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

Question

i know this isnt a serious question but if anyone has tried or looked it up that would be awesome

Answer 1

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.

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

Based on the wide range of results from these scientific studies, it is clear that the world may never know how many licks it really takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop.
http://www.tootsie.com/memoriesLicksMachine.html


The answer of course is affected by the individual's saliva output and the size tongue, so it depends on the person. However, in theory it can be done in only one lick if the tongue is in direct contact with the Tootsie Pop for a long enough period of time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie_Pop

Some interesting quotes for your amuzement:

"Yoda: Licks. Ha! The center. Ha! A Jedi craves not these things.

Bill Clinton: It depends on what you meant by 'does'.

Michael Crichton: My next book is going to be about people
contemplating the ecological ramifications of tootsie roll pops while
fighting space demons."

http://www.eopoint.com/article.php?Licks

Answer 2

I think it varies... I mean everybody licks differently! lol
What's really neat though, is that tootsie pop invented a little thing that you can buy... it's a tootsie pop but it's got this thing attatched to it, and it counts as you lick. I haven't seen it in stores, but I saw a tv show on popular candy factories, so they sell it at the factory store... idk where that is though!

Answer 3

I believe Woodsy Owl in the 70's tried this and the answer was
Three

it was just to good to wait for the center :)

Answer 4

The concusion at the end of the commercial was not three, but rather that the world may never know.

Answer 5

the world may never know!

Answer 6

One, Twoo, Threee - THREE LICKS!

Answer 7

Being old school, I believe the owl. It's...a....one....a...two....a...three... Three.

So there ya go. The answer is three :)

Answer 8

OMG, not again. I am so sick of seeing this question.
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