On Curb Your Enthusiasm the other night, Larry David unveiled his latest irritant: sample abusers. Larry David, meet Mrs. Mento, owner of the (tragically closed for the season) legendary eponymous water ice stand in Ventnor, which this summer put a stop to the free taste. Getting the punch line months before David ("Banana? Tastes like banana!"), Mento's posted several signs this summer with the beautifully harsh poetry of an exasperated looking-to-sell-already longtime water ice vendor: "Lemon (arrow) tastes like lemon. Cherry (arrow) tastes like Cherry. Chocolate (arrow) tastes like chocolate." With sarcasm laced througout like black cherries in the black cherry ice (tastes like black cherries), Mrs. Mento dismissed her sample abusers as "connosiuers" who waste her employees time by, yes, abusing their sample priviledges. No samples for you! Mrs. Mento did add a micro sized 25-cent serving size which approximates a free taste, only not free. There was only a wee bit of grumbling this summer over the end of the free taste, which didn't seem to speed up the line outside any (regulars know you can just duck inside the doorway to an inside counter to get served, anyway.). But thankfully Mrs. Mento, whose enthusiasm is famously curbed when it comes to your cute kids but who never fails to gush over a dog, did not end her tradition of free tastes for pooches: her stash of dog treats remained full until the end.