# Ladies, How big is too big?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 26, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243 "2001-08-26T23:51:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/21 "2001-08-27T20:51:23Z")

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A large tub of buttered popcorn from a movie theatre with one or two extra pumps of hot butter has approximately the same poly unsaturated fat content of four Big Macs. Whilst I don’t usually go to the movie theatre by myself, I do usually end up eating most of the tub. I simply cannot rationalize eating all that fat in one sitting.

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/22 "2001-08-27T21:14:06Z")

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I end up buying the Grand Canyon tub of popped corn, for the simple economics of it:[li]$3.50 for a **SMALL** [/li][li]$4.50 for a **MEDIUM** [/li][li]$5.50 for a **LARGE** [/li]Sure, I end up picking corn shell out of my gums for the next three days, but what are ya gonna do?

Actually, if I’m thinking ahead, I go to Kroger or something and buy a big’ol bag of Twizzlers and smuggle that in, instead.  
(And why isn’t this in IMHO?)

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/23 "2001-08-27T23:35:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Diane \*  
> \*\* Explosion of hot, white, creamy popcorn burst from the foil as you bend to catch as much of it as possible onto your tongue, not wanting to waste a drop - er I mean crumb. \*\*

…my son wants to know why I’m crying…

🙂

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/24 "2001-08-28T00:37:15Z")

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Well if you offer your date a “popcorn suprise” it _is_ about what everyone thought. Get the jumbo tub-O-corn and she might not be hungry anymore by the time she gets to the surprise.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/25 "2001-08-28T12:56:04Z")

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I always buy the biggest size available. Popcorn is one of those foods I will eat until I am nauseated.

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**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-big-is-too-big/78243/26 "2001-08-28T15:19:36Z")

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\*\* Drachillix \*\* and I share his large one, sometimes his extra large one, depending on how he’s feeling.

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