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Oeditpus Rex

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2. We're probably coming to that

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 04:40 PM

Oct 16

Reminds me, too -- when Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel, Calif., he (the city council, really) made it illegal to take ice cream cones outside the shops on Ocean Boulevard because people dropped it on the sidewalk, annoying the hordes of tourists.

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Grown Man Licking Ice Cream Cone Placed On Sex Offender Registry [View all] Zorro Oct 16 OP

Man o man, I had to get into the second paragraph before thinking, is this satire? Then I looked at the link. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 16 #1

We're probably coming to that Oeditpus Rex Oct 16 #2

Not quite the real story. Already restricted before he was mayor unc70 Oct 16 #6

Why was a melting ice cream cone placed on a sex offender registry? GreenWave Oct 16 #3

dammit the Onion got me again! rurallib Oct 16 #4

In the spirit of The Onion, does that mean a woman can be arrested for no_hypocrisy Oct 16 #5