to wonder why there is an ice cream van outside?

[Moominfamily]

There is snow on the ground and the ice cream van has just come.
It never turns up in summer.
It only turns up once or twice a week in winter, at random days and times.
It ONLY sells ice cream, cans of coke and diet coke, and flakes. No chocolate, crisps, vast array of penny sweets, glass bottles of fizzy juice (which as far as I'm concerned is what a proper 'ice cream van' should sell).

Why, WHY? It must be a front for laundering money, there is no way an ice cream vendor in the West of Scotland would be able to make a living.
AIBU to think this is odd, or do I just spend too much time noseying out my front window?

Ha ha! Reminds me of the time I got home on a perishingly cold February day when the ice cream van was outside, exclaiming to dh when he answered the door "WHO on earth would want an ice cream in this weather?" to find him hiding a cone behind his back.

Now you come to mention it, I haven't heard the van at all this year. And I want an ice cream.

drugs.

I bet ya!

You must live near me (also W of Scotland) - I was bringing the DCs back from nursery this afternoon and we heard the siren call of the ice cream van too. DS2 thought it was a car alarm so I just nodded.

But my first thought was that they were probably dispensing wraps of anthrax-flavoured heroin to someone.

maybe it's selling hard drugs - it must be tough on snowbound addicts not being able to get to their usual dealer due to inclement weather conditions.

Drugs eh? you learn something every day

Bugger! NOW I want some drugs.

Possibly a local phenomenon Imsonottelling.

You could be right about the drugs- but I have never seen a line of people waiting twitching outside it, clutching ginger bottles for part exchange. . .
maybe I just live in a very virtuous street.
Elemental, there should be vans for everything- although then you and I would be in trouble.

The irony is I could quite fancy an ice-cream now, but tis too late!

elemental

I'm not sure where you get hard drugs round here. I seem to have a hazy recollection from my youth that going "down the estate" comes into it somewhere...

Moomin, there is one in our time, comes down our street twice every night 365 days a year. He sells ......... wait for it....... fags. One at a time or a whole pack. That is how he makes money!!!!
Wierd that this is also West Scotland, must be a local thing!!!

it's drug time here in our street, can I get anyone anything?

Maybe it's the undercover police....are you up to anything dodgy?

The ice cream van that comes round my way parks on the pavement right outside my house. Right outside my DS's bedroom window. After they are in bed. I am going to have him killed. The police with think it's a drugs related killing and I'll get away with it.

gone now, too late, will take orders for tomorrow night instead!!!

I will be now Rebeccaj- there is clearly a gap in the local market for a drug van ice cream van selling chocs, fags, ginger and drugs other stuff.
If everyone else has as poor impulse control as me there will be an epidemic of druggie chain smoking chocoholics before long.
Don't think I'll sell ice cream though, doesn't seem to be a market for it!

We have a chocolate van that comes round twice a week.

He may sell other more sensible items too, but these are irrelevant, and round these parts the friendly driver is known as "the chocolate man".

I heart rural living.

We used to have "the pop man" that would sell all manner of fizzy drinks in glass bottles. "the video man" would also do his rounds where you could rent out a video for the week. And last but definitely not least "the fish and chip man" which is pretty self explanatory.

Why dont you buy an ice cream from him next time and ask him?

I would probably think he was a burglar trying to blend into the scene while he cases the joint.

You should read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars

Where have you all been?

God I would have killed for vans cruising around selling fags booze and drugs when I was young

Do they play josh wink instead of greesleeves?