Sunday, August 12, 2012

Pre apocalyptic urban war heats-up

There is a vicious turf war going on in New York City.

Fark asked the question:
In New York "A turf war has exploded this summer, leaving a trail of sabotaged trucks, bloody noses and even death threats"  Is it over
A)Mob-controlled garbage pick-up?
B) Gang territory?
C) Ice cream trucks?

The answer is:   C

New York's Ice Cream Truck Turf Wars Get Ugly
Jen Doll, Atlantic Wire, July 2012

A turf war between Mister Softee trucks and rival ice-cream and frozen-yogurt peddlers has exploded this summer, leaving a trail of sabotaged trucks, bloody noses and even death threats.

“It got ugly fast,” said a 21-year-old Yogo frozen-yogurt driver of a recent run he had with a fuming team of Mister Softee men on Madison Avenue.
Author of piece, Jen Doll, holding a purchase. Oddly enough, the picture is not from the story, its from here.

2 comments:

PioneerPreppy said...

Heh ice cream guns and sticky bystanders rushed to the local public bath house.

It was horrible. We need to ban hard ice cream and those pointed waffle cones I think.

russell1200 said...

PP: Yes, particularly the way you can stack a whole supply of those cones toghether: high capacity magazine restrictions needed.