Re: Baseball Has Begun!

Now you're getting too technical...

So it is at the movies here - but if you bare facedly do it, I discovered nobody challenges you !

Here you are subject to removal if not a conversation with the police because there is some "law" against it.

Cheryl

Same here--they will politely ask you to leave and if you don't they will threaten to call the cops.

Great idea...but...some stadiums & arenas do not allow you to bring in food. You can bring in bottled water, in plastic bottles but not food. A lot of people will tailgate prior to the game. Used to be able to bring in food at the arena in town (Verizon Center), but that stopped IIRC 2 seasons ago. And I know you cannot bring in coolers to Nationals Stadium, or Camden Yards. You can of course, sneak in some snacks - which many of us do.

Ellice

And here in the DC area backpacks, satchels, etc are searched upon entry into the stadium. Not quite the same as the movie theatre.

Ellice

I've snuck food into movies ... show of hands -- who hasn't???

One summer, my kids and I and my sister's family went to a game at Shea stadium. They're still talking about the vendors shouting 'COLD BYAH'

The local movie theater does random checks on parents with small children and teens.

Cheryl

I remember the term, not exactly sure what it means anymore; same with googlies! Gill

The smell of hot dogs, burgers and pop-corn together with the sound of people munching are what made us stop going to the pictures over 20 years ago.

Likewise!

Additionally, back in the day, I always wondered why I had to put up with the stench of that awful popcorn oil, but had I ventured to light up a cigarette I would have been ejected. I guess some smells are more acceptable than others.

Most movies we see nowadays are on dvd (and only after they have been vetted by our children, who will assure me that "No, Mom, there isn't much bad language, or explicit sex or violence.")

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

Bang on Gill!! A chinaman is a googlie bowled by a left hander. Jim.

Of course with cigarettes vs popcorn - it's not just the smell at issue, is it? Unless you're one of those people who doesn't believe in the ill-effects of 2nd hand smoke. The munching, crunching noises is what bothers me - not the smell.

My parents were smokers (and both dead because of it) and I remember as a kid going to the movies with them, and being very happy when finally old enough to go sit in other than the smoking loge section with them.

I'll confess - we have movies on FIOS. But our friends with older kids have an incredible amount of movies on DVD in their collections as opposed to movie channels. We have some on DVDs but aren't crazy to collect tons of them, and just haven't done the netflix thing - though I'm thinking of switching us.

Ellice

The stench really bothered me. And, if it smells that bad, are not stale popcorn oil fumes equally bad for a person??????

We just occasionally rent a movie - something we really think we want to see. DS gave us a six month subscription to Netflix a year ago, and we couldn't keep up with three movies a month - too much else to do.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

I can understand a smell bothering you. But, well - burning oil fumes would be harmful if they were actually scorching hot and could damage lung and esophogeal/naso-pharyngeal tissue. However, in general - no. The smell be more unpleasant to you, but cigarette smoke has toxins, which is really not the case with stale popcorn scents. Unless you have some really, seriously bad popcorn popping which likely would be bad enough that the health inspector should've done something about it. There are toxins carried in cigarette smoke that will deposit in the lungs of those exposed to it - even outdoors.

But, any ucky smell imposed on us by someone else is a bad thing.

Some truth in the too much to do. I think that is why DH would rather just keep the movie channels - the cost difference for us is likely about $15 a month, but the convenience is a big thing - it would take time to consult on what we want to see, and actually order them, plus put them in the return mail. We're so spoiled.

Ellice

I wasn't concealing the pop and stuff but if I had been and they wanted to check my gear - you know what ? Take your movie and stick it where the sun don't shine.

Really! Think about it. Do you live free or in a dictatorship ?

Weren't there maiden overs or something, that sounds like Jim !

It's not the dictionary - it's the laws that let private businesses maintain such things as not allowing outside food and beverages to be brought in. That's where the businesses really make money - for theatres, and the like, so it's capitalism working. You don't have to go there to watch a movie, or go to a ball-game. And, if you do, well, there is free water - so you're not subjected to suffering thirst if you choose not to purchase overpriced drinks.

Honestly, IME, depending on the time, place, nad how crowded - or not - the theatre is - you might have no problem coming in with outside refreshment. Just depends. Part of how things are.

Ellice

Well, I've been wondering the same thing at times.

It is one of the reasons we rarely go to the movies.

Cheryl