I was well into my early 20's before I had an epiphany moment and realised there is no such thing as a musical bus. My parents had instilled in me the belief (from day one) that only adults could tell the difference between icecream vans and musical buses. I used to sprint into the house for confirmation, invariably disappointed as they cocked an ear to the distant chimes...

bemsy

My friend James's mum told him that when the ice-cream van played a tune it meant it had run out of ice-cream, genius...

Anon

My dad told me that ice cream vans only play music when they have run out of ice cream.

Anon

a friend from school belived that when the ice-cream van played its tune, it meant that it had run out of ice-creams. this was a cruel trick by tight-arsed parents.

Anon

when i was a little ankle biter, in the summer when the ice cream van used to patrol around the neighbourhood it used to play the music, well whenever the music played my evil father used to tell me that that meant they had run out of ice cream, so everytime it came past it always played the music and i used to laugh at all the other kids run up to it thinking they'd be getting ice cream, it made me feel so clever, how wrong was i!

icecreamboy

I used to believe that the Mr Whippy van played the Greensleeves music when he had sold out of all the icecream! My father was such a cheap bastard.

stephen@grainofsand

Whenever an Ice Cream van went past playing loud music my parents told me that the ice cream man was playing an alarm to everybody meaning he had run out of ice cream!!! Now I'm 23 and use that one myself!!!

Aaron Moulder

A friends mum's told us that ice cream vans played their tune only when they were empty. It was like a siren so people would stay out of their way while they went and collected more ice cream.

stimpy

During the summer months a van would come round our housing estate selling icecreams. On entering the estate it would play music over the tannoy to announce its arrival. My mother explained to me that when the van played its music it ment that the van had run out of icecreams!

Will

when I was young my mother told me that the ice cream van only played the music when they had run out of ice cream and for a couple of years I believed her. I have now forgiven her

gordon

When I was little my mom would tell me that if the ice-cream man came down the street with his music blasting it meant that he was out of ice-cream and just warning the people not to come out and try to order any. I believed her for a long time and was deprived of many a summer night without my astropop!

Stephanie

When my friend was young his mum and dad told him that when u hear the ice cream van man playing his tinkly music,that meant that he'd run out of ice cream!
Poor boy couldnt got really dissapointed every time he heard it "oh no hes run out again...."

Holly

My parents are evil. You know when the ice-cream van plays that really annoying song? That means that it's run out of ice-cream. I bear the mental scars to this day.

Em

When I was little my mum told me that when the Mr Whippy icecream van was playing his song it meant he had sold out of icecream.

Louise

My friend told her daughter that the icecream truck only played music when they were out of icecream. Another one told her kids that it was the music truck - driving around, just playing nice music for everyone..

jen

My Mum told me that when the icecream man played his music it meant that he had run out of icecream!

Anon

My dad told me that whenever the ice cream van played the familiar tune, it signified that they were out of the frozen goodies. I spent my childhood waiting for a van that had some.

Phtxx

my friends dad told her little brother( he's 8)that when the icecream van has its music on, then its run out of ice cream. her brother beleived it for about 2 years until he saw an ice cream van with music playing giving out ice creams

k8 (GO LIVERPOOL)

I was hanging out with a friend 1 day and i heard the ice cream van come round the corner. I had some cash and asked if she wanted an ice cream and she could pay me back later. My friend laughed and said the van music was on. Confused, my reply came as "so what?" in which my friend replied "well, when the musics on there isnt any ice cream left!" i then had to prove it and caused my friends mum a lot of hassle.

jay

My mum always told me that when the icecream van is playing music it means they're out of icecream. I used to be so disappointed that they were always out of icecream when they got to my street.

Nic