News, NY judge: Nibble on cinema popcorn at own risk. (film, watching)

[John1960]

NEW YORK—Movie munchers beware! A New York judge says popcorn purchasers worried about breaking a tooth on unpopped kernels should nibble carefully -- or eat something else.

Insurance broker Steve Kaplan says he encountered a double dud while watching the movie "Superbad" at the AMC-Lincoln Square Cinema a year ago: His tooth hurt and the movie was awful.

NY judge: Nibble on cinema popcorn at own risk - Boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2008/09/29/ny_judge_broken_tooth_popcorn_suits_a_dud/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+News+of+the+odd - broken link)

[harry chickpea]

If it wasn't "at your own risk," theatres would be funding root canals for every person who knew they could get paid. It's popcorn. It has old maids. Deal with it.

[eevee]

WOW, has this guy NEVER popped a bag of popcorn at home?? was that his first time eating the stuff? I always took it for granted as common sense that not every single kernel was going to pop (not unless you want to scorch everything else!).

maybe I should sue Pop Secret for that little film thing from the popcorn that, back when I was a kid, got stuck in my gums and caused the whole tooth to decay and fall out (I hate those things, they're one of the reasons I don't eat popcorn that much anymore. even trying to floss it out can sometimes dig it in deeper!)