8mo ago

Damn kids, get off my lawn!

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Push pops FTW
- They were usually called “Push Ups” in my neck of the woods. “Push pops” were the little lipstick container lollipops.
  
  I might be remembering wrong. Push Ups does sound right too. It was 45 years ago. "I was there ... When the strength of men failed"
  
  That's funny, we called them push up pops.
  
  Hey, neighbor! We also called them "Push-Ups" where I'm from!
  
  Man do they still make baby bottle pops?
- don't push me, push a push pop!

There were clearly some questionable recycling methods for used toilet paper rolls back in the day, but don't worry, the sweet orange flavor covered up the after taste.
- Mmm... Chocolatey.
  (Just kidding; I hate chocolate ice cream.)
  
  Lucky you, these toilet paper tubes only came in one flavor... Orange sherbert.

well dam I can't unsee that now
- Its just made from the same "shove this cardboard strip into a cyllander because its [was] way cheaper than a seamless roll" process.

I'm guessing this is from america
- You guessed correctly?
  – Source: A millennial American

They were cool toilet paper rolls actually

Well it works have been nice if it wasn't just orange sherbet.
- Christian Slater appears *
  (to the Americans, he was in a scene in the first Austin Powers movie which was deleted for the USA release for some reason, where Austin Powers hypnotises him to let him pass... and get him some orange sherbet. He reappears later in the movie, gives Austin some orange sherbet, and leaves. It was a brilliant call-back, and I have no idea why they deleted it for the American audience.)
  
  I immediately thought of Christian Slater when I read that.

Maybe because of too much lead exposure?

Now just realizing they look exactly like toilet paper rolls

I miss these so much

The fuk, what's wrong with a bowl, or ice cream cone? Who uses toilet paper rolls?
- I mean, they weren’t truly toilet paper rolls, just similar shape, size, and material. These were waxed on the inside to prevent them from dissolving once you put ice cream in them.
  
  I think it is highly likely the ice cream manufacturer ordered the rolls from the same company making toilet paper rolls.
  
  Thought this was home made, not company made. Saw the Flintstones branding on other ones which explains why I never saw/had these. $$$$
- It was just a packaging thing, supposed to keep the ice cream from melting down your hand while you held it on a stick. As you ate, you'd slide the tube down and push more ice cream out of the top.
  
  Yeah I get the concept and all, I did have those pushpip candies the odd time. Same premise, I just thought someone took the icecream from the normal tubs/boxes, filled the liter toilet paper roll then refroze it. Didn't suspect it was company mass produced things.
- You don't know how hard we had it in the 80s, man.
  
  I need to see some branding on this thing..never once seen thing before. Maybe my parents were just more frugal with their money?
  Saw Flintstones, confirmed this wasn't some home made thing. 100% the reason we didn't get this stuff. Just cost too much for what it was, and is one of the contributing factors to why I have a house these days, I suspect. Thanks mom.
  born in 80s
- Plastic didn't always exist. Also it's just a roll of cardboard, nothing to do with toilet.
  
  To be fair, the plunger was plastic.
  
  Plastic has existed since the mid-XXth century.
- Ice cream with paper coating taste better

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