Comments on: AHOY THERE!

By: Robbin L. Netz

Robbin L. Netz — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:15:46 +0000

Is this eligible for the World Book Of Records? How about a challenge to build a giant cow out of popsicle sticks!

By: Linda Leffler

Linda Leffler — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:24:44 +0000

When my nephew was in camp he made me a basket out of popsicle sticks it was beautiful, nothing as grand as a ship, but just as valuable to me. Linda

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:46:11 +0000

wow, my friend’s son makes me things out of sticks, but nothing as grand as that. I’m sure he would have helped in this project if he was closer. Great article.

By: Niecarrah

Niecarrah — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:47:38 +0000

Wow …Totally Amazing !

By: lee carr

lee carr — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:45:35 +0000

this is so great, and to think, last weekend I was at a girl scout event and they built centerpieces from popsicle and ice cream sticks to look like bridges, I came home with a covered bridge. I thought the bridges were super, but this is awesome.

By: peg

peg — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:55:22 +0000

I can not believe anything that big could be built out of popsicle sticks.

By: Lois S

Lois S — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:53:27 +0000

What an astonishing story. Proves if you want to do something bag enoug, you can do it. If Turkey Hill had ice cream popsicles, I would eat enough to build a ship also.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:04:02 +0000

That is truly amazing. I wonder where this ship is located. It would make a stopover for a vacation. Wouldn’t it be great if they used ice cream sticks from Turkey Hill ice cream! How many people does it take to eat 5 million ice cream pop? Just kidding I know that the sticks had to be bought. But I will never look at another ice cream stick in the same light again.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:08:19 +0000

Wow! What a wonderful story. It is a great thing to teach kids. That if you really want to do something you can accomplish it if you put our mind on it.
I bet those 5000 kids are proud of their accomplished along with Mr. McDonald and his son.

By: Linda Leffler

Linda Leffler — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:34:48 +0000

This is really an amazing story, good luck to Robert McDonald and his son and the other 5000 boys.Linda

By: brenda

brenda — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:38:56 +0000

Hi turkey hill fans and turkey hill family, This is the second best story. The first one was about Turkey Hill Family. Thank you for giving us another excellant story. This one of the reason wahy I love turkey hill ice cream so much. You out alot of in it when you make ice cream.

By: mary frey

mary frey — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:37:34 +0000

AHOAY ,TO YOU MATEY , HA DID A WONDERFUL JOB,DOES SHIP ICE COOLER FOR TURKEYHILL ICECREAM///

By: Betty Henny

Betty Henny — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:41:08 +0000

Researched on msn.com and “here is the rest of the story” according to their entry of 4/9/08 – Ship is 50 ft. replica named after Norse god Thor. Set sail from Netherlands to England. Build by stuntman Robert McDonald of Arizona. He planned to visit London’s children’s hospitals delivering cuddly toys which he stocked on the ship. As a child he was badly injured in a gas explosion that wiped out rest of his family! He said “if you can dream it, you can do it and that he wanted to teach children that anything is possible! Remarkable and inspiring example of the American “we can do it” attitude. Which, thank the good Lord is still alive and well! And to think that something as common as an ice cream stick was the building material! Keep making that delicious ice cream and marketing it using common items to set anyone’s imagination on fire to find another useful purpose for! Thanks, Turkey Hill for bringing this article to us!!

By: Betty Henny

Betty Henny — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:02:46 +0000

This is an incredible accomplishment, which McDonald shared with his son and 5000 other kids! What a lesson is must have been for the kids to see this come to fruition! Can you get any more of the details? or give us a possible site to find them! Whoever ate all that ice cream to make the sticks available played a most important part too!! unless he actually purchased the sticks?

By: Bert

Bert — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:37:53 +0000

There is a GOOD SHIP LOLLIEPOP. What did they call it GOOD SHIP ICECREAM ???

By: barbara kendall

barbara kendall — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:26:37 +0000

What a feat! And how wonderful to eat all the ice cream! Barbara

By: Lucy T

Lucy T — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:17:39 +0000

I checked his site too. Unbelievable.
Good luck to him

By: RTianna

RTianna — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:10:41 +0000

Did it float? I know that I could eat 6 choc ecclairs in 1 sitting times 5000 kids = 30,000 try this 5 days = 150,000 how long did this take are actually 5002 (him and son) do they still eat ice cream? Lol

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:03:22 +0000

They must have started collecting the sticks in the 1950′s at the beaches when the Good Humor men went around with boxes and sold ice cream there and the slobs left the sticks in the sand.

ps How many of us remember that?

By: alicelynne

alicelynne — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:24:06 +0000

Very cool story. Good luck with your voyage, captain!

By: Stefanie Schmidt

Stefanie Schmidt — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:00:48 +0000

Wow this is an amazing project. Thanks for sharing, what a great story. I hope he had lots of yummy Turkey Hill while he was building it.

By: Susan C

Susan C — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:48:37 +0000

what a great idea-would have loved to help him with sticks-all that ice cream-YUM!

By: Bob Kessler Jr

Bob Kessler Jr — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:55:39 +0000

Where do you get that many popsickle sticks? I opened up the link and discovered the answer to my question. I don’t remember seeing anything in the paper about this back in April. I wonder if he made the attempt. It is quite a creation. It has to be in the Guiness book of world records.

By: mary frey

mary frey — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:48:12 +0000

WOW,HOW MANY YEARS DID HE EAT ONLY THESE CREAM STICKS FOR MEALS; REALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD;