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prettycool
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
When I worked in a movie theater, the noxious smell of popcorn made me throw up at least three times.

I only eat kettle corn, now.
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Penny
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Confession. Sometimes my dad and I have movie dates, skip dinner and share a large tub of popcorn (with a refill).

I love it.
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femme-bot
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Next their going to tell me bringing a water bottle of booze into a movie is "unhealthy". Pish posh!
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girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus
11/19/09

@femme-bot: You've got to get those little test-tube thingies full of candy-flavored liquor. Chuck a couple of those in your purse and pour 'em into your soda once the lights go down (my personal favorite recipe is two tubes of Mango in one half-full bottle of Sprite Zero). Tasty and stout.
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femme-bot
11/19/09

@girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus: Uggh, that sounds sick making. I prefer a LOT of rum to dump in a big soda. Mmmm! Health drink!
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the glamwich
11/19/09

@femme-bot: i'm just letting you know that shiraz now comes in purse sized juice boxes.

i'm not saying that that's the only reason i sat through 2012...but i'm just saying...
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femme-bot
11/19/09

@the glamwich: Hah. I got though "Sex and the City" with a biiiig water bottle of vodka. It was the only way I could convince my man-friend to come with me.
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jemandtheholograms
11/19/09

@femme-bot: I told my mom I wouldn't see it with her unless we smuggled in booze. I had to concede on it being a cosmo, but since my mother's version is about 10 times stronger and 100 times less sweet than any cosmo on the planet, it was still as win.
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ErinLovesYou
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
I've heard that Junior Mints are actually healthier than movie popcorn.

True? Or false? Either way, movie food is delicious.
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LaComtesse
11/19/09

@ErinLovesYou: Def. true. Jr. Mints have little to no fat in them.
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girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus
11/19/09

@ErinLovesYou: So true! Junior Mints are one of the healthiest candies around, fat-and-calorie wise. Even better than Raisinets or Three Musketeers. And zero cholesterol. Plus a serving is SEVENTEEN Mints, which is awesome, and a lot.

(I'm the world's biggest Junior Mint fan. I keep a jumbo box by my bed at all times. Seventeen (or an approximate handful) per day keep me from craving other, less harmless chocolaty treats, which has really improved my life, believe it or not. They're the best!)
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Elaken
11/19/09

@girlscoutcookie is back from hiatus: I rarely have it but I am a big Junior Mint fan. Probably because it is so minty I never in my life could eat 17 in one sitting. I love candies that pretty much require me to have portion control because they have such a strong taste.
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Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred)
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
If God wanted cinemas to be healthy places he would have put bloody treadmills in them.

As it is, I'll enjoy my popcorn and large extra cheesy nachos in PEACE, thank you very much!
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Tippi Hedren
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
This is why you smuggle in a bag of Pirate's Booty. It tastes better and, while not good for you, has WAY fewer calories. Problem solved.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
(Aside: I LOVE that Igor's face from Young Frankenstein is lurking to the left of the popcorn boxes. "What hump?)
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GreyEminence
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: That popcorn must belong to Abby Normal.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

@GreyEminence: "Did you just make a yummy noise?"
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Tippi Hedren
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
One time I was in line at the movie theater concessions and the lady in front of me says to the worker, "Yeah... can I get extra grease on my popcorn?"

At least she realized it's not really butter.
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GirlFailer
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Oh great. Next you're gonna tell me that McDonald's double quarter pounders are bad for my health, and drinking a 12 pack for supper isn't good for my liver.
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FroderickFronkensteen
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Listen, Science; If I've had a rough day, and all I want to do is eat Buncha Crunch and popcorn for dinner while watching an impossibly good-looking man fall for an impossibly good-looking and quirky woman on a ridiculously large screen inches from my face, then that is exactly what I'll do. So you can just shut it with your "scientific studies," because you DO NOT CROSS A SUGARBAKER WOMAN!
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Popcorn is healthy. The butter-flavored popcorn topping is unhealthy. I mean, geez, it is packaged like an industrial cleaning solution.

O/T: I dislike popcorn in all of it's forms, buttered or not.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite:
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marionette
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: That is bloody terrifying. Although I'm pretty sure bleach isn't too good on popcorn either...
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activearchivist is lovely, in a moist, fluffy sort of way
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: That is horrifying, and lust inducing. *drools*
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Snowbunny
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: Popcorn has almost zero calories. It's also a crunchy fiber bomb.

I really like cheese popcorn. A little too much. I might go buy some later.
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sarathelaundress
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: When they mentioned this study on the morning newscast they said that was *before* they put any extra topping on. Ugh.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

@sarathelaundress: That is so wrong! I just found this:

PLAIN POPCORN - NATURAL AIR-POPPED

Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 6 Cups (30g) Servings Per Container: varies, Amount Per Serving: Calories 80 from Fat 10, Total Fat 1g (DV 2%), Saturated Fat 0g (DV 0%), Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg (DV 0%), Sodium 0mg (DV 0%), Total Carbohydrate 21g (DV 7%), Dietary Fiber 6g (DV 24%), Sugars 0g, Protein 4g, Vitamin A (DV 0%), Vitamin C (DV 0%), Calcium (DV 0%), Iron (DV 4%) *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

#tips
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maria_hecht002
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: You go girl! In high school, I worked for the movie theater chain owned by Viacom's Sumner Redstone. As a concession worker, we had to refill the popcorn bins and "butter" machines. The industrial tubs we poured into the "butter" dispensers were labled "Durkee Flavor-All". In addition to that crap, the popcorn was sprinkled with "Durkee Flavor Seasoning".

I haven't eaten movie theater popcorn since 1982 and I never will. I either make it at home and use REAL organic butter, or I don't eat it.
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femme-bot
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: I hate when stuff is called "butter flavored". No! I want BUTTER!
Same with chocolate "drink" (in place of chocolate milk).
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sarathelaundress
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: That's why air popped at home is so much better for you. They're not air popping plain popcorn at the theater. I'm going to start making my own and smuggling it in.

What gets me is that air popping pop corn is not rocket science. They could very well offer that at the theater as an alternative.

#tips
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IndigoCharm
11/19/09

@Mary McCarthyite: I stopped eating the microwavable popcorn (which wasn't particularly great anyway, but in some of my friends' houses, there wasn't much else to eat) because I found out that butter flavouring is giving the factory workers lung diseases. And causing deaths. Blech.
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sweet_communist
11/19/09

In reply to Pop Secret
Why is that one box of popcorn green?!
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Ailatan
11/19/09

@sweet_communist: that's healthy popcorn, or it might be St Paddy's.
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Mary McCarthyite
11/19/09

@sweet_communist: Broccoli-flavored.
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sweet_communist
11/19/09

@Ailatan: Ah, freshly picked from the popcorn tree!
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Rare Affinity
11/10/09

In reply to Weighty Matters
I was excited for an instant when my eyes fixed on the tub in tubular shape, being more tub shaped than hour glass myself. Then I realised it was tubular as in straight up and down. The time when apple shapes are finally given their moment in the sun cannot come fast enough for me. #bodyshapes
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lady_justice
11/10/09

@Rare Affinity: Indeed! My tubular sister keeps trying to get me into skinny jeans - so bad on us apples! #bodyshapes
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/10/09

In reply to Weighty Matters
Maybe we should just aspire to not describing ourselves using inanimate objects and fruits as descriptors. (i.e. apple, pear, hourglass, tubes, inverted triangles etc, etc.)
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10pninjas
11/10/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: we're not referring to "you" as that, just your silouette. I never heard of inverted triangle, was just always easier to say "V" shape.

not trying to start an argument, but its hard to paint a mental picture without some description like this. I have used it only for convenience and never for offense. #bodyshapes
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Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC
11/10/09

@10pninjas: A body is a body. All of the descriptors sort of give an impression that one may be better than another and that's simply not true. It's a body. Bodies are different for myriad reasons: genetics, exercise and eating habits etc. I think we should probably grow beyond this. If you defy labels than they really won't apply. And the inverted triangle part was a joke. #bodyshapes
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10pninjas
11/10/09

@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: if the descriptors gave that impression, yes, it would be far from untrue. I've known that enough by my own attractions. I've been attracted to women of many body types including one more masculine then my own, most simply because i love the person more then the body. But if you're describing it just to describe...

its just hard to see that just describing how something looks it hurtful. i mean, sure...point out cellulite, crows feet and other hurtful specifics, that i can understand. But giving a decription of general height, weight, color and build...i think if you found neutral descriptions offensive, you should work on changing them if you can. On the biggest loser, these people are still big but they appreciate every pound lost, they are working to make a difference. But thats only shame on the offended if they take offense to neutral and do nothing about it. People trying to make a difference can still be hurt by malicious words.

my bad on the inverted part. you're still funny, i just wasnt quick enough to catch it. #bodyshapes
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redqueenmeg
11/10/09

In reply to Weighty Matters
Yeah, tell me something I don't know. I find this out anew every time I try to shop for clothes and can only find pants that fit over my rear if I can stuff my four-year-old child into the waistband with me. #bodyshapes
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banana_grabber
11/10/09

@redqueenmeg: both Gap and Ann Taylor have a 'curvy' fit that helps with that. But, yes, I feel like enlightening someone to the fact that I have hips and a waist and that they are not the same size. #bodyshapes
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redqueenmeg
11/10/09

@banana_grabber: I'll check Gap again after I'm no longer pregnant, but every time I've tried there before, since about 1992, I've found the same waistband problem. :D #bodyshapes
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banana_grabber
11/10/09

@redqueenmeg: It's a relatively new line. And I just recently got a pair of wide-leg trouser jeans at Goodwill made by Banana Republic that fit like a dream, so you might try there (BR) as well. #bodyshapes
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