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Red Panther
July 14th, 2006, 08:14 pm
Has any one here tried and got an answer to the famous question, How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? Every time I try I get bored around 100 licks.

dominate_ze_vorld
July 14th, 2006, 08:22 pm
Personally tried? No.

To try to get an answer? :

"During the 2nd semester of an engineering class at Purdue University,
they reported that their 'licking machine,' modeled after a human
tongue, took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a
Tootsie-Pop. Then they tried to test 20 volunteers and found that it
took the volunteers and average of 252 licks. And then a chemical
engineering doctorate student from the University of Michigan recorded
that his licking machine required an average of 411 licks per Tootsie
Pop. Soon after that, 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. So there
are the results taken from the only 'official' Tootsie Pop licking
experiments."

septermagick
July 15th, 2006, 12:02 am
I remember a boy telling me about what dominate just said. If I remember correctly (duh) he said it was sort of a competition, though, tha I'm not to sure about. I don't like tootsie roll pops so I haven't tried it myself.

Eternal
July 15th, 2006, 12:26 am
The owl said it was three licks and then he bit it.

Reina
July 15th, 2006, 04:47 am
Well, I never got past 40 or so without getting sleepy and forgeting the number I was on. I suppose it was kinda like counting sheep for me or something.

Neko Koneko
July 15th, 2006, 07:52 am
*moves to chatterforum*