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[pasunepipe]

Also, the name for the other kind of ice cream cone? Those are safety cones

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[cosmorific]

Mmm, soft serve with cherry dips. *drools*

Um, yeah. I hear "safety cone," I think "road construction," not "tasty frozen treat." That's such a weird name for it.

[sleestak]

Um, yeah. I hear "safety cone," I think "road construction," not "tasty frozen treat." That's such a weird name for it.

Hee, so true!

I apologize for doubting you, Ms. Pipe. But I have to wonder how many injuries per year are attributed to pointy sugar cones to have prompted naming the alternative the "safety cone". Who knew that a silent killer lurked in America's pantries?

[pasunepipe]

I rationalized it to myself as a kid as such: little kids are usually given this type of cone instead of a sugar cone because they are less prone to drips and collapses. They are a cleaner, neater cone, hence, "safety cone."

Yeah, I don't know either.

The brand name convinced me I wasn't crazy, though.

[vestalvixen]

I didn't know they had a name beyond "cone". Wait, actually, they are called something here, but I don't like my ice cream in a cone, so I hardly ever get them.

[pastahero]

Now I want to do the safety dance.

[pasunepipe]

Ssss... Aaaa.... Ffff.... Tttt.... Eeee.... Yyyyy Safesafesafesafe Cone!

P.S. I am reading You Know You Love Me right now.

[pastahero]

Yay! You're in luck, the next one is the best.

[rockgeisha]

The picture yesterday didn't show up for me so I couldn't give the definitive answer but that right there is a garden variety cone.

What I'm saying is, if you went for ice cream here, they'd ask you if you wanted a regular (or plain) cone or a waffle cone. Or possibly some fancy, new-fangled one I've never heard of because my ice cream place is the drugstore soda fountain.

I don't know what this cake cone thing is and I am much more willing to accept safe-t cone as a name.

[jess_d_ripper]

We also call them plain or regular cones. I've never heard "cake cone" in my life, and I'm not sure how you could arrive at "cake" to describe that styrofoamy material.

[pasunepipe]

Exactly! Regular or plain cone would be perfectly acceptable usage to me; I would know exactly what you were talking about if you said that, but cake cone? No clue.

[pasunepipe]

I only know of three types of cones: this plain kind, a sugar cone (which is like a small waffle cone), and a waffle cone (which is a huge, oversize thing).