Halx

does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?

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grumpyolddude

Who's the tootsie, kid.... and stop calling me "pop"!

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over 2000.

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ForgottenKnight

3 licks, and then you bite. Didn't you learn anything from the adds?

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bernadette

oh man! i just had a little .mov file of this commercial & deleted it like 2 wks ago. i knew i should've kept it : (

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Giant Hamburger

Hail Halx, et al!

I extracted the following information from here:
http://www.tootsie.com/memoriesLicksMachine.html

The Licking Machine

We (Tootsie Inc.) are aware of three studies that have been conducted. Each group contacted us to inform us of the results of their experiments:

A group of engineering students from Purdue University recorded that their licking machine, modeled after a human tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. They tried the same licking test on 20 volunteers and found that the average licks to the center were 252 licks.

Plans for the Purdue licking machine

I could use one of these.

A chemical engineering doctorate student from the University of Michigan recorded that his licking machine required an average of 411 licks per Tootsie Pop.

A group of students at Swathmore School used human lickers in a scientific experiment and determined it took an average of 144 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

Personally, I believe surface area of tongue, licks per second and oral moisture content are all significant factors that have not been addressed. What about non-human tongues? I demand a grant for further research and 1,000 volunteer tongues!
-GH

cchris

You guys have strange names for lollypops.

My guess.

Fucked if I know actually,but I'm guessing at least 3000.

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Peryn

144 licks?! BS! no way i could take that long to get to the center oh wait...actual licks, not owl crunching or turtle crunching the thing....Well, i would guess it would take WAAAAY longer than a few hundred licks...

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bundy

i´m guessing that this is an ice cream kind of like a paddle-pop with something in the centre.

depends on if its a person with a really course, rough tongue.

i´d have to say about 500... ?? but thats a rough guess.

but if its more like a chupa chup, then it must be around 750 ??

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Averett

There they are in their wrappers. I tried to find a picture of one half eaten but I couldn't

They're lolli pops with a chocolate type center.

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slimshaydee

they look like chupa chups to me
chupa chups rocks

bernadette

oh yay Giant Hamburger!!! thanks for the link.

http://www.tootsie.com/video/vidMrowl.mov

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Fly

i'd keep on lickin' 'til my jaw started to hurt...........oh wait,that's for the wife,not a freakin' lollipop.

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42...if your name is Gene Simmons.

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dun_ask

1/2 a lick, just lay the damn thing on your tounge. rub it again and again w/o removing it from the tounge. it shall desolve soon enough. hahah

bonbonbox

When I was a kid it took 316 and yes, my tongue hurt.

Tiger69z

Dude, don't we usually suck on lolipops....(eep! get your minds outta the gutter)

Fremen

It depends on how much pressure you apply to the t-p and how far down your tongue you travel.

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uncle phil

don't lick those suckas, suck on 'em...

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