3 for £1.50 in the Co-op

The issue with buying three or four at once is that they melt, unless of course you can selflessly consume them all to prevent waist waste.

Check the weights of them too – the more expensive, fancier ones are always lighter.. less of em!

I’ve gone into a shop on a ride before to buy a box and just given any I can’t eat away!

I remember them being £1 but that was probably 15-20 years ago so £1.80 is probably normal with inflation.

£1.50 that’s cheap. I picked up two magnums last night when I filled the car. It wasn’t until I  got home and looked at the receipt that I found out that I’d paid £5.60 for them. Rather spoilt the taste of it.

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“Just one Cornetto

Give to to me

You must be joking, they cost 50p….”

That was the song down at beach on Canvey Island circa 1983…. Happy Days …. A Feast for me and a Funny Foot for my little sis.

Christ, what sort of joyless life is it if you haven’t had an ice cream in 10 years? Or is it only homemade artisan ice cream that is consumed? A cheap 99 is a thing of wonder, at least once every 5 years.

A cheap 99 is a thing of wonder

If your talking a Cadburys flake 99 as bough in a shop rather than a van – also £1.80 rrp.

Im off to buy approx £200 quids worth of ice creams in the morning.

Got caught by a ice cream van today while out with my boy. £2.20 for a fruit shoot flavoured calippo.

Magnums are inspirational and aspirational, like Santa Cruz, Rapha  or Audi.

The whole point of them is that they cost more. I  think this was touted as a major selling point when they were introduced.

If you melt it, there is a blob of chocolate coloured gloop, which tastes like something man made.

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I blame brexit, immigrants/racists, global warming, the Russians/Syrians, Heath and safety gone mad, nanny state and the Tory party.

I always think it’s weird that Magnums are “aspirational” and choc-ices aren’t, when essentially a Magnum is just a smaller choc-ice on a stick…

Edit: I also think it’s weird that I missed Ro5ey making the same point a couple of posts above… D’oh…

When I was a small child a flake 99 cost 99p.  So when you consider how much nicer a Magnum is, and the effect of inflation, it’s not a bad deal.

£1 in 1982 is £3.60 now.  So a Magnum is half the price of a crappy 99 in 1982.  And you’re complaining…

If you melt it, there is a blob of chocolate coloured gloop, which tastes like something man made. Yuk.

Why would you melt it?  If you eat it cold on the outside of an ice cream, it’s lovely.

Most things can be made unpleasant if you do something unpleasant to them.

elephant’s blood

Monkey blood innit?

Lidl mini magnum ripoffs. Box of 12 for £1.99 and your kids won’t get as fat.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Products.htm?articleId=1247

You’d never fit a monkey in an ice cream van.

Displaying a poor grasp of the relative size of monkeys, elephants and ice cream vans there.

Too much powerkiting in the sunshine methinks.

By way of illustration, here’s a fine pair of monkey thumbs…..