Mr. Yummy Whips Mr. Whippy
Today’s big scoop: When ice cream men attack:
Children and parents watched in horror as one seller, Zeheer Ramzan, smashed the window of the other’s van with a tyre lever. A second seller, Mohammed Mulla, then apparently rammed his van into the rear of the other.
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John Tighe, 55, said: “It all came down to a turf war. “One was offering four, two scoop cones with a flake for £2 and the other said he would do them all for 10p cheaper. “I couldn’t believe it when Mr Yummy jumped out of his van and smashed Mr Whippy’s window, you just don’t expect that around here.
I assume each was driven mad by the other’s calliope.
“The old grey mare, she ain’t what she used to be,
Ain’t what she used to be
Ain’t what she used to be
The old grey mare, she ain’t what she used to be,
Many long years ago!”
REPEAT
I am a very bad man, having seen the title and thinking it was something far, far dirtier.
I assumed it was characters from the Roger Hargreaves’ children’s book series called Mr. Men. So unlike Jeremy, I thought it was something far, far cleaner.