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Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-14-2003, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal

Does anyone here just refuse to go to movie theaters for any reason?

Yes. Outrageously priced food and drink.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-14-2003, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
I was only able to sneak three beers into the theater and one of the empties rolled down to the screen

So? It was empty, right? Did you lose the deposit?

This happened to me once at a theatre, and the movie was so bad that the bottle rolling down got more laughs than any of the lines in whatever completely non-memorable movie it was (think Hot Shots Part Deux or something).

ThrashersFan · 10-14-2003, 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So? It was empty, right? Did you lose the deposit?

This happened to me once at a theatre, and the movie was so bad that the bottle rolling down got more laughs than any of the lines in whatever completely non-memorable movie it was (think Hot Shots Part Deux or something).

Yes, it was empty. No, we don't do deposits down here -- just chuck them in the trash. It made me have a flashback to age 15 and being escorted from a theater and threatened with a call to the police. I had my son with me and I didn't want there to be a scene if the usher busted me. It was just weird.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 10-14-2003, 02:23 PM

Personally, I don't care who wins the Yankees/Red Sox series...

As long as one of them hurries their asses up and kicks the living shit out of the fucking Cubs.

There is nothing, I repeat nothing, more obnoxious in this world than asshole Cubs fans on those very rare occasions when the Cubs are actually winning...

Gattigap · 10-14-2003, 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
And this is perhaps why, the Yankees lead the league in merchandise sold, led the League in attendance at home and are always the largest road draw [making even more money for every other shit team that complains about their payroll].

And why Shea Stadium constantly has less fans in attendance than the Bangles reunion concert I went to several years ago.

[Emphasis added]

This post makes a profound point, though not the one I think you think you're making.

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Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-14-2003, 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
I just found out that a guy I've started dating refuses to go see movies in movie theaters. He hasn't given me an explanation yet. He'll go to the theater to see plays, but no movie theaters. Assuming that he doesn't have a really good explanation, like that he got assaulted by a gang of prepubescent ruffians on his way out of the last Power Rangers movie, is it wrong for me to judge him for this?

No, I think going to the theater is fun, too. However, some possible justifications:

Hates people talking during the movie
Wants to talk/smoke during the movie
After years of movie rentals, he feels oppressed by a specific start time
Germ-phobic
Demophobic
Broke (hey, those fuckers are expensive these days, even before popcorn)
Has a better sound system at home
Has been banned for life for puking in the seats
Afraid of the dark
Moral objection to not being able to eat sushi in the theater
As yet undisclosed movie snobbery, and he will not see ANYTHING that receives a general release

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So, who wants to go see Intolerable Cruelty with me this weekend?

Already have a date with 10 neighbors to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Funny, that. After telling neighbors how good Bubba Ho-Tep was, a bunch of them immediately complained that they hadn't gone along since they loved horror films/Bruce Campbell/ass-sucking mummies, and didn't know anyone else did. So we have quite the neighborhood horror posse, now.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-14-2003, 02:29 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
And this is perhaps why, the Yankees lead the league in merchandise sold, led the League in attendance at home and are always the largest road draw [making even more money for every other shit team that complains about their payroll].

Actually, attendance should probably be measured by % of capacity of stadium filled since most older stadiums are much smaller, e.g., Wrigley and Fenway. Yankee Stadium is quite large for an older stadium.

If we go by overall attendance %, i.e., % of capacity filled at home and on the road, the Cubs are #1, with San Fran #2 and Boston #3. Yankees are 4th.

(See espn.com stats page - I tried to cut and paste but had trouble with the format).

spookyfish · 10-14-2003, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by The Daintiest Petunia
Oh dear! It sure likes like a picked a rough and tumble day to join in the Greedy Associates fray!!! Hey, that was kind of a poem!:laugh: :laugh: Not bad for a newber! O.K., I'm really going to stop now. I'm not even a baseball fan and that seems to be the topic du jour. (Nothing like a little Francais to add a touch of class and mystery, I always think!!!)

The Daintiest Petunia

Welcome to the board, newber. We're glad to have you! Don't be afraid to jump into the fray with the rest of us, very few people here bite.

I have a suggestion, though. Since you are new, you probably do not know a lot of the ins and outs of the board yet. A little tradition we have here, is to sprinkle most of our posts with a shout-out to one of our board friends. Usually, we try to sprinkle this into the middle of the text, like this (Hi, Thurgreed!). It's just a friendly way of saying heidy-ho to your new chums on the board. If you have any questions, PM me, and I'll be glad to give you a list of our friendlier posters. Again, welcome aboard, new neighbor, and have fun. I'm sure you'll learn soon enough that we're a swell bunch of folks.

Your new pal,
spookyfish

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-14-2003, 02:42 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Meanwhile, no one who plays for the Yankees has ever hit anyone.

People love headhunters on their own team, and hate 'em the rest of the time.

You suffer from selective reading. I already admitted Clemens was almost as nuts as paigow. In fact, he's my least favorite Yankee starter because of how he used to nail Jeter on the regular when he pitched for Toronto. So, what you just made up, doesn't apply in this case.

That said, he doesn't threaten to bean people in the skull right after attempting to hit someone in the head.

TM

evenodds · 10-14-2003, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
No, I think going to the theater is fun, too. However, some possible justifications:

Hates people talking during the movie

I rarely see anything in the theater because I cannot stand having people talk during a movie.

Things rarely anger me, but talking during a movie just pisses me off. I nearly slugged the guy next to me, who decided to talk on his cell during the opening credits of 28 Days Later.

When I do see a movie, we go opening night if possible, so fewer people will have already seen it and will have fewer reasons to tell their friends "I love this part."

We attend the theater in our neighborhood because it has the most generous stadium seating (true aisles, great legroom, no kids kicking the back of your seat). If it's not playing there, I have to really really really want to see it.

Tyrone Slothrop · 10-14-2003, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You suffer from selective reading. I already admitted Clemens was almost as nuts as paigow. In fact, he's my least favorite Yankee starter because of how he used to nail Jeter on the regular when he pitched for Toronto. So, what you just made up, doesn't apply in this case.

That said, he doesn't threaten to bean people in the skull right after attempting to hit someone in the head.

TM

I think I suffered, although the word hardly seems appropriate, from not having read the rest of posts in the thread. Or, you suffered from my ketching up. Sorry.

Someone (Bob Ryan?) writing in the Boston Globe the past few days pointed out that the Red Sox always let their stars get away with too much. Right now it's Pedro and Manny, but it used to be Roger. He had to leave the team to get a grip. To the extent that he has a grip now.

Can I ask, what the hell was the Gerbil thinking? What was he going to do with Pedro once he got him?

Flinty_McFlint · 10-14-2003, 02:47 PM

What with the flinging of the elderly, the cleating of groundstaff, the threat of criminal charges, I have got to start watching more baseball--they've finally learned something from reality shows and made it more compelling to watch. I'm hoping they vote out Giambi on the next episode.

purse junkie · 10-14-2003, 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why the fuck was a Fenway employee allowed in the bullpen to wave a Sox flag around and to mock the Yankees players?

The fact that MLB hasn't fined the Sox and John Henry for this blantant security breach is further proof of Selig's dislike of the "so-called" Evil Empire.

s4e

Mommy, he mocked me! He waved a Red Sox towel! He started it! Why am I the only one getting in trouble? I had to hit him til my hand split and stomp my cleats into his chest!

What the fuck is this, a second-grade playground? Any overpaid Peter Pan asshole who can't hold it together in the face of routine fan taunting should be stripped of his goddamned contract and forced to actually work for a living.

P(and I hold my own team's crying toddlers to the same standard)J

ABBAKiss · 10-14-2003, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by barely_legal

Does anyone here just refuse to go to movie theaters for any reason?
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I don't understand going to movies on dates. Even though I no longer date, I very rarely see movies in the theater. I think this is because I see this as non-social behavior (like something I do when I am hung-over or sick).

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 10-14-2003, 02:56 PM

Here's an excerpt:

"If the Cubs lost to the Red Sox in the World Series, no doubt Cubs fans would feel awful. At last, got to the gates of heaven and they crashed shut. That's rough. But how would I feel if the Red Sox lost to the Cubs?

I have previously suggested that I feel toward the Yankees as I would toward someone who'd shot and killed my dog. Given this, what would it feel like if the Cubs beat us in the big one? It would feel as though some pleasant, absent-minded guy had accidentally run over my dog in the street and not really noticed, and then clumsily reversed back over the dog as it yelped in its death throes. Then he started whooping and guzzling beer with friends, while still standing over the dog corpse. And all the while he still seems like a really nice guy who was hard to blame or dislike."

The article is on the front page of www.slate.com