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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 28, 2014 20:42:05 GMT
The ice cream truck just drove by playing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I had to open the front door to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing.
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Post by marianne on Aug 28, 2014 20:46:50 GMT
Strange indeed! Odd attention getter...  |
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Post by Dani-Mani on Aug 28, 2014 20:46:55 GMT
It may have been strange, but it accomplished what it wanted to--got people's attention!
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Post by JoP on Aug 28, 2014 20:47:14 GMT
Noooo that's way too early |
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 28, 2014 20:58:12 GMT
It may have been strange, but it accomplished what it wanted to--got people's attention! They usually play really loud reggae music. I can hear them coming from blocks away inside my house with all the doors and windows closed. |
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Post by anniebeth24 on Aug 28, 2014 21:01:43 GMT
Thanks for this post - it made me smile thinking of everyone in your neighborhood shaking their heads. . .
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Post by scrappert on Aug 28, 2014 21:02:53 GMT
Now I want ice cream.
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Post by MichyM on Aug 28, 2014 21:05:04 GMT
The ice cream truck in my old neighborhood played Christmas music as well. Drove me nutty....
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 28, 2014 21:07:09 GMT
That's so strange.
On an aside, when I was a kid (late 80's,early 90's) the ice cream truck was an affordable treat. I checked out the ice cream truck's prices now - $4.25 for an ice cream bar. He's crazy! I'll go buy a whole box at the super market for that price.
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Post by Cheesy on Aug 28, 2014 21:09:56 GMT
The one that goes through our neighborhood plays little kid "Sunday School" songs; guess it was in the bargain bin!
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Aug 28, 2014 21:10:59 GMT
Got your attention didn't it?
My daughter used to love the ice cream truck when she was a kid. When we moved to Southern Oregon when she was in the 4th grade she didn't get to have any more ice cream truck days because we lived in RV parks and they don't allow them to come through the RV parks. We are now in our house and she is 21 but last week she heard the ice cream truck and my husband told her to get his wallet and go get all of us ice creams. It was so funny to watch her standing there with the ice cream truck trying to decide what she wanted.
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Post by 3dcrafter on Aug 28, 2014 21:16:03 GMT
I think it is actually a pretty smart move. If you hear the same song over and over again you are more likely to tune it out...play a seasonal song, out of season, and you are bound to have everyone's ear.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 28, 2014 21:32:40 GMT
When I was in Myrtle Beach last summer, the ice cream truck came by everyday and only played Christmas music...we laughed everytime we heard it because it was August and as hot as blue blazes  |
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Post by twistedscissors on Aug 28, 2014 21:41:17 GMT
Our local ice cream truck plays Christmas music all the time.
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Post by MizIndependent on Aug 28, 2014 21:42:06 GMT
I had to open the front door to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing. Pull Marketing at its finest!  |
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 28, 2014 21:50:01 GMT
I was in the nail salon a few weeks ago and there was background music playing softly and I realized it was Christmas music!
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 28, 2014 22:11:23 GMT
I had to open the front door to make sure I was hearing what I thought I was hearing. Pull Marketing at its finest! The music may get my attention enough to shake my head that they are playing Christmas music in August, but I won't ever purchase anything from them. I don't think anyone else does either. I have never seen them stop to sell ice cream once and I was just thinking that might because they drive way to fast - like almost over the speed limit fast. A kid wouldn't have time get out the door to flag them down. What happened to the leisurely driving, smiling Good Humor man? |
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 28, 2014 22:15:14 GMT
It may have been strange, but it accomplished what it wanted to--got people's attention! Like an annoying commercial ! Wth? No thanks! |
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Post by oaksong on Aug 28, 2014 23:32:08 GMT
Years afterwards, I found out that the ice cream truck in my neighborhood as a kid was selling drugs to the older kids.
Maybe the different songs indicate what the "special" is today.
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Post by cannes on Aug 28, 2014 23:45:40 GMT
That is an interesting choice!
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Post by rumplesnat on Aug 29, 2014 0:24:32 GMT
That would make me giddy!
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 29, 2014 1:09:55 GMT
We were doing a remodel a few months ago in a bad area of town. It's a rental we inherited and are trying to sell. Anyway the ice cream truck came by and I went to get Me and DH a treat. The truck had ice cream, pickles, chips and cigarettes as well as black and molds and some jars of pickled eggs and pigs feet. Weirdest ice cream truck I've ever encountered lol. Ours only sells ice cream
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