How many licks does it take?

[wmc1982]

to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

 

[mikenet2006]

to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

lol, the latest in mainstream science couldnt help me here. I end up chewing them. I could just see that on the next episode of Unsolved Mysteries, or Bill Nye The Science Guy, hehe.

 

[[serious]]

3 according to the owl

 

[Steezie]

678. We actually tested this in high school. But we found that after about 300 or so licks your toung got tired so we switched off after one person.

Tootsie Roll Industries notes that they are aware of 3 separate and completely unrelated studies which attempted to finally put to rest the ever eternal question of "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?":

• A handful of engineering students at Purdue University appear to have conducted the most research. They devised a "licking machine," with which they recorded an average of 364 licks to get to the center. Their research also included having 20 human volunteers carry out the experiment as well. The results from the volunteers concluded that it took an average of 252 licks to reach it.
• One doctorate student at the University of Michigan created his own licking machine and came up with an average of 411 licks to reach the center of the Tootsie Pop.
• Students at Swathmore High School conducted their own human-based experiment, resulting in an average of 144 licks.

 

[The Princess Bride]

Approx. 400 the last time a friend and I counted