Popcorn in cinema, shopping in airports, why ???

Shiraz 4.99

Who woke up & decided that this is what the sheeple need to do at these locations ?.
Most people just fall in & obey.

This is very sad.

Maximus Alexander

Wait, what?

comongethappy

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Who woke up & decided that this is what the sheeple need to do at these locations ?.
Most people just fall in & obey.

This is very sad.

And what's the deal with airline food!?

jjpep

Our lizard overlords

Davarus Walrus

I smoke my crack pipe at both locations as I'm not a member of this 'sheeple' set. Far less expensive and fattening than cinema popcorn as well.

aphex™

Because duty free, obviously. Used to be duty free even within the EU.

jjpep

Also, you forgot pick n mix.

A Greedy Algorithm

Popcorn is Cinemas dates back to the Roman era, they had an abundance of popcorn and used to eat it will watching the fights in the arenas.

FearDark

I bet OP posted that from his iPhone.

paulbok

and watching movies in the cinemas.

Wake up people!

rubadub

Shannon was the first airport to have duty free shopping, exposing the loophole allowing it.

Little attention is needed for eating popcorn, I never got the fascination with eating food in cinemas at all. Some insist on it while they might not think of eating at home watching a dvd.

comongethappy

paulbok wrote: »

and watching movies in the cinemas.

Wake up sheeple!

Fixed!

cloud493

About tree fiddy

beakerjoe

I wouldnt go the cinema sometimes if it wasnt for the popcorn

catallus

And popcorn isn't fattening!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

beakerjoe wrote: »

I wouldnt go the cinema sometimes if it wasnt for the popcorn

Who makes you buy the popcorn? Don't that no I've ever bought popcorn at a cinema.

beakerjoe

Awkward Badger wrote: »

You're very saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.

FYP

Arthur Beesley

catallus wrote: »

And popcorn isn't fattening!

It's the layers of butter that's fattening...

Dial Hard

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

It's the layers of butter that's fattening...

Most cinemas did away with the butter years ago.

The pricks.

beakerjoe

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

It's the layers of butter that's fattening...

Sweet delicious layers

beakerjoe

Dial Hard wrote: »

Most cinemas did away with the butter years ago.

The pricks.

The joy of the Odeon

Maximus Alexander

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

It's the layers of butter that's fattening...

I can't think of a cinema in Dublin that still offers buttered popcorn. Are there any in the rest of the country?

Remmy

damn right op. I sometimes have popcorn at home also. Fight the power!

LizT

But if I can't shop in the airport, where else will I buy a giant toblerone?

Arthur Beesley

Dial Hard wrote: »

Most cinemas did away with the butter years ago.

The pricks.

Not my local Odeon or the ones I've been to in the US.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

LizT wrote: »

But if I can't shop in the airport, where else will I buy a giant toblerone?

Switzerland. You're already at an airport.

Dial Hard

LizT wrote: »

But if I can't shop in the airport, where else will I buy a giant toblerone?

The medium ones are two for €4 in the Texaco at the Spawell at the moment, you could always glue them together?

beakerjoe

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I can't think of a cinema in Dublin that still offers buttered popcorn. Are there any in the rest of the country?

All the Odeons do, ... well they did until last week (rushes out the door to see if its still there....)

Arthur Beesley

LizT wrote: »

But if I can't shop in the airport, where else will I buy a giant toblerone?

What do you mean by giant?

Do you mean a 400g one or something a bit bigger? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kraft-Toblerone-Jumbo-4-5-Kg/dp/B004INT01A

beakerjoe

Dial Hard wrote: »

The medium ones are two for €4 in the Texaco at the Spawell at the moment, you could always glue them together?

Medium......bah! We aint got time for that :pac:

LizT

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

What do you mean by giant?

Do you mean a 400g one or something a bit bigger? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kraft-Toblerone-Jumbo-4-5-Kg/dp/B004INT01A

2500 calories a chunk :eek:

Arthur Beesley

beakerjoe wrote: »

Medium......bah! We aint got time for that :pac:

Is 4.5 kg sufficient?

Peregrine

What are you on about? I've gotten good deals from airport duty free shops.

beakerjoe

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Is 4.5 kg sufficient?

http://f.kulfoto.com/pic/0001/0041/Sm42R40952.jpg

That will do me

cloud493

Salty popcorn is worse than being punched by a junkie.

Riddle101

People go to the Cinema for the atmosphere more or less. Food helps create the atmosphere as well.

beakerjoe

cloud493 wrote: »

Salty popcorn is worse than being punched by a junkie.

Im gonna go out and start on some junkies so... good I love it (not overly salted mind you, just nicely salted)

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Shopping at the ariport: duty free, d'uh.

Popcorn at the cinema: popcorn was popular as a snack at fairs, circuses, sporting events etc in America from the mid-nineteenth century onwards - the kernels and machinery for making it were easily portable, it was cheap, the popping was a novelty/entertainment factor, and the smell carries a lot, so it was profitable.

And then sound came to films in 1927 and the audience vastly increased (because you no longer needed to be literate to understand the plots). It became a popular entertainment medium rather than the high-brow art-form - comparable to the theatre or opera - that much of the industry had been aiming for. The popularity of the movies further exploded during the Depression, and popcorn vendors would often set up shop outside cinemas because it was a good spot. Popcorn was still affordable as a snack for most people. The cinemas eventually gave in and figured if someone was going to be making money off it, it might as well be them. Popcorn has almost a century of an association in the popular imagination with the movies; there's no more REASON to eat it there than there is to eat sprouts at Christmas, but there you have it.

Boy, that took much longer to type than "sheeple"

Cienciano

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Who woke up & decided that this is what the sheeple need to do at these locations ?.
Most people just fall in & obey.

This is very sad.

You're going to stick it to the man by not availing of the amazing duty free prices in airports? Are you the reincarnation of che guevara?

podgemonster

I'm glad for airport shopping. I hate having unnecessary weight in my rucksack for presents and having to lug them everywhere.

My last flight home at the end of a trip is usually check the bags in, through security, buy a keyring and few fridge magnets and an industrial size bag of After Eights and everybody is happy.

People just like to be thought of doesn't matter whether you got it at the airport or you bartered for it with some hill tribe in Nepal. It's the thought that counts.

rubadub

Sadie Ancient Urination wrote: »

Popcorn has almost a century of an association in the popular imagination with the movies; there's no more REASON to eat it there than there is to eat sprouts at Christmas, but there you have it.

I was saying one reason is that it requires little attention. You can mindlessly eat popcorn in the dark while concentrating on the film. It can be easily shared and doesn't matter if it goes cold or was cold to begin with. Easy to pick up and you don't have to examine what you are eating in anyway. This is why I reckon pick n mix is also popular. I doubt sprouts would be a big seller in a cinema!

I sometimes get a chinese takeaway and chop up the meat and veg finely so I can just eat it with a spoon while watching TV.

Maximus Alexander

podgemonster wrote: »

People just like to be thought of doesn't matter whether you got it at the airport or you bartered for it with some hill tribe in Nepal. It's the thought that counts.

The spirit of the phrase "it's the thought that counts" could also be interpreted as "it's the effort that counts". In which case bartering for something with a hill tribe in Nepal would certainly be more appreciated than a bag of miniature Dime bars from the duty free.

Arthur Beesley

rubadub wrote: »

I was saying one reason is that it requires little attention. You can mindlessly eat popcorn in the dark while concentrating on the film. It can be easily shared and doesn't matter if it goes cold or was cold to begin with. Easy to pick up and you don't have to examine what you are eating in anyway. This is why I reckon pick n mix is also popular. I doubt sprouts would be a big seller in a cinema!

I sometimes get a chinese takeaway and chop up the meat and veg finely so I can just eat it with a spoon while watching TV.

I liquidise my Chinese takeaways, much easier to consume.

Maximus Alexander

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

I liquidise my Chinese takeaways, much easier to consume.

I drop a steak into the blender and the pour it into a cup. Grab a straw. Job done.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

rubadub wrote: »

I was saying one reason is that it requires little attention. You can mindlessly eat popcorn in the dark while concentrating on the film. It can be easily shared and doesn't matter if it goes cold or was cold to begin with. Easy to pick up and you don't have to examine what you are eating in anyway. This is why I reckon pick n mix is also popular. I doubt sprouts would be a big seller in a cinema!

I sometimes get a chinese takeaway and chop up the meat and veg finely so I can just eat it with a spoon while watching TV.

Aye that's one reason why it endures, but it's not how it got there in the first place - the OP's (probably pisstaking now that I think of it) statement was that someone just "woke up one morning" and decided to sell popcorn in cinemas.

If early twentieth century Hollywood had happened in Asia instead we'd probably all be eating puffed rice snacks or something at the cinema.

But yeah, it's easy to eat in the dark, can be made in large batches rather than to order without too much impact on taste, you can eat a big volume of it without feeling stuffed so it's good for something the length of films, it's salty so you're more likely to buy a drink etc etc, there's plenty of very good reasons which taken in total make it a really good snack for the cinema, but a bit of historical context is always fun :pac: or maybe that's just me

rubadub

Sadie Ancient Urination wrote: »

At a bit of historical context is always fun :pac: or maybe that's just me

not just you! I am always wondering why things are how they are, like turkey at christmas.

Speaking of china, ever see how they cook popcorn?

when you heat popcorn it is contained in the kernel like its in a mini pressure cooker, it gets to a critical point and explodes. The Chinese heat the kernels in an actual type of pressure cooker. This stops the kernels from exploding right away. Then they suddenly release the pressure cooker and all the kernels instantly explode.

listen for the car alarm going off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLsl7Bk4wCo

Celly Smunt

LizT wrote: »

But if I can't shop in the airport, where else will I buy a giant toblerone?

Whenever a father gives a child a giant toblerone, you can be sure he forgot he had a child.

mad muffin

jjpep wrote: »

Our lizard overlords

…all hail

Arthur Beesley

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I drop a steak into the blender and the pour it into a cup. Grab a straw. Job done.

I drink it straight out of the blender. Less washing up to do,

The_Valeyard

I do not understand this thread

*hides in corner and rocks forward and back*

catallus

mad muffin wrote: »

…all hail

Hail 0/

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Whenever a father gives a child a giant toblerone, you can be sure he forgot he had a child.

Wha?