why didn't i think of that?

I went to the movies last week with my family. We saw the new Indiana Jones movie - a bit of a family tradition.

We're in line for concessions and I see my brother standing over at the butter station. It's always bugged me that about ten years ago movie theaters everywhere stopped buttering your popcorn for you. When you do it yourself you end up only getting butter on the top of your popcorn, and by the middle of the tub it's run dry. Otherwise, you put too much butter on the popcorn and then you have a big greasy pile of heart-attack-in-a-tub.

Thanks to aforementioned brother: Problem Solved.

In a maneuver that could only be matched by MacGyver himself, I see my brother standing at the butter dispenser with a long, movie theater concession stand straw attached to the nozzle. Where does the straw lead?

Straight to the middle of the tub, baby!

Patent pending.