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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts) Fri Feb 13, 2015, 11:45 AM Feb 2015

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Mr. Owl was wrong.

http://www.today.com/food/nyu-tootsie-pop-study-reveals-how-many-licks-it-takes-2D80487822

Researchers at New York University and Florida State University have investigated the "complex process by which materials are shaped and ultimately dissolved by surrounding water currents," according to a press release.

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Mr. Owl was wrong. (Original Post) In_The_Wind Feb 2015 OP

I was such a geeky kid that I actually counted the licks and sent a letter Raine1967 Feb 2015 #1

Hahaha. That's really cool. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #2

It was so long ago I can't remember!! Raine1967 Feb 2015 #4

Oh, the potential jokes... Aristus Feb 2015 #3

A member of the audience nailed that at the beginning of Live (with) Kelly and Micheal. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #5

It must have taken forever to get the studio audience to simmer down after that. Aristus Feb 2015 #6

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

1. I was such a geeky kid that I actually counted the licks and sent a letter

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 11:53 AM

Feb 2015

to the makers of tootsie pops!

They sent me a letter and a gift certificate for a bag of free pops!!!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. Hahaha. That's really cool.

Reply to Raine1967 (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:00 PM

Feb 2015

Free pops

By the way: How many licks did it take you?

The story was on TV this morning. Live! with Kelly and Michael

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

4. It was so long ago I can't remember!!

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:20 PM

Feb 2015

I think I was like 7 years.

Holy crap! that was a LONG time ago!

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

3. Oh, the potential jokes...

Reply to In_The_Wind (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:09 PM

Feb 2015

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

5. A member of the audience nailed that at the beginning of Live (with) Kelly and Micheal.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 12:37 PM

Feb 2015

Micheal was quick to reply the answer would depend on the size of the tongue doing the licking.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)

6. It must have taken forever to get the studio audience to simmer down after that.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 01:01 PM

Feb 2015

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