# It's popcorn! How fucking dumb are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 19, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263 "2008-02-19T16:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/21 "2008-02-19T18:07:19Z")
Maybe, as a joke, you could take all the microwave popcorn packets out of the building. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/22 "2008-02-19T18:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Rascal’s Mom] \ stalked out to have a cigarette “because it smelled so bad.” \ [/QUOTE] The irony! It burns!!! ETA: What’d you think of those pics? ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/23 "2008-02-19T18:20:16Z")
**Santo Rugge** , I thought so too. And thanks for the pictures. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/24 "2008-02-19T18:32:13Z")
Heh. I was staying at an extended stay hotel on a work trip a couple of years ago and decided to pop the complimentary bag o’popcorn. Set the timer and sat down to listen for beeps while looking at some work. :rolleyes: Of course, I totally forgot about the popcorn until the entrie room had filled with dense black smoke. That was embarrassing and dumb. I woould be for a workplace ban on microwave popcorn entirely. Even if it’s not burnt, the entire office reeks of the fake butter smell for hours. And it’s not even a particulalry healthy snack; just go get a can of Pringles or something instead. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/25 "2008-02-19T18:35:47Z")
In my wife’s office, popcorn and fish are banned from the microwave. At my work the breakrooms are generally well separated from the cubicles, so it’s not much of an issue. That’s especially good because, despite the dozens of types of free soda and juice, the only freely-available food product is popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/26 "2008-02-19T18:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=Rascal’s Mom] **Santo Rugge** , I thought so too. And thanks for the pictures. Amazing. [/QUOTE] Photobucket please. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/27 "2008-02-19T19:01:24Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] In my wife’s office, popcorn and fish are banned from the microwave. [/QUOTE] This is an example of progress in western civilization. I’d like to add that the cooking of broccoli in a communal microwave is offensive. The burning of broccoli in the communal microwave in the break room across the hall from a very pregnant woman’s office is a crime against humanity. It’s been more than twelve years, Eleanore, and I still haven’t forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/28 "2008-02-19T19:17:55Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] Photobucket please. [/QUOTE] [Done and done.](http://nmt.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2005054&l=438b7&id=110000200) ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/29 "2008-02-19T19:20:27Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] And on a related matter, you there, the bitch who microwaves marinated fish fillets every other fucking day and makes the place unbearable with the stench? Knock it the fuck off. [/QUOTE] We had a co-worker do that. Same co-worker also did it with ham and bacon (I don’t mind the smell of bacon, but when you have business clients come through the door and the place smells like a cheaper diner). President decided that an office that smelled like pork was too much and created the rule: “Microwave may only be used to re-heat leftovers. No cooking.” Popcorn is banned since one idiot set off the fire alarm for the whole building. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/30 "2008-02-19T20:40:18Z")
Great…now I can’t get _“Ryan Started The Fire”_ out of my head… ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/31 "2008-02-19T21:00:48Z")
And for fuck’s sake dispose of your goddamned banana peel OUTSIDE! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/32 "2008-02-19T21:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=Aries28] I ask because there is a lady in my office who burns her popcorn on purpose because she likes it that way. [/QUOTE] Tell her you would really enjoy the taste of her liver but respect and professionalism prohibit you from digging through her guts with a letter opener. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/33 "2008-02-19T21:29:15Z")
Someone was cooking turkey bacon in our break room this very morning. They didn’t burn it though and it smelled lovely. Popcorn burners are assbitches though. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/34 "2008-02-19T21:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=Astroboy14] AND sets off the fucking fire alarm, forcing us to evacuate the damn building! :mad: This happens every now and again in our office. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Do we work at the same place? This leads to our fearless leaders sending around emails threatening to take out all microwaves the next time anyone burns popcorn. This in a building of 4000 people! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/35 "2008-02-19T21:37:21Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] [Done and done.](http://nmt.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2005054&l=438b7&id=110000200) [/QUOTE] Oh, man! Amazing! That’s a lot of damage for such a tiny little bone-headed mistake! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/36 "2008-02-19T21:37:54Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] And on a related matter, you there, the bitch who microwaves marinated fish fillets every other fucking day and makes the place unbearable with the stench? Knock it the fuck off. [/QUOTE] I suspect you wouldn’t have enjoyed the chilli dried cuttlefish I was eating in the office yesterday. My coworkers made me hermetically seal it up, and pledge never, ever to bring it into the building ever again, on pain of death. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/37 "2008-02-19T21:43:45Z")
[QUOTE=Aries28] What if someone thinks perfectly cooked popcorn smells horrible? Should everyone in the office be told they can’t make popcorn because it stinks up the entire office? I have a lady that sits directly outside of my office that every day at 10AM she pops a bag of popcorn and sits in her cube eating it. I cannot stand the smell of popcorn. I don’t care if it’s burnt or not burnt…it stinks to me and has been known to cause me to feel sick to my stomach. [/QUOTE] Do you mean any popcorn or do you mean Orville Redenbacher and similar brands – the pre-"butter"ed kind. Because I’m with you on the flavoured crap. It smells terrible and the smell lingers forever. Whenever I hear the sound of popcorn popping I have to close my door immediately and keep it closed for some time. I find that normal unflavoured popcorn has virtually no smell at all, though. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/38 "2008-02-19T21:46:28Z")
On our microwave at work, there’s a big notice on the door: DO NOT COOK POPCORN DO NOT COOK FISH IF EITHER IS FOUND COOKING HERE, THIS MICROWAVE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY THIS MEANS YOU Guess who has to sit next to the dimbulb that cooks fish at least once a week? And when we, her gentle cow-orkers, make loud comments about how that food STINKS, and who could be so dumb as to not notice the WARNING SIGN, she just laughs in a manner most simple-minded and jolly, because “[we] guys are so funny!” Thank bog, she’s leaving here next week. Fuckin’ retard. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/39 "2008-02-19T21:53:14Z")
I agree on the smell of burned popcorn. It’s awful. People need to learn to stand by the microwave and take out the popcorn when it’s a couple of seconds between pops _or_ you can smell it burning. As for those who don’t like the popcorn smell at all, I’ll stop making popcorn when you stop making coffee. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263/40 "2008-02-19T21:56:02Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] As for those who don’t like the popcorn smell at all, I’ll stop making popcorn when you stop making coffee. 😉 [/QUOTE] Deal. I don’t drink coffee, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-popcorn-how-fucking-dumb-are-you/438263.md?page=3)