I can remember when I was about 4 or 5, we had an ice cream truck that came through the neighborhood. They sold snow cones, ice cream, and popsicles. As soon as I would hear the circus-type music playing, I’d run into the house and grab the nearest parental unit with money. I’m sure my parents hated to hear that thing coming on a daily basis. But somewhere down the line, that truck stopped coming around. My friends and I would eventually ride our bikes to a nearby snow-cone stand to get our cold fix once we were old enough. Such simple times.
About a month ago, we were cooking out with my parents when all of a sudden we heard that same loud, circusy music start to play. E.B. was mildly interested. I think my husband and I were more excited than anyone. We went to the front yard to check things out, and sure enough, another ice cream truck was making its rounds once again in our neighborhood. However, this wasn’t the same type of ice cream truck I remember as a kid. This thing was loud-sounding and loud-looking. It was a pimped-out ice cream truck!
I don’t know. Every time I see this thing, it just screams, “Pimp My Ice-Cream Truck.” And it’s not even a truck! These kids nowadays are getting ripped off from the true ice cream truck experience. And that’s just sad.
In any case, this ice cream van serves up some really good stuff. It’s all pre-packaged novelty ice cream, but the service is great! It did make me feel a little nostalgic for good old-fashioned homemade ice cream. My parents and the neighbors used to make it, and it was so good. I can still hear the whir of the little ice cream maker.
I saw that ice cream van today!!! I swear it was the same exact one parked outside the police station up here. Go figure.
Oh, and p.s. you totally did make me jealous. You know her IRL?!
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I have to say that that ice cream truck looks terrifying….and super g-hetto. I bet they don’t even hand scoop!
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Damn straight they are gettin’ ripped off! That is a horror show of a van conversion, seriously!
as soon as i saw that pic…i gasped and laughed. you gotta be kidding! what in the world are all those stickers anyways. if i were a kid i think that ice cream should be daggone good if i had to get up the gutts to approach that scary thing! sure makes me wonder what kinda music they were playing!
Until our son was 6 we told him that it was a music truck. Wasn’t it so nice of the man to drive around and play music for us? Then he learned to read and realized that there were labels for ice cream on the side. He was like, “Mom, that music truck is selling ice cream!”
What the hell kinda ice cream truck is that?
OURS is a van too… and the creepiest guy drives it and i NEVER see kids at it… very odd. we tell Gen when a REAL ice cream truck comes, she may chase it. until then, we will have to go buy ice cream ourselves.
That looks a little creepy to me!! But maybe I’m just too paranoid!
When we were little my Mom told us our ice cream truck was the dog catcher.
Never seen a van as the ice cream truck. A bit scarey.
This actually looks a bit creepy to me. I don’t know that I would feel comfortable letting my child approach that van by themselves…or maybe I’ve just seen to many made-for-tv-movies!
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No. They. Di’int. Try to pass off a van as an ice cream truck. You’ve got to be kidding me. We should send the pic to pimp my ride for real. Do it for the children.