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Driving on the motorway on Friday (family in car) We passed an ice cream van that offered on the back - 'Free ice cream - Grab a mouthful'. On the back of the van was the web address annsummers.com Along the side of the van it proclaimed 'Summer of Sex'. Am I overreacting to think that kids seeing this may well go to the website to see how they can get their free ice cream only to be confronted by a selection of dildos? I did phone and email the company but got no response.

Or dildo shaped ice creams?

Stick a flake down the dead eye sort of stuff....

Info here

I would be very if my dcs saw a van offering free ice creams it turned out that:

"Everyone who rocks up to the I Scream van gets free ice cream – while we still have some left. Oh yeah, and, flavoured lube toppings."

Flavoured lube tastes gross. As do flavoured condoms - they just taste of rubber!

I'm not a prude but I was completely - Actually that emoticon might be completely the wrong one in this context, now thinking how much it looks like one of those scary blow up doll heads.

Yanbu.

And I'm not a prude at all, no, just no.

Darn it, not in Belfast. My life is over...

That is really just odd.

more the weather for hot soup anyway...

Eeww, that's just plain odd.

Ice cream attracts children more than adults surely Imagine trying to explain that one away to young children....adult only ice cream! I hate ice cream and ann summers, lovehoney is much better and more discreet

but what on earth were they thinking when they were having their marketing dept meeting ....can't quite follow the thought processes that would use a vehicle that sells ice cream mostly to children and families to promote sex toys and lingerie. This ice cream van has to be driven between the stores, it can easily be seen by children and they have to park it in public places. It isn't just a stall they set up at adult only events/locations.

Ann Scummers more like good for vibrators but the under wear is anything but sexy, all made out of that tacky nylon material no silk, no really tactile fabrics just plastic.
The ice cream thing is weird too, I don't like the idea of it YANBU

"Ann Scummers more like good for vibrators but the under wear is anything but sexy, all made out of that tacky nylon material no silk, no really tactile fabrics just plastic"

Actually that's not correct, and hasn't been the case for some years. I've just left the company after eight years as a team leader, and the fabrics have definitely moved with the times.

That said, this ice cream van idea is frankly bizarre .

Pretty stupid idea. And it's hardly ice cream weather. Marketing fail.

YANBU

bump for the evening crowd

I'd like to say I'm shocked but I'm not. This is the same kind of thoughtless, misogynistic twaddle these nincompoops having been trying to pass of as "edgy" for years.

What a stupid idea.
And who the fuck wants an ice-cream with flavoured lube all over it? Free or otherwise

woah sardineQueen is that really true? The ice-cream has lube on it? Gross! is the ice cream made out of man milk?
do you want a penis flake in that?

I love Ann summers but this is beyond a joke. I have just looked at the site littleducks shared and I'm going to complain now.

Lube topping?

wtaf?

yeah wt ACTUAL f? Is that true?

They quote:

Everyone who rocks up to the I Scream van gets free ice cream – while we still have some left. Oh yeah, and, flavoured lube toppings.

yes it was on the quote upthread.bleurgh.

That is disgusting!!!! Whatever next, Vaseline Victoria sponge? Spermicide sweets?
<bleugh>

"A bag of naughty things for everyone who pulls their best “O face” and lets us Facebook it!"

So that'll be a load of kids pulling random faces that they don't know what it means and getting bags full of "naughty things"??? Teens who do know what it means and are giggling having their best orgasm faces on facebook?

Simply bizarre.