Tonight, I completed the first trial of Impeachmint Icecream. Of course, Unix geeks number things at zero, so I uphold this fine tradition. Despite initially emailing Ben and Jerry’s, the local co-op only had peach icecream made by Bassett’s, a local company. I must say, they really do make excellent icecream, and if Ben and Jerry’s does not follow up, perhaps I will contact Bassett’s. I timestamped my original idea for a reason.

I used two scoops or so, a half pint, a regular bowl’s worth for me. To this, I added 5-7 little drops of peppermint oil. I give an approximate number, because it may vary. When I say little drops, I mean to put your finger over the hole where the oil comes out, and quickly removing and replacing your finger, instead of just letting the oil pour out. Peppermint oil has a strong taste, so you want to go easy. Start with five and work up to seven, but don’t put in too much. At first, I imagined more of a light flavor, but actually you can let the mint shine a little more than I thought. The result? Delicious! I love Impeachmint Icecream! Try making it for yourself, and perhaps we can work on actually getting the idea noticed by the right people. By the way, I just noticed the double meaning of the word “trial” Very clever if I do say so myself.

I came up with this idea two days ago, noted it in my diary, and tonight submitted it to Ben and Jerry’s. I wanted to publish it here on my blog to give a timestamp, and to confirm that I came up with it, should they actually follow through. Hey, it’s happened before, like when I called the Fox News “What’s Bugging You Hotline,” and told them that as a totally blind person, I could not read the number to the “What’s Bugging You Hotline” since they did not actually speak it. They called me back and we did an interview, but due to some unknown reason, they never aired it, or told me why, just that “something came up that they were not aware of” perhaps that they could not do a story criticizing themselves. Anyways, I reproduce the letter I sent to Ben and Jerry’s, via their suggestion form, below. I’ll keep you abreast.

While watching the hearings on Constitutional powers and executive limits, or whatever fancy name they called the impeachment hearings, it disgusted me that some of the Bush apologists said that most of America “does not live in the same bubble” and does not favor impeachment. Vincent Bugliosi gave brilliant testimony to the contrary, causing the crowd to applaud, and causing one of the fake conservatives to call for clearing the room, which did not happen. While ruminating over these things, I suddenly thought of a great way for the people to show their support: Impeachmint Icecream – The first ever peach-flavored icecream, with a light mint frosting, to show support for impeachment of the Bush administration for war crimes. I have begun composing a little song to this effect suitable for radio use, and have considered a web site design as well. The flavor might sound weird, but I feel if you could get the balance just right, in other words just a light mint, nothing overbearing, it might
actually taste pretty good. It would also show a concrete measure of support by the consumers at large. I thought of your company first, given its past record of championing socially responsible causes.

I just received the following automated reply:

Hello Austin,

Your idea has been logged into our Random Genius Ideas Database. If we
decide to+use it, you’ll be hearing from us.