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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

... of a Tootsie Pop, by Elim Garak.

Spring and Summer 1998

My first try was based on a quick lick system at an average temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. This took approximately 379 licks, plus/minus 10.

My next try was with a cherry-flavoured pop. (The first was cherry as well.) This took 312 (+/- 10) licks at more humid conditions, same temperature.

Another cherry pop, at 35 Celsius, clear day, bright sun: ~260.

A pop immersed in cranberry juice and then licked took ~336 licks at 17 Celsius in my home, controled climate. This was, again, a cherry pop. At 24 degrees Celsius, the same fashion of pop took eleven licks more.

I also discovered that by waiting longer between licks, my margin of error increased as I became more famished, licking in larger, less even strokes. Factor this in with my margin of error.

Remember, these are cherry tootsie pops in the Northern Hemisphere during spring and summer of last year.

Other stats:

Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., raining, 25 Celsius, fall: ~349
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, hazy, humid, 31 Celsius, spring: ~316
Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A., snowing, -12 Celsius, winter: ~385

Yes, I know. Too much time on my hands...

Any other stats out there?

*corrects a few number typos*

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Quark: "Lesson number one: No one involved in extra-legal activity considers himself nefarious." (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

[This message was edited by Elim Garak on May 10, 1999.]

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Come on, man! It only takes three.

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Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

*ROTFLMHO* Oh my....if only this university student had so much time on her hands *L* That does however sound like a good experiment to perform for a research project or something *L* quite controlled, with all the temps taken into account and all...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I was serious about the 328 in the other thread. I don't recall the conditions, though. It was a while ago, back when I had free time.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

When I was a kid, I got a Tootsie Pop in my Halloween candy, and I decided to find the number myself. It was somewhere between ten and eleven hundred. I'm sure I have it written down somewhere...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

In my dorm, there are 280 holes in the cieling tiles. The tiles that line the hallway number 12, 348. The tiles that are on the cielingin the hallway number 378.

Yes, I was bored freshman year.

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and you smiled because you knew
- Unkown

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ask if you could bring a friend...
- Unkown

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

*mutters* Either that or you spent an awful lot of time lying on your back. . .

*notices everyone looking at him*

Because she's been ill, of course!

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

See! Frank licks at the same rate as me!

Three, Sol? We're talking licks here, not bites.

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Quark: "Lesson number one: No one involved in extra-legal activity considers himself nefarious." (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

offers First One a lift through the jump gate, if escape becomes nessary.

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SHATTERED MIRROR

Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

*hugs Lee*

No escape necessary, yet....

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28 days and counting........
*HUGE EFFING BIGASS GRIN*

Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Jubilee, what's in 28 days (as per your signature)?

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Garak's comment is very naughty.

Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

*phew* �)

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Sol: Naughty, but funny also, that is enough to excuse it.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Err... What in the world did I say? You said it took three licks. I highly, highly disagreed, so I wondered if you were talking about bites. I'm sorry if I offended you because of this.

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Quark: "Lesson number one: No one involved in extra-legal activity considers himself nefarious." (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

*lol*
No, no, I was trying to be humorous. If I were ever to become offended at something, naughty wouldn't be the word I'd choose.

And my comment stems from you and Frank comparing "lick rates." Perhaps I just haven't met the right girls.

Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

But it's no fun if it only takes three licks. The longer it takes, the more it is...appreciated.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

In 28, (now 26) days, I will be on a plane to CA to meet our illustrious (if a bit mystical) Chief Administrator/ my boyfriend.

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27 days and counting........
*HUGE EFFING BIGASS GRIN*
"Never underestimate the light side .......... ...... of duct tape."

Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

Oh my. Good luck to you both.

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INSURRECTION

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*sings "Leavin' on a Jet Plane..."*

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Quark: "Lesson number one: No one involved in extra-legal activity considers himself nefarious." (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*comes to the realization that every thread he starts quickly succumbs to mass posting on any variety of topics, none of which happen to be the one he chose* Hmm. Strange, isn't it?

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Strange double post!

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Quark: "Lesson number one: No one involved in extra-legal activity considers himself nefarious." (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")

[This message was edited by Elim Garak on May 13, 1999.]

Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

*LOVES John Denver* *starts humming "Take Me Home, Country Roads" since Garak got Denver in her head* Hehe. *goes home 2-morrow, 2 morrow, i love ya, 2-morrow...you're only a day awaaaay...* *LOL*

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