According to this, the popcorn may be the cheapest part of a movie date

“That is ridiculous to take a friend or that special one to see a movie,” Welsh said. “Plus if you take the girl you like your spending up to $45 because you have to treat the girl with the movie ticket and popcorn and candy to make everything right. It’s just what you have to do on a date if you want the girl to like you.”

Son, if she liked you, she'd pay you back, if you know what I mean . . .

I loved reading some of the comments, ranging from the health police-type who were ready to lynch the theater owners for what was in the popcorn, to your basic WGAS. One gent pretty well summed it up by saying "it's only for two hours, you're not going to starve to death and no one's forcing you to buy it, you already know it's unhealthy, so what's the fuss?". I was rather surprised that only a couple picked up on the $6 sale to 20 cent cost to make angle - apparently a 3000 % profit margin is ok when it comes to movie popcorn.

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Mooresville, NC
'87 300D 212K miles
'87 300D 151K miles - R.I.P. 12/08
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD 67K miles
Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club

Lol, thanks, boy that brought back some memories, and remember the chains from the pulltabs?

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or a hamburger using Krispy Kreme doughnuts as the bun?

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"I was a dirty bird, Carol's not grungey - she's *****in" John Milner....American Graffiti

Just another example of every thing we like being either illegal, immoral or fattening !!

My wife has a "12 pack purse" that she takes on the rare occasion we go to a movie. That tub of buttery salted popcorn just doesn't mix well with soda for me! I would gladly buy the beer from the theatre if they sold it, although it would probably take $200 to catch a buzz at their prices. Oh, and beware of open full beers left behind on the floor as they are probably "recycled"!!

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When I was a young'n in 1986, I worked as an assistant manager in a movie theater in Ramsey NJ. The butter was actual butter! Big huge sticks that were kept in the fridge and sliced down to put in the melter. That was heaven!

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"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

Yum

Now this fake butter stuff. It just smells like feet

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

I always eat before the movies, I get the $5 Tea but thats about it lol

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[QUOTE=psychwarfare;2685710]there's an Acme right next door to our favorite movie theater...and her purse is always on the large side./QUOTE]

Holy cow! Acme is still in business? I remember 50 years ago it was the poor cousin to A&P and Grand Union.

As for movie food, nothing taste better than the overly fat, heavily buttered popcorn that they serve. Lobster dipped in butter comes close, but you can't get a half gallon of lobster for $7.00.

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1983 300SD "Guderian"
1987 MR2
2015 Camry
2015 Chevy Spark
2006 Hyundai Tucson