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Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
<they’ll never sell ice creams at that speed expression or saying
An emergency vehicle is passing with its siren going
Origin
Gag from a Morecambe & Wise TV show
Collected by
Iliff family – 1960s
Mark’s family growing up
Notes
It worked better in the olden days when sirens went nee-naw-nee-naw instead of whooᵒᵒOOoo. And ice-cream vans were less of a rarity.
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