11 Reasons You Must Never Let An Ice Cream Cone Drip On Your Hand

This does not need to happen.

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To summarize: don't do this.

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On the contrary - as first described by L. Rust Hills in his famous essay, "How to Eat an Ice-Cream Cone," - true mastery of the ice cream cone is displayed when your final bite is a miniature ice cream cone like this.

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Now go out there and eat some ice cream.