Mr Whippy for hire??

[lexis200]

Slightly odd one I know, but it's my youngest's birthday next month and he is mad on ice cream (and balloons:D). This is to the point that he wanted a Pizza Hut party. Not odd I hear you say? Well he really doesn't like pizza, and sitting down in a restaurant for an hour and a half is not his idea of fun (he has to be on the move all the time). Turns out he just wanted the ice cream factory part of it:lol:

 

Anyway, the best outcome would be if someone on here had a machine that they'd love me to borrow/hire for a day, but failing that quite unlikely situation, does anyone know where you can hire them in West Sussex for a reasonable cost?

 

I've done a bit of Googling and I'm not finding much (ie £110 a day and only one or two companies, and I really can't stretch to that:eek:), so I was hoping someone might know someone etc.

 

Thanks all. Any help might make my little ones day:)

[Guest wino]

Could you not just buy several tubs of ice cream and various sweets and toppings? There must be one member of the family that wouldn't mind dressing up in a silly costume and serving the ice creams. It would work out a heck of a lot cheaper

[lexis200]

Nice idea Wino, but I did suggest that (minus the dressing up bit which I didn't think of...) when he was on the Pizza Hut mission, and it went down like a lead balloon:rolleyes:

 

7 year olds eh, there's no reasoning with them:)

 

He's going to have to cope with this little disappointment though if I can't find something soon - I'm not spending days on it, and I'm certainly not spending over £100 on ice cream:eek:

[Surfer01]

Times have changed as we would never dream of pandering to our kids needs. It was always a case fo take it or leave it until they were in their teenage years. Only then if it was a reasonable request would try and accommodate them.

[lexis200]

Times have changed as we would never dream of pandering to our kids needs. It was always a case fo take it or leave it until they were in their teenage years. Only then if it was a reasonable request would try and accommodate them.

 

Whilst I agree in principle (they do not get everything they want by any stretch - although they do get what they need:eek:), my personal view is if it's do-able by me, isn't a ludicrous request and it will make them very happy, why not?

 

He's only having a party of 6 kids including him and his brother as we're not flush at the moment, it's going to be at home with a dvd and this would be the only real expense. Only as I said if it's a £100+ expense there's not a chance - I'm thinking more along the lines of £30! There is a limit to my pandering you know;)

[letsdothis]

It's a shame he isn't older, there is a Miss Whippy for hire, I am sure I have seen some adverts for her somewhere.

[Surfer01]

Whilst I agree in principle (they do not get everything they want by any stretch - although they do get what they need:eek:), my personal view is if it's do-able by me, isn't a ludicrous request and it will make them very happy, why not?

 

He's only having a party of 6 kids including him and his brother as we're not flush at the moment, it's going to be at home with a dvd and this would be the only real expense. Only as I said if it's a £100+ expense there's not a chance - I'm thinking more along the lines of £30! There is a limit to my pandering you know;)

I hope you don't think I was having a go at you. its your kid and your choice!

[totiesquoties]

hi, could you not take them to an ice-cream parlour, if they cannot come to you, you go to them, so to speak,

and some restaurants if you shop around do, and may meet your childs needs, chalkie the clown did used to do this

at a restaurant i knew, but it has just been revamped, and not inside anymore, or what about fortes, or an ice cream parlour, oh, and by the way CAN I COME PLEASE, SOUNDS A REAL FUN DAY!

[lexis200]

I hope you don't think I was having a go at you. its your kid and your choice!

 

No no, not at all!

 

After re-reading my original post, I should perhaps make it clearer though that he has not asked for this - his 'no' was to me doing just what wino suggested above instead of going to Pizza Hut (which I considered a waste of money given his dislike of pizza). I did eventually get him to agree to the dvd party instead, and have promised I'll do some sort of Sundae in lieu of the 'Ice Cream Factory; the idea of the machine is mine as I thought if it was cheap enough it'd be a nice surprise.

[lexis200]

hi, could you not take them to an ice-cream parlour, if they cannot come to you, you go to them, so to speak,

and some restaurants if you shop around do, and may meet your childs needs, chalkie the clownnot the best choice for me, I'm of the 'can't sleep, clowns will eat me' ilk:eek: did used to do this

at a restaurant i knew, but it has just been revamped, and not inside anymore, or what about fortes, or an ice cream parlour, oh, and by the way CAN I COME PLEASE, SOUNDS A REAL FUN DAY!

 

hehe, you nutter:)

 

I think I'll just stick with the dvd and a sundae or two rather than give him another choice though! And lease don't tell him there's such a thing as an ice cream parlour, I'd never hear the end of it:lol:

[locutus]

One of my favorite treats as a kit were icecream float (favorite fizzy drink, scoop of icecream on top, straw and spoon!)

[totiesquoties]

hi lexis200, very odd you know my post i wrote to you, i did not Type the red wording in it, so who did?

 

i did not know you could do this to other peoples posts, is this called Hijacking?

[lexis200]

Ugh locutus, really?! That has always turned my stomach:p

 

Hi totie:)

 

No, hijacking is when someone has started a thread and you put your own questions on it. Most of the time it's fine to do and people don't mind, but sometimes they can get a bit funny about it.

 

You can highlight etc other people's text when you quote them, or add your own stuff in to emphasise or reply in context. Just quote someone, then add your text or highlighting inside the

[ /quote] bits.

[locutus]

Give me a link toties and I'll try to explain.

 

 

Oh, when you make ice-cream floats, generous scoop of vanilla ice-cream in the bottom of a tall glass (preferably made of plastic for the kiddies!) then slowly pour cherry aid or cream soda or coke or lime... whatever tickles your fancy in the way of fizzy drinks. Beware that it will froth and make a delicious foam at the top, so don't fill the glass!

[lexis200]

blurgh:lol:

[havinastella]

Lexis, do you have a regular Ice cream man that comes around?

 

If so, ask him nicely to pop around 20 times that day

 

JOgs

[lexis200]

hehe, I'll give it a go;)

[totiesquoties]

thanks, being relatively new, not had it before, i do not know how to write in red yet.

[lexis200]

You might not be able to at the moment - all the colour options seem to have disappeared again...

[totiesquoties]

i feel like i have just started infants school again, also someone just asked me for a link so they could explain, how do i do this?

[totiesquoties]

HOW DO I give you a link? to locutus?

[locutus]

sorry for the delay, eating a trifle that the kids made LOL go to the page, in your address bar highlight all the text and copy it (Or click on it and press CTRL + A, then CTRL + C) then come to put your message here and CTRL + V will paste that address.

[lexis200]

See now this above from locutus would be what we call hijacking toties:D Luckily I'm lovely and don't care;)

 

Plus I know he'll be in and out so quickly I'll barely know he was here at all:lol:

[locutus]

:oops:Shhh!!

[locutus]

Anyway, you're to blame starting a thread "Mr Whippy for hire???"