Practicalmadness

Lucy: How long have you been waiting in this line for free ice cream again?

The answer to that question, in the literal sense, was 30 minutes, a time I spent playing games on my iPod and drinking Intelligentsia Coffee provided by the store. But in a broader sense, I have been waiting for this moment since April of last year, when I first learned that Ben & Jerry’s even did a Free Cone Day the day after it happened.

My Free Cone was Dublin Mudslide, which is Irish cream ice (uh) cream with double-chocolate chip cookie pieces and some kind of chocolatey coffee swirl. It met our required parameters for ice cream goodness.

Meanwhile, B&J’s had people soliciting voters to register as part of a thing they’re doing with Rock The Vote. When asked, I informed the gentleman in the Carhartt jacket that my vote had already been rocked and did not require further rocking, thanks. He shook his head and moved on to a rather large black woman whose Kerry button should really have answered the question before he asked it.

So no more free Ben & Jerry’s until next year. However, it’s not the last we’ll see of free ice cream: Baskin-Robbins has their annual Free Scoop Night tomorrow.