Do you actually go to the ice cream vans that drive around?

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Western_Sort501@reddit

Used to go to the one that parked near my daughters primary school at pick up plus if I have caught him driving around.

Where I used to live used to hear it in winter guessing it wasn't selling just ice cream.

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your-mum-joke@reddit

Fuck me is this what the worlds come to when a 20 second jingle from an ice cream van is considered a noise problem?

There's complaing and then there's people like this who have no joy left. What a shame.

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NecroVelcro@reddit

The legal duration of an ice cream van chime is 12 seconds at a time: the law would consider 20 seconds a noise problem.

I'm not saying that any of them are relevant in the OP's case but several neurological conditions can cause severe sound sensitivity. A 20 seconds jingle that you don't give a shit about would be distressing or even painful to many others.

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your-mum-joke@reddit

Fuck me

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Asher-D@reddit

It lasts far longer than 20 seconds because they play it on repeat and it's as loud as a siren, which a siren is fine, someone's having an emergency, but an ice cream jingle? There's no emergency and it now my kid is upset.

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Master-Trick2850@reddit

People post on this sub complaining about children shouting and playing outside, it definitely is what this world has come to.

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Puzzleheaded_Drink76@reddit

Not when you are at home with a functioning freezer. Possibly when out and about.

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millimolli14@reddit

Everyone uses it where we are, line of kids waiting on the pavement and adults too

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Asher-D@reddit

They do it to upset the kids so you'll give in and buy some ice cream. At least I'm convinced that's why they do it.

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ross-dirext-words137@reddit

I mean if one turned up and I had cloths and shoes on. Which is about 20% if the time when at home. I probably would see how much a 99 is now. Probably £5

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Rocky-bar@reddit

As soon as I hear the tune I start salivating, isn't that strange? So yes I buy them.

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popsy13@reddit

I do occasionally, used to have the neighbour (who couldn’t open her front door) hanging out of her window putting orders in. Thankfully she’s moved

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popsy13@reddit

I do occasionally, used to have the neighbour (who couldn’t open her front door) hanging out of her window putting orders in. Thankfully she’s moved

Downvoted why? I answered the question

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Peppy_Tomato@reddit

Why: Gibe on the neighbour.

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popsy13@reddit

Cause she was a bloody nightmare! Ever been woken up to Whitney Houston’s at 4am?

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NoodleDoodlesocks@reddit

Sometimes, yeah. It's good ice cream.

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Regular_Put_2266@reddit

Absolutely not! If you are a fun of icecreams and happen to be in London, go to Amorino.. authentic Italian icecream. Have a look at pictures on google to see what true “gelato” looks like! 😇

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BG3restart@reddit

I do when I hear it. I don't have ice cream at home because I have no self control and would just eat it in one sitting, so the occasional 99 from the van is a rare treat.

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APenguinEm@reddit

I used to as a kid, but as I got older I developed lactose intolerance. Icecream is a no-go for me. I will occasionally buy an ice lolly on a hot day though

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ParsleyChops@reddit

No I hate them and had a phobia of them in my twenties. I used to walk home from work along a road which turned out to be part of the route of an ice cream van, when I heard it getting close I would get hysterical and run down the road crying 😂 I’m almost over it now but I still can’t get close to one

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Super-Craig@reddit

My family could never afford the expense when I was younger, but I used to watch other children buy things from it.

As an adult, I've bought an ice cream cone from such a van once for one my sons on a rare beach outing.

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Nym_Nightingale@reddit

Yes, my husband was livid the other day because you could hear it in the area, but didn't drive up our street. Had the kid put on shoes and everything

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Barbora1519@reddit

Know how you feel . Once we got into our car and gave chase. We weren’t sure where the sound was coming from and it was really frustrating as we were just driving around and eventually gave up 😁

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Lessarocks@reddit

Not where I am. We have a corner shop at the top of the road that sells ice cream and three supermarkets within five minutes walk. Despite that, that we have an ice cream van that drives down our cul de sac every week, plays its chimes and drives off again. It doesn’t stop. If I wanted to buy something from it, there wouldn’t be time to get my shoes on and get out there. It’s bizarre.

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Barbora1519@reddit

I live in a quiet cul-de-sac and when the ice cream man comes there are always people with kids who will go and get one . And there is also always me and my partner :) .

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Spottyjamie@reddit

Yeah as it parks 5 seconds from my house

Costs me a bloody fortune lol

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ScientistJo@reddit

We used ours, and there was usually about 3 or 4 kids bought at the same spot that we did, but it doesn't come round any more. Last seen before Covid.

But then again, if they are now charging £4.00 for a 99 with sprinkles, I probably wouldn't use it if it did come back.

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DeadBallDescendant@reddit

When I was a lad, Mr Suskas used to sell cigs, which was a godsend.

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RetiredFromIT@reddit

I always have ice-cream in my freezer, and friends/visitors are welcome to some.

But...

When I have a certain group of close friends round and an ice cream van stops in the street, we can't resist going outside and buying one.

Plenty of kids in the queue, too, so the guys are making money, still.

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BurkesRoad@reddit

I would, if we had one. I'm in a small village which has nothing...no shop, no pub... nothing.

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PKblaze@reddit

There's usually one at the park near where we live. Seems like it takes in a fortune on the good days. Cone ice cream and topping ranges between 2-3 quid so it's not terrible compared to some prices I've seen

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Aggravating-Delay792@reddit

Not gone to an ice cream van in over 12 years , don't see the point any more but if I saw one pitched up somewhere like a park or gardens to sit in then yes I would. But the funny thing is about the ones that drive around are always round come rain or shine even Christmas day

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poxelsaiyuri@reddit

No but I’m lactose intolerant, we got the ninja soft serve ice cream maker so I can finally have ice cream cones again

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Positive-Mud-11@reddit (OP)

Ohhh i was looking at that - is it worth it?

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poxelsaiyuri@reddit

I like it, have done both vanilla icecream and made various fruity ones, all where much nicer than the shop brought vegan ones im limited to (does mean I don’t want to buy shop icecream now as they pale in comparison)

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swoticus@reddit

Is there actually dairy in the ice cream from the vans? I thought it was like the "meat" in Richmond's sausages.

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poxelsaiyuri@reddit

There’s enough to set of my lactose intolerance or at least was 10 years ago I cut out dairy from my diet maybe they have changed

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IdioticMutterings@reddit

My local ice cream van is a front for marijuana deliveries.
Everyone knows it, even the police, yet somehow, he gets away with it.

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swoticus@reddit

I've seen this joke pop up for years and I'm never entirely sure if it's actually a joke or real

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h00dman@reddit

You'll never meet someone who's bought drugs from an ice cream van, only people who've been told by others, who will in turn also have been told by others.

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Heyo91@reddit

It's not a joke.

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Dasy2k1@reddit

Yeh at least one near me is, they do sell good ice cream too... And don't sell anything dodgy to kids so they tend to be left alone....

One of my mates who smokes went out to it once, handed over a 20 and walked away with a cone with no change.... Didn't quite clock what was going on untill he had eaten the ice cream and pulled the baggie out of the cone!

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sihasihasi@reddit

No absolutely nobody does. They just drive around and play music, for the fun of it

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FinalEdit@reddit

Yeah exactly. Mine does it to start a mini rave set to a plinky version of Popeye the Sailor Man.

We all go out there and ask for ice creams but he gets pissed off and starts throwing chess pieces at us.

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Odd-Accident-3287@reddit

I tell my son they have run out wen they play music it’s literally bedtime anyway when they come in summer

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Informal-Intern-8672@reddit

I did, until he ran over my daughter.

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loveswimmingpools@reddit

We live in the middle of nowhere and have a lovely ice cream van that slows down as he goes past our few houses in case we're gardening and want an ice cream. It's much appreciated.

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ZealousidealPlate241@reddit

One of my neighbours buys ice creams every time the van comes round. Mental.

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your-mum-joke@reddit

One of my neighbours buys ice creams every time the van comes round. Mental.

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OkAdhesiveness166@reddit

Any time I hear the one near us, both the kids and I are out the front door faster than a bolt of lightning. Nothing beats a 99 flaks

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CunningOctopus@reddit

How much does yours cost? I last had one 3 years ago as I regarded £3.50 as too much.

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spiderplant94@reddit

My local is £2.50, £2 without a flake

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CunningOctopus@reddit

Now I'd pay that! I walked out of the house to buy 2 with a £5 note in my hand and was nearly very embarrassed, but luckily had £2 in my pocket.

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yolo_snail@reddit

Surely a 100 flake beats it

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jovial_rebel@reddit

Only just

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Responsible_News577@reddit

https://youtu.be/OdAGgUNyvyw?si=W2AsRQ2rByDIGZ-N

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Zyrrus@reddit

I think they have fixed routes, and there’s some kind of agreement with the council on who goes where, in order to give everyone a chance to get to the good spots, while also serving less visited areas.

Our local park has at least 4 different vans that come visit, but they’re never there at the same time.

For more info on the drugs I recommend the Ice Cream Wars documentary on iPlayer.

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Dopaminergic_7@reddit

How much it costs?

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Responsible_News577@reddit

https://youtu.be/OdAGgUNyvyw?si=W2AsRQ2rByDIGZ-N

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Intrepid_Bearz@reddit

Only if my husband’s home as he likes a 99 with a flake. I’m lactose intolerant so if I’, on my own, it’s a no.

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Federal-Mortgage7490@reddit

not really, only reason is the price. Not saying they are making outrageous profits but I cannot justify the price. Bit like with pubs and beer, 75% cheaper to have at home. I suppose the absence of customers like me compounds the problem for them so they have to charge more to make any profit which further puts people off and so it self perpetuates.

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gilesey11@reddit

Only if you have a van that massively overprices everything. You wouldn’t get anywhere near what I get from the van that stops outside my house for the same price from anywhere else, even the local own brand supermarket ice cream.

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elevatedupward@reddit

Back in the 70s tye ice cream van was the source of the ice cream we had at home.

When she heard the music my mum would send me out with a bowl to get 4 scoops which she'd put in the wee fridge freezer box for pudding.

We've never been to the van that drives round our way now - I think he makes his money selling sweets* to students.

*Could be "sweets".

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jovial_rebel@reddit

I went to the ice cream van yesterday that was very conveniently parked outside once of the main entrances to the woods, got three ice cream cones for my two kids and me, ith kids had flakes, I did not. My man charged me £14 fucking quid. £4 for cone and an extra £1 for half a flake bar. WTF happened.

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Squishwhale@reddit

The one that drives around by me does a huge whippy with flake, sauce and sprinkles for 2 quid. Absolutely banging.

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Real-Tired-Mama@reddit

My son gets one on a Friday when it’s going round xxx

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hotchy1@reddit

If we had one id be right out to it.

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RafRafRafRaf@reddit

My local one certainly also sells drugs but he’ll do you a perfectly good cone with flake if you ask for one. Oooh. Or an oyster.

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catsnstuff17@reddit

Ours is popular!

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Anxious_wank@reddit

I live where a family do ice cream vans. One goes out all year around selling "ice cream", the others start around April.

I get on alright with them, so he'll tell me how the season is, covid was shit obviously, but he reckons since covid people aren't buying ice cream as much from the vans and their costs keep going up.

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