'99s'
Before being too old/too dead to do so, Mick Jagger and David Bowie once sang how summer was here and therefore the time was apparently right for dancing in the street. Which is plainly idiotic - if summer is here, it's hot and therefore the last thing you want to be doing is physical activity outside. Granted, "summer's here and the time is right for gentle exercise (if well hydrated) in an air-conditioned gymnasium" is a bit less catchy, but then I'm not the one flapping about outside sweating profusely just because 2 middle-aged rockers doing a Motown cover gave me some questionable advice about suitable al fresco activities to do in warm weather. Anyway, instead of hastening the onset of heatstroke, another option of something to do when summer is here is cool off with a lovely cold ice cream. But wait! Ice cream also melts in the sun, and then goes all dribbly and sticky and is a disaster. Now, I'm aware that some people quite like ice cream when it g