Things that make Britain weird

[Sysman]

Ice cream vans in Glasgow used to be owned by the crime families who used them to sell drugs. The turf warfare that ensued was called the Ice Cream Wars and resulted in many deaths, petrol bombed and shot up ice Cream Vans, someone poured petrol through a flat leterbox and killed a whole family.

Ice cream vans were possibly the clearest evidence of the mafia where I grew up. All Italian family owned and you were in serious doo doo if you invaded their patch.

[Sysman]

You're lucky it's only the ringing. Most of them look like they'd happily run you down and kill you for having the nerve to not notice that you've stepped over the line.

You are lucky to avoid getting run down by cyclists even if you are on the pavement at the end of my road. They nip onto the pavement to avoid waiting at the traffic lights there. Don't seem to slow down much either.

[Gonzo]

slinkyMalinky

She's got a point with Ice-cream vans, hasn't she? Do any other countries have this? Wonder if Oz does...

There are Ice Cream vans in New Zealand.

I am with her on her list of five things she missed.