Speaking of Children Who Might Not Live Through the Summer....

[jedimaster91]

The other day I needed to make a grocery run to purchase a few items for a new recipie. As I was coming up to the front of the subdivision, I see our friendly neighborhood ice cream truck and make a mental note to watch out for kids. It was a good thing I did because no sooner did I think to myself, "Self, watch out for the kiddies!" than some dumb dumb comes flying across the street RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY CAR to get his precious, precious ice cream. I slammed on my breaks and layed on my horn for a good minute or so before ensuring no other stupid head wanted to play chicken with several tons of plastic and machinery and continued on my no-longer-merry way.

Kid looked to be 10ish. Definitely old enough to know better.

[Bright_Star]

When kids hear the ice cream truck coming down the street they lose all sense & turn into ice cream heathens intent on an ice cream fix. I should know-I was the same way at that age...lol.
What was funny is that just before the ice cream truck showed up,the streets would be empty of kids & then when you heard the ice cream truck kids would instantly appear out of nowhere.

[LibraryLady]

Oooh, boy, do kids ever do that.

We have an ice-cream truck that stops next to a Synagogue with an after-school program. The kids are out there as soon as you can say "Jack Robinson". They run so fast it's enough to make your heart stop. I'm walking and not driving but sometimes I still put my foot on the brake.

I've also seen skate-boarders who seem to enjoy running at full-speed down the middle of a very busy Truck-Route. They dodge, they dive and, when the ice-cream truck appears they cut straight through three lanes of traffic to get to it.

Be still my heart!

[Reyneth]

No ice cream truck, but tonight going home from work I was on a major road, stopped first in line at a big intersection (all roads 2 lanes each way with a left turn lane).

The people in the turning lane to my left have the green arrow when from the right side of the street a kid about 13 or 14 walks across and STOPS in front of my car because cars were moving in the next (turning) lane. I had to wait at least 30 sec for the lane to my left to clear/get the red light for the left turn before I could go after my light turned green so he could continue walking across. He never once looked at me nor attempted to go back to the sidewalk the way he came when he realized he wouldn't be able to get right across.

He clearly did not have the right of way and I know the "Do not walk" was up well before he set foot in the street because of the people w/the left arrow. I'm just glad the people behind me were paying attention that even though the light was green, I wasn't moving so I didn't get rear ended and worse, pushed into him seeing as he was maybe TWO FEET from my car. Little Shit.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Feh, I never chased an ice cream truck in my life. The ones I went to were smart. They'd park a block or so away from a school around the time classes got out and let the kids come to them.

[sms001]

We didn't have ice cream trucks in my old neighborhood (Beverly) in Chicago for just that reason Don't know if it was city wide or just the 19th, but while I'm glad it probably keeps even one kid from being hurt that way, it also smacks of government as parents to me.

[blas]

What's an ice cream truck?

[Pagan]

What's an ice cream truck?

A very irritating vehicle that is equipped with freezing-type compartments to keep ice cream in to sell that plays a very irritating, tinny, horrible recording of a song at decibels that often exceed bagpipes.

Can you tell I hate, hate, hate them?

[Andara Bledin]

Can you tell I hate, hate, hate them?

Heh, you'd despise my apartment complex, then. We have no less than three different ice cream trucks that troll the neighborhood, one of which I'm almost positive is dealing drugs (seriously, an ice cream truck at 8pm in mid-winter).

The other one has this catchy jingle that I think is from a Japanese manufacturer (it sounds like the wake-up music that plays on my imported Pikachu alarm clock) that includes a voice saying "Hello" at either the very beginning or end of the jingle.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

Heh, you'd despise my apartment complex, then. We have no less than three different ice cream trucks that troll the neighborhood, one of which I'm almost positive is dealing drugs (seriously, an ice cream truck at 8pm in mid-winter).

The other one has this catchy jingle that I think is from a Japanese manufacturer (it sounds like the wake-up music that plays on my imported Pikachu alarm clock) that includes a voice saying "Hello" at either the very beginning or end of the jingle.

^-.-^

*twitch* *twitch*

And that's when I shot them your honor....

[dalesys]

*twitch* *twitch*

And that's when I shot them your honor....

And that's when I turned the liquid nitrogen hose on them, your honor...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Feh, I never chased an ice cream truck in my life. The ones I went to were smart. They'd park a block or so away from a school around the time classes got out and let the kids come to them.

Even smarter: stand out at the edge of your front yard, just above the curb and hold your hand out.

That's how I did it and it got the ice cream man's attention every time.

Fudgesicles are awesome.

[blas]

Maybe you guys should come live here. We have no such things as ice cream trucks here.

Well, there's the Schwann's man.....oh dear lord...they are like stalkers!

[protege]

We don't have them very often here. Quite a few people got fed up with "The Entertainer" being blasted all summer. In fact, one of those fools was parked around the corner from me last summer. Ever hear that song for well over an hour? I'm surprised the driver didn't get lynched!