Archived comment by Tyrone:
Free Doughnuts (with sprinkles) and a coffee.

Archived comment by Arlene:
Wahhh! I want frozen custard now & the nearest source that I know of is 30 miles away.Wahhhhh!

Archived comment by mindy:
nighthawk- ben and jerry's makes an apple crisp flavor, i've never had it but i'm sure it's fantastic.
i agree about the gelato. my gelato experience occured in rome about 5 years ago. i had melon and lemon. it was devine.

Archived comment by Philina:
Some of the best ice cream I ever had was in Okinawa, Japan. I was just bowled over by the fact they had ice cream and soda vending machines on the sidewalks all over town! It was a riot. The ice cream was awesome, probably made more so just by the novelty of it I'm sure.

We have frozen custard here in Salt lake City too. There is ALWAYS a line out the door, even in the dead of winter.

Archived comment by Nighthawk:
I can still taste the gelato I had a year and a half ago in Florence...it was better than anything I've ever eaten before. My mother and I found some tiny little place that prefers to serve several flavors at a time, so I had strawberry, banana, and apple. Wow.

We also had really good ice cream in Provence, France, in another tiny little out-of-the-way place. I had apricot and apple--you haven't lived till you've had apple ice cream (or gelato). It's unbelieveable...I just wish I could find it here.

Archived comment by Nudlez:
Ah, there's also a Culver's in Rochester. MN, that is. The owner's name is Phil.

Archived comment by Arlene:
My boyfriend said one indicator that we had moved to a better neighborhood was that he could no longer distinguish fire engine, police or ambulance by sound.

In Raleigh, NC the State University is just down the road & across the railroad tracks from a prison. Now tell me that isn't a country song just waiting to happen.

Archived comment by Jon:
As a self-confessed gelato snob: you'll only get the real deal in Italy. Especially Sorrento.

Archived comment by Trot:
Speaking of fire engines and ambulences.... this morning I saw one of each going the wrong way down a one way street in front of my dorm... I didn't know they could do that (and isn't it a bit dangerous, even if they are big and loud and red?)

And I'm with the second woman, if you say somethign obvious, you'll most likely get a snide or sarcastic remark in return

Archived comment by Stacey:
Speaking of frozen chocolate...chocolate gelato is pure heaven. Love! Love! Love!

Archived comment by Denise:
Karin...
good news!
There is excellent custard in MN.
The place is called CULVERS.
There are 2 in Prior Lake area, 1 in Burnsville and 1 in Stillwater that I know of....
The chocolate frozen custard is amazing - especially if you've just lost your ass at the casino and need some cheering up.

Archived comment by Passerby:
Custard! I've never heard of frozen custard. Maybe they don't have it here. I've lived in California my whole life. We do have dippin' dots though.

Archived comment by Nighthawk:
Matt--That used to be one of my favorite books! And now I'm hungry again...

Anyway...yes, custard is wonderful. I found a great custard stand in Long Beach Island (NJ) over the summer, and I can't wait to get back there. Their chocolate custard was sooo good.

Archived comment by Bryan:
I haer sirens all the time. Westminster is only a few blocks from:

1. Max. Security Prison
2. Missouri State Hospital for the criminally Insane
3. The Fulton Ghetto.

Archived comment by Sheep:
It's not just since September, ever since I came to Berkeley I've been astounded by the insane frequency of distant sirens and blaring fire truck horns.

Archived comment by Matt:
What continent is the Custard Desert on? Personally, I prefer to eat custard as a dessert rather than see it form into all kinds of weird dune-like shapes. Too many flashbacks to The Land of Chewandswallow (namelink).

Archived comment by Karin:
custard is the best desert ever. Plenty of it in WI, none in MN. Tradgy I tell you

Archived comment by Jos:
Serenity = Blue Bunny ice cream.

Archived comment by fair_n_hite_451:
festivus? festivus? I see your festivus, and raise you one "serenity now!"

Archived comment by mindy:
i agree. ben and jerry's is one of the absolute best. so creamy, soo sweet. so smooth in your mouth. great flavors... what more could i ask for? oh yeah- that it not be like 300 calories and 24 grams of fat per 0.5 cup!
i just had a waffle cone of festivus at a scoop shop yesterday. mmmmm...

Archived comment by Matt:
Custard and ice cream aren't the same thing.
Ice cream has qualities ranging from inedible to nearly divine, while frozen custard is nearly always excellent. I don't even know where one can get frozen custard in the Berkeley area. Frozen yogurt, yes. Custard, no. My all-time favorite ice cream is probably Ben & Jerry's Vanilla.

Archived comment by alexgfx:
Did they just open a Krispy Kreme on that street?

Archived comment by umrguy:
Well, in my current dorm, my window looks out over one of the main thoroughfares through town, and one of the major intersections is not very far down, as well as the hospital being on the same street on the other side of said intersection and down aways, so we hear sirens all the time. In fact, I almost tune them out now.

Archived comment by Jim:
If its an election year I'd say it was a union meeting. They need to get together and decide what candidate has sucked up to them enough the get an endorsement.

Archived comment by Jos:
...or a kid trying out that 9-1-1 thing he/she learned in school.

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Coulda been a parade.

Archived comment by Karin:
When I worked at the resturant, the fire department used to call in orders for custard (that would be ice cream for anyone who is unenlightened) and come pick them up in either the ambulence or a fire truck. Only one at a time, but I know a couple of times they were en route to get it and got called to the scene of an acciedent. Very nice guys.

Also, I don't know if anyone else experiences this, but I hear sirens on campus at least twice daily, but I only actually have seen anything twice I think since September.

Archived comment by May:
Truly, humour at its finest.

OR:

Something *I* would say.

Archived comment by Milo:
Radio: "All units, all units we have a 382838 at first and main"
Rookie: "What's a 382838, Bob"
Veteran Cop: "Cute chick passed out on side of road. We're not far from there, we might get to be first on the scene for CPR"
Rookie (turning car around): Oh oh! Can I do mouth-to-mouth?"
Veteran Cop: "Not if I get there first!" (turns on lights and sirens)

Gotta love buddy cop movies.

Archived comment by Zed:
Donut Sale

Gotta be.

Archived comment by Arlene:
hey, it might be lunch. Well, if it weren't for the ambulance. That clinches it, it must be an emergency.