Mr Whippy - and speed cameras.

[Tank]

I was talking to a mate who is a copper (and a good bastard) and he commented that there was 'talk' that this summer they were going to use Mr Whippy vans and the like as plain clothes police cars.

I though he was talking shit - but googled it and sure enough they have done it before (Yep - the story went International):

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1535996/Mr-Whippy-No-Im-a-speed-cop-in-disguise.html


"Mr Whippy? No, I'm a speed cop in disguise

Police in New Zealand, frustrated by a rural "grapevine" that tips off drunken drivers whenever checkpoints are set up, are taking to the roads in ice cream vans playing Greensleeves.

The ruse was admitted yesterday by officers in the rolling countryside of the central North Island."

So boys and girls - you have been warned ...

[MIXONE]

Well if I'm riding home pissed I sure aint stopping for an ice cream.

[MSTRS]

So, what you are saying is that Mr Whippy vans could be dangerous?
Bastards.

[Finn]

So, what you are saying is that Mr Whippy vans could be dangerous?
Bastards.

They're dangerous enough now. I mean what sort of man actively seeks employment selling ice creams to little kiddies? I won't even mention the calories.

[Stirts]

Bacon flavoured ice cream....hmmmmmmmmm

[wbks]

Do they expect someone to stop for a mr whippy van with a little portolight on its roof? lmao If I see one of these Mr.Wippy vans with suspect looking coppers it I'll make sure to bug them for an hour demanding a soft serve.
But seriously though, if they're doing it for an anti drink driving campaign then good on 'em

[Rosie]

So if you see an icecream van surrounded by a mob of disappointed, crying children, you'll know it's a trap. :pinch:

Or are they actually going to sell icecreams, to improve the disguise :crazy:

[portokiwi]

mmm I would like an ice cream sundee.....:doh:No I dont want a ticket with that thank you.

[portokiwi]

:lol:So now do you blow or lick the breatherliser:Police:
New meaning to hello hello hello little boy do you mind steping in to the back of my ice cream truck and give this a blow:Police::lol:

[vifferman]

So if you see an icecream van surrounded by a mob of disappointed, crying children, you'll know it's a trap. :pinch:

Or are they actually going to sell icecreams, to improve the disguise :crazy:
Yeah, I wondered that.
Uh oh - imagination's kicked in again...hmmm... Mr Whippy truck, chasing after miscreant speeders, Greensleeves blaring, icecream cones flying out the serving hatch, hundreds'n'thousands and softserve dribbling out the back...
:blink:

[slimjim]

for goodness sake...getting like england were they use horsefloat trailers with camera's and even small car's with camera's mounted by side door window bubble in door panel..but Mr Wippy shit...mind that child..gee wonder if they will park just before a school bus and photo them's going more than legal passing school-bus speed

[MSTRS]

They're dangerous enough now. I mean what sort of man actively seeks employment selling ice creams to little kiddies?

Well, yes, you have a point. Like, you can never be sure what a magician really has in his pocket...

[Jiminy]

Do they look like that?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97436&d=1212639785

[disenfranchised]

You do realise that aricle is 2 years old?
Wonder if they're still trying the tactic

[Tank]

Did you know Mr Whippy has been going in NZ since 1964?

They started a franchise model in 1989 and its been sucessful. They tried to take it International, but never got out of backwater NZ.

[wbks]

:lol:So now do you blow or lick the breatherliser:Police:
New meaning to hello hello hello little boy do you mind steping in to the back of my ice cream truck and give this a blow:Police::lol:
You're a fuckin sick bastard, you know that?

[R6_kid]

Do they still make mr whippy icecream from pig fat?

[MSTRS]

Do they look like that?


No, not really....

[Hitcher]

I get really annoyed by Mr Whippy vans that insist on driving around with their lights on high beam. Perhaps that is because of confusion about the chocolate dip switch?

And do their owners really have green sleeves?

[MSTRS]

And do their owners really have green sleeves?

Only if their mothers forget to give them a hanky.

[Hitcher]

Imagine being pursued by one if it was a Police vehicle: De daa de daa de de daa de daa...

"Snofreeze in the name of the law!"

[Tank]

And do their owners really have green sleeves?

Nope - the last one I saw was wearing a black hello kitty t-shirt! Now thats kinda creepy.

[wbks]

That was pretty cornie. hitcher hahaha. Maybe they'll leave the Mr. Whippy siren as their copper siren.

[portokiwi]

:lol::lol::lol::(

[MSTRS]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cgi/lowres/cgin60l.jpg

[Hitcher]

One wonders if there is such a thing as a Mrs Whippy...

[Tank]

Urban Myth:

Always order Vanilla from Mr Whippy - they are know to improvise chocolate.

[MSTRS]

One wonders if there is such a thing as a Mrs Whippy...

Somehow I don't think this is her...
http://extremecostumes.com/dominatrix44.jpg

[HenryDorsetCase]

One wonders if there is such a thing as a Mrs Whippy...


I thought that was worthy of a Google Image search, Sadly the results werent what I was hoping............

[Mom]

Uh oh - imagination's kicked in again...hmmm... Mr Whippy truck, chasing after miscreant speeders, Greensleeves blaring, icecream cones flying out the serving hatch, hundreds'n'thousands and softserve dribbling out the back...
:blink:


Now you got my imagination going in regard to U-Turns. On your bike and suddenly a Mr Whippy van does a turn directly in front of you and a mountain of soft serve piles up in your path :eek5: You would probably be ok though, your high beam headlights should melt it before you hit it <_<

[Tank]

You would probably be ok though, your high beam headlights should melt it before you hit it <_<

Not just any headlights would do that you need HID lights.

[slofox]

One wonders if there is such a thing as a Mrs Whippy...

If there was she'd prolly be frigid........

[Tank]

back on topic (as usual off topic comments have been hilarious), I think that this is a very dangerous situation. Its obviously fact as the police have admitted it in the international media I linked to earlier.

Seriously now I know this - Ill never be able to look at a Mr Whippy guy (well normally they are old women) the same way again.

[<Rhino>]

:rofl::rofl::rofl: Tank your avvy is bloody funny mate, I spent about three minutes watching it before I even read the thread.....

Ohhh my belly hurts, small thing I guess :laugh:

[Usarka]

Hmmmmmmmmm


can i have a double whippy with a flake sir


Fuck off you little cunt I'm on a stake out

[yungatart]

I don't think it will really be a problem.
Apart from the fact they are so blardy obvious, the cops using them will just change their snacking habits from donuts to icecreams.They will be so busy pulling their levers that they won't notice speeding motorists.

[BiK3RChiK]

Besides the fact Mr Whippy is a trademark and greensleeves is also a trademark of Mr Whippy as well. I think we can safely say this is a pisstake or a red herring. Heh, a few years ago there were those posters with the Mr Whippy Van saying ' This is not an unmarked police car, but anything else might be!'... There are too many issues with this for it to be taken seriously!

[shafty]

"often licked but never beaten"?

[Tank]

"often licked but never beaten"?

Thats FROSTY, Boy

[Matt_TG]

In the two years since that article I've never seen a Mufti Cop / Whippy so I doubt it ever took off, BUT the Booze Bus looks sort of like a mobile pie cart.

When you get the sniffer put under your nose try asking for a cheeseburger and a scoop of chips ... then wrap yer lips around the sniffer and blow. TAG guys like that :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

I see this thread is sprinkled with the usual good humor, but I guess if it was really going to happen they would meet a frosty reception from all concerned. It's a bit flakey when you consider the pros and cons of this.

They will have to cone off the area and mark it out otherwise there will be hundreds of thousands of complaints when all and sundry get pinged or refused service!

Yet again another way to cream off more of the publick's hard earnt pingers. I hope they aren't going to fudge a way in the legislation to make this stick!

So whats the real scoop on this then?

[BiK3RChiK]

So whats the real scoop on this then?

They'll never whip it into shape:banana:

[fliplid]

there was some nice eye candy in the flake commercials...

[jtzzr]

Sneaky Bastards, I bought A Banana:wari: split of them today , and I was wondering why he looked at me sideways:shifty: when I asked for passionfruit and chocolate as my topping.

[Swoop]

Won't somebody please think of the children!!!

[Hitcher]

Mind that child.

[Mom]

Sneaky Bastards, I bought A Banana:wari: split of them today , and I was wondering why he looked at me sideways:shifty: when I asked for passionfruit and chocolate as my topping.

Imagine if you had asked for sprinkles as well :eek: