Tuesday 28 August 2007

Regency Sundae

Commercially made ice-cream was first sold in New York in 1786. That's One-Seven-Eight-Six. I make no further comment.

6 comments:

Martin Kingsley said...

And that same year, the capital of Iceland was founded, too. Coincidence? I think not.

TimT said...

And so the Great Epoch of the popsicle was begun.

Alexis, Baron von Harlot said...

For all we know, the entirety of Iceland is one giant puffin-infested confection, secretly mined by New York's ice-cream traders. I wouldn't put it past them.

Martin Kingsley said...

That would make Iceland the only country in the world secretly controlled by the uncertain economics of the international confectionery market, and as such a place that I must move to, immediately and forever. We must all move there. Forever. And ever. It is too good an opportunity to pass up.

Alexis, Baron von Harlot said...

I've been saying this for years, Martin. Get me a berth on the good ship Reykjavik, I say. No one ever listens.

Martin Kingsley said...

My sources inform me that Reykjavik is the true party capital of Europe, and the Powers That Be (boozehound confectioners, don'tcha know) only let Amsterdam hold on to the crown because it serves their dark and sinister purposes.

I read it in an in-flight magazine. It must be true.