Chupacabra Canoe

WTH is with lollipops? Isn’t it time that candy technology left this confection to history?

Ok, I can compromise that the lollipop, or lolly or sucker can still be around but should there be an age limit? What age does it become inappropriate to have candy on a stick in your mouth? In recent impromptu survey, the ages ranged from 8 to 12 years old. Surprisingly, I was at the upper end of the range with my answer. Surprising because my decades-long campaign against gum would seem related. But I guess not.

Recently, I sat waiting outside a diner when a kid named “Henry” was enjoying a sucker. Embarrassing his grandma, Henry flung his now candy-less stick in the air which landed where?… on my car. As a good grandma will do, she tried to get it from the roof of the car but couldn’t reach. She soon came over and asked if I could help, which I obliged. But not without hamming it up to make her feel worse. Henry didn’t care a lick (see what I did there?).

Now this is where I sensed nausea setting in. I had to pull this saliva soaked paper stick off the roof of my car. There was no “dry end”! Henry must have been giving this thing the business for a good ten minutes. Of course, I handed it to grandma who was trying to discipline Henry, but he wasn’t having it. What a chump! Thank goodness it was rental.

Later, a child again was the culprit of leaving a partial lollipop on the table where glued itself to the table. WTH. You just don’t see stick-less candy left in the wild like that. Or maybe I am missing it. Is it my cognitive bias? And apparently the kids can’t handle responsibility. Should only adults be allowed? Hmmm, that’s interesting.

Lastly, why would anyone be so public about eating something called a “sucker” or a candy which most famous brand is “Dum Dum”.

Thanks for reading.

JStroke