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to wave down an ice cream van?

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thefuturesnotourstosee · 09/06/2013 21:53

Well am I?

It had a great big notice saying "stop me and buy one" and so I did. I frantically waved my arms and the van came a stop.

Grumpy man said served up ice creams for me and DD then as I paid said "I'm not a bl**dy taxi cab darling you can't just wave me down like that". I told him not to bother stopping then and to take his sign out of his window.

All I wanted was a lovely big ice cream with a flake and maybe a smile and along came an ice cream van.

Humph

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nenevomito · 09/06/2013 21:55

"Stop me and buy one at your peril" more apt.

wannabedomesticgoddess · 09/06/2013 21:56

Weird.

Why have the sign if he doesnt want to stop.

pipsqueakz · 09/06/2013 21:58

YANBU at all all you wanted was an ice cream with a smile! Customer service had got crap. Silly over priced ice cream man is take my custom to the supermarket much cheaper. But downfall they don't sell 99 with a flake. But THAT ice cream man has just lost himself a customer.

SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 09/06/2013 21:59

I chased down an ice cream van the other week.

I had been waiting hours and saw it turn into street and try drive straight out! So I ran after it.

I got my oyster with chocolate sauce and nuts. I was happy

pipsqueakz · 09/06/2013 22:02

Our ice cream man parks right outside my house over my drive so my dc's pretty much ALWAYS ask for an ice cream. Could he be anymore obvious.

MrsMoffat · 09/06/2013 22:34

Maggie thatcher invented the mr whippy. Apparently.

LindyHemming · 09/06/2013 22:47

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FlyingFig · 09/06/2013 23:53

We only see an ice cream van round here once in a blue moon; the driver is a right cruel bastard though and barely sounds his horn before roaring off at speed, leaving a trail of desperate children clutching pound coins. How he makes any money is beyond me!

BuntyPenfold · 10/06/2013 00:06

A van turns in here occasionally but is gone faster than Parcelforce.

I have never been quick enough to get an ice cream.

I wonder how he makes money too FlyingFig.

MisselthwaiteManor · 10/06/2013 13:03

I've been waving them down for years, I thought you were supposed to Blush

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