Does anyone know what's up with this ice cream truck? We never see it but we always hear it - all hours of the day, but more often it's around 10 or 11pm. Is that late hour not unusual?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8

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Thought that might have been the case...
That sucks.

And I know it goes on all the time, no matter where you live - it only seems worse because we can't exactly keep it out of our minds for more than a few hours at a time.

Seems to be a new thing in south philly, late night ice cream. he was down our end all winter at night, the word was "drug dealing"???? he's been gone for about 6 months now, I guess he found new night customers.

no.
When I lived in Roxborough they came around all the time, and yes, you could get high. Did someone just realize the drug war isn't working?
Mr. BS, that's a great song.

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why would you think that?

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I know it's always a problem...

Since ice cream trucks (especially the midnight and/or winter ones) are commonly known for selling drugs, it seems like it should be fairly easy for police to bust them. (But in reality, I guess it's probably not so easy)

Here's where they busted one in NY. It says ""detectives began investigating Mr. Jordan after people in the neighborhood told them about his activities"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/04/ny.../04softee.html

Is it a real ice cream truck? I've never seen it either, but I have heard it.

I remember when I was in high school, my brother's friend had a PA system installed into his car, and it had ice cream truck music on it. He used to play the music to mess with the little kids. They would come running out, but there was no ice cream truck. It was just silly teenage hijinks.

He also had a police siren on it, and he could talk into a mic, just like a police car. He used to freak people out a lot, and they would often pull off the road, thinking they were being pulled over by an unmarked car. But it was completely harmless.

I guess you could be right that this is a drug thing, but I always try to consider brighter possibilities. Maybe it's just some kids having a good time.

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