Saturday afternoon my friend and I came out of the theater where we’d just seen Philomena. A young girl had lined up all of these rubber ducks on the edge of the table in the lobby.
She said she’d won them at the arcade, 6 for a dollar. I asked if I could photograph them.
Looked up the origin of the saying “having ones ducks in a row” found several claims at Wise Geek
It is in the small details but might come from-
*duck pin bowling
*ducks flying in formation
*carnival game targets.
Grainy phone photo but you get the idea
and here is how much a family of four spent at the concession stand at the movies today.
So thinking about the cost of popcorn at the movies and why it seems so much….. why yes, there’s actually a book written by an economics professor (Richard McKenzie) on this topic Here’s the ABC News Story on Why Does Theater Popcorn Cost So Much by Nick Watt on Nightline- says- Americans eat a billion pounds of popcorn a year!
(and it is a 1300% markup at the theater)