[The once and future king]

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Went to see 2001 at the Silver Theater in DC a month or so ago. Guy a couple rows behind me is there with his 6 or 7-year-old kid. Kid does not shut up for the entire first half of the movie. Asks dad questions every 30 seconds or so ("DID THE BONE GO UP INTO SPACE????"). Dad, instead of shushing him, obligingly answers every question. Lots of people shushing them and angry looks backward. At intermission at least half a dozen people went up to the guy and told him to make the kid STFU or GTFO. Fortunately, he STFU.

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In this way at least yanks excel. If this had been a cinema of Brits we would have all sat there and put up with it. This is the fundamental reason service is so [censored] in the UK. We are pussies at complaining.