The place wasn't nearly the circus I expected. I get up to the counter and the young guy starts out with "We're only giving away single scoops". I must have looked eager. Or fat. Anyway, I tell him what I finally decided on while waiting in line- something new for me, a 'Dublin Mudslide' which is advertised as Irish Cream ice cream with chocolate swirl and chocolate cookies. He looks at me like I'm crazy, as if he's never heard of it. I have to point it out for him. He dips in and hands me a cone with some ice cream almost to the rim. I'm thinking, 'OK, it's a giveaway, whatever'. I take another look and the glob of ice cream is hollow. As in, an empty shell with a hole at either end. Like when you blow the egg out of the shell for 3rd grade arts and crafts (Why did we do that again?). I give it back to him and tell him "It's hollow". Again, he looks at me like I can't speak English or something. I give up on my horrible language skills and pantomime empty space (try doing that sometime), and I finally get my point across when I look at him through the scoop of ice cream he just handed me and poke at it. I might have looked threatening, 'cause he quickly took the cone back and starts doing his dip thing again. Now I'm thinking 'Gee I'm lucky, now I get two scoops!' but then I remember just how much air there was in the first scoop. He struggles with the ice cream scoop, and it's becoming quite obvious he's a n00b ice-cream-scooper, probably a temp for the day. He finally hands me my cone, which is now clearly over the top of the cone by at least 1/2 inch. I figure I got about 3 tablespoons of ice cream. I'm glad I found out their portion size on 'Free ice cream day' because I'd have been one angry ice-cream-wantin' guy if I'd have actually paid for it. Guess I'll stick to Cold Stone and Haagen-Daz.
-Spike (The Dublin Mudslide was very... chocolately. Good if you like that sort of thing.)