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Greensleeves? Just the other day, I heard a rather poorly-done rendition of Greensleeves pass by one of the windows of my house. I decided to look outside to see what was producing the sound, and it turned out to be a really hideous, yellowed ice cream truck. I thought they only played things like Pop Goes the Weasel.

I live in Dallas, Texas, by the way. This isn't Sherwood Forest.

 

[Manabanana]

An ice cream truck...in January?

 

[Freestyler]

Every single icecream truck in my country (New Zealand) has, does, and will always play Greensleeves and nothing else. I thought they all did, the world over?

 

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Well, yeah, you're in New Zealand. As far I always knew it, the trucks played happy songs for little children. I actually find "Greensleeves" to sound quite disturbing.

I don't know, Mana. I guess some of them want to get as much money out of kids as they can. Besides, it's been alternating between warm and cold the past couple of weeks, so it's not that unreasonable.

 

[Meatpuppet]

No shit. Ice-Cream trucks, heard at a distance, never fail to give me the creeps. And I have no rational reason for it.

 

[Dujour]

What's greensleeves? Is it that fairytale-ish music?

 

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If it helps, I think Robin Hood is a really creepy character. I can envision myself being warped back to whenever the hell Robin Hood would've existed, and being kidnapped by a deranged, foamy-mouthed rendition of Robin Hood, who'd be accompanied by flames coming out of nowhere and little imps and gnomes. Don't ask me why.

"Greensleeves" just makes me feel like all those creepy things are being unleashed, and they're now entering into my world.

And Greensleeves is fairy tale-ish I think.

 

[Chipopo]

okay, which one of you #GA goons came up with freestyler's tag? Absolutely fucking priceless. My hat goes off.

 

[Burger]

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/7676/midis/greens3a.mid

 

[Freestyler]

http://www.zianet.com/jw_laurie/Sounds/greenleves.mid

There's an MIDI file for ya (should play in QuickTime). But the icecream trucks play it much faster so it's not as scary/haunting.

 

[Freestyler]

okay, which one of you #GA goons came up with freestyler's tag? Absolutely fucking priceless. My hat goes off.

I wanted that exact tag so I made a joke thread pretending to not know how much an American billion was in millions; I just knew how my plan would turn out, and it went just as planned. Bingo!

 

[Burger]

I wanted that exact tag so I made a joke thread pretending to not know how much an American billion was in millions; I just knew how my plan would turn out, and it went just as planned. Bingo!

Thats not going to work.

 

[Freestyler]

Oh but it already did..

 

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We're talking about ice cream trucks, jerkwads.

 

[Dujour]

Yeah, it's what I thought. So somber and depressing, as though the ice cream man were on a lifelong quest to capture the souls of all the children in the world by having them eat his ice cream so that he will no longer have to drive so slowly. He's a flying dutchman.

 

[Chipopo]

I know this Greensleeves IceCream Truck mystery bonanza is gonna cause much lost sleep on your end woods, but you gotta admit that that tag takes presidence. That shit is hot!

 

[Burger]

The icecream truck that comes past my work every once and a while makes icecream that tastes like white margarine. Yuk.

 

[Socreges]

http://www.squareonetv.org/videos/One_Billion_Is_Big_320x240.asx

Holy shit I've never seen that before.

And coupled with the thread that Freestyler made... CLASSIC. Seriously, how perfect. Best tag ever.

 

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Yeah, it's what I thought. So somber and depressing, as though the ice cream man were on a lifelong quest to capture the souls of all the children in the world by having them eat his ice cream so that he will no longer have to drive so slowly. He's a flying dutchman.

Exactly! He's like the Pied Piper -- another character who scares me to no end.

 

[Chipopo]

I've watched it three times now! And I still don't know what this Greensleeves shit is about.

 

[Mama Smurf]

All ice cream vans play Greensleeves. It's law.

 

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haha, it's the Fat Boys.

 

[Freestyler]

I've watched it three times now! And I still don't know what this Greensleeves shit is about.

Ok, my tag has nothing to do with this thread.

This thread is about icecream trucks (that drive around then stop and sell people icecreams), and the music that they play on their roof-speakers to let everyone know they're coming.

How hard can that be to understand? Next you're gonna be asking how many millions are in a billion. It's 100.

 

[Chipopo]

Ok, my tag has nothing to do with this thread.

This thread is about icecream trucks (that drive around then stop and sell people icecreams),

If we orda' 1 billion icecreams
and eat 1 million icecreams
It would be enough to knock us off our feet
'cause we'd still have......ALMOST 1 BILLIONICECREAMS....to eat

Spoiler

1 millions not even 1% of 1 billion! WOW!

 

[The Shadow]

http://www.zianet.com/jw_laurie/Sounds/greenleves.mid

There's an MIDI file for ya (should play in QuickTime). But the icecream trucks play it much faster so it's not as scary/haunting.

Hello new ringtone!

I'm not so much into the musical ringtones but it irritates people like iapetus so that makes it worthwhile.

 

[UtadaBarkley]

Wow, that song greensleeves brings back memories. That was like one of 4 songs that my first Casio keyboard played with its built in ROM-cart. I used to speed it up and freestyle rap to it all the time, and add in lil drum breaks and shit. :lol

 

[fart]

that video is everything i aspire to be

 

[spliced]

I don't know about this Greenleeves, the ice cream trucks I've heard play this song I've seen in Charlie Chaplin clips I'm not sure what the name of it is.

 

[fennec fox]

Well, the ice cream trucks around here play what sounds like steel-drum something or other. Not that there are many ice cream trucks in San Francisco, mind you, but...

 

[android]

is this the driver?

 

[ohamsie]

The ice cream truck in my neighborhood played Fur Elise, which is an even stranger choice in my opinion.