Push-ups
When I was in elementary school, back when people used to dress like this on purpose, every day after I ate my bagged lunch I would buy a push-up. No, I'm not speaking of women's undergarments because for starters, I didn't have much of anything to push up until I was well into high school, and 2) what kind of elementary school do you think I went to anyway? I'm talking about an ice cream treat that was so amazing, I'm still thinking about it ten, fifteen, twenty-two years later. Wow. Note to self: stop realizing how old you are.
The push-up was vanilla ice cream with a gooey chocolate center that was served in a cardboard tube. You'd have to push up on a plastic piece of straw to get it to come out (after first warming it up a little in the palms of your hands so the ice cream on the sides would melt enough for it to be more easily pushed up). The bonus was after we were done enjoying our ice creams, me and my friends would hold onto the straws so that we could later stick them around our top teeth and pretend they were braces because for some reason, we all desperately wanted braces. Possibly because the older kids all had them and we wanted to be old too. Oh, if I only knew then what I know now, now that I'm standing on the other side of endless orthodontist appointments, still traumatized.
Every time I go to a grocery or convenience store I haven't been to before, I check to see if they sell them, but I've never had any luck. Someone makes a sherbet variety, but where's the fun in that? One day I'll find them. I can feel it.
Comments
the picture of the denim clad girl with fantastic GBH (great big hair) is wonderful. while i don't remember push ups, i do have a special place in my heart for swirl ice cream in a paper cup with the little wooden spoon/spatula thing. Here's hoping you find a push up soon!
Posted by: phoebe | November 7, 2007 07:17 PM
When I was in college I used to get those little cups of vanilla ice cream with lots of little chocolate chips on top, also served with a wooden spoon/spatula thing. I totally want some ice cream now.
Posted by: Jenn | November 7, 2007 09:30 PM
I wanted braces too. I used paperclips and rubber bands.
I remember your push up. The orange sherbert one is the one I remember best. And those sundae cups that came in chocolate or strawberry - I LOVED those. I used spin my little wooden spoon around in the middle of the strawberry one and pretend I was making cotton candy.
Posted by: Mel | November 9, 2007 01:05 PM