# What's the deal with people ordering ice cream or soda on cold days?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [January 22, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439 "2014-01-22T09:02:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439/41 "2014-01-23T18:19:04Z")

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I’d love to have a 30 degree day here.

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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439/42 "2014-01-26T18:01:01Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> A 15 minute drive doesn’t begin to cut the chill out of a van.

Well there’s your problem right there.

Just for comparison, the heater in my van start blowing hot air in about 2 minutes, and the front seats (I’ve never ridden in the back) are toasty in about 5.

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439/43 "2014-01-26T18:02:56Z")

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It may be 17 degrees out right now, but it is 70 in my living room and I’m eating an ice cream sandwich.

Because I wanted one and I had them in my freezer.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439/44 "2014-01-26T18:40:45Z")

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I don’t know what it’s up to, but I’ll second, or third, or fourth or whatever the statement “Because it tastes good.”

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-people-ordering-ice-cream-or-soda-on-cold-days/679439/45 "2014-01-26T18:45:36Z")

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I must be a tremendous dumb ass. It’s 72 in the house and I’m warm enough to be barefoot, yet I’m still eating a freaking fried egg and bacon. How could I not have noticed my incredible climate-zone mismatch? I should be eating ice cubes instead. (Heaven forfend that I should open a window in the winter, but that’s another thread.)

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