# Down Under Dopers: Gary Gumball Ice Cream Recall

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 3, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077 "2018-08-03T23:05:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/1 "2018-08-03T23:05:49Z")

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[The gumball may contain glass.](https://tendaily.com.au/news/a180803pwb/warning-popular-ice-cream-recalled-as-it-may-contain-glass-20180803)

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/2 "2018-08-03T23:11:07Z")

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:eek::eek:

And it’s still three months till Halloween!

I’m pretty sure ‘Gary Gumball’ is a name I’ve never heard - but the shape of the icecreams themselves does ring a bell. Did they used to be called something different?

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/3 "2018-08-03T23:22:04Z")

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I too have never heard of Gary Gumball.

Down here there is a similar icecream called [Bubble-O Bill](http://www.streetsicecream.com.au/Brand/Bubble_O_Bill.aspx), but made by a different company, Streets Icecream.

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/4 "2018-08-03T23:27:06Z")

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Yes!! that’s the one I was thinking of. It’s a knock-off Bubble-O-Bill. With all the fine quality control that knock-off products are often known for.

Ok, happy now. Well apart from _ **glass in ice-cream!!1!** _ :eek::smack::(☹

Just as well it wasn’t a Paddle Pop. Half the kids in the country would be in hospital by now…

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/5 "2018-08-04T04:37:01Z")

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Even the ice cream in Australia wants to hurt you.

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/down-under-dopers-gary-gumball-ice-cream-recall/819077/6 "2018-08-04T06:09:12Z")

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As with the above, ain’t even heard of Gary Gumball but Bubble-O-Bill is sufficiently ubiquitous in our culture/diet that it even gets referenced by Sammy J & Randy in their comedy standard [Secrets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfqKV_JFR88)  
(@20second mark)