# How many tic-tacs?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 16, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633 "2015-12-16T20:58:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author: ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/1 "2015-12-16T20:58:47Z")

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Your breath isn’t bad necessarily, it just tastes a little stale and you may be speaking to someone soon. How many tic-tacs do you typically use? One? Two? As many as you can fit?

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### Author: ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/2 "2015-12-16T21:18:42Z")

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If they’re orange, it won’t matter how many you eat.

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### Author: ![May\_20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@May\_20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/May_20)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/3 "2015-12-16T21:42:57Z")

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Yum! Orange Tic-Tacs. 🙂 Those are candy, not breath fresheners, though.

I usually pop Tic-Tacs in pairs.

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/4 "2015-12-17T01:02:37Z")

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Two. I chomp one and saliva the other.

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### Author: ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/5 "2015-12-17T01:19:28Z")

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Rarely used the things but when I have I found two to be enough.

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### Author: ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/6 "2015-12-17T01:25:36Z")

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Two. Unless they’re orange. Then however many I can shake into my mouth all at once and chew.  
Repeat until box is empty.

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### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/7 "2015-12-17T01:48:11Z")

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Three. But then I have a big mouth.

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### Author: ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/8 "2015-12-17T13:06:59Z")

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Four, but that’s because I only eat the “tic” half of each one.

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### Author: ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/9 "2015-12-17T14:10:16Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> Four, but that’s because I only eat the “tic” half of each one.

😃

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### Author: ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/10 "2015-12-17T15:36:08Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> Four, but that’s because I only eat the “tic” half of each one.

I’d take the other half, but that would be tacky.

To the OpP 2 Altoids is the answer.

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### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/11 "2015-12-17T16:23:22Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> I’d take the other half, but that would be tacky.

And who wants to eat a box of tacks?

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### Author: ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/12 "2015-12-17T17:30:59Z")

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If one just had a tooth pulled, they could become in gum tacs.

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### Author: ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-tic-tacs/740633/13 "2015-12-17T23:41:01Z")

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I’d do four. Two, given the situation, seems like just enough to add to the smell, not cover/eliminate it.