Comments on: Kernel of sense

By: Keith Dickinson

Keith Dickinson — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:25:55 +0000

Wait! Am I reading this right? A judge actually made a sensible decision on a damages case?

I’m marking this on my calendar.

(Yes, that’s sarcasm.)

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:31:21 +0000

I am part of a bulk-popping popcorn cartel. Our sales are predominantly to movie theaters where we sell our product in 1-cubic yard plastic bags.

American popcorn has come too close to the ‘perfect pop’ (inside jargon). We are now required to import unpopped kernels from China, a certain percentage of which are mixed with the fully-popped American kernels through the use of proprietary machinery.

This message is to serve notice that further suits seeking the removal of unpopped kernels will be met with countersuits under WTO authority for the attempt to place undue tariffs on Chinese unpopped kernels.

Our use of Qatari petroleum in the production of ‘butter-flavored topping’ will also be defended on WTO grounds.

And forget about Schumer… we’ve had him in the bag (so to speak) for years. He keeps tearing holes in the bottom of the bag, but that’s Schumer being Schumer, I guess.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:46:24 +0000

Where is the outrage? Why has Chuck Schummer not called for an immediate investigation? Where’s Cuomo on this?

I see the need for a multi-$B bailout.

By: KB

KB — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:41:19 +0000

This cannot be allowed to stand…For the children

By: OBQuiet

OBQuiet — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:31:39 +0000

Clearly, this story is really about “Big Popcorn” and the power it has to influence our society! How could the judge ignore that fact that, with its ever present un-popped kernels, popcorn is an inherently unsafe produce and clearly defective. Add to those risks the high fat content of the butter-flavored topping and it is clear that this is the next haven of the anti-tobacco crusader.

The only mistake here is that the lawyers sued the theater rather than the manufacturer. It is time for the AGs in this country to mount the same kind of offensive they did against the Tobacco manufacturers.

Justice Must Be Server. (just not with such a delicious and tempting aroma)