Some people run…for ice cream? “I Ran Five Miles Today…..Damn Ice Cream Truck Still Didn’t Stop…Even Though I Was Yellin & Wavin My Money At Him!!” was posted on Twitter on July 5, 2011. “Brag: I ran 3.5 miles today. I finally caught up to the ice cream truck at a stop light. #fitblog” was posted on Twitter on August 9, 2011.
The miles often differ in the joke. “I ran three miles last night for the first time! I thought that ice cream truck would never stop” was posted on Twitter on June 20, 2018.
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Ana
@MJinmyheart4eva
I Ran Five Miles Today…..Damn Ice Cream Truck Still Didn’t Stop…Even Though I Was Yellin & Wavin My Money At Him!!
6:46 PM - 5 Jul 2011
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Christopher Blackmon
@CCB_MUSIC27
My legs r tired bc I ran 2 miles today. No matter how hard I ran the ice cream truck wouldn’t stop.
9:45 PM - 30 Jul 2011
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Hank Hanna
@hankhanna
Brag: I ran 3.5 miles today. I finally caught up to the ice cream truck at a stop light. #fitblog
9:59 PM - 9 Aug 2011
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Devan Kin Chelow
@devanisthe1
I ran 5 miles today and I’m so proud of myself. I didnt think that ice cream truck was ever gonna stop!
12:09 AM - 13 Apr 2012
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Kevin Wyatt
@Kevin_Wyatt
I ran 2 miles yesterday…The stupid Ice cream truck wouldn’t stop! Even when I was waving money in the air!
8:17 AM - 1 May 2012
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Bob Toth LLC
@bobbyhuey
Yesterday I ran over two miles…ice cream truck driver must not have heard me yell to stop…
9:45 AM - 2 Jun 2013
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ñate
@quishqueer
Woah. I ran 5 miles today. I didn’t think that ice cream truck would ever stop
11:16 PM - 28 Jul 2013
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SWEEP THE LEG JOHNNY
@not1ofyourfans
I ran 12 miles the other day.
Damn ice cream truck wouldn’t stop.
7:23 PM - 21 Sep 2013
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Jim Potter
@wallyjasp
I ran a 2 miles the other day. Didn’t think that ice cream truck would ever stop!
8:49 PM - 29 May 2015
Twitter
Kvn
@M8Banter
I just finish working out. I ran 5 miles. Wow, I thought that ice cream truck would never stop. #fitness
11:57 PM - 11 Feb 2016
Twitter
peter
@58BelowZero
Replying to @stone_719
I ran 10 miles yesterday…
I thought that ice cream truck was never gonna stop.
8:02 AM - 21 Mar 2018
Twitter
Helen 🌼 🌺
@HelenMaryMe
I ran three miles last night for the first time! I thought that ice cream truck would never stop.
12:12 PM - 20 Jun 2018 from Los Angeles, CA
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