I'm the wrong person to ask about whether it's bad, but I can say that this has totally happened now that you've said it. :)

"Oh, no no, c'mon, what? We're being staked out by the ice cream 'Mech?"

--G.
"It's supposed to be Clair de Lune..."
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And now I find myself hearing David Lee Roth in my head singing "I'm your Ice Cream Mech/Stop me while I'm stomping by..."

I need more sleep.

-- Bob
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My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite.

Also, was it in Llanfair? Please tell me it happened in Llanfair. I would pay many currencies to see Laura Kinney and the rest of the Scouts running after the ice cream 'Mech.

And to see Mister Whippy the Ice Cream Destroid give friend Laura one of these, to her mild confusion (one assumes they're not a huge feature of life as an experimental weapon):

I love this train of thought. I love the ice cream mech. Thank you for indulging my crazy.

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

Heehee! I just love the Llanfair girls in general--and I admit, I'm not sure they'd be running after the mech so much as -running- the -mech-. Like Girl Scout Cookies!

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Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

Considering the known parts of UF universe, Mr Whippy the Ice Cream Mech probably started on Solaris VII, where finding a used mech that could be re-outfitted as an ice cream van ("Pull the machine guns, and add a few extra heat sinks for the refrigeration unit...") is fairly easy.

Franchising spread out, and while it isn't making inroads in some areas - mainly ones where the roads aren't up to having a mech wander through on a summer's day - it's probably fairly well known, although Chet the Safety Trooper, Brave Little Zolie, and Little Tiki are almost certainly more recognizable to the galaxy at large.

Peter Eng
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"This is no Regult boy! No Regult!"

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There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".

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"Maxim 37: There is no such thing as "overkill".
There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".

When my father was assigned to a project in Puerto Rico, we'd watch it. Turn down the power, and turn the radio to the English Language Simulcast station. That was occasionally hilarious.

¡Emergencia! ¡En español!

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