# Pitting "\[blank\]s that have \[blank\]" threads in Cafe Society **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703 "2004-10-28T18:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/1 "2004-10-28T18:17:38Z")
You know, the ones like: “Hey guys! Let’s make a list of all the singers who have a “W” in their name”, or “Movies where the hero wears a hat”, or “Name all the TV shows that take place in Illinois”, or what have you. What’s the point of this? Just sayin’, that’s all… ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/2 "2004-10-28T18:22:32Z")
Partly, it’s the challenge of coming up with examples that nobody else remembered (especially if you come to the thread late.) Partly, it’s reading the list and going, “Oh, yeah! I loved that show/movie/song.” It’s easy enough not to open them if you don’t like them, you know. The titles are pretty obvious. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/3 "2004-10-28T18:31:17Z")
Willie Nelson Ray Wylie Hubbard Umm… I’m almost positive those are the only two. Well, them and Barry White. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/4 "2004-10-28T18:36:25Z")
Wynonna. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Chicago Hope. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/5 "2004-10-28T18:42:09Z")
Hank Williams The Maltese Falcon Roseanne ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/6 "2004-10-28T18:50:25Z")
Seriously, though. With all the intelligent and well-educated people here, why does the music discussion in CS tend to be either “What’s this song?” or “Let’s list some stuff!”? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/7 "2004-10-28T19:49:14Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > What’s the point of this? Why a specific query is made depends very much on the individidual OP. In the musical themed threads where no reason for asking is given, I always operate under the assumption the person is making a custom mix. I personally don’t know why **Hometownboy** asked: [Help me find all the rock songs with that Bo Diddley riff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283154) in the last Cafe Society _blanks that have blank_ query poll I responded to. I answered without caring what the reason was. If the thread didn’t interest me, I would’ve moved on without making a mental note. I DO know that the answers given don’t show as a comprehensive list anywhere on the internet and would bet the tracks listed would make a pretty good CD-R or internet radio program. Does it really matter? It’s all relative. Try this experiement: Start a thread asking posters here to list 5 current threads they find most non-sensical. You’d be hard pressed find many duplicate choices between posters. Some people read the classics. Others only read non-fiction. Most don’t read at all. Potatoes/Potahtoes. Tomaytoes/Tomahtoes. Some have found [Dave Marsh’s ‘Book of Rock Lists’](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=5T4N1qFAvc&isbn=0671787004&itm=11) an entertaining read, orthers wouldn’t even leave a used copy on their toilet tank. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/8 "2004-10-28T20:10:59Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Most don’t read at all. I know I’m pulling this out of context, but the idea that a lot of Dopers don’t read would go a long way to explain some of the replies I’m seeing lately. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/9 "2004-10-28T20:14:46Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > I know I’m pulling this out of context, but the idea that a lot of Dopers don’t read would go a long way to explain some of the replies I’m seeing lately. :snerk: ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/10 "2004-10-28T20:17:59Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > Partly, it’s the challenge of coming up with examples that nobody else remembered (especially if you come to the thread late.) Except even _that_ usually gets ruined, because someone invariably comes along and says: “Here’s a link to a website with an exhaustive list.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/11 "2004-10-28T20:38:59Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > Does it really matter? No, it doesn’t matter. My question was rhetorical. You didn’t pick up on that? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/12 "2004-10-30T08:24:16Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Willie Nelson > Ray Wylie Hubbard > > Umm… I’m almost positive those are the only two. > > Well, them and Barry White. Warren Zevon. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/13 "2004-10-30T16:09:47Z")
I think it’s because people are listening to a song, and notice something unusual, and they wonder if there are any other songs that have the same unusual thing. So they post about it. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/14 "2004-10-30T17:38:00Z")
I always take those threads as a personal challenge to come up with a legitimate answer from the 1910s (“Florence LaBadie!” “Fatty and Mabel Adrift!” “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier!”) and make people go, “Who? Whu’?” ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/15 "2004-10-31T00:00:22Z")
And that’s why I learn so much in those threads. Please do continue. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/16 "2004-10-31T20:28:09Z")
Brian Wilson True Grit Married With Children (I do love a trivia challenge…) ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/17 "2004-10-31T20:37:45Z")
Paul Hewson (aka Bono) Gone With The Wind The Real World (Chicago) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/18 "2004-10-31T20:49:47Z")
Waylon Jennings _The Outlaw Josey Wales_ “The Untouchables” BTW [here’s a link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=5435307) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/19 "2004-10-31T21:07:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I always take those threads as a personal challenge to come up with a legitimate answer from the 1910s (“Florence LaBadie!” “Fatty and Mabel Adrift!” “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier!”) and make people go, “Who? Whu’?” I spend most of my time in CS and I have to say you’re batting 1000 with me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/20 "2004-11-01T01:52:24Z")
Since you guys like inane trivia challenges so much, I’ll give you some even easier ones: Name all songs that have guitar solos in them. Name all movie titles that contain the word “the”. Name all TV shows where one of the characters is a mother. Name all TV shows where any of the characters works in an office. Name all games that use either dice or cards. Knock yourselves out. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703.md?page=2)