# Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964 "2002-04-22T10:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/1 "2002-04-22T10:47:07Z")
Today, the 22nd of April, is Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day! I have to go out tomorrow and pay the phone bill and the rent in person, swing by Coldstone’s on the way back and pick up Mr. Rilch’s birthday cake, drop it at the house, go out again to pay my Visa bill, get one of Mr. Rilch’s presents if I have time, and finally keep a doctor’s appointment. By that time, I won’t care how long the line is at the Ben and Jerry’s store. If it seems excessive, I will get a book or magazine at Barnes and Noble. That will extend the wait time a bit further, of course, but I’ll have something to occupy myself. Then I’ll be refreshed enough to get the present, if I haven’t already. I just wish I knew what flavors they have at the moment. I’d like to go in already knowing what I want; I know from experience how much cashiers love ummmm-ers and counter-drapers. Maybe they still have some Bovinity Divinity. (I refuse to accept that that flavor has been discontinued. The editor goofed: it was supposed to go on the Most Popular Flavors list, and Chocolate Fudge Brownie Yogurt is being axed.) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/2 "2002-04-22T17:21:17Z")
Alas, I don’t think there’s B&J around here… ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/3 "2002-04-23T15:02:57Z")
I’ve yet to find one in Vancouver ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/4 "2002-04-23T16:10:13Z")
I went over yesterday and got a New York Super Fudge Chunk. I think I’m officially burned out on ice cream. [This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=111101) is a result of that trip, where in addition to the free ice cream I picked up a pamphlet on how to fight global warming. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/5 "2002-04-23T20:10:45Z")
You are telling me this too late… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/6 "2002-04-23T20:29:29Z")
They should do it in Summer. It was too cold for ice cream 4/22. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-and-jerrys-free-cone-day/104964/7 "2002-04-23T21:25:18Z")
Oh, **Rilchiam** , don’t forget to put the cake in the freezer when you get home.