2006-10-07 04:32:17 · 14 answers · asked by martynavent 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
According to an ice cream man on Radio Cumbria the other week, it's the flake part that makes it a '99'. And it got the name because the cone used to be/is 99 mms long from tip to top.
2006-10-07 04:41:17 · answer #1 · answered by paradisefound1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An ice cream is only a '99' if it has a cadbury flake included. In 1930 Cadbury started producing a smaller version of the standard Flake bar especially for ice cream cones. These were marketed under the name 99 Flake and sold loose in boxes rather than individually wrapped like the traditional Flake. So its not the ice cream that is a '99' but actually the flake
2006-10-07 04:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by purmusuk 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they wanted you to ask this question, in the hope you would get 99 answers!
99 reasons to call it 99.
;-)
2006-10-07 04:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Love 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA! I answered this same question yesterday and I researched it so its right. ok its something like this:
ice cream makers were usually Italian. the Italian king always had 99 guards in his army and 99 was considered an elite number so these italian ice cream makers decided to name this ice cream a '99'...
2006-10-07 07:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better a 99 than a 69......... lol
2006-10-07 04:35:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it has a cadburys 99 flake in it
2006-10-07 04:37:54 · answer #6 · answered by anni333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup they used to cost 99p with a flake.
2006-10-07 04:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by lottie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They cost 99p ages ago x
2006-10-07 04:37:12 · answer #8 · answered by *Glamour* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was supposed to be a 66 but it got ice up
2006-10-07 04:36:54 · answer #9 · answered by Colin T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This was covered by BBC2's Balderdash and Piffle.
2006-10-07 04:42:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋