When I was a kid, I counted the licks it took to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop & sent a note to the address on the wrapper. They sent me a certificate thanking me for my efforts. Sadly, my handwriting was absolute garbage, so the certificate was made out to Maab MooMallion.

Ok, I’m making up the name, but I’m not that far off. It wasn’t even close to a real name. I’d love to say that Tootsie Pops gave their best effort deciphering my scrawl, but I they just gave it AN effort. In fairness, someone probably made hundreds of these certificates a day.

I was so upset, but my mother knew just what to do- she had some Liquid Paper and and a typewriter at her office. She said she’d take it in to work, cover the error, and type my name out correctly. Filled with optimism, I just knew my Mom could fix this travesty.

I never saw that certificate again.

I also do not remember how many licks it took me to get the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, but it seems like @TootsieRoll has it covered. https://tootsie.com/howmanylick-experiments">https://tootsie.com/howmanyli...