01-01-2015, 02:12 AM
Actually I was curious as a child (yes they had that commercial even then) and so I counted how many licks it took to get to the gooey part of a tootsie roll pop. I'm sure it varies with every one, but mine took 552 licks to reach the goal. I was not yet aware of the scientific principals and so I did not do it more times to get a sampling and come up with an average. I have heard of others doing the same thing, and the number they got was often quite different from mine. I have never figured out what it is they did wrong 
dale the scienctifical
dale the scienctifical
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.