The Riddle of the Mysterious Ice Cream

First of all, I must tell you that everything I write in this post is 100% the truth. Solve the riddle with that in mind … 🙂

Yesterday, as I transplanted some purple pansies, a man walked onto our short, dead-end street.

“Would you like some free ice cream?” he called out.

I stood, removed my dirty gardening gloves, and shook them out as I walked toward him. “Wow, that’s a proposition that would be crazy to turn down.”

He held out a few ice cream sandwiches.

And I thanked him and took them.

From a perfect stranger.

I promise that I had never seen this man before in my life, yet I took ice cream from him–free ice cream–and ate it. Not only that, but I also shared with three of the kids.

And nothing was wrong with it.

Can you figure out the riddle? Why was this behavior okay?

I might send a little prize to the first person to guess the correct answer.

6 Responses to The Riddle of the Mysterious Ice Cream

  1. Fidzo20 February 24, 2012 at 2:07 pm #

    Because they were wrapped and clearly un-tampered with.

  2. Christina (Berry) Tarabochia February 24, 2012 at 2:21 pm #

    Nope, Fidzo20, even more reason than that. 🙂

  3. Miriam Cheney February 24, 2012 at 3:00 pm #

    The paper covers had scripture verses on them. They were 100 percent pure ice cream. 🙂

  4. Jodie February 24, 2012 at 3:09 pm #

    It was the Schwann’s man?

  5. joan tarabochia February 24, 2012 at 4:36 pm #

    He gave them to you because the flowers that you just planted would be the cream of the crop…..

  6. Christina (Berry) Tarabochia February 24, 2012 at 9:05 pm #

    Look at you all, showing off your senses of humor … makes me so proud! 🙂 Jodie, you got it! But I terrified my mother when I first told her the story. Email me at christina [@] christinaberry [.] net and gibe me your address for a little prize …