Sunday, October 4, 2009

Fan Ice

It is the shoe-shine scene playing all over again. But up the street, the shrill, short bugle blasts float faster. Paaaaa-na, paaaaa-na. The Fan-Ice boy goes bicycling by. He has frozen strawberry yoghurt, frozen chocolate, and a frozen, sorbet-like vanilla delight.

8 comments:

  1. So nice nice

    I loved fanice...Sunday's after church...mmmm

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  2. Your post made me salivate. :-)

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  3. The sun is burning and you are yearning for something cool, just for you! First quenching and refreshing, FanIce, so nice nice!hehe.....used to love that stuff man!

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  4. Chix, it seems Sunday-afternoon Fan Ice is/was/has been a common ritual in many middle-class Ghanaian homes.

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  5. I believe you, Maxine. You even remember the lines in the commercial!

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  6. Thanks, David, though that was not intended this time ;-)

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