. soldiers and aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snl-skit-w-soldiers-and-aliens/732137)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-snl-skit-w-soldiers-and-aliens/732137 "2015-09-21T22:11:03Z")
For the SNL scholars, I dimly remember a skit from about 20 years ago, possibly based on a Harry Turtledove short story. A platoon of modern US soldiers encounters a spaceship full of belligerent aliens. As the story pro… --- ## [Anyone else crave the fattiest parts of meat and poultry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-crave-the-fattiest-parts-of-meat-and-poultry/732141)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-crave-the-fattiest-parts-of-meat-and-poultry/732141 "2015-09-21T21:07:43Z")
I pick at the skin of roast chickens and ducks, and the fatty parts of prime rib and other marbled cuts of beef, and the chunks of fat on pork roasts, and similar. I like the meat too, but the first thing I go for is al… --- ## [Hotel Impossible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-impossible/731559)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-impossible/731559 "2015-09-21T17:44:05Z")
I stumbled on this show on Netflix and got hooked. Now I’m watching this season’s episodes on DVR. This week Anthony tried to work at a place in Florida called “Anice Inn and Suites”. For the first time on the show, h… --- ## [Arnold Ziffel goes to Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-ziffel-goes-to-paris/731684)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arnold-ziffel-goes-to-paris/731684 "2015-09-21T17:11:18Z")
I swear an episode of “Green Acres” featured Arnold Ziffel going to Paris (or somewhere in France) and coming back wearing a beret. My Google Fu must be busticated because I have searched every combination of Arnold/Zif… --- ## [Were any more installments ever made of the WWII propaganda film "Know Your Ally"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-more-installments-ever-made-of-the-wwii-propaganda-film-know-your-ally/732064 "2015-09-21T15:42:29Z")
I have found only this one, made by the U.S. War Department, which strives to explain the British to the Americans, and begins by announcing that is the first in a series of “Know Your Ally” and “Know Your Enemy” films. … --- ## [Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1970/731717)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1970/731717 "2015-09-21T14:41:59Z")
Okay it is now 1970, and 25 songs reached #1 on the charts in the large country north of the U.S. Two Canadian artists feature in this list, Guess Who\* and Mashmakhan\*, the former sending two singles to the top of the c… --- ## [Help me identify this hardboiled novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-hardboiled-novel/731946)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-hardboiled-novel/731946 "2015-09-21T13:22:41Z")
I was thinking novel that I previously read was a Jim Thompson novel but looking over his bibliography I can’t find it. It was written in the 1950s and is set in a relatively small town. Told in the first person, it is… --- ## [Preserving fresh dill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fresh-dill/731368)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fresh-dill/731368 "2015-09-21T02:26:11Z")
I decided it’s time to make some more gravlax, so I picked up some fresh baby dill. I bought the dill at Cash & Carry, which is ostensibly a restaurant provisions store; so the salad-sized container of dill contains qui… --- ## [Hard Root Beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-root-beer/729878)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-root-beer/729878 "2015-09-21T01:59:16Z")
Seems to be a trend, or maybe a fad right now. Hard Root Beers seem to be the rage around here. For anyone who doesn’t know what the “hard” means, it is alcoholic (I’m not sure if it would be understood to our internatio… --- ## [Molcajete: How to clean a guacamole bowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molcajete-how-to-clean-a-guacamole-bowl/731613)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molcajete-how-to-clean-a-guacamole-bowl/731613 "2015-09-21T01:43:32Z")
My niece got a guacamole bowl as a wedding present. She’d use it more often, but cleaning it is a bit of a chore. Is there some step she should be aware of, like coating it with olive oil or something before crushing av… --- ## [Rank your favorite nuts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-your-favorite-nuts/731578)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rank-your-favorite-nuts/731578 "2015-09-21T01:05:20Z")
From an old thread I started a while back (What’s your favorite nut? ), This Post would serve as a summary of the polling. Use the list if you like, but include your own favorites (including peanuts!) in a ranking list… --- ## [Drummers: Is There Really A Difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-is-there-really-a-difference/731735)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-is-there-really-a-difference/731735 "2015-09-21T00:47:07Z")
Just a neophyte… Why is a paradiddle R-L-RR-L-R-LL as opposed to R-L-R-L-R-L-R-L? Is there really a difference? Perhaps, it is not the rhythm itself, but it leaves the drummer in the wrong position for what follows? … --- ## [Gene Pitney and Lee Marvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-pitney-and-lee-marvin/731638)
**Author:** [@McGuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McGuffy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-pitney-and-lee-marvin/731638 "2015-09-21T00:19:04Z")
If you don’t know who they are…so sad. If you do; you’re old like me…cool! Small intro: The Man Who Shot LIBERTY VALANCE \* Gene Pitney - YouTube [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=982) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=984)