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Post by daniel on Oct 20, 2017 15:08:52 GMT
The interesting thing with the McFlurry "trick" is that I didn't expect to be allowed back inside with it - I was quite happily munching away outside the front doors when the usher there said "you can bring that back inside you know" as if it made no sense for me to be outside with my rival ice cream.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 20, 2017 15:21:48 GMT
Thank you for pointing out the interesting aspect of this "trick". Perhaps more Tommy Cooper than David Blaine. Did you have a glamorous assistant?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 15:24:24 GMT
One of my favourite interval tricks that works best at the Noel Coward...when I fancy an interval ice cream but really don't fancy paying £4 for a little tub of Haagen-Dazs...as soon as the house lights come up, I'm out of my seat, up the stairs and out of the front door, and over the road to McDonald's. Dairy Milk McFlurry with an extra shot of chocolate, £1.29. Bish bash bosh job done. Back in my seat with about five minutes to go, McFlurry in hand, everyone else looking at me thinking "damn I wish I'd thought of that." Extra shot?! Do you actually ask the McDonald's server for an extra shot? The years I have wanted an extra shot and never had the courage to ask... And while I'm asking, do you never worry about the queue? In McDonald's? I'm always put off buying my McFlurry (the only thing I ever buy there) because of the queues of tourists. I'd be worried I wouldn't make it back before the start of Act II.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 20, 2017 15:28:58 GMT
You can order your McFlurry from your theatre seat, using the McDonald's app on your smartphone, and then stroll across the road at a leisurely pace with no fear of missing the start of Act II.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 20, 2017 15:30:11 GMT
I thought I’d read that the McFlurry had been discontinued because of continual problems with the machines leading to many disgruntled customers.
Might have been in America’s though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 15:35:34 GMT
One of my favourite interval tricks that works best at the Noel Coward...when I fancy an interval ice cream but really don't fancy paying £4 for a little tub of Haagen-Dazs...as soon as the house lights come up, I'm out of my seat, up the stairs and out of the front door, and over the road to McDonald's. Dairy Milk McFlurry with an extra shot of chocolate, £1.29. Bish bash bosh job done. Back in my seat with about five minutes to go, McFlurry in hand, everyone else looking at me thinking "damn I wish I'd thought of that." Extra shot?! Do you actually ask the McDonald's server for an extra shot? The years I have wanted an extra shot and never had the courage to ask... And while I'm asking, do you never worry about the queue? In McDonald's? I'm always put off buying my McFlurry (the only thing I ever buy there) because of the queues of tourists. I'd be worried I wouldn't make it back before the start of Act II. That particular McDonald's is usually okay queue-wise, as it's very small and doesn't have seats inside, also it has the ordering screens so you rarely have to wait to place your order. Going at the interval of a show, particularly if it's a matinee, should avoid the major meal time rushes as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 15:59:15 GMT
You can order your McFlurry from your theatre seat, using the McDonald's app on your smartphone, and then stroll across the road at a leisurely pace with no fear of missing the start of Act II. I'm very happy to buy a McFlurry instore but I draw the line at the McDonald's app. What next? the Wilko app? Topman?
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Post by daniel on Oct 20, 2017 16:00:02 GMT
One of my favourite interval tricks that works best at the Noel Coward...when I fancy an interval ice cream but really don't fancy paying £4 for a little tub of Haagen-Dazs...as soon as the house lights come up, I'm out of my seat, up the stairs and out of the front door, and over the road to McDonald's. Dairy Milk McFlurry with an extra shot of chocolate, £1.29. Bish bash bosh job done. Back in my seat with about five minutes to go, McFlurry in hand, everyone else looking at me thinking "damn I wish I'd thought of that." Extra shot?! Do you actually ask the McDonald's server for an extra shot? The years I have wanted an extra shot and never had the courage to ask... And while I'm asking, do you never worry about the queue? In McDonald's? I'm always put off buying my McFlurry (the only thing I ever buy there) because of the queues of tourists. I'd be worried I wouldn't make it back before the start of Act II. yes just ask they'll sometimes (usually) charge you the extra 20p making it £1.29, but sometimes they don't charge. Worth noting though that you can't do the extra shot on the order screens or via the app, only face to face with an actual human.
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Post by daniel on Oct 20, 2017 16:02:39 GMT
Thank you for pointing out the interesting aspect of this "trick". Perhaps more Tommy Cooper than David Blaine. Did you have a glamorous assistant? no glamorous assistant as such, only my entourage.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 16:09:02 GMT
You can order your McFlurry from your theatre seat, using the McDonald's app on your smartphone, and then stroll across the road at a leisurely pace with no fear of missing the start of Act II. I'm very happy to buy a McFlurry instore but I draw the line at the McDonald's app. What next? the Wilko app? Topman? You probably don't want to hear there's a Wetherspoons one where you can order your beer and burger meal deal without leaving your seat then...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 16:12:07 GMT
I'm very happy to buy a McFlurry instore but I draw the line at the McDonald's app. What next? the Wilko app? Topman? You probably don't want to hear there's a Wetherspoons one where you can order your beer and burger meal deal without leaving your seat then...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 16:16:34 GMT
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Post by shady23 on Oct 20, 2017 16:59:16 GMT
Yes and you can order a coffee on the app so you don't have to queue in Starbucks.
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Post by shady23 on Oct 20, 2017 17:03:43 GMT
You can order your McFlurry from your theatre seat, using the McDonald's app on your smartphone, and then stroll across the road at a leisurely pace with no fear of missing the start of Act II. I can imagine this soon in the "bad behaviour" thread. "I was distracted from the action on stage because the person next to me was online ordering a Mdonalds" Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous.
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Post by daniel on Oct 20, 2017 19:44:27 GMT
You can order your McFlurry from your theatre seat, using the McDonald's app on your smartphone, and then stroll across the road at a leisurely pace with no fear of missing the start of Act II. I can imagine this soon in the "bad behaviour" thread. "I was distracted from the action on stage because the person next to me was online ordering a Mdonalds" Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. I actually quite like the ATG app and regularly use it. Why queue at the bar when they'll bring stuff to my seat for no extra charge?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 20, 2017 20:45:44 GMT
I can imagine this soon in the "bad behaviour" thread. "I was distracted from the action on stage because the person next to me was online ordering a Mdonalds" Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. I actually quite like the ATG app and regularly use it. Why queue at the bar when they'll bring stuff to my seat for no extra charge? Because it’s naff? (You did ask!)
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 21, 2017 8:11:05 GMT
Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. It's really April 1st and this is a joke right? What sort of food? Stuff that smells? Stuff that causes you to keep moving your hands up and down to your mouth whilst sitting next to me? Stuff that's crunchy? I'm going to say this politely, despite inwardly seething. Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex where they can gorge to their heart's content.
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Post by The Matthew on Oct 21, 2017 8:48:28 GMT
Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex You misspelt "oubliette".
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 21, 2017 9:04:49 GMT
Well if they're selling those I'm definitely sending back my ATG card. Anything made with egg stinks the place out. (Cheese oubliettes in particular are extremely pungent.)
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Post by shady23 on Oct 21, 2017 19:39:23 GMT
They do hummus bagels. Isn't that bad enough?
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Post by Dawnstar on Oct 21, 2017 21:52:18 GMT
I was at the theatre in Peterborough tonight & there was a hot dog stand in the foyer! I had to go & wait in the bar as the smell was making me feel sick. Fortunately no-one seemed to be eating them during the show. (I hope ATG don't read this & decide to introduce at-your-seat hot dogs.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 6:40:16 GMT
When I was young, hot dogs were synonymous with a trip to the theatre: at seven or eight when I was taken on a coach to the annual pantomime, there were always hot dog stands in the foyer. I used to love them, splitting half my ‘spending money’ on one and the programme! (An added fascination was a kind of tangy/sweet mustard they used to zig-zag all down the ‘sausage’!) Then as a teenager when I went to see my first West End show, there were hot dog stands positioned just outside many of the theatres at the end of each show. They’d appear and diasappear in no time. By then the fascination with eating them had gone, although I still loved the sight of them with the smells and their little lights which looked cosy and warm. Now I’m all growed up, I wouldn’t want to see them reintroduced inside! Funny how our tastes change with age...
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Post by Mr Snow on Oct 22, 2017 8:04:35 GMT
Mind it's not as daft as it sounds as ATG theatres now bring food to your seat in the interval. You can either wave the menu very handily tucked into the seat in front or, as waving and speaking to someone clearly too much effort for some, you can download the app and order your things online. Hideous. It's really April 1st and this is a joke right? What sort of food? Stuff that smells? Stuff that causes you to keep moving your hands up and down to your mouth whilst sitting next to me? Stuff that's crunchy? I'm going to say this politely, despite inwardly seething. Anyone who partakes in this activity I would respectfully suggest belongs in a multiplex where they can gorge to their heart's content. This thread has taken the mother of all diversions but... Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! All the food stuff sold in these places is S+++, sorry "unhealthy". Our only hope is that it becomes socially unacceptable to eat S+++, sorry 'unhealthy' food in public.
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Post by Tibidabo on Oct 22, 2017 8:51:45 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! You're right, of course, Mr Snow . It shouldn't be acceptable either. However, HMS Popcorn sailed decades ago across the cinemas and I fear there is very little to be done other than to accept it. But I feel we should take a stand with regard to our beloved theatre experiences and try to ensure this does not happen. Apart from us, there are the actors close by on stage to consider.
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Post by viserys on Oct 22, 2017 9:17:25 GMT
Then as a teenager when I went to see my first West End show, there were hot dog stands positioned just outside many of the theatres at the end of each show. They’d appear and diasappear in no time. By then the fascination with eating them had gone, although I still loved the sight of them with the smells and their little lights which looked cosy and warm. Now I’m all growed up, I wouldn’t want to see them reintroduced inside! Funny how our tastes change with age... I remember those outside the theatre from the late 80s when I started my theatre-travelling to London. I did buy one on one occasion, but soon after they were gone. Funny enough I saw one again for the first time last weekend when I left the Palace Theatre after Harry Potter. The chap had set up his stand in front of the McDonalds on Cambridge Circus. Maybe they ARE coming back? Hopefully not in some version with handcrafted sausage in artisanal sourdough bread with organic pickles at £20 a dog.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 22, 2017 9:23:05 GMT
Probably, the long disappearance and incipient return of mobile hot dog stands is linked to Brexit and the UK's move away from EU food safety standards.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 11:59:55 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! Something to do with theatres only amplifying their performers so far while cinemas crank the volume up as far as possible, not to mention cinemas making the bulk of their profit from selling concessions because the ticket prices barely cover the rights to show the films even in their currently extremely inflated state? At a guess.
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Post by The Matthew on Oct 22, 2017 12:21:16 GMT
I've always been a little suspicious of hot dogs. There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them. ("Buy our new premium hot dogs, now containing mammal.")
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Post by Honoured Guest on Oct 22, 2017 13:22:28 GMT
Why is unacceptable behaviour in a Theatre, acceptable in a Cinema? Popcorn ARRRRRRRRRGH! Something to do with theatres only amplifying their performers so far while cinemas crank the volume up as far as possible, not to mention cinemas making the bulk of their profit from selling concessions because the ticket prices barely cover the rights to show the films even in their currently extremely inflated state? At a guess. And there's much less chance of distracting the performers in the cinema.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 17:34:20 GMT
There's an air of "made with 100% animal product" about them I know the American food safety standard allows a reasonable percentage of rat droppings and animal hairs per serving. (I hadn’t a clue what that emoji was until a week or so ago when BurlyBeaR used it to tell us that Mr Barlow makes him puke. It was too small to see the vomit detail. Now I am finding opportunites to use it all the time...)
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