Tootsie Roll Pop

From The Encyclopedia of Pointless

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

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Bohr

There are only two quantized states of the tootsie roll pop, licked and not licked.


Heisenburg

We cannot measure the location of the center of the pop AND the number of licks with certainty.


Plato

The tootsie roll pop is just the physical representation of a perfect pop, which only takes one lick.


Einstein

As the tootsie roll pop approaches the speed of light, the distance to the center decreases.


Edison

It took me several thousand tries, but I finally came up with 514.


Yoda

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


Douglas Adams

If you don't already know, it's 42. So there.


John Paul Jones

It has not yet begun to be licked!


Nathan Hale

I regret that I have but one lick to give to my country.


Mr. Owl

Let's find out. One, Two, Three, *crunch* ... Three.


C

while( DistanceToCenter != 0 )
{
     DistanceToCenter = lick( TootsieRollPop );
     LickNumber++;
}
printf("It took me %d number of licks to get to the center", LickNumber);

Archimedes

By determining the density of the tootsie roll pop we can find out how many licks it will take.


Terry Pratchett

I'm not sure, but that does sound like a great idea for a book.


Michael Crichton

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


Microsoft

The latest version of Windows will include auto-lick software to eliminate the hassle of manually licking your tootsie roll pop.


Bill Clinton

It depends on what you meant by "does".


Shrodinger

The pop remains both licked and unlicked until you unwrap it and the waveform collapses.


Visual Basic

PPrivate Sub imgTootsieRollPop_Lick()
 
imgTootsieRollPop.width = imgTootsieRollPop.width - SalivaAmount
imgTootsieRollPop.height = imgTootsieRollPop.height - SalivaAmount
lblTootsieCounter = lblTootsieCounter + 1
 
End Sub

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Freud

Are you sure it's a tootsie roll pop that you want licked?

Dr. Ruth

The tootsie roll pop is just a metaphor for your secret sexual desire to be licked in your private area!

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