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Ruby

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Date: Thu Jun 14 13:48 2007

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There was a girl that used to work here that used to always burn the popcorn. It would piss everyone off on our floor! SEATTLE At Seattle City Hall there are rules. No weapons, no animals, no loitering, no alcohol, no lying down, no smoking, no music, no fighting, no trespassing. Could the next thing be no microwave popcorn? "It can be a significant problem in the future," says Seattle Facilities Director Pedro Vasquez. The City Facilities Department has just issued a memo to all City employees. Video Banning popcorn? Related Content Read the memo Chat about this story SUBJECT: Burnt microwave popcorn. The Justice Center has been evacuated eight times in three years, forcing the evacuation of more than 400 people. If the problem continues, it will result in a ban of all microwave popcorn. How has it happened so many times? "I really don't know, I can't answer that question for you," says Yolande Williams, City Court Administrator. The biggest offenders are at the Justice Center, but overheated popcorn has also forced evacuations at the Municipal Tower. Popcorn is not the easiest thing to cook. Who knows if it's really two, two-and-a-half or three minutes? An unsupervised bag can destroy productivity for all your co-workers. But just the mention of a possible ban at city offices gets a number of responses. "Perhaps what would happen is there'd be an underground market for microwave popcorn, people would sneak the microwaves into their offices, they'd do illicit popping," says Frank Video, a staff member for the Seattle City Council. Is it possible that if popcorn is outlawed, only the outlaws will have popcorn? "You know, it's not something that we have talked about in that much detail yet," says Vasquez. A spokesman for Mayor Greg Nickels says the Mayor does not eat popcorn. The City just wants employees to follow this simple rule: Listen to the pop to know when to stop. The Facilities director admits even his wife has burned a bag or two. "She hit the popcorn button that had an automatic time associated with it and the popcorn still burned," says Vasquez, who says even though it happened at his home, he did not ban popcorn. Popcorn experts tell us the rule is very simple: When the popping slows to one or two seconds between pops, stop the microwave. That's your common sense tip of the day. __________________

Lady Strange

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Date: Thu Jun 14 14:44 2007

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Oh my god!! Oh my god!! Ruby said "Piss" ! __________________ "Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll? When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before" -"Been There Before" by Hanson

Jeremy Riggs

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Date: Thu Jun 14 20:30 2007

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Ruby

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Date: Fri Jun 15 04:17 2007

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MzHartz

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Date: Fri Jun 15 06:24 2007

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I can actually kind of understand that. I used to work in a craft store, and we ended up banning popcorn because the smell would fill the store. __________________

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