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How many licks

I'm not a fan of vanity on wikipedia so I'll provide the reference and let an impartial individual decide if it is valid for inclusion. Ongoing research into the how many licks question: Tootsie Roll Pop: How Many Licks? --gwax UN (say hi) 17:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What is the source for the 3647 licks?

The answer is actually much smaller. Approximately 120 licks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SirChar557 (talkcontribs) 19:06, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show) told Regis Philbin it took him 1,763 licks to get to the center. I'll try to get his name on the next airing on GSN. -- Glenn L (talk) 05:12, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stating the obvious, the best figure for this is only going to be a study in individual behaviour. It is subject to several factors including moistness of tongue, whether a person spins the lollipop while licking, whether they always lick laterally or vertically or mix the two (thus licks will overlap some areas). By all means argue the toss, but lets be brutally honest here, its going to be an average not a 100% predictable figure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrZoolook (talkcontribs) 02:03, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Free Candy With Star

I'd like to point out that Smitty's (A small grocer chain in AZ that was aquired by Fred Myer, and replaced by Fry's Marketplace), as late as the early 90's would still give you a free Tootsie Pop in exchange for a star wrapper. Ah, good old Smitty's. They would also give kids a free cookie in the bakery. They just don't make places like that anymore.

When I was growing up in the 60's the boy carrying home the stringer of fish was considered good luck for the day and the boy still fishing by the pond was considered bad luck for the day. Somewhere along the line the boy sitting next to the pond fishing was dropped from the wrapper. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.184.141.205 (talk) 21:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC) i likef ried chiken —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.207.224.104 (talk) 01:25, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

True the production numbers may be high and even a little inflated, there are people out there who eat more than 5 a year. I myself prbobly eat about 10 or 15 a year. Remember some people do eat alot of Tootsie products like children. They probobly eat about 40 or 50 a year. And remember the candies may either be unedible or just not sold. Im sure this number doesnt take into account the number of candies not fit for selling.

Unclear

"A superstition of the same wrapper" ... which wrapper? The indian star? The three circles? Need clarified.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.175.148 (talk) 18:35, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I assume this was vandalism

Removed this from rumors section because it sounds like vandalism , but since I've often noticed that there's nothing so stupid that someone won't believe it, I'm posting it here:


There is a legend among Tootsie Pop consumers. The legend says that if one licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop without biting the Tootsie Pop (that's considered cheating to the Gods of the Tootsie Roll) a strange encounter will ensue. An Acapella group called "We are the Words, We are the Instruments", will float down from the skies wearing transcongressional indian headdresses and begin consuming large amounts of pork in front of complete strangers. "We are the Words, We are the Instruments" will also scream the lyrics, some in high pitch and others in very deep voices, to the song "You are my Sunshine".

HUH YA RIGHT

For the past few years, my class has done the experiment "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop" and no encounters have occurred.