Whoa, F-11 sells out in Lubbock Texas!

[wellstone_democrat]

A friend just called from Lubbock to tell me that we *cannot* go to the 6:50 show tomorrow night! Seems that the only evening show is SOLD OUT! (they have it in ONE theatre at three showings 3pm, 6:50, and 9:40 pm---so its not as though it would be a challenge anywhere else to sell out...) Sold out! In Lubbock: the absolute heart of the "fanatically devoted to Bush* no matter what country!"

I think that when I get in town tomorrow I'm just going to go by the theatre to get a look at what might be Democrats!

At last, there may be more than 3 of us in the county! Exciting!

[cmf]

1. No way!

That is awesome!!!!

[skooooo]

2. Yeah but isn't Lubbock the hot-bed liberal center of Texas??

LOL..joke.

[DEMVET-USMC]

13. Austin Texas used to be one of the liberalist cities in the U.S.. Nude

beaches,optional clothing pools at different appartment coplexes and on and on. There is the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin. A very large Universatity. I did not go to school there but I sure had a lot of fun there in the early to mid 1970s. Anyone from Austin, what is it like there now ?

[ninkasi]

16. A friend of my daughter's

called her last week from "Hippie Hollow", a nude beach. Said he was enjoying himself a lot. She used to live in Austin, and only moved back to the Houston area to be nearer to the rest of her family. Austin is still a cool place.

[DEMVET-USMC]

20. Hippie Hollow was a good one . The best one I used to go to was

something like bee caves road or something like that. There was this great small river with polished sandstone holes and all kinds of really neat places for doing whatever you wanted. I had so much fun there. After 2 tours with the Marines in VIET NAM it was what I needed. I used to wonder if I had died and gone to heaven, it was that good. Those were the best years of my life. Who knows maybe there will be good times in the future . It hasn`t been that good for me lately though. The usual shit I guess. I`m hoping for happier times and when Kerry wins maybe us hippies can still have a ball.... ...Oscar

[DrWeird]

3. Must be Texas Tech.

There must be at least a theater full of halfway intelligent people in the whole town.

[wellstone_democrat]

6. Nah, its summer

everyone leaves Tech who isn't "native" or in summer school---I'd be surprised if 100 people in the student body would be interested in a regular term: we got a big 10 people for the anti-war rally. The "pro war" rally to several hundred.

But, the real test will be if it opens more widely here (both multiplexes are cinemark) or if more than one show sells out. Still, its pretty startling for this end of the state!

[markses]

9. Even the professors and grad students leave?

Hmmm. Maybe.

[Vickers]

4. It's official: he's fucked.

Welp, I might as well start drinking again, 'cause I'm gonna have to break out some champagne for this one.

:toast:

Oops! I forgot: Lubbock is dry, ain't it? I was there a couple of months ago, and I seem to remember it was.

[wellstone_democrat]

7. Oh, yeah, dry as a bone

but, you can drive to the city-county line and hit the package store "strip" a few miles out of the city

PS want to guess what the drunk driving rate is in Lubbock county?

[DemoTex]

5. I am not surprised.

Not at all surprised. The theaters will be packed. Then the film will open at other theaters seeing the $$$ in the package.

[0007]

11. I'd like to see it come to Midland Texas

I'm driving to San Angelo to see it.

[markses]

8. The most beautiful sight in Texas

Lubbock in your rearview mirror. ;-)

[ShaneGR]

10. The only theatre showing it in Lee County FL, Ft. Myers, had to add a 2nd

A second screen. The first screen is sold out for all shows.

[Nevernose]

12. Are you suggesting that Drudge is a liar?

On edit: Sorry, got this one confused with his reports of Clinton's book sales.

[wndycty]

14. That can't be. . .

. . .Drudge reported that Clinton's book was not selling well there so obviously this is a lie! <sarcasm>

[eaprez]

15. I Just Tried to buy tickets for Tomorrow....

...SOLD OUT COLUMBUS OHIO ALL VIEWINGS!!!!!

[havocmom]

17. Any chance the theaters are being bought out so real people won't be able

to actually see the movie? They have tried everything else and face it, they have lots of $$ and are pretty desperate.

[markses]

18. That would be supremely stupid

It would end up jacking up the weekend takings, thereby generating more buzz, thereby causing those people who may not have otherwise wanted to see it to want to see it (that's one of the reasons you want the big first weekend). Plus, think of all the people who actually work in theaters saying "A very strange thing happened..." all over the country. Nope. Moore managed to mobilize an incredible buzz machine (with the help of the just terribly incompetent censoring groups), and it's paying off. Once again, the conservatives fundamentally misunderstand the way desire works. No surprise there.

[ShaneGR]

19. That would be AWESOME!!

See above post.

[eridani]

21. Take a stack of voter registration forms n/t