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No matter where they grew up, it always seems that people have similar "ice cream man" stories. A lot of kids, my brother and I included, were convinced that their ice cream man has some sort of sinister alter ego, complete with an illegal job that no one could quite pinpoint. Ours, we decided, was a cocaine dealer, but yours might have spent his off time running numbers, dabbling in the mob, or laundering money, to name a few. So despite this nose-numbing, toe-tingling, sniffle-inducing cold snap that most of us are experiencing right now, perhaps we can use our imaginations to conjure up some thoughts of warm days accented by the sounds of slightly off-key jingles wafting from the ice cream truck. You picturing it?
Good. Now, while you're in the mood, check out this gallery of unique ice cream trucks, and then leave us your ice cream man stories in the comments. (Speaking of which: did anyone's neighborhood have an ice cream woman?)
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1-26-2008 @1:12PM Don said... I had the best childhood location for ice cream. We lived right next to a Good Humor garage. We did a lot of hanging around to see if any trucks broke down as the drivers would give us all the half frozen bars by the box. Dinner appetites went out the window.
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1-26-2008 @3:41PM thekevinmonster said... The ice cream trucks around ann arbor are these practically burned-out old Econoline vans that are painted with household paint and I'm sure they will sell you some very green stuff along with your popsicles, man. Oh wow, this popsicle's great!
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1-26-2008 @5:40PM Beta Xtal said... Oh Ellen,
you portray such a negative image. When, as kids, you hear the 'jingle' you badger your parents for money to buy an ICE CREAM, this is a treat that comes, almost, to your door! We never knew, or cared, if they had other lives....We just loved the Ice Cream.
Info: In England it would appear that we need to have two people in the Ice cream van. As the engine has to remain running to keep the freezers working one person has to stay at the controls of the vehicle (health & safety), whilst the other provides the treats. You may have guessed already, the Ice cream man is now his partner...A women.
Clive.
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1-27-2008 @1:09PM Adriane said... Cocaine dealer??? Yipes...when I was young enough to run out to the Ice Cream truck and enjoy a treat I don't think I even knew what cocaine WAS.
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1-27-2008 @1:09PM dragonet2 said... Well sometimes around here I see an ice cream truck (window on side, decals of the various treats, usually a battered old van) when the weather is not ice cream weather. Or the really decrepit truck that prowled Swope Park when I was in a recreational softball league, lots of adults, no children...
I suspect they're not selling ice cream. I live in deeper urbia, and I doubt it's the green stuff they're selling either. Then again, they're also not running the abominable music that the play in the summer.
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1-27-2008 @1:09PM Jimi said... the ice cream man in my neighborhhod is totally pervylike and licks his lips when he sells me anything
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1-27-2008 @1:09PM Scooter said... When I was in college, I was aware of an ice cream man who did have a sinister alter ego. Let's just say he sold a little something illegal along with his ice cream sandwiches and Bomb Pops. I almost got run over by a roommate barreling out of our house after the ice cream truck that played "It's a Small World", only to return with a dime bag and an orange sherbert Push-Up. Even now, years later, it's still a surreal scene!
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1-27-2008 @1:08PM JMForester said... My ears (and eyes) always perk up at the mention of Ice Cream Truck. The summer I graduated high school I was 17 and first worked at a summer camp as a gymnastics coach for a month, and when that was over I went back home and was trying to think of ways to take my cash I had earned and increase it so I could buy a muscle car to turn in to a hot rod.
A heat wave hit and the first thing that jumped into my head was, why not drive a Good Humor truck? I invested in the rent of a truck and a supply of ice cream and got permits in a few towns. I spent the rest of the summer cruising the streets of all the local towns peddling my wares.
It was a lot of fun and invariably several friends would hop on board to cruise with me. I hooked up my boom box to the P.A. system and ran a loop of heavy metal and hard rock with Van Halen's song "Ice Cream Man" playing every 2-3 songs. We became known as the Rock and Roll Ice Cream Truck and had a great summer. (And met a lot of girls which was a huge plus!)
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