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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:

  1. 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.

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

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