# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=985 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 986 --- ## [Three flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-flags/731689)
**Author:** [@silent\_wonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_wonder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-flags/731689 "2015-09-18T18:42:10Z")
Hello, can you help me identify the two smaller flags on the sides in this picture? I suppose they are somehow related to the US flag on top… --- ## [I just realized part 2:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-part-2/731677)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-part-2/731677 "2015-09-18T17:45:43Z")
The Star Trek reboot fits my fanwank explanation of Kirk’s broken family\* much better than his dad “living to see Kirk graduate” Paste what we know of TOS Kirk\* onto his dad being killed by Nero and it’s a perfect fit. … --- ## [ST:TNG, Encounter at Farpoint makes so much more sense ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-encounter-at-farpoint-makes-so-much-more-sense/723065)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-encounter-at-farpoint-makes-so-much-more-sense/723065 "2015-09-18T17:08:31Z")
ST:TNG, Encounter at Farpoint makes so much more sense … … if you’re shitfaced while you watch it. Worst scene in the whole of ST:TNG was when Commander Riker met Dr. Crusher and Wesley. Wesley says that Cpt. Picard br… --- ## [Which Obnoxiously Loudly Delivered Move Line is Most Obnoxious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-obnoxiously-loudly-delivered-move-line-is-most-obnoxious/731231)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-obnoxiously-loudly-delivered-move-line-is-most-obnoxious/731231 "2015-09-18T15:59:58Z")
No real reason for this, just thought of it while I was bored at work --- ## [Movies and shows in the same visual style as John Wick and Only God Forgives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-shows-in-the-same-visual-style-as-john-wick-and-only-god-forgives/731607)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-shows-in-the-same-visual-style-as-john-wick-and-only-god-forgives/731607 "2015-09-18T15:57:40Z")
What movies or TV shows have used a visual style similar to the movies John Wick and Only God Forgives? Here are a few still to illustrate: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Generally, what effect(s) does it produce? W… --- ## [Best Time Ever with NPH](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-time-ever-with-nph/731485 "2015-09-18T15:01:50Z")
Anyone watch? I liked the idea of him crashing the opening couple’s events, but overall found it pretty ‘meh’. I think I’ll give it one more try (a bro always gives his a bro a second chance), but I doubt I’ll stay with… --- ## [Guy spends $1,500 and six months making a sandwich from scratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-spends-1-500-and-six-months-making-a-sandwich-from-scratch/731660)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-spends-1-500-and-six-months-making-a-sandwich-from-scratch/731660 "2015-09-18T13:30:35Z")
I had no idea so much work goes into the ingredients for a chicken sandwich. The garden was the easy part. He made his own cheese, pickles, and even the flour for his bun. I guess he likes staying busy. :smiley: --- ## [Diana Krall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diana-krall/731528)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diana-krall/731528 "2015-09-18T12:59:00Z")
I heard her on cable music, and bought The Very Best of Diana Krall on Ebay. I have described jazz to Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) as your heads are on the same pillow, and blues as moving away from each other on a train. Ms. Kr… --- ## [Doctor Who S9E1+2 -- The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-s9e1-2-the-magicians-apprentice-the-witchs-familiar/731483)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-s9e1-2-the-magicians-apprentice-the-witchs-familiar/731483 "2015-09-18T11:31:39Z")
Doctor Who’s next series is premiering in a few days. We did weekly threads last year so I figured we may as well continue. This years’ Series is a bit odd; if you’ve seen the news and titles, it’s almost entirely 2-par… --- ## [Drummers: does a Ludwig Speed King "play" differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-does-a-ludwig-speed-king-play-differently/731646)
**Author:** [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drummers-does-a-ludwig-speed-king-play-differently/731646 "2015-09-18T06:37:52Z")
(Why yes, this is a random pointless question…) Lately I’ve been listening lately to a lot of '70s rock and '80s punk. It seems like some of the drummers hold hold the bass drum a little more loosely to the beat. You … --- ## [America's Got Talent 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2015/720877)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2015/720877 "2015-09-18T02:21:44Z")
It’s baaaaaack! First episode airs tonight. --- ## [Double angle quotation marks to indicate translated language in fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-angle-quotation-marks-to-indicate-translated-language-in-fiction/731524)
**Author:** [@RearEchelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RearEchelon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-angle-quotation-marks-to-indicate-translated-language-in-fiction/731524 "2015-09-18T01:57:38Z")
I’m writing a story and I want the reader to know certain characters are speaking a “lost” language, but I don’t really want to invest the time in actually creating the language, and I really don’t want to just write gib… --- ## [Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1967/730971)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1967/730971 "2015-09-18T01:01:24Z")
These are all songs that hit the top of the Canadian pop charts. Any \* next to an artist’s name denotes that said artist is Canadian. This is because a Doper asked me in the previous poll if any Canadian band were among … --- ## [Premiere of Double Take Comics!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-of-double-take-comics/731538)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premiere-of-double-take-comics/731538 "2015-09-17T22:50:36Z")
Don’t bother. Dreary. A whole line of eight new titles, and they’re dull. They’re supposed to be hip 1960s retro zombie stuff – all shiny and fins. Fail. The only good thing about these losers is the price was only … --- ## [Disney making "Mary Poppins" sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-making-mary-poppins-sequel/731265)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-making-mary-poppins-sequel/731265 "2015-09-17T22:03:50Z")
That’s right-Disney is supposedly making a sequel to “Mary Poppins” set 20 years later. It, too, will be a musical, but they claim it will adhere more closely to the books. Really? Which of the books took place twenty… --- ## [Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1969/731510 "2015-09-17T21:27:01Z")
Okay it’s 1969 and 31 songs reached #1 on the RPM Canadian charts, excluding Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” which rolled over from the previous year. Andy Kim, Motherlode, and Guess Who were the three Canadian artist… --- ## [90s dance party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-dance-party/729883)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-dance-party/729883 "2015-09-17T21:24:29Z")
You’re at the club/a party/wedding reception on any given night in the 1990s. What gets you and your friends out on the dance floor? Only stipulation: the song has to be from the 90s. Second only stipulation: Let’s \*not … --- ## [Going to Chicago!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-chicago/730611)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-chicago/730611 "2015-09-17T20:12:05Z")
Will be there a week (mostly) I have two days of classes but have half a day on Thursday, all day Sunday, Monday and half a day on Tuesday. I want to go to the Art Institute, The Chicago History museum and maybe the Fie… --- ## [Obscure but interesting celebrity trivia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-celebrity-trivia/721392)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-but-interesting-celebrity-trivia/721392 "2015-09-17T19:10:53Z")
I don’t care about gossip but do you know any strange or quirky celebrity trivia? Odd coincidences, weird factoids, oddball occurrences? I’ll give two. The first one because I just heard it during an interview on The Ner… --- ## [Questions about The Departed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-departed/730550)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-departed/730550 "2015-09-17T18:27:06Z")
Why did Bill (DeCaprio) make a big deal about giving Costello his Social Security number? He was undercover as himself, not a made up alias. They had created an elaborate backstory of having him drop out of the Police … --- ## [Who is the greatest American rock MUSICIAN of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-american-rock-musician-of-all-time/730423)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-greatest-american-rock-musician-of-all-time/730423 "2015-09-17T13:38:11Z")
A little while ago I made a post asking “Who is the greatest American rock BAND of all time?” after I heard a Van Halen concert commercial make that claim for them: Then I made a poll from the answers to that thread: … --- ## [The "Japanese" salad dressing they always use in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-salad-dressing-they-always-use-in-the-u-s/731228)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-japanese-salad-dressing-they-always-use-in-the-u-s/731228 "2015-09-17T07:34:28Z")
At least around here (east coast U.S.), whenever you go out for Japanese food and a salad comes with it, it’s generic lettuce with what tastes like Thousand Island dressing. I can’t believe that’s what they really eat i… --- ## ["Little Red Riding Hood" nitpick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-red-riding-hood-nitpick/712013)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-red-riding-hood-nitpick/712013 "2015-09-17T02:15:39Z")
Wolf, you just caught a little girl alone in the forest. You want to eat her? Just eat her. What’s the point of all this rigamarole about getting ahead of her and posing as Grandma? --- ## [Are necklaces out of style?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-necklaces-out-of-style/731349)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-necklaces-out-of-style/731349 "2015-09-17T01:10:47Z")
I used to wear a necklace every day and even had some that I never took off, but now I can’t remember the last time I wore one. I work with several young people I can’t recall ever seeing one of them wear a necklace eit… --- ## [Movies that right up until the last 10 minutes had you going..."Nooo.This isn't really happening."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-right-up-until-the-last-10-minutes-had-you-going-nooo-this-isnt-really-happening/729902 "2015-09-16T23:45:24Z")
Meaning, movies that you kept waiting for the penny to drop…but pretty much either the title said it all or they played it straight and it’s your own skepticism that kept you from believing. SPOILERS for movies with odd… --- ## [Why do I keep reading Jack Reacher novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-reading-jack-reacher-novels/731264)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-keep-reading-jack-reacher-novels/731264 "2015-09-16T22:23:00Z")
Ugh, I just finished another one. I feel dirty. I noticed he’d released another in the series (#20–“Make Me”) so I rushed out to get it and finished it in one night (I’m too old to be staying up this late). The problem … --- ## [Star Trek Voyager Actor Jennifer Lien arrested for indecent exposure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager-actor-jennifer-lien-arrested-for-indecent-exposure/731494)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-voyager-actor-jennifer-lien-arrested-for-indecent-exposure/731494 "2015-09-16T18:14:34Z")
Sorry. Duplicate Thread. I searched for “Jennifer Lien” but forgot it only searched thread titles. --- ## [What shows should I see on my next Vegas trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-see-on-my-next-vegas-trip/730630)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-should-i-see-on-my-next-vegas-trip/730630 "2015-09-16T17:58:40Z")
I’m beginning to plan my next (third) trip to Las Vegas and I would like recommendations on what shows and attractions I should see. Based on my research at lasvegas.com, three shows really caught my eye. A) I really wa… --- ## [What's wrong with Brian Wilson of the "Beach Boys"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-brian-wilson-of-the-beach-boys/272574)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-brian-wilson-of-the-beach-boys/272574 "2015-09-16T16:27:33Z")
I knew he had problems in the past, and in a recent interview I saw he just seems very … “off” I guess is the best way to say it. Is it drug, burnout, mental illness… what? --- ## [Longmire season 4 now on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longmire-season-4-now-on-netflix/731031)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longmire-season-4-now-on-netflix/731031 "2015-09-16T16:20:36Z")
I’m tempted to binge watch the whole thing, but I’m gonna try pausing after the 2nd episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=984) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=986)