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AIBU To Elbow Toddlers Out of My Way??!!

22 replies

Latara · 08/08/2012 14:24

In the rush to get to the ice cream van?
Or is that a bit mean?
(It's on the estate & coming this way!! Full of ice cream & old skool Cider lollies & lemonade lollies & cola ones too!!)

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 08/08/2012 14:25

Well, you would have to crawl along to get your elbows at the right height, might cost you more in speed than it is worth ...

What are cider lollies? Never had those.

WorraLiberty · 08/08/2012 14:27

Fuck I want a cider lolly now!

YANBU

Kick the fuckers to the side of the path Grin

tzella · 08/08/2012 14:28

If one can't push to the front of the ice cream queue in front of a bunch of kiddies then I see no benefit to being an adult.

AllYoursBabooshka · 08/08/2012 14:29

For cider lollies YANBU.

Barking like a mad dog is more effective though, makes them scatter.

WandaDoff · 08/08/2012 14:30

Cider lollies? Fucking YUM!

Don't elbow the kids out of the way, just stand on them. Grin

Latara · 08/08/2012 14:49

Oh yes. I forgot my elbows are too high to get toddlers. But i can elbow their parents...

Cider lollies - they now sell them in my local Tesco.
I do live in Dorset though.
Wonder if they have Whisky lollies in Scotland?

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Salmotrutta · 08/08/2012 15:05

Don't think I've seen any Whisky lollies! Grin

That would be for your hard-core toddler ...

Mrsjay · 08/08/2012 15:08

just trample the little blighters Grin what are cider lollies do they have cider in them oh i wonder if i could make my own Wine lolly .

Mrsjay · 08/08/2012 15:09

no whisky lollies in scotland sadly Sad

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 08/08/2012 15:10

Or just wait until the toddlers have got their ice creams then snatch it out of their hands and eat the evidence Grin
no, not really, I am being facetious

Our ice cream lady pissed me off one day, she goes down the street then back, so as she went down, no3 son got his money out, ran outside, and waited for her to come back. As she came back, he waved like mad and she waved back and drove straight past leaving him crying at the side of the road Angry

Latara · 08/08/2012 15:10

I've never checked the label for alcohol content; but IF the van EVER turns up in my street then i'll let you know....

Honestly. What's taking him so long?!

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Moominsarescary · 08/08/2012 15:11

Cider lollys yum! My grandad was an ice cream man, I was really sad when he retired ( I was 30)

Mrsjay · 08/08/2012 15:13

No young kids in my street any more all auld duffers Grin but I used to almost cry when a certain little boy used to go to the van and i was behind him he never knew what he wanted always ummed and ahhhed i used to race to get there before him Blush he is now a big lad and still umms and ahhh s but he is bigger than me now so he can go first

peeriebear · 08/08/2012 15:14

Oh god I want a cider lolly now... My ears are going to be on elastic for the ice cream man, not heard him come round yet today! I'm not sure he has them though :( in which case it'll have to be a lemonade Sparkle. If he hasn't got those, we might have to have stiff words.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 08/08/2012 15:16

People in Scotland cant leave whisky alone for long enough for it to freeze! Grin (am Scottish)

LaurieBlueBell · 08/08/2012 15:39

No, no it has to be Cherry Brandy lollies.

YANBU to elbow the brats there have to be some perks to being an adult Grin

AbsofAwesomeness · 08/08/2012 15:44

Surely kneeing them out of the way would be more realistic? Reminds me of this website

AbsofAwesomeness · 08/08/2012 15:45

But I don't know how many 5 year olds I can take as chuffing IT has the results behind a firewall

ouryve · 08/08/2012 15:46

A pointy brolly is far better.

Numberlock · 08/08/2012 15:49

Abs That website is hilarious (lax IT here thank fuck). One of my favourite questions:

During the fight, would you feel morally comfortable picking up a child and
using him/her as a weapon to throw at other children?

tartyflette · 08/08/2012 15:51

OK, calm down everyone, no need for any of that you simply go up to the van and lean over the top of all the shortarses milling around below you and, with your superior arm length, hand your money to the icecream man first. and ignore the cries of indignation--. All's fair in love and ice-cream war.

AbsofAwesomeness · 08/08/2012 16:16

This my favourite:
"How would you feel about the fact that you're fighting a bunch of kids?
a) This is so wrong - these are children for pete's sake. I don't think I could fight them, even in self defense.
b) I'll do what I have to and fight just hard enough to win
c) To hell with morality, I'd be too busy pile-driving, crane-kicking, and bare-knuckle bashing them all the way back to kintergarten "

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