Jun 13, 2006 13:34
As editor of this daily journal has listened to the growing concerns among the more enlightened Gentleman and Ladies in today’s society and has taken note of what they call the scourge to the crown. We are of course talking about the lack of an ice cream receptacle in modern Britannia. So this journal has deemed it necessary to devote its editorial content for today, August 30th, 1888 too this very question: What would make the perfect ice cream transportation crate, and how does one appropriate such a carrying device?
A hollow cube seems the most appropriate due to its bowl-like manifestation, yet the cube doesn’t allow for easy transportation to and fro. The modern Gentleman would have issues carrying such a contraption on his daily romps, and the issue of staining the educated chaps white gloves is, and continues to be, a concern.
A circle? Too traditional, as deemed so by Mrs. Nigella Lawson. The respectable right Lady states, “The Circle reminds us of God’s love of Man, Earth, and all Heavenly things. Too place frozen milk and sugar in such a shape would be akin to placing a scoop of confectionary delight on God’s own head!”
Mrs. A. B. Marshall of Brightening Lane suggests the foolhardy idea of a “Cornet” in which to serve ice cream. The imprudent Lady seems to think that "these cornets can also be filled with any cream or water ice or set custard or fruits, and served for a dinner, luncheon, or supper dish.”
The editor of this fine and upstanding periodical sees only one solution to this growing concern: The Stick. This journal sees the ice cream stick as the most practical way of carrying ice cream as its shape will remind all of the fanciest of walking canes.
Tomorrow we will turn our attention to another concern in Modern England: The lack of crime. When will those uneducated masses rise up?