Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 05, 2018

All that’s left is herring and Brussels sprouts on a stick, and mashed asparagus potatoes in a cone.

The other kids are trying to be brave about it, but they’re really not fooling anyone.

I’m not sure why they needed to put that 200 Watt bass speaker on the back of the ice cream truck. I don’t think this driver is going to last very long.

It wasn’t until I grew up that I realized how much of a rip-off that ice cream truck was. It reminds me of the nickname for the grocer Whole Foods: Whole Paycheck. My grandmother used to buy us kids stuff from the truck and I remember lots of paper money and a multitude of coins being counted. Jeez. We could have gone to the Piggly Wiggly and bought six drumsticks for the price of one or two.

That little boy doesn’t seem upset. He just repeats. Oh and, by the way, that’s a nice lie, Mama. The ice cream truck being out of ice cream when it plays “Turkey in the Straw”. Good one. Too bad I didn’t use that lie on my little brother. He would be in tears every time he heard that blasted truck patrolling our neighborhood like a pedophile on parole.

She’s a cruel, cruel woman, and cheap too!

Mama saved a buck today.

I scream, you scream,

“OUTTA ICE CREAM ?” ….

It wasn’t very long after that that the boy’s lament morphed into, Out I scream: MAMA!

Mama got stiffed by ice cream man when the nickel bag was really just alfalfa …what?

@painedsmile

I believe that’s why the ice cream trucks hereabouts play the theme to “The Sting”.

Someone’s been watching to much Elmer Fudd; next he’ll be telling us that Fwag Apwause in Wame.

She is obviously bears ill-humor to the Good Humor Man. Something about not wanting to lick the stick….

Even after years of therapy he is still chasing the ice cream truck he was denied in childhood.

Good one, Teresa. Too bad the dang truck doesn’t move faster!

Such fibs come from the mouths of moms with no money for ice cream. How sad for the Little Ones!

Once upon a time, when I was overseas and the summer was horridly hot, the ice cream vendor was as appreciated as my Guardian Angel!

@INGSOC

Bitter, or otherwise?

The dwivew of the ice cweam twuck was dwiving ewwatically, the dwivew must take a sobwiety test..

Top with extra almonds please..

who can still hear the ice cream truck music in their heads after all these years?