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May 17, 2006
When the saints come marching into your neighborhood to sell you an ice cream novelty
So, I have this nice newly-furnished screen porch, and the weather is very pleasant, and this naturally leads to me sitting out here surfing and reading and eating lunch on the weekends and nice stuff like that.
This has in turn lead to the interesting discovery that my neighborhood must have an ice cream truck. An ice cream truck that plays "When the saints come marching in" over and over and over and over and...
At first, I thought one of the neighborhood kids had taken up the recorder and was practicing the same song over and over. Then I realized there was a doppler effect at work-- the music would randomly get much louder from time to time. I realized it must be an ice cream truck.
How cool is that, that there's an ice cream truck in my neighborhood? Once again, I feel as if I am living in Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. Well, some combination of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
On the other hand, how annoying is it to listen to "When the saints come marching in" over and over, every time I use my screen porch during daylight hours? Well... it's pretty annoying.
Hey, at least I smell nice. Today's BPAL: Nuclear Winter.
Posted by lisa at May 17, 2006 07:11 PM
Comments
I know my hearing is bad, but I'm wondering how that electronic synthesizer or whatever the hell it is can be out of tune like it is? Maybe it's tape speed, but it didn't sound like a tape speed problem. I had to listen for a while to make sure it was what I thought it was -- then it was like "Wow, that's really out of tune... or something..."
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas on May 17, 2006 07:49 PM
It's got to be better than "Turkey in the Straw," which is what my neighborhood ice cream truck plays.
Posted by: minty on May 17, 2006 11:51 PM
Maybe "Turkey in the Straw" is an ice cream flavor. :)
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas on May 18, 2006 12:50 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.