Ew! Ew! Ew!: fifty shades of cucumber

[MillCreek]

http://www.someecards.com/news/weird-news/fifty-shades-darker-movie-theater-cucumber/

Memo to self: wear hazmat moon suit to theater.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I'm not clicking that link, because I'm pretty sure I can figure out exactly what the link describes and I don't need details.

 

For what it's worth, I have read all three books and almost fell asleep watching the first movie...

I do not understand the fuss, anymore than I understood the Twilight fuss.

[lee n. field]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc

[Fly320s]

Of course someone brought their own cucumber.  Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?

[T.O.M.]

Of course someone brought their own cucumber.  Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?

 

[Perd Hapley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc

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

[wmenorr67]

Of course someone brought their own cucumber.  Have you seen what the theater charges for a cuke?

And you only get half of it.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/14/heres-why-a-california-woman-is-suing-the-candy-maker-of-mike-a/21713871/

[RevDisk]

And you only get half of it.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/14/heres-why-a-california-woman-is-suing-the-candy-maker-of-mike-a/21713871/

I'm glad someone finally is suing over that. It irks the heck out of me when a bag or box of some food product is more than a third air. I get it that manufacturers want to shave costs without reducing sales, and cutting the amount of product is less noticeable than increasing the price. I do keep an eye on the weight, which is usually in tiny letters. I'm decent with math, but even I have a pretty hard time calculating the mass density vs product packing size for every food product I eat while shopping.

I'm not saying the government needs to be involved, but I have little sympathy for folks selling more air than product. Though admittedly I'm a bad libertarian that I think mostly standardized food labels with ingredient disclosure is a very good thing, even if imperfect.

[castle key]

but even I have a pretty hard time calculating the mass density vs product packing size for every food product I eat while shopping.

I assume you pay for what you eat while shopping rather than leaving the empty packaging behind!!!!

[RevDisk]

I assume you pay for what you eat while shopping rather than leaving the empty packaging behind!!!!

Without video evidence, you can prove nothing! NOTHING!

Er, I mean, of course not. What kind of savage do you think I am...


_{(Yeah, that quoted sentence was way badly phrased.)}

[Perd Hapley]

I think mostly standardized food labels with ingredient disclosure is a very good thing, even if imperfect.

So do I, but I don't see why government should force anyone to do it. It seems like a problem that would take care of itself. If people don't care what's in their food, then by all means let them buy it without any labeling.

[Tuco]

"Package is sold by weight, not by volume."
If adults don't know this, they are severely limited in their effectiveness as adults.

[KD5NRH]

So do I, but I don't see why government should force anyone to do it. It seems like a problem that would take care of itself. If people don't care what's in their food, then by all means let them buy it without any labeling.

Meh.  I can live with establishment and enforcement of certain standards as a legitimate function of government.  The problem is that our government is too easily bought out on labeling, resulting in ALL NATURAL JUICE flavored beverage - contains no actual juice.  Plenty of EU countries have long required that all those "disclaimer" type statements be in the same font as the primary content.

[brimic]

"Package is sold by weight, not by volume."
If adults don't know this, they are severely limited in their effectiveness as adults.

I find that a lot of people who are chronologically 'adults' aren't very effective at being adults.

[brimic]

"Here, smell this cucumber."

[wmenorr67]

Is that a Gherkin in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

[just Warren]

Given the intelligence of the sorts that like that dreck how do we know those aren't just dead movie patrons?