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So we've got ice cream trucks here in Canada, as well as many other parts of the world (U.S., Britain, Australia, etc). There are also chip vans in various places too which sell chips/french fries obviously.

That being said.. what else do you think people could retail on a moving van? Food for one thing, because we can all be lazy sometimes and the fast food truck coming around the corner on a nice day would probably do the trick.

Perhaps also a moving convenient store for those moments when you run out of something and you need to get it right away but are feeling lazy so you wait for the convenience van to drive into your neighbourhood, and then you purchase a newspaper, a lottery ticket, and some milk and cheese! :)

You forgot the hoe-mobile.
Wow, that's a cool word, I call copyrighting rights, TYVM.

belgian chocolate-covered waffles with cream... MMMMMMMMM :D

The who-gives-a-damn-van. Although i think I own that one already...

belgian chocolate-covered waffles with cream... MMMMMMMMM :D

Crazy Belgians and their chocolate!!! :eek:

The taco van...si...

Crazy Belgians and their chocolate!!! :eek:
they're about 2 million calories apiece, but SO worth it :p


aw man, now i want one :(

they're about 2 million calories apiece, but SO worth it :p


aw man, now i want one :(

Mmm... sounds purrrrty goood. Anything chocolatey is worth it.

I heard somewhere that english sweets are much stronger (as in more sugary) than American stuff, anyone know if there is any truth to that?

belgian chocolate-covered waffles with cream... MMMMMMMMM :D

Belgian waffles covered with strawberries and whipped cream! (Note - the sweet, gooey strawberries in their own sauce, not the not-flavorful very crisp type).

Of course, you could always put chocolate flakes on the whipped cream... ;)

So we've got ice cream trucks here in Canada, as well as many other parts of the world (U.S., Britain, Australia, etc). There are also chip vans in various places too which sell chips/french fries obviously.

That being said.. what else do you think people could retail on a moving van? Food for one thing, because we can all be lazy sometimes and the fast food truck coming around the corner on a nice day would probably do the trick.

Perhaps also a moving convenient store for those moments when you run out of something and you need to get it right away but are feeling lazy so you wait for the convenience van to drive into your neighbourhood, and then you purchase a newspaper, a lottery ticket, and some milk and cheese! :)
As long as said product woulndn't be marketed to children with circus music. Because thats just creepy.

Liasia']I heard somewhere that english sweets are much stronger (as in more sugary) than American stuff, anyone know if there is any truth to that?
I heard from a friend that American sweets taste like wax, is this true?

I heard from a friend that American sweets taste like wax, is this true?
Just the cheap crap.

I heard from a friend that American sweets taste like wax, is this true?Well i wouldn't know dude, that's why I asked. My favourite chocolate is cabury's turkish delight and drink is iron bru, if that tells you what country i'm in.

So we've got ice cream trucks here in Canada, as well as many other parts of the world (U.S., Britain, Australia, etc). There are also chip vans in various places too which sell chips/french fries obviously.

That being said.. what else do you think people could retail on a moving van? Food for one thing, because we can all be lazy sometimes and the fast food truck coming around the corner on a nice day would probably do the trick.

Perhaps also a moving convenient store for those moments when you run out of something and you need to get it right away but are feeling lazy so you wait for the convenience van to drive into your neighbourhood, and then you purchase a newspaper, a lottery ticket, and some milk and cheese! :)

You could retail various legal and illegal drugs. I bet mobile pharmacies would be very popular. :cool:

Since you can order movies online now, why not pander them via ice cream vans? Now you'll no longer have to walk all the way to your car to go to the movies!

I heard from a friend that American sweets taste like wax, is this true?

Yes, earwax. You dont want any. Stay away from my sweeties .

Further away.

Liasia']Well i wouldn't know dude, that's why I asked. My favourite chocolate is cabury's turkish delight and drink is iron bru, if that tells you what country i'm in.
:eek: You've stolen my tastebuds!
Those are my favourites as well, although I don't buy cadburys turkish delight. The chocolate spoils it, I want turkish delight on its own.

"I heard from a friend that American sweets taste like wax, is this true?"

Unless our wax is just a lot less sweet than foreign wax, no, having eaten both wax and candy, though I can't say from exprience whether foreign chocolates and candies are sweeter (Depends on location).

I think trucks should stick to selling pretty much just food. Some things aren't meant to be mobile. Imagine a Urinal-mobile. If you really have to go, just tell one to pull up and you pay 50 cents to use their urinals lol.

-DD

I want a beer truck on hot days. It could play the beer barrel polka on loudspeakers

I've had this idea for a while:

Radio dispatched snack trucks-for that time when the munchies hit hard and you're in no condition to huff yourself to the snack store. I know that when I was in slacker houses I would have been a regular customer.

:eek: You've stolen my tastebuds!
Those are my favourites as well, although I don't buy cadburys turkish delight. The chocolate spoils it, I want turkish delight on its own.
*nods* they should sell it in fast food restauraunts, for sure. Fuck coke, Iron bru is the shiz. As for turkish delight.. hardly anywhere sells it on its own, so i go for the next best thing.

:eek: You've stolen my tastebuds!
Those are my favourites as well, although I don't buy cadburys turkish delight. The chocolate spoils it, I want turkish delight on its own.

I wish turkish delights were sold in America. I've never had one and I want to try one... *pouts*

Liasia']*nods* they should sell it in fast food restauraunts, for sure. Fuck coke, Iron bru is the shiz. As for turkish delight.. hardly anywhere sells it on its own, so i go for the next best thing.
The only place I know is a pick and mix, which can be expensive.

I used to live on iron bru, it was so cheap compared to coke and all that other crap. I had to move back into my mothers house when I got fired though, and she insists on taking my money and shopping for me. So I get apple juice instead of iron bru. *Sobs*

American sweets tasting like wax? No, I wouldn't say so...

I like sour key suckers!!! they're the bestest candies!!! :cool:

The only place I know is a pick and mix, which can be expensive.

I used to live on iron bru, it was so cheap compared to coke and all that other crap. I had to move back into my mothers house when I got fired though, and she insists on taking my money and shopping for me. So I get apple juice instead of iron bru. *Sobs*
*laffs at bs* for the apple juice, not the firing. that would be harsh:p
Shop at lidl? That place has some gooood juice.

The only place I know is a pick and mix, which can be expensive.

I used to live on iron bru, it was so cheap compared to coke and all that other crap. I had to move back into my mothers house when I got fired though, and she insists on taking my money and shopping for me. So I get apple juice instead of iron bru. *Sobs*

irn bru tastes of bubble gum

irn bru tastes of bubble gum
...iron bru flavour bubble gum , yes

I wish turkish delights were sold in America. I've never had one and I want to try one... *pouts*

Taunts P&P with a picture:


http://www.reidcandyandnutshop.com/files/turkish_delight.jpg


You don't know what you are missing. I just tastes soo goood!!! *Drools*

Liasia']*laffs at bs* for the apple juice, not the firing. that would be harsh:p
Shop at lidl? That place has some gooood juice.
She insists on me eating, and drinking, healthily. I'm stuck with apple juice and milk at the moment...:(

She insists on me eating, and drinking, healthily. I'm stuck with apple juice and milk at the moment...:(
How old are ya?

Taunts P&P with a picture:


http://www.reidcandyandnutshop.com/files/turkish_delight.jpg


You don't know what you are missing. I just tastes soo goood!!! *Drools*

It looks enticing indeed! What does it taste like?! :eek:

This is my kind of ice cream truck:
http://www.jezakpromotions.com/images/Daisy_Bell_Icream_Truck.jpg

This is my kind of ice cream truck:
http://www.jezakpromotions.com/images/Daisy_Bell_Icream_Truck.jpg

Oh. Hell. Yes.

Liasia']How old are ya?
I'm twenty. Don't mock me for still living with my mother...:mad:

It looks enticing indeed! What does it taste like?! :eek:
Like sugary jelly with is kindof fruity with a kind of icing sugar powder on the outside. Damn tasty.

It looks enticing indeed! What does it taste like?! :eek:
It tastes divine. You'll just have to try it yourself to find out.

I'm twenty. Don't mock me for still living with my mother...:mad:
As if I would... houses are expensive, i know. although letting her still tell you what to eat is a bit hmmm

Taunts P&P with a picture:


http://www.reidcandyandnutshop.com/files/turkish_delight.jpg


You don't know what you are missing. I just tastes soo goood!!! *Drools*

:( They look so good! ..... WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!! *sobs*

Liasia']As if I would... houses are expensive, i know. although letting her still tell you what to eat is a bit hmmm

...its a bit of pwnage from your mama... :p

Liasia']As if I would... houses are expensive, i know. although letting her still tell you what to eat is a bit hmmm
Yeah I know. She says she doesn't want loads of junk food around the house where my little brother can get at it. I can understand why she wants to do that, so I don't argue. She doesn't totally control me though, I do what I want, come back home in the early hours of the morning or not at all. She doesn't treat me as a kid, if that's what you were thinking.

...its a bit of pwnage from your mama... :p
Shhh you can't mock my iron-bru buddy! *snickers*

:( They look so good! ..... WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!! *sobs*
Enjoy chewing on your wax. :D

OK so the US needs Turkish Delight delivery flying carpets (vans I mean). Other than that, which we don't have in Brazil - too hot for TD - we have delivery vans for rental movies, fruit and veg, pharmacies, eggs, etc. etc. They are convenient until you are trying to pay attention to something that is being said, and are interrupted by the egg man blaring out his signal etc.

If I want something, I go to the shops and buy it - it is just too noisy here to have all these hawkers going around adding to the racket. So I don't encourage them.

Suprisingly we do not have ice cream vans. Hum - good business idea there. :)

Yeah I know. She says she doesn't want loads of junk food around the house where my little brother can get at it. I can understand why she wants to do that, so I don't argue. She doesn't totally control me though, I do what I want, come back home in the early hours of the morning or not at all. She doesn't treat me as a kid, if that's what you were thinking.
No fair enough, everybody's mum has their quirks. This friend of mine's parents had no music, and wouldn't let her watch disney films. Strange eh. I'd ask her to buy craploads of pasta, that and beans is great.

the egg man

What a job! If someone asks, you can say in a really mysterious voice 'the egg man'. I am SO moving to brazil.

Liasia']I heard somewhere that english sweets are much stronger (as in more sugary) than American stuff, anyone know if there is any truth to that?


Not sure about candies and such, but the chocolates I've eaten made thier way is more of a darker chocolate/less sweet compared to our more milky kind. I prefer that dark (semi sweet) chocolate.

belgian chocolate-covered waffles with cream... MMMMMMMMM :D

:eek: We actually have those! Little mobile chocolate covered Belgium waffle vans! They hang around at the major train stations here in Melbourne.

Cheap too! :D

Enjoy chewing on your wax. :D

No thanks - I'll be having my Scharffen Berger milk chocolate! (For those of you who don't know, it has enough cacao to qualify as dark chocolate, but it has milk making it milk chocolate, and they use a specific type of milk to make it taste caramel-y! XD )

No thanks - I'll be having my Scharffen Berger milk chocolate! (For those of you who don't know, it has enough cacao to qualify as dark chocolate, but it has milk making it milk chocolate, and they use a specific type of milk to make it taste caramel-y! XD )
Yeah, I know that you enjoy chocolate, but do you actually enjoy eating sweets? My friend who went to america said they wasn't sweet at all, and it took half an hour to chew one because it was really hard. Was that just a bad example or are all american sweets disgusting?

Yeah, I know that you enjoy chocolate, but do you actually enjoy eating sweets? My friend who went to america said they wasn't sweet at all, and it took half an hour to chew one because it was really hard. Was that just a bad example or are all american sweets disgusting?

I think you are going to have to be a little more specific. What do you mean by sweets? In most places chocolate is considered a sweet.

One factor that may be relevant here is that sweets made for hot climates tend to be harder, for obvious reasons, than those made for cold climates. If I were to ship some Brazilian chewy sweets to the UK, you would be able to shatter them with a hammer. The convers is also true. If you were to send me some British chewy sweets, I would probably have to drink them (or nearly).

Yeah, I know that you enjoy chocolate, but do you actually enjoy eating sweets? My friend who went to america said they wasn't sweet at all, and it took half an hour to chew one because it was really hard. Was that just a bad example or are all american sweets disgusting?

Eww.... sounds like it was stale!!! No, it's not that bad at all! But yeah, chocolate probably is my favorite. And peachios (or a variant thereof). And gummi bears. And Good N Plentys. And sour watermelon gummis. And... :p

Eww.... sounds like it was stale!!! No, it's not that bad at all! But yeah, chocolate probably is my favorite. And peachios (or a variant thereof). And gummi bears. And Good N Plentys. And sour watermelon gummis. And... :p
They have snickers bars in the US yeh?Those are tasty.

Liasia']They have snickers bars in the US yeh?Those are tasty.

We have them, yes. Though I think they're only so-so. I'm a Reese's and Kit Kat man, myself.

Liasia']They have snickers bars in the US yeh?Those are tasty.

Yes. I believe those are created in the US too, no? Same with Milky Way, Three Musketeers, M&M, Skittles, and Starburst. I think those are all of our famous ones that probably are distributed as widely abroad as they are here?

We have them, yes. Though I think they're only so-so. I'm a Reese's and Kit Kat man, myself.

Don't like Reese's so much, but I love Kit Kat bars! XD

Edit: Oh yeah, and I don't like snickers so much either. Milky Way and Three Musketeers kick snickers' butt.

Don't like Reese's so much, but I love Kit Kat bars! XD

Gimme a break!

Reese's are teh r0x0r0rzz!!!!1

Yes. I believe those are created in the US too, no? Same with Milky Way, Three Musketeers, M&M, Skittles, and Starburst. I think those are all of our famous ones that probably are distributed as widely abroad as they are here?
Dunno about three musketeers, but the rest of em i've had. How about nestle? or cadbury's?

Gimme a break!

Reese's are teh r0x0r0rzz!!!!1

1. *laughs*

Eww.... sounds like it was stale!!! No, it's not that bad at all! But yeah, chocolate probably is my favorite. And peachios (or a variant thereof). And gummi bears. And Good N Plentys. And sour watermelon gummis. And... :p
I bet you wine gums (http://image09.webshots.com/9/9/24/47/128292447VLFgoR_ph.jpg) taste better than gummi bears. :p

Liasia']Dunno about three musketeers, but the rest of em i've had. How about nestle? or cadbury's?

Cadbury's is Britain, not US. Nestle - yeah, that's one of our companies, I think.

I bet you wine gums (http://image09.webshots.com/9/9/24/47/128292447VLFgoR_ph.jpg) taste better than gummi bears. :p

I don't like wine. Anything with alcohol tastes bad to me. :/

I don't like wine. Anything with alcohol tastes bad to me. :/

They don't actually have alcohol in them. They just taste like different wines.
*Googles* Port, sherry, champagne, burgundy and claret.

They don't actually have alcohol in them. They just taste like different wines.
*Googles* Port, sherry, champagne, burgundy and claret.

Yeah, but the creators probably tried to make them taste like the real thing enough to make it have that taste I don't like. :(

You could retail various legal and illegal drugs. I bet mobile pharmacies would be very popular. :cool:

You don't already have those around where you live?

It takes me about two minutes walking on certain streets, before some black guy drives by me and yells "You want trees!?"

Yeah, but the creators probably tried to make them taste like the real thing enough to make it have that taste I don't like. :(
Okay, forget the name. They contain no wine. They are just fruit flavoured sweets. They taste great. Maynards Wine gums are the only jelly sweets I eat, there is no better than wine gums.

What always struck me as odd was the 'knife-sharpening truck'. Like people were going to get all excited when they heard the knife sharpening truck come around the corner and grab a bunch of knives and run out to the truck like gleeful children.

But it existed, and it must have been doing business because I used to see it tour our neighbourhood on a regular basis. Just weird.

Other moving vans;

- The Bookmobile
- The 'Boot truck'

And obviously, actual moving vans, for you know, moving.

You don't already have those around where you live?

It takes me about two minutes walking on certain streets, before some black guy drives by me and yells "You want trees!?"

I do. Hence the :cool: .

Okay, forget the name. They contain no wine. They are just fruit flavoured sweets. They taste great. Maynards Wine gums are the only jelly sweets I eat, there is no better than wine gums.

Awesome! I love gummi thingies - unless they are the sour and/or salty type, or gummi worms. Must... find... wine gums...

So we've got ice cream trucks here in Canada, as well as many other parts of the world (U.S., Britain, Australia, etc). There are also chip vans in various places too which sell chips/french fries obviously.

That being said.. what else do you think people could retail on a moving van? Food for one thing, because we can all be lazy sometimes and the fast food truck coming around the corner on a nice day would probably do the trick.

Perhaps also a moving convenient store for those moments when you run out of something and you need to get it right away but are feeling lazy so you wait for the convenience van to drive into your neighbourhood, and then you purchase a newspaper, a lottery ticket, and some milk and cheese! :)

You know, I've noticed a gradual increase in possible laziness. First it was drive-throughs. The Applebee made it so you didn't even have to drive through. Now you don't even have to drive...

Though, given the current gas problem, maybe that's a good thing. So we'll be fat, but not poor?

Awesome! I love gummi thingies - unless they are the sour and/or salty type, or gummi worms. Must... find... wine gums...
:eek:

I actually managed to persuade somebody to change their minds about something on NS. I didn't think it was posible. Okay it was only about if wines gums taste nice or not, but it's a good start. Next I have to convince everyone that communism is a great idea.

my family used to own an Ice cream truck, it was good money until the drive-in said we couldn't bring it anymore because they were loosing business at the concession stand

however in Tucson, there were tamale trucks, where they would sell fresh tamales out of the back of their pickups, just drive through the neighborhood and do it.......I didn't buy any, I was afraid of like food poisoning....

my big goal used to be to buy a hot dog trailer and travel the country going to fairs and carnivals.......

wait, what was the question?

What always struck me as odd was the 'knife-sharpening truck'. Like people were going to get all excited when they heard the knife sharpening truck come around the corner and grab a bunch of knives and run out to the truck like gleeful children.


That has got to be the weirdest thing I've ever heard of... but hey, anythings possible these days.

A condom and water- balloon van.
People of all ages would buy from there!
And the water to fill it up is free!

Yes, I realize you could make them the same thing, that was the essence of my joke.

my family used to own an Ice cream truck, it was good money until the drive-in said we couldn't bring it anymore because they were loosing business at the concession stand

however in Tucson, there were tamale trucks, where they would sell fresh tamales out of the back of their pickups, just drive through the neighborhood and do it.......I didn't buy any, I was afraid of like food poisoning....

my big goal used to be to buy a hot dog trailer and travel the country going to fairs and carnivals.......

wait, what was the question?
That is such a kickass idea. Half the time I'm trying to think up ways to pay for travelling across the country on back roads (the rule, and this has been the only constant, is no interstates.) You rule, that's a top notch idea.

That is such a kickass idea. Half the time I'm trying to think up ways to pay for travelling across the country on back roads (the rule, and this has been the only constant, is no interstates.) You rule, that's a top notch idea.

It totally is. Asides from soaring gas prices, its a great way to make some coins and travel to places.

:eek:

I actually managed to persuade somebody to change their minds about something on NS. I didn't think it was posible. Okay it was only about if wines gums taste nice or not, but it's a good start. Next I have to convince everyone that communism is a great idea.
In theory, it is. It's just the limitations of man that make it so horrible. Toothbrushes!!