> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/20 Thu AM 07:55:15 GMT > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Subject: RE: PESO: The Ice Cream Man Cometh > > > > > But I love the light and the moment. I can still hear the bells > > > playing the ice-cream truck song. You know that one. It > > goes something > > > link ding, ding, ding, dong, dong. Hum along now. > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4357521&size=lg > > > > Nice light. The "Harry Lime" theme is popular around here. > > > > Our ice-cream man plays "The Happy Wanderer". The Museum of Mankind has an > option to take his skin when he dies, it has such a interesting variety of > tattoos on it. I think the different songs help identify which street gang > currently owns the concession. > > Somebody ought to do a compilation album of ice cream van music. Parents > could play it to torture their kids. Or vice versa. > > When I was a kid in Singapore we didn't have an ice cream man. Instead we > had the mi-mi man. He sold a fruit called rambutan from a large box. He came > strolling down the dirt track in his bare feet, banging 2 hollow pieces of > wood together so that they made a loud clacking noise. He shouted 'Mi-mi! > Mi-mi!' and we would pester our mother for a couple of cents, then run down > the road to buy a bag of mi-mis. > > After we left Singapore I didn't see a rambutan for about 25 years, and I > had no idea that's what mi-mis are called, but I kept the memory of how > delicious they are. When I first saw one again, in a supermarket in London, > I was absolutely thrilled. They cost a helluva lot more than a couple of > cents now, but they are still delicious. Much nicer than ice-cream chemical > glop. > > Bob >
Best ice-cream in the world (ahem) is in a tiny village just outside the Pieniny National Park in Poland. In the square, next to the bus stop, is a hole in the wall with an old guy sitting with a CO2 freezer, some cornets and a set of scales. Home made vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and bilberry, using mostly local produce. Delicious after a walk in the mountains. m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
