Give me my #**$!! ice cream

December 27, 2013 9:40 AM

Have an ice cream cone. [via]
posted by Think_Long (19 comments total)

It made me smile.

I don't, however, think that I would have smiled had I been the one who wanted a #**$!! ice cream cone.
posted by leftcoastbob at 10:02 AM on December 27, 2013

Turkish ice cream is great. I've only had it once, really wish it was bigger in the US. It's got a totally different texture from regular ice cream (more cohesive), doesn't melt as fast, and has just the right amount of sweetness to it.
posted by FJT at 10:05 AM on December 27, 2013

doesn't melt as fast

Which the video makes obvious!
posted by sutt at 10:24 AM on December 27, 2013

Dondurma
posted by neroli at 10:33 AM on December 27, 2013

That guy's gonna get hit.
posted by goethean at 11:00 AM on December 27, 2013

I think this is absolutely wonderful to watch, and I'm pretty glad that the guy played along perfectly. I wonder how this would play in different countries, potentially ones with more blown out public displays of machismo.

I'm not as huge a fan of the youtube anti-jitter technology, which makes everything float and gives you the impression that you're seasick.
posted by RubixsQube at 11:16 AM on December 27, 2013

I'm not as huge a fan of the youtube anti-jitter technology, which makes everything float and gives you the impression that you're seasick.

Oooh, is that Youtube doing that!? I assumed that was some horrible in-camera processing.
posted by sutt at 11:21 AM on December 27, 2013

I'm pretty sure it's youtube (see here) but you are correct that it could be in-camera processing. Either way, it's real tough to watch for extended periods of time.
posted by RubixsQube at 11:37 AM on December 27, 2013

Seeing this, and the Chinese vendors that "draw" lollipops, and the fruit vendor who decoratively carves pineapple, I realize how competitive it is and how I would lose my shirt in something as simple food vending around the globe.
posted by sourwookie at 11:48 AM on December 27, 2013

That guy's gonna get hit.

Would you hit a guy who handles a 30 inch ice cream scoop like he's a ninja?
posted by surplus at 11:51 AM on December 27, 2013 [7 favorites]

Rubixqube: although the ice cream video didn't get to me, the example in the link you posted made me really queasy. I couldn't even finish the vid.
posted by sutt at 12:32 PM on December 27, 2013

this routine is widely practiced in Istanbul - i didn't know about it at first and had to learn the awkward way, trying to grab my cone, yet delighted with the guy's dexterity. The payoff was when I then sat eating my exceptionally chewy ice cream, watching the vendor doing this to other unsuspecting tourists
posted by helion at 12:34 PM on December 27, 2013

I picture George Michael Bluth getting wind of this practice, and trying it out at the banana stand, with unfortunate outcomes.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 1:05 PM on December 27, 2013 [2 favorites]

This made me smile hardcore. I love cheesy street attractions!
posted by threeants at 1:19 PM on December 27, 2013

So, while that rascally ice cream vendor seems innocent enough, he's actually calculating how best to bleed you out.

You cannot imagine how badly I want this to be true.
posted by R. Schlock at 1:27 PM on December 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

We've made it this far and no one has commented on the ice cream man's epic mustache?
posted by ZaneJ. at 1:49 PM on December 27, 2013

Have you noticed the ice cream's man epic mustache?
posted by nostrada at 2:06 PM on December 27, 2013 [4 favorites]

This guy needs to set up at the Santa Monica Pier.

Would you hit a guy who handles a 30 inch ice cream scoop like he's a ninja?

No cone for you!
posted by Room 641-A at 2:19 PM on December 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

I love people who are in their element at work. This guy takes the cake.
posted by dobbs at 4:05 PM on December 27, 2013