Talk:Ice cream van

message: I removed the blurb about evoking the old seaside because it sounded like original research AND packed quite a few unsubstanciated claims into a single paragraph; just a few to many 'citation needed' withing centimetres of each other Jmackaerospace 06:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: they're in the U.S. as well. Also removed sentence about climate change--that was pure speculation, esp. since climate change would tend to make Britain colder (by disrupting the North Atlantic)
I wondered about whether they existed in other countries, and for some reason I assumed that they wouldn't be in the US - I have never seen one there or heard of their existence, and they have always struck me as a very British phenomenon. This all makes the article very British-centric, so it would be good to see more information about what they are like in America and what place they hold in the culture of that country.
As for the climate change comment, while it is quite possible that Britain will end up colder as a result of global warming, it looks set to get warmer first, and it is indeed noticeably warmer here than it was a few decades ago - winters are distinctly milder for example. I have no axe to grind over matters of climate change, it was merely an observation that Brits are becoming increasingly used to summer heatwaves, and it seems reasonable to speculate that any prediction of the demise of the ice cream van (they are all such old and decrepit vehicles) might be misplaced.
The article needs some work, although as my original intention was to cover an aspect of British culture that I erroneously believed was unique, the case for the article's existence is now somewhat weakened.
Trilobite 17:09, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

text: Actually, not all the ones in the US are white and rectangular shaped.  Right now, there's an ice cream man out in my cul-de-sac (PLAYING THE MOST ANNOYING SONG IN THE WORLD, "I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT") and it's a rectangular yellow truck.  Also, last summer, it was a blue-green minivan that would visit every day with the annoying music.  Can't I call the cops about the music and claim that he's disturbing the peace?  --Brandon Dilbeck 02:56, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Older discussions 

message: It is true that in their heyday (and now), US ice cream trucks were typically made by Grumman Olson (now Morgan), and so they look just like the vans used by USPS, UPS, FedEx etc. I doubt that many former delivery trucks are used for this, because they're obviously missing the freezers. --72.70.24.251 12:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  USPS trucks? 

message: In the UK, at least, most of the stuff sold from vans is not genuine ice cream, which is why they are obliged to advertise only "ices". If anyone has further info, the article could be improved to make this clear.--Shantavira|feed me 17:30, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Both British vans shown in the article (the red Walls one and the yellow Transit-based one) say "Ice Cream", not "Ices", on them. I'm not disputing your comment, but given those two photos it will need a solid reference to go in. 86.154.8.126 (talk) 16:45, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not ice cream 

message: I was walking at Boston City Hall in Boston MA. As I was crossing the street, I heard an Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band singing Born in the USA. I said to myself "Weird, I have never seen an ice cream truck do that. Boston is sure going crazy today." 03:11, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playing Rock and Roll songs on the speaker? 

message: This is just a suggestion. I came upon this page because I heard our local ice cream truck roll by as it usually does around this time of day. I noticed something unusual. It wasn't playing the song I've come to know in my childhood as "the ice cream truck song". Or whatever you'd like to call it. It's also not obviously one of the songs listed in the article as being usually played by American ice cream trucks. So anyway I came for 2 reasons. 1 to see if there were several different songs they played and 2 because I was suddenly immensely curious about the history of the ice cream truck. Like... seriously... who came up with the idea and started it all? I'd like to see that make it into the article eventually if it's possible to find that out. Thanks! -- CrystalT 173.202.94.9 (talk) 19:51, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

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message: RZA in collaboration with Good Humor released a new instrumental (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=broo2NZmiDE) for ice cream trucks. Their intent is that it replace Turkey in the Straw several versions of which have racist connotations. Background at https://www.goodhumor.com/us/en/jingle.html knoodelhed (talk) 22:43, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New jingle 

message: The article contains a long list of melodies allegedly played by ice cream trucks. Are those actually used in the wild? Every ice cream truck I've seen across several countries has always played this instead but I don't think it is mentioned by that list. AndreKR (talk) 18:34, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAMXx3upow - I've certainly heard all those shown other than the second one in the UK. Greensleeves is common. O Sole Mio is associated with ice cream in the British mind because Walls used it (with the words "just one Cornetto" [their product]) in a series of TV ad.s in the 1970s and on; I suspect more Brits could name the tune as that than its real name! G6JPG (talk) 12:48, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ice cream truck melody 

message: I came here because I was curious about why they traditionally (always, IME: I've never heard one just playing other music) use the chimes; I was also maybe hoping to find out something about the mechanism (or whatever) involved. (I presume it's now electronic, but was it originally?) But there is nothing here; I think it would be worth adding, if anyone knows - or at least links to other articles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by G6JPG (talk • contribs) 12:51, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the chimes?