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denim · 10-06-2005, 07:16 AM

This deserves its own thread.

For those too young to have seen the 1970 commercial, click this link.

I propose an experiment. I want to plot how long/how many licks it took to get to the center of a normal (not mini) Tootsie Pop. Time/licks, and if you gave up and crunched, after how long/how many licks did you do it? It might also be useful to find out what else you were doing when you performed the experiment.

No licking machines allowed! Yes, apparently some engineering students have built licking machines to try this experiment out mechanically, but I feel that they miss the point.

Now I have to go out and buy a bag of the things.

10-06-2005, 07:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
denim Banned Location: Massachusetts, USA	How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? This deserves its own thread. For those too young to have seen the 1970 commercial, click this link. I propose an experiment. I want to plot how long/how many licks it took to get to the center of a normal (not mini) Tootsie Pop. Time/licks, and if you gave up and crunched, after how long/how many licks did you do it? It might also be useful to find out what else you were doing when you performed the experiment. No licking machines allowed! Yes, apparently some engineering students have built licking machines to try this experiment out mechanically, but I feel that they miss the point. Now I have to go out and buy a bag of the things.