# Want a lollipop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202 "2014-10-22T23:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/21 "2014-10-23T06:45:30Z")
If I was actually presented this choice, I’d pick green. Just because I like green. Lime, apple, watermelon, or whatever hasn’t entered my brain yet, just “sweet” and “green”. If I actually thought about the likely flavors I’d get, I’d pick red. Cherry, strawberry, and cinnamon all sound great. But like I said, flavor doesn’t really become an issue with sweets until it’s already in my mouth. It’s just jewel colored promises of sugar until then. So, gimme a green sucker. Did I mention that I like the color green? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/22 "2014-10-23T14:03:25Z")
I’d probably go for the red or orange, as my whim took me at that moment. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/23 "2014-10-23T14:08:18Z")
Red. I don’t like grape or citrus flavored candy. While apple is the best flavor of all, I wouldn’t want to risk taking the green and getting lime. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/24 "2014-10-23T14:16:49Z")
Is the assumption that the flavors will be standard flavors that most of us are familiar with, or can green taste like spinach? I would go with green, since I like sour apple and lime. However, where is my blue? I can’t get my blue raspberry flavored slushee without blue! (Or in this case lollipop). I don’t know of any other flavor profile for blue, except maybe peppermint. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/25 "2014-10-23T14:45:28Z")
George Carlin: \* Why is there no blue food? I can’t find blue food - I can’t find the flavor of blue! I mean, green is lime; yellow is lemon; orange is orange; red is cherry; what’s blue? There’s no blue! Oh, they say, “Blueberries!” Uh-uh; blue on the vine, purple on the plate. There’s no blue food! Where is the blue food? We want the blue food! Probably instores immortality! They’re keeping it from us! \* ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/26 "2014-10-23T21:22:12Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > As **Enocavy** said, purple must be grape and I like grape. On my desk right now is a purple lollipop, made right here in Texas, that is not grape-flavored. It is, instead, Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster-flavored. (The green one is absinthe-flavored.) So much for your safe choice. 😃 In the absence of other information, I’d pick the red. I’m okay with pretty much all the flavors commonly associated with red candy, and some of them are among my favorites. Just watch out for the sriracha-bacon one–it’s red, too. ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/27 "2014-10-23T21:40:15Z")
Did yoi lose your puppy as well? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/28 "2014-10-23T22:17:05Z")
Green. But I don’t really care. They all just taste like sugar to me. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/29 "2014-10-23T23:34:31Z")
Purple. But it’s a sucker, lollipop is an outdated thing Mr. Burns would say like autogyro and Prussia. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/30 "2014-10-24T00:30:55Z")
Yellow in the hope that it’s lemon and not pineapple. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/31 "2014-10-24T01:26:31Z")
Anything but red or purple. Red might be cherry, which is acceptable, but could also be some kind of berry, which is icky. Purple will be grape which is also icky. So that leaves green, orange or yellow. I would pick any of them, but if I had to pick one and only one, it would be the orange, because it will be orange. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/32 "2014-10-24T01:52:52Z")
My first choice would be red, my second would be purple. I’m not all that adventurous. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/33 "2014-10-24T03:14:26Z")
Green for me. Could Orange be Carrot or Sweet Potato? Yeech. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/34 "2014-10-24T03:27:04Z")
Purple. Purple is always grape. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/35 "2014-10-24T04:30:57Z")
Frankly, I’d love a butterscotch lollipop, and I guess they probably do exist, but I’m not going to count on getting one just by the colour and risk getting a lemon or orange flavored one. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/36 "2014-10-24T04:55:05Z")
* * * orange go giants!!! * * * ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/37 "2014-10-24T05:19:36Z")
Red, in the hope that it’s cherry; green, in the hope it’s sour apple. Actually, my favorite Tootsie Pop is the brown chocolate one … but I can see that brown would be a somewhat iffy choice! :eek: Cinnamon-flavored suckers, mmmmmmmmmmm! :o ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/38 "2014-10-24T06:11:09Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Frankly, I’d love a butterscotch lollipop, and I guess they probably do exist [http://www.spanglercandy.com/candy-store/dum-dums-butterscotch](http://www.spanglercandy.com/candy-store/dum-dums-butterscotch) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/39 "2014-10-24T09:35:28Z")
If it’s not six inches in diameter, made of a quarter-inch candy rope spiraled into a disc, multi-colored, and mounted on a ten-inch dowel, then, no; I do not want a lollipop. A sucker? Sure; give me a yellow one, please. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202/40 "2014-10-24T10:50:08Z")
I’d have guessed at a purple lollipop being blackcurrant flavoured, but I’m not seeing that floated as a possibility. Is this some cultural difference in colour-signifiers? I’d expect (from most likely to least): Red: Strawberry, Cherry, Raspberry. Green: Lime, Apple, Watermelon. Yellow: Lemon, Pineapple Orange: Orange Purple: Blackcurrant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-lollipop/702202.md?page=3)