Posted on 05/17/2006 11:09:32 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(CBS) CHICAGO The smell of popcorn may bring a whiff of excitement to many people, but not everyone appreciates it.
That could keep Garrett’s Popcorn from opening at a new location downtown.
Published reports say the owners of the Oriental Theatre Building at 24 W. Randolph St., has filed a lawsuit to block the popcorn maker from opening in the building, which houses the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
The theater planned to sublease a storefront to Garrett’s, but the owners of the building fear the smell of popcorn will invade other offices and cause people to cancel their leases.
They want a judge to stop the store from opening, or else install a ventilation system.
The Oriental Theatre opened in 1926 as a cinema, and has housed the Ford Center since 1998.
Garrett’s Popcorn is a local chain which already operates three stores downtown and one on the Magnificent Mile.
"I'm entitled to breathe popcorn-free air."
I can see it now. The coalition for pop-corn free America.
You could be executive president, and metesky could be vice president. And lioness could be executive in charge of PR. Me, Gabz, Mears and the Foolkiller could head-up the state chapters. Let the banning begin!
SD
Popcorn smells like vomit? I often thought a good summer rain hitting the hot asphalt smelled like popcorn, but not vomit.
The office I work in has banned popcorn so #2 isn't a problem. #1, however, occurs at least twice a week.
I love coconut oil. It's one of the main "good oils" noted on the freaky natural health nut e-lists I am on (following the trations of Weston Price). HeHe! I keep trying to keep oleo from coming into our house, but my husband says his no-bake cookies don't set right with anything but margarine. LOL!!
There ya go! Once I'm in charge of vice it's Katy-bar-the door.
Let the good times roll!
I was always led to believe that it was bad (cholesterol hell).
I only use it for popcorn, and just for the flavor. I use sunflower oil (love it) and olive oil for everything else.
Come on, that was the smell of money. Actually, the smell came from the digesters that made the precursors for Liposyn, the IV nutritive. "The raw materials" came in the rail tanker cars from the plants in Iowa. Liposyn has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, maybe millions.
I walked over the tracks every day to R1A. Usually it smelled like strawberries or vanilla, occasionally it smelled like the most heavenly chocolate.
'Course, it never compared to the aromas from Partner's Barbecue just north on Sheridan, man, did they do ribs. Great big cardboard boxes of joy. There was no popcorn in the world like it.
Wait - would I have to be nice to people?
Maybe I should be a background functionary.
A minion or a factotum or something.
But the coalition is definitely long overdue.
Too many have suffered the rudeness and selfishness of popcorn eaters for too long.
WE MUST BE HEARD!
I agree 100%. The microwave and theater popcorn turns my stomach. My kids make that butter FLAVOR micro. popcorn and it stinks up the whole house.
Thanks for your information - sounds like you are a gourmet popcorn afficionado....
Cracker Jack - I grew up on that treat!
Coconut oil eh? Hmmmmmm nothing like having the best choice now that I know what it is!
You'll know if you have the real thing when you read the price...it ain't cheap. The good news is that it only takes a little bit and it will last you a lot longer (through more batches of popcorn) than it looks like.
When you start popping some corn with it, that aroma will immediately tell you everything you need to know.
Seen it done at Michigan State University, when I was a grad student. Somebody had an allergy, so popcorn was banned from the Math building.
Nah, number one is when someone melts the tray of their frozen dinner. Nasty.
Thanks again....I'm gonna look at some little stores I have in mind.
Looks like FreeRepublic has turned into a Martha Stewart show !!
HA!
"There ya go! Once I'm in charge of vice it's Katy-bar-the door."
Excellent.
"Let the good times roll!" Right on!
"Would I get to provide the "studies" citing 350,000
popcorn-related deaths annually (along with graphs and arrows in lurid colors)?"
Absolutely. that would be your main goal.
"Wait - would I have to be nice to people?"
No- that is NOT in your new job description.
"A minion or a factotum or something."
That said minion would be metesky.
"But the coalition is definitely long overdue.
Too many have suffered the rudeness and selfishness of popcorn eaters for too long.
WE MUST BE HEARD!"
Yes. We must begin a massive public relations smokescreen, then throw in the "scientific studies" that you will produce.
Afterwords, we will each begin our works in the individual states. Once the "big pop-corn" payoffs roll in, we can balance our budgets, and buy a sedan de ville.
We are awaiting your orders.
Go forth and testify.
In other news, a local whorehouse objected to the tuna sandwich concession next door.
popcorn ping
Oddly enough,I despise the smell of popcorn.
I think I'll stay out of this one.
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