I don’t know if you guys are aware of this, but there’s a big backlash against parents in Brooklyn who don’t want their kids distracted by ice cream trucks in parks.  According to this thing I saw on Jezebel, which was according to this thing they saw on the New York Post, the kids demand the ice cream and throw tantrums and the parents are complaining now, saying they shouldn’t have to deal with their kids’ tantrums caused by ice cream trucks.

Normally, I will support any movement and/or backlash as long as I don’t have to do anything about it, but this time, I decided to get out of my comfort zone and experience what all the fuss was about for myself.  I don’t live near Brooklyn, so I had to go to a nearby Sydney park with my little miracle baby.

At this park, there’s a big jungle gym and a big homeless Santa Claus and a sandbox full of snakes.  I sat down on a bench and told my son to go play.  He just started rolling around in the grass because he’s got a wonderful imagination.  I waited for an ice cream truck.

As I waited, I thought about a lot of things, some of them quite controversial, like how overrated Star Wars is and how much money I might have if I created a bogus charity.

And there it was.  The ice cream truck.  Its familiar song played.  My baby’s ears perked up…

MY LITTLE MIRACLE BABY:  Is that an ice cream truck?

ME:  It sure is.  Is it making you crazed with hunger for ice cream?

MLMB:  I’m fine.  How are you holding up?

ME:  Me?  I’m doing great.

MLMB:  Are you sure?  I think they have chocolate chip cookie dough.

ME:  That’s not a problem for me.  I’m in total control.

MLMB:  Then why are you shaking?

ME:  I’m… a recovering alcoholic.

MLMB:  You WISH that was your problem.  You want to go over there and eat all the ice cream in that ice cream truck, don’t you.  Admit it.

ME:  You are so wrong.  And what do you know?  You’re a baby.

MLMB:  I may be a baby, but you’re a porky pig who can’t control himself around the sweets.  Oink.  Oink.

 

I have a no-crying policy in front of my boy, but I was really struggling to keep in the tears that time, you guys.  Anyone else have that problem?

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