How many licks...

[blustocking]

I just unwrapped a Tootsie Pop and looked at the wrapper to see if I got a star, just like I used to do as a little kid. I did, so I smiled. But looking at the wrapper suddenly made me very sad. All those 1950's cartoonish kids running around playing and being happy, it made me feel the futility of life, of good times past, innocence lost. All because Tootsie Roll Pops have had the same wrappers for as long as I can remember. So I kept the wrapper and pinned it on one of my cubicle walls.

It's chocolate by the way...

p.s. I'm touched in the head I think.

Comments

heeeeeeeeeyyyyy

[spasmolytic.livejournal.com]

i do that too! and i thought i was the only one who looked for the stars for luck!

i also have a red wrapper pinned to my bulletin board, i think it's been there for over a year now. everyone asks why it's up there like i'm some sort of idiot.

yaaaay

Re: heeeeeeeeeyyyyy

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

When I was little, the rumor was that the stars meant you could trade the wrapper in for another Tootsie Roll Pop. I don't remember if I ever tried it. Maybe that was once a marketing campaign and they just never changed the wrappers.
I should research. heheh.

p.s. We're so mutha-effin' coo'. ;)

Re: heeeeeeeeeyyyyy

[spasmolytic.livejournal.com]

the first time i read that, i thought it said "muffin-effin cool," which, when you think about it, is a really great phrase in itself.

muffin-effers!