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Icee


In space, no one can hear your brain freeze

Does anyone know where Icee can be bought in Singapore? 7-11 used to sell them, and I thought I blogged about it, but Naomi reminded me I had merely talked about Slurpee, which is like a poorer cousin that Taufik sells.

What happened? Has the Inconvenient Truth caused the demise of the sweatered polar bear? If so, this calls for a haiku to Icee.

No, this calls for a William McGonagall-styled tribute:

I used to enjoy your colourful range
Green blue red and sometimes orange
Then stick out my tongue for all to see
You gave much more than bubble tea
How that sold I’m not too sure
With their bubble-caused choking fear

On every warm day you gave us cheer
And every brain freeze we hold so dear
Where have you gone, Icee Polar Bear
Has global warming made you rare?

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24 responses to “Icee”

  1. marina Avatar
    marina

    Gosh, that really brings memories. I still remember the brightly pink and blue stripe cups. Those were a personal favourite as a kid, and were readily sold in 7-11 in the late 80’s. By the 90’s it pretty much disappeared and I havent seen even one since.

    I miss the ICEE polar bear.

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  2. marina Avatar
    marina

    Gosh, that really brings memories. I still remember the brightly pink and blue stripe cups. Those were a personal favourite as a kid, and were readily sold in 7-11 in the late 80’s. By the 90’s it pretty much disappeared and I havent seen even one since.

    I miss the ICEE polar bear.

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  3. ~Z~ Avatar
    ~Z~

    I remember them being sold at the old Cold Storage/Ikea building at Katong years back. I believe they left before Ikea did though.

    Don’t think they’re around in SG anymore.

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  4. ~Z~ Avatar
    ~Z~

    I remember them being sold at the old Cold Storage/Ikea building at Katong years back. I believe they left before Ikea did though.

    Don’t think they’re around in SG anymore.

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  5. Kian Avatar
    Kian

    I think Icee is extinct liao. I used to love the grape flavoured ones when I was a kid.

    Nice cool design. Two thumbs up!! 😀

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  6. Kian Avatar
    Kian

    I think Icee is extinct liao. I used to love the grape flavoured ones when I was a kid.

    Nice cool design. Two thumbs up!! 😀

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  7. brian Avatar
    brian

    omigosh! i absolutely loved the strawberry icee when i was a kid. of course i remember the chiding mother who didnt want her son drinking poisoned coloured water.

    but oh! drinking these after school was a form of rebellion (at times)

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  8. brian Avatar
    brian

    omigosh! i absolutely loved the strawberry icee when i was a kid. of course i remember the chiding mother who didnt want her son drinking poisoned coloured water.

    but oh! drinking these after school was a form of rebellion (at times)

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  9. monster.ru Avatar
    monster.ru

    i thought they used to sell icee only in the canteen at science centre! that’s the only place i knew that sells as a kid.

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  10. monster.ru Avatar
    monster.ru

    i thought they used to sell icee only in the canteen at science centre! that’s the only place i knew that sells as a kid.

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  11. Densha Girl Avatar
    Densha Girl

    I love ICEE! My favourite flavour is grape!
    I used to make my mum get one for me when we go to the Oriental Emporium in Toa Payoh.

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  12. Densha Girl Avatar
    Densha Girl

    I love ICEE! My favourite flavour is grape!
    I used to make my mum get one for me when we go to the Oriental Emporium in Toa Payoh.

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  13. ger* Avatar
    ger*

    i love the grape flavour! that was awesome. i think it’s disappeared from Singapore…where even Dunkin’ Donuts and Dominoes don’t call home anymore. But Icee can be found in…Perth, Western Australia! Strange, but true.

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  14. ger* Avatar
    ger*

    i love the grape flavour! that was awesome. i think it’s disappeared from Singapore…where even Dunkin’ Donuts and Dominoes don’t call home anymore. But Icee can be found in…Perth, Western Australia! Strange, but true.

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  15. keith Avatar
    keith

    i used to buy icee form thomson plaza.. or yaohan as it was called.
    slurpee and icee are actually the same thing.. read tht somewhere.. not sure if its true. 7-11 has this deal with icee where they sell it under their own brand. I doubt the on in SG is icee though.. since they use stuff like coke to make it.

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  16. keith Avatar
    keith

    i used to buy icee form thomson plaza.. or yaohan as it was called.
    slurpee and icee are actually the same thing.. read tht somewhere.. not sure if its true. 7-11 has this deal with icee where they sell it under their own brand. I doubt the on in SG is icee though.. since they use stuff like coke to make it.

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  17. Wahlau.NET Avatar
    Wahlau.NET

    how does it differ from slurpee?

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  18. Wahlau.NET Avatar
    Wahlau.NET

    how does it differ from slurpee?

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  19. SCOTTY Avatar
    SCOTTY

    FROM THE MAN WHO SET UP ICEE SINGAPORE 1N 1979.AFTER TRYING FOR 10 YEARS THE ICEE CORP CLOSED THAT OFFICE IN 1989.THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF MAYBE TRYING TO REOPEN THAT OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WERE IN OPERATION THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM 1979 UNTIL 1996 WHEN THE REGIONAL OFFICE IN HONG KONG FINALLY CLOSED.
    HONG KONG,INDONESIA,TAIWAN,MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES WERE THE OTHERS.
    I ENJOYED EVERY TRIP I MADE TO SINGAPORE,I HOPE TO RETURN AGAIN SOON

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  20. SCOTTY Avatar
    SCOTTY

    FROM THE MAN WHO SET UP ICEE SINGAPORE 1N 1979.AFTER TRYING FOR 10 YEARS THE ICEE CORP CLOSED THAT OFFICE IN 1989.THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF MAYBE TRYING TO REOPEN THAT OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT WERE IN OPERATION THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM 1979 UNTIL 1996 WHEN THE REGIONAL OFFICE IN HONG KONG FINALLY CLOSED.
    HONG KONG,INDONESIA,TAIWAN,MALAYSIA AND THE PHILIPPINES WERE THE OTHERS.
    I ENJOYED EVERY TRIP I MADE TO SINGAPORE,I HOPE TO RETURN AGAIN SOON

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  21. colin Avatar
    colin

    haha my first job was to be that icee bear. Put n costume frighten some children handing out cupons and balloons. Life was os much simpler then. :))

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  22. colin Avatar
    colin

    haha my first job was to be that icee bear. Put n costume frighten some children handing out cupons and balloons. Life was os much simpler then. :))

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  23. Will Avatar
    Will

    They can be bough

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  24. Petepics Avatar
    Petepics

    In the 60’s 7 – 11 sold Slurpees’ but the drink was like small ice crystals with either coke or cherry fluid around the ice. Icees’ were sold at a different store and were the same as slurpee is today. 7 – 11 bough the rites to icee. They changed to selling the slurpee using the icee formula but still using the slurpee name.

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