i remember being 5 in port angeles seeing those mercials. never had one till much later. so anal retentives lick n anal expulsives chew?what if u swallow them whole. great material for a psych thesis.
"Extensive medical research conducted by a joint team of scientists from Stanford and Cambridge University has since determined the precise number of licks necessary to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop is 1,726.4235."
took me as little as 180 once, other times its taken me over 1,000. there is no definitive answer unfortunately.