brah.blog » tootsie http://brahblog.com preserving the brah lifestyle Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:01:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Crushed Childhood Dreams http://brahblog.com/2008/02/18/crushed-childhood-dreams-the-tootsie-pop-winning-wrapper/ http://brahblog.com/2008/02/18/crushed-childhood-dreams-the-tootsie-pop-winning-wrapper/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:31:11 +0000 brah.john http://brahblog.com/2008/02/18/crushed-childhood-dreams-the-tootsie-pop-winning-wrapper/ A coworker of mine always brings in a box of Tootsie Roll Pops, and every time I take one, I can’t help but check to see if “I’m a winner”. I remember getting so excited when I found the “Indian and Star” on my wrapper when I was a kid, thinking that I could mail the wrapper in for free candy.

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Sadly, my suspicions of fraud were true – it’s nothing but a hard to kill rumor, and Snopes confirms. I wonder why that rumor was so prevalent when I was younger. Anyone else been exposed to this rumor when they were younger? I guess it’s time to stop stockpiling them.

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