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those things always scared me. Plus, I live in the boonies so we never had them in my neighborhood. Whenever I was at a friend's house or somewhere they actually have a population big enough to warrant an ice cream truck, the creepy scary music would always creep me out. But the strawberry shortcake things did rock 
- Oct 9, 1999
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Oh Lawdy, thank God I'm in that sweet spot -- old enough to have tons of memories but still young enough to remember most of them!
When a wee'un, it was the Good Humor man in those modified Ford pick-up chassis trucks. Used to get something on a wooden pole with vanilla ice cream with a fudge center that you pushed up and which may or may not have had "rocket" in it's name (uh oh, there goes the sweet spot).
It was the baby boom, baby, and that dude in his dorky white uniform and hat that looked like something out of the thirties or forties was serially mobbed in the four block nexus of my suburban "hood". There were literally 30-35 kids within three years either way of my age, plus countless more older and younger than that. It probably took that guy literally far more than a half an hour to do those entire four blocks O Russell St. and Rodgers St., Ridley Park, Pa.
For some reason I have to give a mad shout out for the Creamsiscle -- that heavenly vanilla ice cream wrapped in orange sherbet confection that some previous poster described. Genius! Genius, I say -- even though that was never my choice from the Good Humor man.
As a mid teen, the Good Humor guys faded and it was all Mister Softee in enclosed, heavily modified step vans -- the source of many a juvenile joke. Of course, back further in the day we were all too young to perhaps understand yet appreciate the more "adult" humor surrounding the "Good Humor man".
Edit: From Mister Softee, it was chocolate soft serve covered with jimmies -- or what the rest of you culturally deprived types would call "sprinkles".
When a wee'un, it was the Good Humor man in those modified Ford pick-up chassis trucks. Used to get something on a wooden pole with vanilla ice cream with a fudge center that you pushed up and which may or may not have had "rocket" in it's name (uh oh, there goes the sweet spot).
It was the baby boom, baby, and that dude in his dorky white uniform and hat that looked like something out of the thirties or forties was serially mobbed in the four block nexus of my suburban "hood". There were literally 30-35 kids within three years either way of my age, plus countless more older and younger than that. It probably took that guy literally far more than a half an hour to do those entire four blocks O Russell St. and Rodgers St., Ridley Park, Pa.
For some reason I have to give a mad shout out for the Creamsiscle -- that heavenly vanilla ice cream wrapped in orange sherbet confection that some previous poster described. Genius! Genius, I say -- even though that was never my choice from the Good Humor man.
As a mid teen, the Good Humor guys faded and it was all Mister Softee in enclosed, heavily modified step vans -- the source of many a juvenile joke. Of course, back further in the day we were all too young to perhaps understand yet appreciate the more "adult" humor surrounding the "Good Humor man".
Edit: From Mister Softee, it was chocolate soft serve covered with jimmies -- or what the rest of you culturally deprived types would call "sprinkles".
Yeah, there was something with "Rocket" in it's name. I seem to recall it was multi colored and kinda ridged.
DREAMCICLES , YUMMMM
(Spelled wrong? EATME!)
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Yeah, there was something with "Rocket" in it's name. I seem to recall it was multi colored and kinda ridged.
DREAMCICLES , YUMMMM
(Spelled wrong? EATME!)
Ridged or ribbed?
Creamsicles & firecrackers when it's hot outside. Lately though, I've been having a cone they call a merlin(vanilla icecream, dipped in hot fudge, then dipped in peanuts).
I either got the rocket pops or the good humor strawberry shortcakes. I also liked the mickey mouse ice cream bar with a gumball nose.
I only bought it from the ice cream truck one or two times. Even back then I understood how much of a rip off it was. I would go to the supermarket and buy a whole box for the same price.
I spent every summer hiding in my basement with my friends. we had comic books, D&D, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels.
I do remember hearing the ice cream truck in the distance, but I was worried that the sun might kill me
I do remember hearing the ice cream truck in the distance, but I was worried that the sun might kill me
I've always wanted to get behind the wheel, run the other kids over and stuff them in the freezer. Was I unbalanced?
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