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Addiction & Recovery

Blue Owl

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6. I remember one time at a movie theater, some kids in front of me had snuck in a few beers...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Jun 27, 2023, 02:34 PM

Jun 2023

The manager of the theater somehow found out and came in during the movie, and walked up the aisle pointing at them saying "Hey you kids can't do that, this is a public theater..." problem was, as he leaned over to point at them a flask fell out of his inside coat pocket, which I found tremendously funny...

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Does it ever bug you when you see people drinking in a movie? [View all] bif Jun 2023 OP

I never judge other people who are drinking, I've become a lot less prone to judgment in my old age Walleye Jun 2023 #1

I have quit almost as long as you. What I remember is hangovers, acting like an ass and guilt. Chainfire Jun 2023 #9

No but Mr Lake quit smoking decades ago... LakeArenal Jun 2023 #2

Smoking in movies bothers me. murielm99 Jun 2023 #13

Shocking today to see Dr Ben Casey, Sheriff Taylor and Ward Clever smoke. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #15

what's with wine glasses Skittles Jun 2023 #3

Not a bother at all. Polly Hennessey Jun 2023 #4

Yes it does. Lazy writing which was bought by the producers, director, Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #5

you see it a lot in British shows too. I was never a drinker, so it only strikes me that the demigoddess Jun 2023 #7

exactly. the original All Creatures Great and Small for one Tetrachloride Jun 2023 #12

I remember one time at a movie theater, some kids in front of me had snuck in a few beers... Blue Owl Jun 2023 #6

Yes, epecially when it hasn't a thing to do with the story or when they finish a bottle of ... marble falls Jun 2023 #8

No, and I'm a complete tea-totaler TlalocW Jun 2023 #10

What bugs me is how much money people spend in bars intrepidity Jun 2023 #11

to get lucky GenXer47 Jun 2023 #16

Interesting ---- smoking used to be found in most film and tv scenes. Cigs were an actor's 3Hotdogs Jun 2023 #14

I have been caught a few times on watching DVDs of old shows irisblue Jun 2023 #17

How about TV? Watch the first episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. First scene, they make brewens Jun 2023 #18

I see it, but it doesn't bother me RainCaster Jun 2023 #19