Confusion at the multiplex

[freaktard]

We went to our local multiplex theater yesterday to see "Sweeny Todd." As we were going in, I overheard this exchange between a confused-looking couple.

He: How are we supposed to know which one to go in?

She: Oh, look, this door has a poster for "Juno" next to it.

He: Does that mean that "Juno" is showing in that one?

She: I don't know. I guess so.

He: They should really make things clearer.

Me:

[Shabo]

Heaven forbid they look at their ticket for the theatre number... or look up at the sign hanging outside the door...

[donruss]

This is what happens when you sleep during class kids.

Fail!

[Geek King]

This is what happens when you sleep during class kids.

Fail!

And eat the paste.

And sniff the markers.

And sniff the beaker, instead of waft.

[Becks]

Well, don and Geek, at least they showed up for class.

[chops]

And sniff the markers.

Blame Mr. Sketch for that one.

("In 24 great smelling colors!")

[BookstoreEscapee]

Blame Mr. Sketch for that one.

("In 24 great smelling colors!")

Hehe, my roommate teaches first grade and uses those to correct the kids' homework. They like to sniff their grades

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

And eat the paste.

And sniff the markers.

And sniff the beaker, instead of waft.

Or, if they were an older couple, they spent too much time sniffing their school papers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/trivia (scroll to the bottom)

[PepperElf]

slightly OT... how was the movie?
i have the soundtrack already but it doesn't hit the theatres here until....the 19th or so.

[Crazeyal]

Every Multiplex *I'VE* ever been in has programable LED signs. Methinks cousins should not marry.

[morgana]

slightly OT... how was the movie?
i have the soundtrack already but it doesn't hit the theatres here until....the 19th or so.

Even going to see it with nine teenage girls, I quite enjoyed it. Especially for neither of the leads being professional singers, it was very well done.

[Geek King]

Or, if they were an older couple, they spent too much time sniffing their school papers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/trivia (scroll to the bottom)

Oh, my yes. I remember those old mimeograph copiers. Worse than smelling the copies, try making the copies on an old hand-cranked machine. Never got high off those, just kind of nausious. I guess it would seem to be a high to a kid who didn't know the difference*.

*And I did know. As a kid, I had to have some teeth work done, and the knock out gas they used affected me very oddly. I swore my feet were trying to float, so I felt the need to hold them down on the dentist's chair. They used a different gas after that, and out I went.

[matty]

At the multiplexes I visit, it is almost impossible to not know which theatre to enter. When you buy your ticket, the ticket seller says "Your movie is in cinema 3". Printed on the ticket, "Cinema 3". When the employee checks you ticket before you go in, "Your movie will be in cinema 3, which is the third door to your right".

I don't think I need to say anything more.

[Dreamstalker]

Or, if they were an older couple, they spent too much time sniffing their school papers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/trivia (scroll to the bottom)

Ditto (mimeograph) machines, right? I remember those things. For some insane reason I was always picked to run that errand...(why the teachers even let 9-year-olds help with that chore I do not know...was fun though).

[Jbball]

When I worked at the theatre, I had quite the copule.

It was around the time Fantastic Four came out, but a bit near the end of its run, since it was in our second to smallest auditorium. They show up 45 minutes early, get their tickets and popcorn/drinks. The usher lets them through without even checking on the current showtimes status. They eventually call for the manager (me) to yell about how they paid for a movie that already started.

Of course, trying explain that they were early and needed to wait didn't sit so well. They eventually got on my nerves so I refunded their conc purchases and tickets and they left (thank God!).