When I saw a sign saying "Ice Cream Sold Here" I thought that meant they had sold out of all Ice Cream. My mum knew I thought that and carried on pretending I was right so she wouldn't have to buy me any.
A childhood belief about sweeties

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if the ice cream truck was playing music, it had sold out of ice cream.— Deprived of ice cream
- My dad would tell me that if the ice cream van was playing a tune it meant that he had no ice cream left. Duh!Anon
- My mum used to tell me when the ice-cream truck turned on his jingle, it meant they had run out of ice-cream!Anon
- i thought that if the icecream van had its chimes going, it meant it was out of ice cream— Gracie
- "Yooce cream, ice bean, we all scream for ice cream!"
This song was always stupid to me.— Shirley B. - My parents told me that when the ice cream van was playing music, it means he's run out of ice cream :(Anon