What the f*%$ IS Kosher?!?!?

My favorite blog of the week, Overheard in New York, posted the following conversation:

Girl: Excuse me, is you popcorn kosher?
Counter guy: Um...I, ah, I dunno.
Girl: Do you even know what kosher means?
Counter guy: Hey, Geraldo. Is our popcorn kosher?
Geraldo: What the fuck's kosher?
--Loews 84th Street Theatre 6

So, this is a question that has been plaguing many of us Jew Yorkers since we immigrated from the various boroughs outside of Manhattan!

Is Loews popcorn Kosher? Viva Pizza? Zen Palate? Frappacinno's? Jamba Juice? Starbucks? Dunkin coffee? those nuts that are sold in the street? Who really is the Vaad of Flatbush, do they exist...? do they really leave Brooklyn and come to Manhattan (cuz we all know not too many Brooklyners do!)? Speaking of, is everything in Brooklyn kosher?

I love that PETA is going after the kosher slaughter houses, because EVERYONE who PETA goes after is A-list and that just makes me feel all so special!!

So, I haven't really answered any of my own questions... All I can say, is someone please educate Geraldo in theater 6 at Loews (84th st) to hold the butter, because we all know that's not kosher...