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Ice cream vans only play music when they've run out of ice cream

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Ice cream vans only play music when they've run out of ice cream

Not necessarily my own, but I used to tell my little sis that when the icecream man played his tune it was cos he had run out of icecream, worked for a while...

— Dee

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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

The music on a icecream van meant he had run out.

— Danny Long

My Sister Alison Used to tell me that if the chimes were ringing on the ice cream van it meant they had run out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Maurice

i used to believe that when the ice cream van played the tune it meant that there was no ice cream left!!!

— upset

I used to believe that whenever an ice cream van passed by and played its music, it meant that the vehicle had completley sold out of ice creams

— Jess, Kent

I was told that when the ice cream van came around, if he was playing music (which he always was to announce his arrival), it meant he had run out of ice cream - how cruel was that!!!

— Tracy

My parents told me that when the ice-cream van played its music, it meant that they had run out of ice-cream and lollies

— werdy

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When I was little my parents would tell me that when the icecream man played music that there was no icecreams left!

— horriblechild

my friend's parents said whenever the music played on the ice cream van, that meant they'd run out and had no icecream left. cruel!

Anon

My mum told us that when Mr Wippy (the ice cream truck) played his music he was out of ice cream and as he always played when he came down our street I never got one!!!

— Helen

A friend of mine was told by his parents that the icecream van only played it`s tune when it had RAN OUT
of icecream.

— ady

When I was young, my Dad told me that when the Ice Cream Van play's' music then there's no Ice Cream left - how mean lol

— David

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My Mum told me that the Ice Cream man played his music to let everyone know he had run out of of Ice Cream! Penny Pinching Old Moo! I love her really!

— Robin

My sister and I were told by our mum that when the ice cream man came into our street with his chimes going on the van, well, sorry, it means he's run out of ice cream :o(
This misleading information lasted a day.

— jozef

I used to believe that when the ice-cream van man came around the neighbourhood, the jingle meant that he had run out of ice-cream. This is what my parents used to tell me. Is this bad parenting I wonder?

— Simon

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

I used to believe…

a friend told me once that, when she was a kid, her mum told her the jingly-jangly music noise that came out of the back of ice-cream vans meant they had run out of all their ice-cream. nice.

— alex, england

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To avoid constant pestering for ice creams, my Dad told me that if the ice cream van played its tune it meant that they had run out of ice creams!

— Ice cream deprived!

I told my nephew that when the ice cream van played a tune it meant he was out of ice cream. He believed it.

— Graham

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