# How many licks.....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 1, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649 "2011-12-01T02:01:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@\_v\_l\_3\_V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_v_l_3_V)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/1 "2011-12-01T02:01:56Z")
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop if you have severe cotton mouth???:smack:
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### Author:  [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/2 "2011-12-01T02:07:34Z")
Reported.
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### Author:  [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/3 "2011-12-01T02:11:45Z")
Report it if you must but I know the answer.
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### Author:  [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/4 "2011-12-01T02:15:34Z")
Silly rabbit, you can’t even get _one_ lick in when you have severe cotton mouth.
The answer is “trick question”. 😃
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### Author:  [@\_v\_l\_3\_V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_v_l_3_V)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/5 "2011-12-01T02:15:35Z")
Why the report? Because of the cotton mouth? Ok… ok so How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop if you havent had any thing to drink in 6 days?
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/6 "2011-12-01T02:19:48Z")
> [@'/v\\@l](#):
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> [!3/V+!+;14516879’]Why the report?
For a forum move, since there isn’t a simple factual question here. Moving to IMHO from GQ.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
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### Author:  [@\_v\_l\_3\_V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_v_l_3_V)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/7 "2011-12-01T02:22:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#):
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> For a forum move, since there isn’t a simple factual question here. Moving to IMHO from GQ.
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> Colibri
> General Questions Moderator
ty sorry new here
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/8 "2011-12-01T02:38:03Z")
I must say, I am getting good at spotting first-time posters just by the content of the post.
Damn good.
mmm
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/9 "2011-12-01T06:44:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> I must say, I am getting good at spotting first-time posters just by the content of the post.
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> Damn good.
And that distinctive screen name! Looks just like a Regular Expression, or a TECO macro.
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### Author:  [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/10 "2011-12-01T07:04:28Z")
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> And that distinctive screen name! Looks just like a Regular Expression, or a TECO macro.
It’s “mad scientist” in leetspeak.
As for **postcards** (and others who flit in to say reported without any explanation whatsoever), _ **what is wrong with you?** _
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/11 "2011-12-01T07:10:30Z")
> [@'/v\\@l](#):
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> [!3/V+!+;14516825’]How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop if you have severe cotton mouth???:smack:
1.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/12 "2011-12-01T07:50:20Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> It’s “mad scientist” in leetspeak.
£==7§¶=@/‹ ¿‡\<=§ µ= @ 3@§§¿\>= #=@Ð@(c)#=
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### Author:  [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/13 "2011-12-01T15:43:39Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> It’s “mad scientist” in leetspeak.
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> As for **postcards** (and others who flit in to say reported without any explanation whatsoever), _ **what is wrong with you?** _
Nothing’s ‘wrong’ with me, I saw what looks to be a bored teenager with nothing better to do than waste everyone’s time with witless, mostly unanswerable questions. Like the parochial-school kid asking the priest, “Can God make a rock so big that even He can’t move it?”
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### Author:  [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/14 "2011-12-01T15:51:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> £==7§¶=@/‹ ¿‡\<=§ µ= @ 3@§§¿\>= #=@Ð@(c)#=
I can’t believe I actually managed to understand that, though I had to squint my eyes so hard I now share your problem. Go pop a Tylenol.
I thought the OP’s name was some kind of J program. I even went to their vocab page to check, but it turns out v isn’t a verb.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/15 "2011-12-01T15:51:34Z")
Let’s find out.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
_crunch_
Four.
Wow, cotton mouth makes a 33% difference!
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/16 "2011-12-01T16:13:45Z")
Just to clarify- you and the cottonmouth are both licking the same tootsie pop?
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/17 "2011-12-01T17:34:21Z")
> [@postcards](#):
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> Nothing’s ‘wrong’ with me, I saw what looks to be a bored teenager with nothing better to do than waste everyone’s time with witless, mostly unanswerable questions. Like the parochial-school kid asking the priest, “Can God make a rock so big that even He can’t move it?”
Can Jesus nuke a burrito so hot that even He can’t eat it? 😃
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/18 "2011-12-01T17:52:59Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> £==7§¶=@/‹ ¿‡\<=§ µ= @ 3@§§¿\>= #=@Ð@(c)#=
Leet speak sucks…_something something_?
Little help?
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/19 "2011-12-01T18:26:13Z")
> [@zoid](#):
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> Leet speak sucks…_something something_?
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> Little help?
“Leetspeak gives me a massive headache.” 😃
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### Author:  [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-licks/604649/20 "2011-12-01T18:33:50Z")
> [@tdn](#):
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> Let’s find out.
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> One.
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> Two.
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> Three.
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> Four.
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> _crunch_
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> Four.
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> Wow, cotton mouth makes a 33% difference!
Came to the thread for this, leaving satisfied.😃
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