To start: Ithaca is the birthplace of the ice cream sundae. Pay no attention to those poor deluded people in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. :-)
(Also, the sundae was invented by Unitarians! I am not kidding about that. This is why the resumption of regular Sunday services in the fall -- after the congregation-led summer sessions -- is called Sundae Sunday, and everyone gets free ice cream during coffee hour after the service.)
Anyway, a while ago, people in Ithaca and Two Rivers realized that they both claimed to have hosted the true origin of the ice cream sundae. The argument has continued to grow, and now CBS is doing an "Assignment America" segment on the story. The Ithaca Journal has more information here.
This is at one and the same time hysterically amusing, and kind of sad in its utter triviality.
(Also, the sundae was invented by Unitarians! I am not kidding about that. This is why the resumption of regular Sunday services in the fall -- after the congregation-led summer sessions -- is called Sundae Sunday, and everyone gets free ice cream during coffee hour after the service.)
Anyway, a while ago, people in Ithaca and Two Rivers realized that they both claimed to have hosted the true origin of the ice cream sundae. The argument has continued to grow, and now CBS is doing an "Assignment America" segment on the story. The Ithaca Journal has more information here.
This is at one and the same time hysterically amusing, and kind of sad in its utter triviality.
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Date: 2006-08-20 12:15 am (UTC)I find the birthplace of ice cream to be much more important than the current war (or police action, or whatever we call it).