In this
http://www.geocities.com/wendydyba/science/science_index.htmlthread ,
I talked about candies. and then it hit me like a ton of bricks.
hey! I like to do science experiments !
surely eatting candy can somehow be an experiment, no?
I would love to try candy from different countries. Could you send me a candy from your country? I promise to be very scientific with it and credit your kindness.
drop me a line if you’re interested.
the thought of candy makes me miscode.
this thread here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147725
Email sent.
It’s the least I could do for such important scientific investigation.
Exactly how many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie Roll pop, anyways?
Inquiring minds want to know!
OH MY GOD!
I never thought of that.
I will find out!
could you measure your tongue so that I can incorporate it into my findings?
I must have a lighter lick than agroof, because (in 5th grade, admittedly) I got 573. Maybe it was just my itsy-bitsy 9-year-old tongue. I’ll have to repeat the trial…
but that’s all subjective.
I am going to do something scientific with 'em.
I have no idea what, but I will think of it.
What could be more scientific than letter grades?
Don’t you need some sort of hypothesis you’re testing?
Have you undergone a peer reviewed grant proposal?
Are you going to SHARE?
Am I the only one here getting seriously aroused by BNB requesting tongue measurements???
gulp
Been done maybe, but they’re WRONG WRONG WRONG.
Crunchie gets a D+?!?!?!
Coffee Crisp a C+ ?!?!
This man’s taste buds are obviously warped.
agroof, Antares are you sure you have those figures right? I have it from a reliable source that the correct answer is three. Mr. Owl was robbed of the Nobel that year, robbed!
yes, but the question is what constitutes a letter grade.
I think that experiment is a sham sponsored by the Japanese candy mafia.
It’s rigged, baby. rigged.
and how lame is it…where are the product pictures?!
CRorex (why do I keep wanting to call you clorox?)-
I only share candy with dopers that come to fests. uh-huh.
or…
if you send me cool science schwag. You know, to lend my experiments an air of sophistication.
or, a baboon. I know you have some. I know it. I can smell it.
Max Carnage-
silly boy!
LaurAnge-
you see. this is why I am volunteering myself. I have no idea what those candies are. None. I sit here befuddled: coffee crisp. is it a gooey strawberry candy? Is it a caramel toffee? I have no idea. I shall weep at night, now that I realize how sheltered my life has been.
Robot Arm-
yes sir.
One.
too-hoo
three.
I remember.
do you have robot legs, too?
If we start taking user names literally, I’m not sure which of us comes out ahead.
For chocolate, see if you can get hold of some Callebaut (from Belgium, I think), damn good stuff. And if someone from Germany sends you chocolate “mit ingver”, be careful.
Candy for science! Shoes for industry!
BNB, if you have not yet gotten a Canadian volunteer, here I stand. It is cruel, CRUEL I tell you to make people live without Coffee Crisp.
If these are wrong, I will need proof. Hard, candy proof.
(I wish I hadn’t killed my car. I could just freaking drive to Canada and get my own candy.)
luarange-
I do have a volunteer from the great white north, but maybe you can help improve US/Canadian relations a bit by participating,too!
all participants will get a neat thank you gift in return.
robot-
what is:
mit ingver?
(with something is all I can make out)
hell, I’ll even try that nasty black (SALTED!) licoriche from the netherlands.