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Default Anyone ever heard of Carvel Ice Cream?

On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:36:27 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

>On 4/9/2012 11:20 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:48:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> There are actually one or two now in CA. I looked them up recently. Lemme
>>> see if I can find the link. Ooh! They're in HI now too.
>>>
>>> http://farrellsusa.com/locations-and-menus.php
>>>

>>
>> Pretty expensive. Even in high school I could afford to go there on a
>> date.

>
>Oh, looking at that I remember something like the Pig's Trough
>or what might have been called that. It was maybe a dozen
>scoops of ice cream with toppings. I'm sure a group of teens
>could knock it off. I think they probably made scene when they
>brought it to the table. Funny what you recall, I haven't thought
>of the place in a long time.


The trough was a double banana split. You got a blue ribbon if you
finished it. I don't remember what it said but it was advertising. It
had an elastic string on it and people hung them from their rear view
mirror with the prom garter thingie. We did some silly stuff back
then.

Lou