# dalovindj snaps: Ice Cream Man Dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 15, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786 "2002-04-15T18:14:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/41 "2002-06-14T14:14:37Z")

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Well I’m happy, this thread has stuck Tom Waits’ “Ice Cream Man” in my head, and that’s ace. This also reminds me of a [Doonesbury cartoon](http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.cfm?uc_full_date=19910728&uc_daction=X)…

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/42 "2002-06-14T15:10:47Z")

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**Tranquilis** , those are the funniest fuckin posts I’ve read in a long time. Your use of ‘Orbiting’ is perfect. I do have that godamn ‘Turkey in the straw’ now stuck in my head though.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/43 "2002-06-14T15:13:37Z")

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How the hell do the drivers keep from going insane? They have to be deaf, as no human being could stand any of the above mentioned tunes looped over and over. Perhaps they are not of this world?

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/44 "2002-06-14T18:43:51Z")

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GREENSLEEVES in Australia? That just sounds creepy. Like playing some Lutheran dirge or something. On an ice-cream truck? How odd. Might as well play Gregorian chant.  
Last summer I had a Pop-goes-the-weasel problem. I think The Entertainer would drive me right over the edge. I HATE those ice-cream trucks.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/45 "2002-07-08T14:18:58Z")

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It’s a world of death,  
It’s a world of sin,  
It’s a dozen new products to make you thin,  
It’s that little white lie,  
Inside Mom’s apple pie,  
It’s a real world af-ter all!

It’s a real world after all,  
Cold hard steel world after all,  
It’s a real world after all,  
It’s a real, real, world!

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dalovindj-snaps-ice-cream-man-dead/103786/46 "2002-07-08T23:56:27Z")

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dj:  
That was just a great title.  
Just wanted to tell ya.  
Of course, it _could_ be a real title of say The National Enquirer or such…

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