# Curious about another Doper? Ask them here. (ping:Polycarp) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244 "2005-02-15T20:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/41 "2005-02-16T16:10:52Z")
Let us be accurate, shall we? When Mr. Owl was asked how many licks it took to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop, he said: > [@Mr. Owl](#): > > One, two-whoooo, a-three :: crunch :: > (Sardonically) Three. Sardonic owls are the best. And the ad definitely dates from the early 80s, perhaps even late 70s (I remember it being on during Saturday morning cartoons, when there were Saturday morning cartoons like Bugs Bunny on CBS) and it ran for years and years because of its sardonic, owly excellence. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/42 "2005-02-16T16:12:29Z")
Damn! Triple-post and I lost. Here’s my question though: **Anaamika** , did you ever live in India for an extended period of time? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/43 "2005-02-16T16:15:13Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > Damn! Triple-post and I lost. Here’s my question though: **Anaamika** , did you ever live in India for an extended period of time? Was born there and lived there until I was four. After that I’ve visited for one month, three months, one month, and one month, respectively. Hindi is my first language. On that note, TeaElle: It had to be 80’s as well, as I wasn’t in the States until '79 and wasn’t speaking English or understanding it until '80. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/44 "2005-02-16T16:15:22Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Back to the basics, eh? A Tootsie Roll Pop is a hard lollipop with a Tootsie Roll in the center. > > A Tootsie Roll is a piece of funky-tasting chocolate that looks vaguely like a small doody. > > See it’s supposed to be fun. Eat the lollipop, you get a treat in the end. They also have Charms Blowpops which are the same thing with bubble gum inside. It’s hard to believe we are speaking the same language. What’s a doody? Blowpop? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/45 "2005-02-16T16:16:19Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > It’s hard to believe we are speaking the same language. What’s a doody? Blowpop? _snort_ A doody is a kiddie name for a poop. …Do I need to translate poop? ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/46 "2005-02-16T16:24:54Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > _snort_ > > A doody is a kiddie name for a poop. > > …Do I need to translate poop? No. It’s a Gladys or Eartha. I know that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/47 "2005-02-16T16:29:00Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > No. It’s a Gladys or Eartha. I know that. Now I don’t know what you’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/48 "2005-02-16T16:33:12Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 300? > > I think it takes me about 15. > > What do you do with them? Never mind, don’t answer. I wanna know what it is you do that only lets them last 15 licks! > [@](#): > > On reflection, you’re probably right. > Get the sledgehammer! Well, you’d be wasting a perfectly good sledgehammer. My skull is 50% dolemite. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/49 "2005-02-16T16:33:58Z")
**Anaamika** , why do I think you changed your name from **Elenia28** , which can’t be right because she joined just a few months ago, and you apparently joined in 2001? This has been driving me nuts, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/50 "2005-02-16T16:35:19Z")
So, **CandidGamera** , what’s it like down there in Dante’s Inferno? **Cecil Adams** , are you for real? ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/51 "2005-02-16T16:38:43Z")
[Tootsie Roll Pop.](http://www.tootsie.com/pops.html) ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/52 "2005-02-16T16:40:37Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Now I don’t know what you’re talking about. Gladys Knight = shite Eartha Kitt = shit Seems **owlstretchingtime** is one for the rhyming slang. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/53 "2005-02-16T16:40:52Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > So, **CandidGamera** , what’s it like down there in Dante’s Inferno? Circular. And also, warm. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/54 "2005-02-16T16:40:59Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > It’s hard to believe we are speaking the same language. What’s a doody? Blowpop? “Blowpop” is just part of the brand name for the aforementioned lollipop-with-a-bubble-gum-center. The “blow” part is from the bubble gum (which you can blow bubbles with), “pop” from lollipop. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/55 "2005-02-16T16:42:29Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Now I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s rhyming slang - Eartha Kitt and/or Gladys Knight = doody. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/56 "2005-02-16T16:43:32Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I wanna know what it is you do that only lets them last 15 licks! I bite them, what else? I can’t wait that long. That would require patience, something I do not have. > [@CandidGamera](#): > > Well, you’d be wasting a perfectly good sledgehammer. My skull is 50% dolemite. You remind me of the Pres from Hot Shots Part Deux. > [@trublmakr](#): > > **Anaamika** , why do I think you changed your name from **Elenia28** , which can’t be right because she joined just a few months ago, and you apparently joined in 2001? This has been driving me nuts, thanks. Don’t go crazy. I joined in 2001 as \*\*Elenia25 \*\* and lurked until last year. Signed up under **Elenia28** , didn’t tell the mods. Realized my mistake when I went to change my name, so I told them and asked them to squish all the names together. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/57 "2005-02-16T16:47:16Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I bite them, what else? I can’t wait that long. That would require patience, something I do not have. That’s so much less dirty than what I had in mind. > [@](#): > > You remind me of the Pres from Hot Shots Part Deux. That works, but I was actually making a specific Futurama reference. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/58 "2005-02-16T16:49:37Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > That’s so much less dirty than what I had in mind. I know. I thought my mind was in the gutter constantly but I’m beginning to think I’m very clean-thinking, just chatting with you. Every line has a double meaning to you. > [@CandidGamera](#): > > That works, but I was actually making a specific Futurama reference. 😉 [/quote] I don’t watch Futurama, I’m afraid. Heard it’s good, no cable. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/59 "2005-02-16T16:53:24Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Don’t go crazy. I joined in 2001 as \*\*Elenia25 \*\* and lurked until last year. Signed up under **Elenia28** , didn’t tell the mods. Realized my mistake when I went to change my name, so I told them and asked them to squish all the names together. Ah, thanks. One of the mysteries of my life, solved. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244/60 "2005-02-16T16:54:18Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Ah, thanks. One of the mysteries of my life, solved. Wish they were all that easy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-another-doper-ask-them-here-ping-polycarp/290244.md?page=4)