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The innocence of youth

Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
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My five year old daughter has just asked me if I know why the ice cream van plays music. Wanting to encourage her, I said I didn't and asked if she knew.

" It's to make all the children who don't get an ice cream smile."

Never thought of it like that.
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  • kentaddickkentaddick
    Sometimes children say some of the smartest and most mind blowingly intelligent but simple things.
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    edited August 2013
    Or in the case of the ice cream man who works Peacock Street in Gravesend, its to annoy the life out the bloke in number 30a where he pulls up outside between 5 and 6 every day.....even when there a cover of snow on the ground!


    Nice story btw CS, I'll try and think of it that way in future
  • Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
    Big Rob - my guess is it's because his best Customer lives there?
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    Haha, yeah I did use to nip down for a big feast I spose
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    My 4 year old asked me something the other day and i replied that i didn't know. She looked at me with a look of shock and said "but Daddy, you know everything"
  • AlexPersevalAlexPerseval
    That's actually the best thing I've heard all day!
  • man_at_millettsman_at_milletts
    Told my kids that it meant he had run out of ice cream. Wot a bastard"
  • newyorkaddicknewyorkaddick
    Walking away from The Valley on Saturday, my 4-year old observed that "Charlton need to play a bit better". Hard to argue with his logic.
  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    We always said it was to make the fat kids dance before they was allowed any more ice cream.
  • Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
    It is isn't it?
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  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    Probably my favorite 80's music was the ice cream van chime!
  • newyorkaddicknewyorkaddick
    If you crash an ice cream van you run the risk of getting whippylash
  • StigStig
    It's not an ice-cream van, it's a kipper van.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    and they only play the chimes when the nice man has sold out of ice cream ... (:-<)
  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    Our old ice cream man was found dead with hundreds of thousands and bubblegum sauce all over him.....

    ...topped himself.
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    ^^^^ Police are cone-vinced there was no foul play
  • tangoflashtangoflash
    I once heard a woman ask for a 69 with nuts. She then looked around to see everyone else in the queue pissing themselves...................
  • BIG_ROBBIG_ROB
    She could've asked for a 69 with hundreds and thousand's
  • fossdeneboyfossdeneboy
    Arun council have told an ice cream kiosk owner in Bognor that he is not allowed to sell
    Flakes or hundreds &thousands with his cones -honest I have not made this up its true




  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    When my sister was little there was a multi coloured oil stain on the road and she sad ' oh no, it's a dead rainbow'
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  • GreenieGreenie
    Around the Meopham and Longfield area there's an Ice Cream man and his van is named Jack the Ripple.
  • O-Randy-HuntO-Randy-Hunt
    edited August 2013
    I was always told when the ice cream van music played, he had run out of ice cream
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    newyorkaddick said:

    If you crash an ice cream van you run the risk of getting whippylash

    Not sure about that, however there will be cones on the road, while clearing up the mess.
  • iaitchiaitch
    Greenie said:

    Around the Meopham and Longfield area there's an Ice Cream man and his van is named Jack the Ripple.

    In Sydenham years ago there was an ice cream man called Mr Thick and Creamy!!!
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    O-Randy-Hunt said:

    I was always told when the ice cream van music played, he had run out of ice cream

    you're pinchng my lines (:->)
  • smudge7946smudge7946
    O-Randy-Hunt said:

    I was always told when the ice cream van music played, he had run out of ice cream

    My dad used to tell me that when I heard the music, it meant that the child catcher was coming and I had to go and hide until he went away. So I used to hide under my bed until I thought it was safe.

    I tried the same line on my three year old son recently and he just looked at me and told me not to be silly. That hurt more than realising I had been conned in the first place.

  • iainmentiainment
    fossdeneboy said:

    Arun council have told an ice cream kiosk owner in Bognor that he is not allowed to sell
    Flakes or hundreds &thousands with his cones -honest I have not made this up its true




    OK - you didn't make it up, (eye rolling smiley thing). Why did they do this?

    Do you have a link or reliable source for this? I suspect you don't.
  • McBobbinMcBobbin
    edited August 2013
    I was round my sister's, and heard an ice cream van jingle. My nephew looked really sad and said "aww no! The ice cream van has run out!".

    I shall be using that one myself

    EDIT - ignore me. that'll learn me to read other people's posts
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    In a bar having breakfast yesterday and some northerners were playing pool. One of the kids starting talking to my daughter and she just looked at him. She then turned to me and said "daddy, what language are they talking in"
  • Saga LoutSaga Lout
    iainment said:

    fossdeneboy said:

    Arun council have told an ice cream kiosk owner in Bognor that he is not allowed to sell
    Flakes or hundreds &thousands with his cones -honest I have not made this up its true




    OK - you didn't make it up, (eye rolling smiley thing). Why did they do this?

    Do you have a link or reliable source for this? I suspect you don't.
    Don't believe it until it's on the OS!
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