A matter of taste

We're all heard about the guy who tells his friend they're going to drive across the state line to visit this ice cream shop he knows where they have every flavor known to man, and how they pile into the guy's Pontiac and begin the journey, up the highway, across the line, onto two-lane highways and then single lane country roads, up and down, through the hills and dales, all the while with their minds racing across the flavor spectrum, thinking about all the tastes they'll soon explore.

And when they park and go inside, the passenger says to The Guy, "It's on me...go ahead and order!"

And The Guy says, "Make mine vanilla."

It's on old joke but no less funny, once you dust it off, because a lot of us just happen to like vanilla ice cream. I would prefer it any day over Tutti Frutti Banana Custard Surprise or whatever someone is scooping up.

Meanwhile, out in sun-baked Arizona there's an ice cream shop making room on their wall to post their newly-minted Guinness World Record certificate, proof that they not only offer 266 milkshake flavors, but can blend them all up in just over an hour.

The shop is called Snow Cap, and they are located in Seligman (I haven't, either). They showed how fast they can shake those things recently while Mobil 1, the synthetic motor oil company, was showing off their wares alongside other local attractions as  part of its Keep Route 66 tour.

The Delgadillo family owns Snow Cap, and they got the job done, making every milkshake they mention on their menu in an hour and a quarter as the Guinness adjudicator was on hand as the shop's owners, the Delgadillo family, made every milkshake on the menu in about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

And, believe it or not, they not only have the standard vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry options, but they'd be tickled to set you up with peanut butter and onion ring milkshakes, banana and chili, and orange and fish burger.

Can I say it again? Make mine vanilla!

I guess I'm The Guy.