# What my daughter has taught me (warning TMFP!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888 "2003-08-18T02:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/1 "2003-08-18T02:55:17Z")
When I became a man I put aside childish things. When I became a father I picked them back up again. High up on this list is FREEZER POPS. Until about a week ago, I probably have not had a freezer pop in 20 years. My daughter had never had one in her three years as a being, but when we went to the supermarket and walked by a big cardboard box of unfrozen freezer pops in their specially designed box to attact kids’ attention, she immediately gravitated to it. “Daddy, you buy this?” she asked, dragging the gaudy yellow box with smiling cartoon kids all over it. I looked at the box. It was like $3.99 for a box of 1,000 Fred’s Brand freezer pops featuring real artificial colors and flavors. “Umm, ok.” I put the box in the freezer and told them we’d try them tomorrow when I came home. The next day when I came home she was standing at the door reminding me that I said we could have freezer pops. “I think they’re frozen now.” So, I opened the box, and she chose a red one (Cherry? Strawberry?) I chose a purple grape one because purple grape is the best artificial type candy flavor. “I think they’re for kids, Daddy. it’s Ok, you can have one.” So I did. MY GOD!!! How have I forgotten the sheer orgasmic pleasure of Freezer pops? Unlike most other culinary pleasures, it is seemingly impossible to overindulge in freezer pops. If you go to Outback Steakhouse and you order the Blooming Onion, you will start to get sick before you finish eating it. You can only eat so many pounds of ham before you feel like you are about to yack. Ice cream is so rich that it too has its limits. Freezer Pops though, are infinite. Each one tastes as good as the first one. Their pleasure is never diminished and I think my daughter and I proved that it’s impossible to get full from freezer pops. So we indulged in this hedonistic pospicle frenzy while watching Spongebob, rifling through the box until only green and yellow was left. Freezer Pops. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/2 "2003-08-18T03:21:15Z")
There is always a fight for the rare “blue” flavored ones 'round here. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/3 "2003-08-18T03:24:48Z")
Sweet! I love the green ones:) We make impromptu Slurpees out of them: mash a bunch into a big plastic cup, add a tiny bito of water, blend with a stick blender and adjust with water or extra freeze pops. We just finished the last box of the 500 count Spiderman ones we got last year on clearance for .99 cents a box 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/4 "2003-08-18T03:30:02Z")
My grandmother used to find ones that were frozen yogurt-sooo good. I love freeze pops-the best part is sucking out the juice after you finish! ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/5 "2003-08-18T03:32:45Z")
Truly one of the fairest flowers of Western Decadence! I am sure that they cause dozens of later manifesting syndromes of incurable horrors. So what? Woooo, hooooo! Gimmie a freezer pop! Can I have two? Tris ---
**Author:** ![LucysLogic101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19b73/32.png) [@LucysLogic101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucysLogic101)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/6 "2003-08-18T03:52:43Z")
just be careful… i got a box of them for a party three years ago…no one wanted the Orange or Purple (they had to be forced to eat the Blue). So i took the left overs home. They sat in my freezer for two more years. i finally got rid of them when my dad bought ANOTHER box because he said that the the Green and Blue are ideal for making margaritas (?!) so there are orange sticks all over my freezer. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/7 "2003-08-18T04:00:44Z")
Dammit, I’m gonna go buy some freeze pops. I think I’ll try one unfrozen, just to see what it’s like. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/8 "2003-08-18T04:18:50Z")
I think I personally filled at least two landfills with the empty freezer pop tubes that were discarded around my house. I think we probably spent at least 2.5% of the national GNP on them. That being said, I need to try one again, it’s been far too long! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/9 "2003-08-18T04:44:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I think I’ll try one unfrozen, just to see what it’s like. \*\* They taste like sugar water. Freezing is an essential part of the freezer pop experience. ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/10 "2003-08-18T08:15:33Z")
I want kids so I can have freeze pops. But then again, I’m still a kid. So I can have all I want. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/11 "2003-08-18T09:50:05Z")
It was an orange freezer pop that brought my SO and I together. True. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/12 "2003-08-18T10:46:13Z")
My brother and I used to mix different flavours together. I haven’t had a freezer pop in years!I’m gonna have to go and buy some… ummmm freezer pops… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/13 "2003-08-18T12:20:42Z")
Is it fair or appropriate to intorduce a similar love affair with the famed and much-loved **Fudgesicle**? I agree that freezer pops are their own karmic level of delirium. I merely offer up a much-loved cousin. My best friend’s been known to eat them for dinner. 😛 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/14 "2003-08-18T12:35:15Z")
What is TMFP? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/15 "2003-08-18T12:51:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SlickRoenick \* > \*\*What is TMFP? \*\* I want to know that too, but forgot to ask in my post! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/16 "2003-08-18T13:03:26Z")
WAG: Too much/many freezer pops? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/17 "2003-08-18T13:11:32Z")
Blue freezer pops. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/18 "2003-08-18T13:13:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*WAG: Too much/many freezer pops? \*\* Thats sounds about right. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/19 "2003-08-18T13:14:53Z")
Purple is the best flavor. Save me a purple one, **Scylla**! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888/20 "2003-08-18T13:15:05Z")
Holy crap. I just realized a perfect use for those warehouse buyer’s club cards. They **have** to have freezer pops in boxes large enough to supply your average grade school, right? And since freezer pops are pretty thin, you can just open the crate up and stuff them into every spare cubic inch of room in the freezer. Mmm, frozen sugar water… And yeah, the best part was waiting until the end and then slurping the melted part out of the wrapper. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-my-daughter-has-taught-me-warning-tmfp/195888.md?page=2)