Re: The icream truck

Laurence Sheldon wrote:
Jerry Avins wrote:
The ice cream man announces his presence with a catchy tune on a synthesized music box blasted from a loudspeaker. I heard it the other day while school was in session; that seemed odd. It kept repeating, and I went outside to see where he was parked. Although I couldn't see the source, the sound was coming from high in a tree. :-)

Wow! Any idea what it was?

A have to assume it was a mockingbird. Maybe the same one who woke my neighbor at 3 AM by imitating his alarm clock.

My mother had an African Gray that did that sort of thing, sorta kinda. (his routine of my mother on the telephone was a classic. I wish I had recorded it.) RIP, Boyd.

Well, you enjoy the memory.

Jerry
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