# Pitting "\[blank\]s that have \[blank\]" threads in Cafe Society

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/21 "2004-11-01T02:11:26Z")

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Now put all those together, and you got something: Name a movie with “the” in the title about a mother who works in an office playing games with either dice or cards, whose theme song has a guitar solo.  
😃

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/22 "2004-11-01T05:26:55Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Now put all those together, and you got something: Name a movie with “the” in the title about a mother who works in an office playing games with either dice or cards, whose theme song has a guitar solo.

[The House on 56th Street](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0024144/plotsummary)

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**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, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-blank-s-that-have-blank-threads-in-cafe-society/271703/23 "2004-11-01T08:09:12Z")

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O.K., now you guys are scaring me. 😉

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