B&G Milkyway is an ice cream shop chain in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It has 8 locations and they're locally owned by people active in the community. But thanks to one guy, the whole world knows about it now.
Reddit user SoDakZak builds homes in the area. And whenever he drives by B&G Milkyway, it always has a sign to make his day. "I loved reading their funny quips or puns or shower thoughts and decided to start taking pictures of them when I stopped there for a walking taco for my lunch breaks or when my wife and I decide to grab our favorite Avalanche for an evening date!" SoDakZak told Bored Panda.
Eventually, SoDakZak started sharing the pictures on Reddit, and people on the platform absolutely loved them, upvoting his posts tens of thousands of times. After doing some digging online, we unearthed some pictures from other folks too.
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Just saw it too. I remember it happening and what we knew about it back then. The whole thing was jaw dropping.
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Load More Replies...Seriously! I mean, these politicians think they're smarter than these genius scientists with 12 different degrees...
Movies also show people waking up with perfect hair and makeup. They also show people who get up naked take an entire comforter with them! Why? The other person obviously already saw you naked!
The comforter one really preys on my last nerve!
Load More Replies...Shortly after he died, Mao's government collapsed and its leaders were all killed as traitors, because the public outrage was so great over the government imprisoning a scientists who tried to warn people about an earthquake that ended up killing a quarter of a million people. (Non-government sources say 3/4 of a million.)
It’s true. Or ignoring people who say it’s not stable and keep the thing going causing a whole bunch of disasters.
True dogs and pets do support major therapy and consoling, regardless. So yes! :))
B n' G Milkyway has a strawberry vanilla swirl that tastes like cotton cand and it is THE BEST
They don’t always bite children??? And not all dogs do that. And it’s therapeutic bc they give comfort and ease as a companion. :,)
Load More Replies...SoDakZak said the idea to share these amusing pictures on Reddit came from his love for the platform. "It definitely gave me a little more sense of community in subs like r/SiouxFalls, r/funny, and r/PictureGame during the pandemic."
"When I started posting [these pictures] to r/funny, the first one immediately took off. I've had a few dozen posts go viral before but it was fun to see something local," the Redditor explained. "At the time, I enjoyed the comments and was surprised at the number of people who had been to a B&G Milkyway before!"
Aww... that's sweet. I wish our cats were more talkative.
Load More Replies...All night dancing, feet will sweat. Its made of glass hence it falls off.
Load More Replies...You try running in glass shoes and a ball gown, down a flight of stairs in the dark!
I did. Broke my nose both times. (I'm sorry I was such a B***t the other day. I really do think a lot of you.)
Load More Replies...Sweaty feet. We all know how slippery glass is when it gets wet.
Cinderella's shoe was a fur slipper in the original fairytale that got mistranslated as a glass slipper, btw.
well, that explains a LOT. I always wondered about the practicality.
Load More Replies...in the original fairytale, the prince had put pitch on the stairs and it got stuck
It’s amusing, but it gives the wrong impression of how antidepressants work. They don’t make you “happy,” they keep you from wanting to throw yourself off a cliff.
as someone who uses antidepressants, the joke is pretty funny, but it wouldn't be funny if it actually happened :)
Load More Replies...A few days later, something else surprised the guy. He got a text from a friend who lives near the B&G Milkyway. It said: "Hey Zak, is your username SoDakZak on Reddit?" He gave a positive reply. The friend's next message was: "I think you should swing by B&G quickly..."
"I hopped in my truck and drove over there," SoDakZak said. "They shouted me out!"
Somehow the ice cream shop must've learned about their new fame online, and they put up a sign to personally thank SoDakZak. "That had to be the most wholesome exciting thing to happen to me during the pandemic, and from there I told myself that I would try to continue supporting the business at minimum once per sign change," he said. "I kept posting and people on Reddit continued to enjoy their jokes and puns. I don't really have a plan on stopping, it's really not an inconvenience to me since I work across the street for the foreseeable future, building homes for people in our family business."
I tripped and dropped my latte right after leaving the coffee place, and it felt the same as when I was ten years old and the two scoops of ice cream toppled onto the sidewalk, leaving me with the sad empty cone.
Not sure about that, lose balloon, sad. Spill coffee sad then annoyed that there is a mess to clean up.
Lose balloon, sad. Spill coffee sad, annoyed, angry, murder mode, don't talk to me until i make another one!
Load More Replies...but if u lose ur coffee (or any other drink) u might suffocate a human
Load More Replies...This is brilliant. I also run out of charge at an inconveniently fast pace.
The construction worker from South Dakota said the owners of B&G Milkyway (who he connected with through Facebook) are a young couple. He doesn't know that much about them but from what he knows, the couple took a risk in opening this particular shop after they just had a newborn, and SoDakZak couldn't be happier for them with the success they've seen.
"There's a line around the corner every night and every lunchtime. And it's not even baseball season yet (the shop is next to a huge park of ball fields where people frequently walk over in droves between or after games)!"
One day in English class : "What do you call a thing that is more good than another one? -Gooder!"
"2020 and 2021 may have had their downer moments but for me and this local ice cream shop, the connection and viral moments added just a little bit of sweetness to our days," SoDakZak added. "Well, even sweeter than their Mint Bon Bon avalanche."
According to the history books, the Milkyway first opened in 1954. It's an old-fashioned drive-in and the original restaurant is actually still in operation today. Even though it has expanded and become a chain, it's obvious B&G Milkyway hasn't lost its magic.
Hahaha... I know how to parallel park, but I never do it because I'm scared of getting it wrong in front of people
i don't know how to parallel park and i would never do it because i don't have a driver's license.
Load More Replies...So true, for some reason everyone seems to stop what they are doing and watch.
I have offered to parallel park multiple strangers' cars because they were holding up traffic for so long. I've also driven a group home from the bar after their DD got drunk and no one else could drive her car which was a stick. Just had my friends follow in my car so she didn't get towed for leaving hers overnight. One of the girls told me she never learned because she's a woman and why would she need to know. I almost left her on the curb.
You gotta love a woman who makes you uncomfortable being a woman too.
Load More Replies...And yes bad way to live life, but at least I'm being completely honest. I'm a good honest driver but don't feel comfortable with this monoover! If that's how U spell it???
Load More Replies...Oh you’ll do it if the next closest parking space is very far away and you’re running late.
Wait, isn't parallel parking just a common thing in the US like it is in Europe?
it is common in many places but it is also daunting when people are staring at you.
Load More Replies...Welp, I guess we're creating mutants. Come to the lab, I've got the fish and the peanut butter...smooth, though.
Load More Replies...*looks it up* no. But there are yummy toast covered fish sticks
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Load More Replies...Me too! Especially for the sites that have no reason to need a login!
but that's "not enough security" u need a password of h37dn2d3jdijmd3jnr7n3jd82hd37nde
Not strong enough. You are missing capital letter and special character.
Load More Replies...any time theres even one thing remotely wrong with a password and username, it makes you retype it
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Yup, when I still lived back east we could still expect snow in April but still have to open the pool come May.
It just snowed a couple times here in April. Never enjoy it.
Load More Replies...You forgot, cuddling up in a weighted blanket, watching anime, with your pets cuddling up with you, with tea.
We Do know how to say it, it is : the town is pronounced Wooster and the county is Woostersheer we just ignore all the extra letters
I just say worsestersistersire. Works for me.
Load More Replies...Massachusetts citizens can, because we have a city named Worcester. It's wuss (like puss) - ter - sheer.
I’m sorry for being ignorant of something but does that sign say foot long? Ice cream?
It does. It says it inside of a hot dog/sausage.
Load More Replies...An average-looking guy would show up to a dance club with a 2 lb bag of M&Ms and get mobbed by women, getting more attention than the guy with the porsche. Gentlemen, take note!
Or “do you want ice cream” bc, honestly, a girl who isn’t toxic will be down for ice cream unless she’s lactose intolerant:< (Even then, Italian ices and frozen yogurt) maybe I will use this method for finding non toxic gorls xD
too much milk gives me a stomach ache, but i will deal for ice cream.
Load More Replies...Rather than just sitting on the couch ignoring them.
Load More Replies...Not true. Wife is not keen on ice cream at all, which is fine cause then it means more for me.
I understand. I agree with you. Don't know why you got downvoted.
Load More Replies...That's not always a bad thing! Hubby says he's glad he's finished with the dating games.
An apple a day does keep the doctor away. The trick is that you have to throw it at him.
An apple a day keeps anyone away; you just need to throw it at them.
It's a growing trend on BP to just comment spam the first thing that comes into your head, hoping to get some points. It's the dumb equivalent of typing "First". Yeah I'm looking at you @Ryan
The “first” thing is so friggin stupid/annoying!
Load More Replies...I just realized these weren't all from the same store, it's cool that they have more than one of their stores doing this!
I need to know where I can find this ice cream shop where I live right now-
Yes! I live in a small town off of Spearfish, and I was driving to see my cousins and I saw this shop!!
It's a growing trend on BP to just comment spam the first thing that comes into your head, hoping to get some points. It's the dumb equivalent of typing "First". Yeah I'm looking at you @Ryan
The “first” thing is so friggin stupid/annoying!
Load More Replies...I just realized these weren't all from the same store, it's cool that they have more than one of their stores doing this!
I need to know where I can find this ice cream shop where I live right now-
Yes! I live in a small town off of Spearfish, and I was driving to see my cousins and I saw this shop!!
