I got 99 problems but Mr Whippy ain't one.. Good article in the paper today about ice cream vans by Joe Moran telling the tale of their sad decline.
I don’t agree with Joe about how to save ICV's by turning them into tasteful mobile organic sorbet dispensers isn’t the way forward. Surely their appeal lies in the fact that they are gaudy and loud and that they sell things that’s aren't good for you but strangely are.
Isn’t the anarchism of one Mr Whippy worth a hundred lorry loads of taste the difference sunblushed hand picked vine grown kumquat and mung bean frozen yoghurt?
If you need a fix of these mobile pop art explosions have a look here.
lastly I can hear someone playing a tinny version of “Clair d’lune” so mine’s a 99 with juice and nuts, the little’ns will have a cider lolly and a screw ball and Our Nan will have an Oyster with Cornish not whippy and be careful crossing that road.
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Mr Whippy should not just be retained but knighted, a Sir Whippy please, or Lord Whippy even
the only way to get that through parliament is to use the Party Whippys.....
The most interesting thing for me about icecream vans is that Disney have never sued any of them for pissweak reproductions of their artwork.
I think it's also interesting that you see modern vans with snow white and her little friends on the side. A film that most people alive today have never seen let alone when it came out in 1938 (?).
Snow White is relatively timeless though. Although who's to say that Bob the Builder and Dora the Explorer won't be...
i'm especially keen on the one that sits at the top of duke of york steps (or whatever those things arre called by the ica going to st james's - it's pale pink and white and proper lovely
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