Although the Packers/Viking war has made crossing the Minnesota border more difficult, it can still be done. Last week, under the cover of darkness, my wife and I were able to sneak under the barbed wire, avoid the border patrols, and enter Minnesota. The goal of our perilous journey was to locate the holy grail of shopping: the Mall of America.
By following the holy signs, we arrived at the Mall the next morning. Wanting to blend in with the natives, I wore a blonde wig and blue contact lenses. My blonde, blue-eyed wife needed no disguise.
My wife’s goal was to visit every store in the mall. My main goal was to see a special showing of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. I’ve liked some of the Harry Potter movies but I usually wait for them to come out on DVD. It wasn’t that I was in a hurry to see this movie. Rather, I wanted to try out a new gimmick called the D-Box motion seat.
To enhance your movie watching experience, the D-Box motion seat tilts and vibrates during the movie. So, the idea is that if the character on the screen is flying, your seat swivels and tilts, which is supposed to give you a feeling of flying. Or if there is an explosion, the seat vibrates.
Arriving at the movie theater, I bought my ticket in advance and was escorted by the manager to a special computer screen where I picked out my seat, B7. Sundance Theaters also allows you to pick out your seat when you purchase tickets. Because I am really picky about where I sit, I really like this approach.
I returned a couple of hours later to see the movie. After showing my ticket, I walked down to theater number 12. Before the movie started, an usher came into the theater and checked our ticket stubs. When the movie plays, only occupied seats are activated. One man was in the wrong seat. So, the usher deactivated his correct, empty seat and activated the seat he had moved to. This was handled very professionally by the usher.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Ha! Pretty clever stuff. I'd think a seat like that would work best if it had a much wider range of motion than insurance rules probably allow.
2 - The Crow
You are absolutely right!
3 - Joanne Huspek
God, I got nauseous reading this. I'll bet the riders like this but non-riders like me... yech!
4 - Ruvy
The next night, wearing camouflage and dragging five shopping bags behind us, my wife and I sneaked under the barbed wire and back across the border into Wisconsin. Arriving home safely, we celebrated by sacrificing some beer and cheese in front of our Packers shrine.
I'll have to wire my friends on the Hennepin County Police to watch out for terrorist infiltrators like you, Crow.
Or should I just say "Cheesehead".