A Drink That Really Bugged Me

Another one of my favorite pastimes as a teen was going to special movies at our little town theatre on Saturday mornings. They would have special showings of Zorro, Tarzan, the little rascals, westerns and the three stooges. I remember a crippled man walked up and down the aisles carrying a flashlight. If he heard someone talking out loud or causing a disturbance, he would walk up to you and shine his flashlight  in your face. Then if you talked back or got smart with him, he would escort you out the door. I think that I enjoyed the concession stand candies, popcorn and soft drinks as much as the movies. Unfortunately that still rings true today. The concession stand stayed open from beginning until the end of the movies. I remember the theatre was very dark once the movie started as they pulled the curtains leading down the aisles. I never will forget the day that, during the movie, I went to the concession stand and got a coca cola. Then I went back to my dark seat. Back then as today they gave you lots of ice. The drink was gone in no time so I proceeded to chew on the ice. I failed to realize, when I got the drink, that the movie was almost over. The movie ended and I walked out of the theatre into the bright sunshine still carrying and chewing on the cup of ice. As I walked down the sidewalk, I happened to look down in the almost empty cup of ice. Laying on the bottom of the cup was half of a huge cockroach on its back. Guess where the other half was. I learned a valuable lesson that day. Never eat or drink in the dark!