Ice Cream Vans

Voltex

I'm just curious about how Ice-Cream van's divvy up each vans patches?

Where I live there is a single guy who drives round every night and has being doing so for years..no competition!

Its almost like a cartel where each van only sells onto his own turf and doesn't stray into another's?

Celly Smunt

Ice cream is code for smack.

bobrawn20

Two ice cream men deal on my street, I like to stir things up by telling one that the other has already been earlier when he hasn't.
He goes away cursing him constantly.
They must have some kind of agreement and they both think the other one is breaking it, eventually I hope it leads to an ice cream van turf war.

Tail Docker

They are like Hot dog stands, buying one unawares of the turf rules can lead to a swift kicking.

wretcheddomain

Why is there never an ice cream woman?

Aren't ice cream vans just an excuse for dirty old men to give a "cone" to young unsuspecting children; the creepy music luring the children...

WilyCoyote

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Why is there never an ice cream woman?

Aren't ice cream vans just an excuse for dirty old men to give a "cone" to young unsuspecting children; the creepy music luring the children...

Fancy licking one of those

Fr_Dougal

They're either drug dealers or pedophiles, all of them.

El Weirdo

bobrawn20 wrote: »

Two ice cream men deal on my street, I like to stir things up by telling one that the other has already been earlier when he hasn't.
He goes away cursing him constantly.
They must have some kind of agreement and they both think the other one is breaking it, eventually I hope it leads to an ice cream van turf war.

Like this one?

A turf war between competing ice cream men resulted in both facing charges of assault in a case where it was claimed that one reached into the other’s van and pulled his ice cream lever.

Duuuuuuurty.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

Read Duncan Bannatyne's autobiography. He talks all about it in it as that is how he started out.

BorneTobyWilde

How do you know he's a single guy.
Maybe he's got a Monica under the counter
Who knows

Renegade Mechanic

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Ice cream is code for smack.

"Snow" cone..

BorneTobyWilde

I scream Ice Cream
When I want some Ice Cream
If I get no Ice Cream
I scream Ice cream

MS.ing

Voltex wrote: »

I'm just curious about how Ice-Cream van's divvy up each vans patches?

with a hoe?

BorneTobyWilde

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1843304!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/sexiest-ice-cream-truck.jpg

Every night they rock up. Same bat time .

I had a chocolate sundae earlier wot had sprinkles and a purple umbrella on it.

Stick that in yer pipe Mr. Whippy

Muise...

Feckin lethal, so they are. Oh my gaaaaaiiid!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LoiMZ59Jw

Buzz Killington the third

I love that ad where the mum tells her kids that the ice-cream man plays music to let people know that he's out of ice cream. Genius!

Sir Arthur Daley

Do ice cream business owners make much money, i imagine its all tax free too.

rxan90

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Why is there never an ice cream woman?

Aren't ice cream vans just an excuse for dirty old men to give a "cone" to young unsuspecting children; the creepy music luring the children...

There is an ice cream woman in my estate (Swords, Co Dublin). She's been going around here for at least the last 15 years, ever since I've been here :P

Tail Docker

I sounds pretty dull tbh, the whole "being an ice-cream person" thing.

FizzleSticks

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Sir Arthur Daley

FizzleSticks wrote: »

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Nite now, god bless.

BoB_BoT

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Do ice cream business owners make much money, i imagine its all tax free too.

Why would it be tax free? They still pay for their stock, they have to charge vat on goods sold, they pay tax for the van, income tax, prsi, wages etc...

Sir Arthur Daley

BoB_BoT wrote: »

Why would it be tax free? They still pay for their stock, they have to charge vat on goods sold, they pay tax for the van, wages etc...

They can buy the stock in cash, all cash sales. I don't know any children with visa debit or credit cards.

Tail Docker

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

They can buy the stock in cash, all cash sales. I don't know any children with visa debit or credit cards.

I'd say they are the same as Taxi drivers, bound by honesty, returning every cent correctly. And publicans.

BoB_BoT

By that logic, everyone in the country could trade in cash and not pay a cent in tax. Until Revenue decide to audit you, then you're ****ed.

Tail Docker

BoB_BoT wrote: »

By that logic, everyone in the country could trade in cash and not pay a cent in tax. Until Revenue decide to audit you, then you're ****ed.

Yeah. Or not, as the case may be. I know people who have traded in cash for decades and make token returns. Audited too. There's ways and means. I'm too dumb to know the ways and I don't have the means.

Sir Arthur Daley

Lets not get carried away i doubt an ice cream van has 6 figure incomes, wouldnt suprise me if they were on the rock and roll.

BoB_BoT

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Lets not get carried away i doubt an ice cream van has 6 figure incomes, wouldnt suprise me if they were on the rock and roll.

Have you seen the price of a stinger bar from an Ice Cream Van? Raking it in :P

The Backwards Man

Two pieces of advice for you all

Never buy icecream from a van

Wash yourself

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Two pieces of advice for you all

Never buy icecream from a van

What about an ice cream cart?

The Backwards Man

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

What about an ice cream cart?

Turf and hay are carted.

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Turf and hay are carted.

Did you ever hear of a tractor mighty invention, piece of advice buy a massey and buy the best, buy a chain and tow the rest.

Capt'n Midnight

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Why is there never an ice cream woman?

Aren't ice cream vans just an excuse for dirty old men to give a "cone" to young unsuspecting children; the creepy music luring the children...

But everyone knows that they only play the music when they run out of Ice Cream , well that's what my mum used to say.

Capt'n Midnight

Also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars

The conflicts, in which vendors raided one another's vans and fired shotguns into one another's windscreens, were more violent than might typically be expected between ice-cream salesmen

...
A driver and his family were killed in an arson attack that resulted in a 20-year court battle. The conflicts generated widespread public outrage, and earned the Strathclyde Police the nickname the "serious chimes squad" (a pun on Serious Crime Squad) for its perceived failure to address them.

fleet_admiral

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Why is there never an ice cream woman?

Aren't ice cream vans just an excuse for dirty old men to give a "cone" to young unsuspecting children; the creepy music luring the children...

Give us a 68 and ill owe ye one

pablo128

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Did you ever hear of a tractor mighty invention, piece of advice buy a massey and buy the best, buy a chain and tow the rest.

A Massey's classy, but a Zetor's better!:D

The Backwards Man

pablo128 wrote: »

A Massey's classy, but a Zetor's better!:D

Davey Brown never lets you down

jjbrien

Theres 3 of them doing the rounds here in D15.... usually comes at diffrent times of the day, have no idea how they manage to make a living.

Canis Lupus

bobrawn20

Muise... wrote: »

Feckin lethal, so they are. Oh my gaaaaaiiid!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LoiMZ59Jw

That video makes me laugh, without fail, every single time!

jjbrien

This one is funny

Irish Musician

bobrawn20 wrote: »

Two ice cream men deal on my street, I like to stir things up by telling one that the other has already been earlier when he hasn't.
He goes away cursing him constantly.
They must have some kind of agreement and they both think the other one is breaking it, eventually I hope it leads to an ice cream van turf war.

Psml. Bad boy

miss tickle

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Two pieces of advice for you all

Never buy icecream from a van

Wash yourself

I'm confused,

Are these two separate pieces of advice,

For example,

If you buy an ice-cream from a van, you should wash yourself first,

If you buy an ice-cream from a van, you should wash the ice-cream first,

If you buy an ice-cream from a van, you should wash the ice-cream seller first,

Is this some kind of new cult?

wp_rathead

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