You don’t realize how much weird ice cream-related news there is until you start combing through the archives of the Internet for it. Not old stuff, either. I’m talking about recent weird news. As always, three of the stories below are 100 percent true and one was made up by the Turkey Hill team. Leave a comment with your guess about which is the frozen fake.
WHO’S GOT THE SPRINKLES? – Highway crews in Manchester, England are describing it as “a big mess” and ice cream lovers were tempted to stop their cars and grab a spoon when a frozen foods truck carrying more than 10,000 half gallon containers of ice cream overturned on a highway just outside the city. No one was injured in the accident, but it did send half of the truck’s frosty cargo tumbling out onto the three-lane road and bring traffic to a standstill until the melee could be cleared.
THE MIRACLE DESSERT – Researchers at New Zealand’s University of Auckland have developed an ice cream with two active dairy ingredients that combine to address the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy. The helpful treat, called ReCharge, is available in strawberry flavor and is being tested with cancer patients in six New Zealand cities.
LOST AND FOUND – An 8-year-old Australian boy who disappeared from his bedroom in the middle of the night was found a few hours later pretty much where’d you’d expect to find a missing 8-year-old. Melbourne police picked the barefoot boy up at 3:50 am after he’d wandered into a 24-hour grocery store and began helping himself to some chocolate ice cream in the frozen treats aisle of his local grocery store. The child was reunited with his parents a short time later.
IT’S LIKE 1935 ALL OVER AGAIN! – In an effort to bring the old days back to life (and more customers through the door), a drug store in Ava, Missouri has set up an old fashioned soda fountain and has begun selling ice cream for five cents a scoop (limit three scoops per person). As expected, most of the fountain’s customers are kids from a nearby school who are anxious to put their allowance to good use.
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I will say the Miracle Dessert is untrue. If it isn’t then the U.S. should have that shipped to every hospice center.
The highway story sounds good, but is totally false! Way to go New Zealand and hope we get that product here in the USA soon! And I hope those Australian parents put a better lock on their door. Excuse me now, while I head off to Ava for the 5 cent cones…
Think it might be the MIRACLE story. Sounds to good to be true.
I was going to “google” these stories, but I decided to just guess and my guess is “THE MIRACLE DESSERT” is not true. if it were true, we probably would have heard the news.
I vote for The Miracle Dessert!
I would have to guess the mess in Manchester England. It’s missing too much information. Something like that would certainly be in the international news and I don’t remember seeing it anywhere.
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I believe it is the one with the sprinkles. The other 3 sound true to me.
I think it’s #2.