Friday, February 24, 2012

The Riddle of the Mysterious Ice Cream

First of all, I must tell you that everything I write in this post is 100% the truth. Solve the riddle with that in mind ... :)

Yesterday, as I transplanted some purple pansies, a man walked onto our short, dead-end street.

"Would you like some free ice cream?" he called out.

I stood, removed my dirty gardening gloves, and shook them out as I walked toward him. "Wow, that's a proposition that would be crazy to turn down."

He held out a few ice cream sandwiches.

And I thanked him and took them.

From a perfect stranger.

I promise that I had never seen this man before in my life, yet I took ice cream from him--free ice cream--and ate it. Not only that, but I also shared with three of the kids.

And nothing was wrong with it.

Can you figure out the riddle? Why was this behavior okay?

I might send a little prize to the first person to guess the correct answer.

6 comments:

  1. Because they were wrapped and clearly un-tampered with.

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  2. Nope, Fidzo20, even more reason than that. :)

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  3. The paper covers had scripture verses on them. They were 100 percent pure ice cream. :)

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  4. It was the Schwann's man?

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  5. joan tarabochia4:36 PM

    He gave them to you because the flowers that you just planted would be the cream of the crop.....

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  6. Look at you all, showing off your senses of humor ... makes me so proud! :) Jodie, you got it! But I terrified my mother when I first told her the story. Email me at christina [@] christinaberry [.] net and gibe me your address for a little prize ...

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