Red Mosquito

Birds in Hell wrote:WTF, none of these things are Push Pops.

Fixed it for you:

McParadigm wrote:So this is how it ends

If only the band could all see this, then it just might be the final push necessary to get something done.

Pushin' forward back

Unthought Known

Push pops are candy, not ice cream, you weirdos

what we're referring to as Push Pops (the ice cream), my brother and i actually called Push Ups

bodysnatcher wrote:what we're referring to as Push Pops (the ice cream), my brother and i actually called Push Ups

This is what they’re called in the Minnesota/South Dakota/Iowa region...but then, we also played “duck duck gray duck” instead of “duck duck goose.”

The west is the best
The west is the best
Get here and we'll do the rest
The blue bus is calling us
The blue bus is calling us
Driver, where you taking us?

I'm over the moon about checking in on this thread and seeing this discussion still going on.

I remember driving around a rotary to get to the store with push pops

Push pops were candy, guys. They looked like lipstick

Bi_3 is correct.

although, i DO believe that some versions of the ice cream push ups were actually called Push Pops too. which came first, or if one violated trademark laws or not, i have no idea.

Push Ups = cylindrical orange sherbet ice cream in a cardboard toilet paper tube that went from concrete to melted in 3.5 seconds
Push Pops = the stupid lipstick suckers/lollipops that made your finger forever sticky

Look what this band has done to us.

These are what I remember.

And these.

Opening this page of the thread after not having visited for a while is a real trip

bodysnatcher wrote:Bi_3 is correct.

although, i DO believe that some versions of the ice cream push ups were actually called Push Pops too. which came first, or if one violated trademark laws or not, i have no idea.

Push Ups = cylindrical orange sherbet ice cream in a cardboard toilet paper tube that went from concrete to melted in 3.5 seconds
Push Pops = the stupid lipstick suckers/lollipops that made your finger forever sticky

Excellent research. Bravo!

Only took us 283 pages to get to an interesting discussion in this thread!

Leatherhead wrote:These are what I remember.

Thank you!