Ice Cream Man

We have the strangest ice cream man that drives around our neighborhood every evening. Yes, just like when I was a kid; he drives around in a panel truck very slowly and plays music very loudly trying to lure kids to buy ice cream from him.

He doesn't sell much ice cream. While there are kids outdoors playing at that time; there just aren't many interested in buying ice cream. I've only seen maybe a handful every stop him in our entire subdivision.

First of all, he looks like Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame. He's got the long hair and the sort of spaced out look. Then he plays some of the strangest music or muzack; is that what they call elevator music when the lyrics are taken out. I'm fairly well versed in music and would normally at least recognize a genre; but all of his music leaves me stumped. Seems like he would want to play something the children might respond to that they are familiar with.

He goes up and down the neighborhood streets repeatedly, very slowly, with this strange music playing. I think he goes up and down our street three or four times. By the fourth pass you just want to tell him to give it up.

I wonder if he makes money in any of the neighborhoods. I wonder how many he hits every day. I wonder where that music came from. I'm thinking way too much about this ice cream man, aren't I ??