According to this, one UK chain of cinemas is taking steps towards banning popcorn at their screenings. I am sure I am not alone in declaring this to be lunacy. I don’t usually buy cinema popcorn since it’s hugely overpriced, but if this catches on, it will surely mean that profits lost from popcorn sales are recovered through increased ticket prices. And this is not good; they are already sky-high. For the ticket prices payable at most London cinemas I would half-expect each seat to come with a footstool (other than the seat in front), recline electronically, offer at least seventeen massage settings and to have a set of buttons on the arm which one can press to get any item of food/drink delivered on a silver platter, by a waiter in a tuxedo, direct to the seat - all included in the price of course.
But I digress. Even if I don’t eat it all the time, popcorn and movies go together! OK, it’s a bit noisy, can be messy, and you can get a bunch of stupid kids throwing it around - but it shouldn’t be banned. This is silly.







Woo
Tags: birthday, brother, zelda, wii, ds, comments, children
It’s my brother’s birthday tomorrow. The little scamp is going to be 12. I remember when he was born…well, not his actual birth, that would be horrific. But when I went to see him in the hospital later that day I remember feeling so excited! I had spent the first seven-odd years of my life as the only-child, and it was good to have some company - well, after he got out of the ‘eat, sleep, crap’ phase, anyway.
This is making me feel old, so let’s fast-forward to today. During my lunch break today, I got him the Zelda ‘Phantom Hourglass’ game for DS, which I’ve heard is awesome (Zelda always has been - Ocarina of time = masterpiece). Anyway, hope he likes it. He had asked for a Wii but we didn’t fork out for that since we just got a new TV last week and want to save a bit. Maybe for Christmas!
There’s no real plans for his birthday tomorrow, we might go out to eat, or maybe just get a pizza. It’s a shame I’m at work or I could have taken him out somewhere during the day. But ah well.
On another note, the stream of comments seems to have dried up! C’mon guys, leave me something to read, it’ll feel less like a soliloquy. Hope you’re all well though.