The Ice Cream Truck

The_Enginerd
The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
edited January 28 in Chit-Chat
Does anyone remember these fondly from their childhood? Have they gone way downhill where they look more like something no kid should ever get near, or were they always that bad and my memory is rose colored.

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  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    I think that's just a hood rat ice cream truck...
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    We still have one here. It's more like an ice cream van. I'll take one of these instead:

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  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    We rarely saw those.

    But I do remember, with great fondness, Di_ckie Dee's:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/****ie_Dee

    The little bells on the handlebars could induce an instant Pavlovian response in every kid within earshot.

    Edit: oh for...that's not a cuss word, MFP
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    Remember them but they are now fondly known as a paedophile van!
  • belle_of_the_bar
    belle_of_the_bar Posts: 474 Member
    I drive an ice cream truck, and it looks nothing like that. Of course, I don't sell crack either, so it could be comparing apples and oranges.
  • onedayatatime12
    onedayatatime12 Posts: 577 Member
    Hah, pedophile van. I never ate anything out of those things. To this day, when I hear the ice cream van approaching, I cringe. It evokes a sense of fear in me, still at this age. Bad association with them.
  • xstarxdustx
    xstarxdustx Posts: 591 Member
    They were a good part of mine but I did have ONE BAD EXPERIENCE. We went up to one while at a park. For some reason he said he would have to come back. Well, he never did. Scarred for life. Think of that everytime I see one. That or a strawberry shortcake ice cream on a stick. Just too trusting as a child. -sigh-
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    ice cream trucks gave way to food trucks. its amazing how many great meals can be had from a food truck.
  • Orfygirl
    Orfygirl Posts: 274 Member
    Oh look! A white windowless van! Now all it needs to say is "Free Candy" on it and I would so let my kids chase it down. Nothing suspicious about it at all.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    That van, only covered in stickers, is pretty much the ice cream van that visits the ghetto I live in. The driver is an abrupt d0uchecan0e, but considering that his livelihood is dealing the the sh*theads that live in our neighborhood and those like it, I cannot blame him.

    He gets a lot of my husband's business. Buying ice cream from that van always feels kind of skeezy, but the bomb pops come in Jolly Rancher and Chocolate Banana.
  • kevinjb1
    kevinjb1 Posts: 233 Member
    ice cream trucks gave way to food trucks. its amazing how many great meals can be had from a food truck.

    Here in Atlanta there is a food truck park where different eateries bring their trucks every day. Great food and awesome variety. It's a great change from the normal restaurant experience.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Ice cream truck???? Not if you lived out in the country!
  • KindredSouls
    KindredSouls Posts: 188 Member
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  • fannyfrost
    fannyfrost Posts: 756 Member
    In New York City they are parked in a lot of places.

    In NJ we still have the ice cream truck come around. I have been at my Sister-in-law's and heard it and at the pool the guy still comes around :)

    When I was a kid though I could be under water and would hear the ice cream truck arrive. Good Humour Ice Cream truck we had. But I also loved when Mister Softee truck came around when I lived in Brooklyn.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I think that's just a hood rat ice cream truck...
    I live in the hood =( The ice cream truck that goes my neighborhood looks an aweful lot this...

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