skullkrusher: dead_dangler: This just in: Arlington National Cemetery to be renamed "Ronald McDonald Memorial Cemetery and All-Night Drive-Thru".

Arlington National Cemetery actually has people buried there. From TFA this just seems to be a park gate with the names of WWI/WWII fallen on it. Memorial yes but certainly not dishonoring the memory of the dead by selling some ice cream to people heading to the park.

OK, how about:

"Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall" to be renamed "The Jack In The Box Wall of Burgers (tm)".

Or

"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" to be renamed "Starbucks Presents the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Coffee Bar" (one free kosher Americano with every admission).

dead_dangler: skullkrusher: dead_dangler: This just in: Arlington National Cemetery to be renamed "Ronald McDonald Memorial Cemetery and All-Night Drive-Thru".

Arlington National Cemetery actually has people buried there. From TFA this just seems to be a park gate with the names of WWI/WWII fallen on it. Memorial yes but certainly not dishonoring the memory of the dead by selling some ice cream to people heading to the park.

OK, how about:

"Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall" to be renamed "The Jack In The Box Wall of Burgers (tm)".

Or

"United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" to be renamed "Starbucks Presents the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Coffee Bar" (one free kosher Americano with every admission).

I think renaming the memorials themselves would probably be in pretty poor taste but you are right to make that extraordinary stretch from an article about a guy selling ice cream from his tryke outside of a park. In any case, there are vendors all over the place near the Mall and the surrounding area so, your suggestions for renaming the wall itself notwithstanding, it's pretty friggin common and not a huge deal. There are signs near the Vietnam Memorial asking people to be respectful and quiet but there is still a guy selling hotdogs a few yards away

Joe Hallenbeck: thereisnospoon: CrankMyBlueSax 2009-06-22 03:10:05 PM
I've never heard of a dead person yet that was offended by anything. They are by far the most tolerant lot I know of.

/this.

I've always wondered if there are racist ghosts, assuming that there are ghosts.

Can't see it. Far as I know, most everybody is the same skin colour within a few weeks of death.

what_now: Do you know how bad the Republican whargarrble has gotten?

Before I clicked, I was POSITIVE this was going to be someone butthurt that Obama took his children for ice cream WHILE A WAR IS HAPPENIGN!!!@11

Perhaps that is an indication that the whargarrble is, in fact, coming from you? That you see Republicans everywhere might be a sign of paranoia.

Mayhem of the Black Underclass: Considering he pasted his adds all over the place, I would agree he should have been moved.

Oh, that made me laugh. Thank you! I look forward to chatting with you on the expressway to hell.

USA, USA, USA, land of the free top 1%

I would live to see these complaints...if they exist. I can't imagine anybody being offended by icecream novelties and I'm sure he sold items for the lactose intolerant like popsicles.

I enjoy talking walks through the cemetery with the kids, it's quite, don't have to worry about traffic and on a hot day I would welcome an icecream vendor.

dennysgod: USA, USA, USAUK, UK, UK, land of the free top 1%

Rusty Shackleford: "Yes, I'd like a Gallipoli Ripple, a Monte Cassino Crunch and two Somme Swirlys. Oh--and make sure there's plenty of Iwo Jimmys on those, please."

be sure to brush your teeth. Guadal root canal is brutal.

skullkrusher: Rusty Shackleford: "Yes, I'd like a Gallipoli Ripple, a Monte Cassino Crunch and two Somme Swirlys. Oh--and make sure there's plenty of Iwo Jimmys on those, please."

be sure to brush your teeth. Guadal root canal is brutal.

And don't spill any on Sara's Toga.

What if it's a memorial to the dead in an ice cream war?

medius: dennysgod: USA, USA, USAUK, UK, UK, land of the free top 1%

I stand corrected, but it still works anyway because I'm bitter right now.

Guy seemed to take it like a man without a bunch of whining. Whatever old busybodys are complaining though either need to get a life or hurry up and die. Also, the officials who recieved the complaints should have simply filed them and declined to bother the vendor.

What about us war live who want some ice cream while we hang out and think about the past?

Ice cream helps with all wounds.

/just had ben and jerrys
//yeah I am fat vet
/suck it libs

www.icecreamsoldiers.com

For that brain-freeze headache without the calories.

what_now: Do you know how bad the Republican whargarrble has gotten?

Before I clicked, I was POSITIVE this was going to be someone butthurt that Obama took his children for ice cream WHILE A WAR IS HAPPENIGN!!!@11


/and it wouldn't have surprised any of you.

Do you know how bad the Democrat whargarrble has gotten? Before anyone said anything, you came in here and started whining about something that isn't actually a problem, because nobody had said anything.

mercator_psi: thelordofcheese: I want to be preserved with an erection and a vibrating implant, then put to use in a sex/swingers/dungeon club.

Wow. We have very different ideas of "vending." That sounds more like an amusement park ride.

Well, the coin slot...

Disapproves.

GoSurfing: Isn't that what they died for?

To insure your right to ice-cream where ever the fark you please...

Well, I for one should certainly hope so!

True story: there is a cemetary right by my house, and the workers call me over once in a while to buy ice cream thru the fence. Once time I was going by the gate near the maintenance building, when the foreman called me over. I thought he was going to tell me not to sell through the fence. On the contrary, he told me to be sure to come around at 3 p.m., right before the guys got off of work, to sell right at the maintenance building. What a guy!

/yes, grave diggers have a twisted sense of humor
//because EVERY shift is the graveyard shift!

Mongo cut wood: The ruling has also baffled many of Josh's customers.

"Everyone seems to be telling me that even old soldiers like an ice cream," Josh said.

A spokesperson for Shropshire Council confirmed that complaints had been received but was not able to say how many.

Sounds like the council person(s) want to close down competition for someone who contributes to their campaigns. anyone feel the same here?


Without a doubt.

Maybe it would be OK if he had a yellow ribbon on his cart?

JWideman: Sounds like the council person(s) want to close down competition for someone who contributes to their campaigns. anyone feel the same here?


Without a doubt.

I should have known there was a conspiracy theory angle.

You're probably right, local government officers (who aren't elected) are totally in the pocket of big ice-cream.

sboyle1020: It's just tasteless to try and make a buck outside of a damn memorial site. I just good on them. Buy a friggin truck and drive around, or set up shop elsewhere...

I think you accidentally your post.

Daffydil: Sarcastica75: I am craving pomegranate ice cream now.

/I sound fat.

They have pomegranate ice cream?

/I'm getting deja vu

Sheer Bliss (new window)

FarkinNortherner: JWideman: Sounds like the council person(s) want to close down competition for someone who contributes to their campaigns. anyone feel the same here?


Without a doubt.

I should have known there was a conspiracy theory angle.

You're probably right, local government officers (who aren't elected) are totally in the pocket of big ice-cream.

Ah, I see. They aren't elected, so they're immune from corruption. And the guy who owns the nearest ice cream shop can't possibly be related to them.

It's not a conspiracy theory if it's as common as rainfall.

beoswulf: From a September interview with Rashad Akhtar, a twenty-seven-year-old British Muslim, who alleges that the graphic used on the lid of Burger King ice-cream cones resembles the Arabic spelling of "Allah." The interview was conducted by Davina Patel, a reporter for the London newspaper Eastern Eye. Burger King apologized and said they would redesign the lid.


I feel humiliated. I want to humiliate the person who did this to an extent that he never works again. I'm going to make him see that it was the biggest mistake in his life. I want to meet the guy. I want to ask the guy, "What does this mean to you?" then never see his face again.

In a way, I'm glad he did this to me. It has opened my eyes. The fear of God, the love of God, the love of not letting anyone disrespect God. Even though it means nothing to some people and may mean nothing to some Muslims in this country, this is my jihad. I'm not going to rest until I find the person who is responsible. I'm going to bring this country down.



http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/03/0080952

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I think I can speak for all the other internet tough guys (and girls) out there on Fark when I reply to Mr.Ahktar:

BRING IT.

JWideman: the nearest ice cream shop

Ice cream shop ?