Everything is fine in Happy Land - until this guy shows up!
He parks his truck in the middle of the parking lot and sounds his horn to make sure everybody knows the ice-cream van has arrived!
Pardon, he doesn't sound his horn, he plays a wonderful, melodious, innocent children's tune. Like the ones you can listen to at Disney.
Oh you evil ice cream seller! You put us mothers in an awful predicament: On the one hand, we love our children and want to spoil and protect them. On the other hand, we love our children and want to spoil them BUT don't want to spend $5.00 on an ordinary ice lolly!
Do you see my dilemma here? On which grounds do I refuse to buy an ice lolly for my son(s)?
What do you think of these ones?
I forgot my money - That's always a handy one
Next time, it's nearly dinner time - Try it, not bad if the child is smaller
We have the same ones at home - This is quite logical for us grown - ups. Definitely not for your child if he is hot, bothers and craves an ice lolly now!
Look over there, do you see the beautiful birds? Nice try, Whom are you fooling though?
They are too expensive! The truth is, this answer makes us look cheap in the eyes of our kids. They might even think "Mom doesn't love me, she doesn't buy me ice cream."
Last year I made the big mistake of purchasing five ice creams from him at a grand total of $25.00! I even had to borrow cash from my neighbour in order to pay him! Good grief!
I did it once, I will never do it again!
Whenever we see or hear him today, I all of a sudden become blind and deaf. Thanks to the greedy ice cream man I turned into one cold - hearted, tight assed mother!
To this day I am still complaining about this ridiculous rip-off. My boys have smartened up since then. Is their anything more annoying than listening to your whining mother? I don't think so! Nowadays my boys know better, they eat ice cream from our home freezer!
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