Cold Treat Traveling Salesperson

Ice Cream Man

I watched horror movies as a kid. Yeah, part of the demented big picture I call "growing up". I also have big brothers, so I KNOW scary. But few things strike fear into me like the dreaded tinkling music floating from down the street on a warm, summer day. Yes, it's the dreaded ICE CREAM MAN!

I wrote a short story last year that I was going to enter into a contest by year-end, but it still needs refining. It's about how this SAHM hates nothing more than and is striving daily to shut down the store on wheels.

I really do think the concept is brilliant...for molesters and killers! Hate the idea that someone whom we know nothing about is attracting kids with his mesmerizing music and sweets. Something more like a slasher movie than summer dream! Remember Chitty Bang? Totally! That guy still haunts me. "Lollipops. Candy!"

Soapbox, yes. I agree. But it's one of the ideas I have that separates me from most others and it's unique to write with. So I enjoy this crazy tangent of mine. I hope you do too. J

Samples of Chilly Mom:

-I stage a protest during the first week of summer vacation in my neighborhood. I even enlist the help of 100 mothers to picket at the entrance of my subdivision. We all have our own plastic ice cream cones we bought "for educational purposes" from the local dollar store. This is the most effective point of punctuation, I believe. We're saying, "Already have some. Thanks. Now leave!"

-"Do you know WHY they call it a 'FatBoy?' is my official campaign slogan, but I'm working on something else equally clever since I can't use the registered name. I've renamed it, "Your obese child" in hopes that no one will ever feed their kids treats that call you names or create the very monster they are laughing at.

-I go door-to-door promoting the weekly ice cream/frozen pop on a stick ads, informing moms of what deals are going on around town and telling them how much, on an average, the ice cream man sells his items for. Next month I'm expanding to an official newsletter, but I have a lot of study I need to do on the software I just bought. I even carry a cooler with samples and have offered to keep them on-hand so people won't buy from the "bad van man", as I call him. There's only one neighbor who demands that I vacate their property and I am writing to the city council about that crazy! I do, however, keep my approach light and airy. I feel that I am improving our community one street at a time.