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Anyone else used to think one of these would get you a free tootsie pop? (i.imgur.com)

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[–]enjoyslongwalks 233 points234 points ago

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Used to work for me when I brought em to the whatever store when I was a wee lad.

[–]OHMEGA 834 points835 points ago

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As an owner of 2 small general stores, I would give a free one to someone who gave me the wrappers. But I never redeemed them (since it is a myth) and I would end up throwing them away.

[–]Verumero 455 points456 points ago

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You're the kind of person who makes the world nice.

[–]carterknudsen 172 points173 points ago

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The candy man can.

[–]heymister 37 points38 points ago

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Candyman. Candyman, Candyman Candyman.

Candyman.

[–]redgamut 40 points41 points ago

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BEES!?

[–]stevo_knevo 26 points27 points ago

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BEADS!

[–]Wazowski 9 points10 points ago

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BEADS!?

[–]asmallturtle 9 points10 points ago

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Gob's not on board...

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      [–]therobotjeff 2 points3 points ago

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      Bees...http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Oprahs-Bees.gif

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        [–]pickoneforme 13 points14 points ago

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        "...they found it floating in the toilet. can't fix that. better off dead."

        [–]dman24752 0 points1 point ago

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        reference?

        [–]mystikraven 35 points36 points ago

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        Quick Google search told me it's from the movie... get this...

        Candyman.

        I know, right?

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          [–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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          Biggie Smalls, Biggie Smalls...... Biggie Smalls

          [–]wise_comment 5 points6 points ago

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          hey...shaaaron....hey, hey sharon!

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              [–]fraglerock 10 points11 points ago

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              The candy man can.. cuz he mixes it with love and makes the wooorrlld taaasste goooood.

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                  [–]Ms_Muffette 94 points95 points ago

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                  As a girl who tried to hand one of these in for a free lolipop and got yelled at by the clerk, I really appreciate your kindness.

                  [–]OHMEGA 149 points150 points ago

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                  I would totally yell at you.

                  "HERE! ENJOY YOUR CANDY!"

                  [–]Gumberculese 8 points9 points ago

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                  I love you.

                  [–]bag-o-tricks 12 points13 points ago

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                  For some reason that nailed my funny bone. Thanks!

                  [–]johnnytenpin 1 point2 points ago

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                  Why did I just read that in Homer Simpsons' voice?

                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                  Some people just shouldn't interact with the public. My brother once asked what it would cost to play an arcade machine, in a comic book shop, and the hot tempered Italian behind the counter yelled at him. "HEY! HOW THE FUCK SHOULD I KNOW!? FIGAH IT OUT!"

                  [–]svantuss 42 points43 points ago

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                  The little general store around the corner from where I went to Elementary school also gave out freebies for the Indian star wrappers. Such nice people owned it. Years later when I found out they weren't actually "redeeming" those wrappers anywhere, I liked them even more. :-)

                  [–]chakalakasp 25 points26 points ago

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                  Wow. You just made me realize how awesome the owner of the gas station I redeemed these at was. It's been over 20 years, and I never realized this wasn't a real thing until just now.

                  [–]mbora 17 points18 points ago

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                  People like you made my childhood awesome. I used to collect these. A clerk at the 7-11 would let me trade 10 of them for one of those chewing tobacco sized cans of shredded beef jerky. More than a decade later I realized this clerk, who made barely more than minimum wage, was paying for the jerky out of his pocket.

                  [–]Ecpie 3 points4 points ago*

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                  You don't think he was just giving you the stores merchandise? Not snarking, honestly wondering.

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                    [–]TopherChico 6 points7 points ago

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                    It wasn't even just small general stores that honored it for me. I'm 22 now, and I lived in oklahoma from 12-20. Logically Q-T in Oklahoma upheld this tradition from my age of 12-approx. 18. As I traded them in up until my last year in high school. Before that in Arkansas I traded them in at Sinclair. Dino has free lollies!!

                    [–][deleted] 17 points18 points ago

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                    I imagine you as a huge outside linebacker on the football team trading in wrappers for lollipops.

                    [–]TopherChico 1 point2 points ago

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                    My wife posted that. Now I'm imagining her as a huge outside lineback.....wait....

                    [–]thriftyyyy 1 point2 points ago

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                    Quik Trip over everything

                    [–]Timbo15 2 points3 points ago

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                    way to not burst our collective bubbles when we were children....thanks buddy

                    [–]oddite 1 point2 points ago

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                    i like you

                    [–]IrrigatedPancake 1 point2 points ago

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                    This is going to lead to a silly holiday where children stuff small models of convenient stores with rubbish paper and receive candy in the morning.

                    [–]bigdumbbaldwin 1 point2 points ago

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                    Hats off to you good sir.

                    [–]hompoms 1 point2 points ago

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                    Like a boss.

                    [–]Ecpie 1 point2 points ago

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                    You know, little things like that add magic to a kid's life, and a feeling of getting lucky when most of being a kid means having little freedom and relying on others for treats. Hearing the legand of free candy was false would make a kid wake up to the harsh nature of the world a little. Thanks for prolonging the wonder of luck and innocence of childhood for all those kids.

                    [–]gardenofevils 3 points4 points ago

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                    You sir, are a gentleman.

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                      [–]Tubaninja 46 points47 points ago

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                      "...a few isolated incidents." Sounds like a government coverup to me

                      [–]easlern 18 points19 points ago

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                      Swamp gas.

                      [–]Wollff 1 point2 points ago

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                      A weather balloon.

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                          [–]woot26 4 points5 points ago

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                          I got free ones too. Small town general store though.

                          [–]ToadLord 2 points3 points ago

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                          I also used to go 8 blocks out of my way to "the other" mom-and-pop store in our hometown when I was a child, just because they DID give the free Tootsie Pop.

                          [–]d3rsty 1 point2 points ago

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                          Same here, i always looked for the native to get my free sweet candy

                          [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago*

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                          People only want the native around if they want something...

                          [–]Worlds_Best_Coffee 2 points3 points ago

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                          Yeah, my wife and her brothers all tell stories of netting freebies with these at the corner store.

                          [–]n1eb 3 points4 points ago

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                          My small corner store would accept them, thus furthering the rumor. I think they just thought it was cute.

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                            [–]CtotheW 4 points5 points ago

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                            Ditto, I think it was just one of those cultural things where the myth becomes reality, at least locally. Growing up primarily in New England I redeemed many of these wrappers.

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                            [–]bill_nydus 1 point2 points ago

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                            Yup, same here. When people started saying that DIDN'T get you a free one, I thought THAT was a lie.

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                              [–]zomgie 43 points44 points ago

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                              Wow. Dude, every store in my (amazingly small) home town honored Indian Star tootsie pop wrappers.

                              It was awesome. They cost $0.25 and sometimes you'd get 2 or 3 in a row before you had to buy another one. I'm fairly sure that most of the shops in nearby towns honored it too.

                              At one point though, after all of us kids started abusing it, they made you hand in three wrappers for one free tootsie pop :(

                              [–]brett6452 80 points81 points ago

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                              Inflation.

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                                [–]Wollff 21 points22 points ago

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                                My best guess: The company simply profited from the hype.

                                Because if they wanted to stop those rumors, they would simply have had to remove that damned star from the wrapper. And that's not exactly an integral piece of the design.

                                So the company was aware of the false rumors for decades, but decided to do nothing. Which is kind of a dick move, if you think about it.

                                But it will sell more lollies if stores are forced to give part of their stocks away...

                                [–]pahncrd 2 points3 points ago

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                                Forced?

                                I agree with the rest of your missive though.

                                [–]Wollff 7 points8 points ago

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                                Forced. By the tears welling up in the eyes of little children.

                                [–]PhilxBefore 7 points8 points ago

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                                The Trail of Tears

                                [–]Firehawkws7 1 point2 points ago

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                                That or the hand gun they stole from their parents. Kids these days.

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                                  [–]SmokeyDBear 1 point2 points ago

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                                  More proof that if corporations are people they're fucking jerks.

                                  [–]realchaos1 1 point2 points ago

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                                  this is crazy, i remember having stacks of them as a child. It was like counting money. MWHAHAHA!

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                                    [–]TishraDR 22 points23 points ago

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                                    I was told you get a wish if you have that on your wrapper.

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                                    [–]pejinus 20 points21 points ago

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                                    Don't feel bad. Here, take this:

                                    • A wish

                                    You can do anything you want with it! Have fun.

                                    [–]yParticle 1 point2 points ago

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                                    • A wish
                                    • A wish

                                    Woohoo! I'm wich!

                                    [–]TishraDR 8 points9 points ago

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                                    It's still nice to believe you can though. I still get a little excited when I find that indian shooting the star on my tootsie pop wrapper. :D

                                    [–]ConstipatedNinja 8 points9 points ago

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                                    DON'T STOP BELIEVING!

                                    [–]willhaney 5 points6 points ago

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                                    Hold on to the feelin'

                                    [–]Pinksunset 2 points3 points ago

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                                    Streetlight people

                                    [–]theeaglesden 1 point2 points ago

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                                    ohhh ohhhh oHHHHHHHH!!!!

                                    [–]Aloveoftheworld 1 point2 points ago

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                                    Working hard to get my fill

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                                      [–]Honestly_ 1 point2 points ago

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                                      First cake, now this :-(

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                                          [–]fiveplusonestring 14 points15 points ago

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                                          next thing you're going to tell me is that all these pepsi points i've been holding on to are worthless!

                                          [–]Chubbstock 5 points6 points ago

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                                          dude, I was sucked into that too. I've damned pepsi since then, but have made amends with mountain dew.

                                          [–]zephyr952 17 points18 points ago

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                                          Remember the case (not sure if it was pepsi or not) where some dude saved up enough to purchase a harrier jet as per the commercial they had put out on tv had?

                                          [–]Trinexx56 10 points11 points ago

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                                          Yeah, it was Pepsi. He took them to court over it. You can probably imagine how that turned out.

                                          [–]zephyr952 13 points14 points ago

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                                          He got his Harrier jet and happy times were had by some?

                                          [–]themookish 8 points9 points ago

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                                          "In August 1999, the New York judge upheld Pepsi's case. "No objective person could reasonably have concluded that the commercial actually offered consumers a Harrier jet," U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said."

                                          http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/pepsijet.asp

                                          [–]CelebornX 7 points8 points ago

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                                          That's such bullshit, though. Obviously they shouldn't have had to give him a jet, but they used that example in their advertisement in order to enhance the idea of all the cool things available for redemption in their promotion.

                                          While it may be true that an objective person could have reasonably concluded that the company didn't actually offer a Harrier jet, PepsiCo should have still been held accountable for benefiting in a marketing sense by making the false claim.

                                          [–]zserf 1 point2 points ago

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                                          I hope the guy got his money back, but I doubt it.

                                          [–]Jaycohen 1 point2 points ago

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                                          I had to read this case in my contracts class this year. It was amazing. Probably my favorite case in all of my first year of law school.

                                          [–]yParticle 1 point2 points ago

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                                          Hey, I never claimed to be objective nor reasonable, your honor.

                                          Sustained!

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                                              [–]svantei 1 point2 points ago

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                                              there certainly was: he said that it was unreasonable to use the advertising hype as hyperbole, given that 15000 wrappers or however many was actually really hard to collect. We use that case in contract law in Australia even.

                                              [–]brandonchicago 9 points10 points ago

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                                              That juvenile diabetes inducing amount of Mt. Dew was totally worth the beach towel that I got when I cashed in those points.

                                              [–]gasface 10 points11 points ago

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                                              Juvenile diabetes is an autoimmune disease thought to be triggered by a viral infection. Sorry to ruin your joke. You could change it to regular diabetes for the same intent.

                                              [–]blaggosphere 18 points19 points ago

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                                              Sgt Buzzkill reporting for duty

                                              [–]gasface 1 point2 points ago

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                                              Aye aye, Cptn!

                                              [–]whailbait 1 point2 points ago

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                                              No need to be that guy/gal. Let a (wo)man have his/her fun.

                                              [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                              Is this what we/you/they have come to?

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                                                [–]InappropriateGirl 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Swap you for some Camel Cash.

                                                [–]PhilxBefore 1 point2 points ago

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                                                My Marlboro Miles are worth more!

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                                                  [–]Rydrobot 52 points53 points ago

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                                                  Wait, they don't get you a free tootsie pop? Goddamn it, I've been saving all of my wrappers for nothing!

                                                  [–]seasicksquid 52 points53 points ago

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                                                  sadly walks to the trash can with my Keds shoebox

                                                  [–]TheRaiinDropKid 25 points26 points ago

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                                                  I got free ones at the store. When i stuffed them in my pockets and walked out.

                                                  [–]gameadd1kt 5 points6 points ago

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                                                  seriously, you cant turn them in?

                                                  [–]NYN9155 8 points9 points ago

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                                                  Childhood memories officially tarnished...

                                                  [–]hitokirikensei 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  they used to... but the stores that i have gone to don't, and i think it might be just because of being a kid, also...

                                                  [–]bbysknnr6 22 points23 points ago

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                                                  This is where Obsidian got the idea for the Sarsaparilla Blue Star caps in Fallout New Vegas.

                                                  [–]Cdf12345 4 points5 points ago

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                                                  I just started playing new Vegas last week and the first time i came across the star caps I instantly thought of tootsie roll pops!

                                                  [–]stevo_knevo 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  That makes so much sense now!!

                                                  [–]ineedtobeinvisible 6 points7 points ago

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                                                  Yes! Wait... they don't?

                                                  [–]Darrian 29 points30 points ago

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                                                  What? I've never heard of this. What am I missing?

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                                                  [–]CoffinRehersal 57 points58 points ago

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                                                  obviously, you're missing a childhood!

                                                  [–]Yukfinn 6 points7 points ago

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                                                  I sleep on my back cause its good for the spine aaaand

                                                  [–]thetomjoad 8 points9 points ago

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                                                  ... coffin rehearsal

                                                  [–]periscopehorse 4 points5 points ago

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                                                  I know a psychic who reads her own palms aaaand

                                                  [–]moins 2 points3 points ago

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                                                  the findings are personal

                                                  [–]cuomo456 2 points3 points ago

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                                                  Upvotes for everyone in this chain

                                                  [–]thetomjoad 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  her findings are personal

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                                                    [–]TylerPaul 5 points6 points ago

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                                                    The native american shooting at the star is sorta rare. It's a pop culture thing from the 80's.

                                                    [–]svantuss 9 points10 points ago

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                                                    And the 70's.

                                                    [–]away8907 13 points14 points ago

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                                                    And the 90's

                                                    [–]Qucke 5 points6 points ago

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                                                    And the 2000's. My cousin's who are like 8 go nuts when they get one of those.

                                                    [–]swagstaff 1 point2 points ago

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                                                    And the 1960s, but for us it was the Indian on a chocolate wrapper.

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                                                          [–]honkadoodledoo 9 points10 points ago

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                                                          Only in exchange for a special blanket...

                                                          [–]dangerousbirde 5 points6 points ago

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                                                          I actually wrote them one time asking for my freebie (I think I was 5 or 6) and got a very sweet form letter response about how the Indian magically appears sometimes on the wrappers, but is unfortunately unable to grant more Tootise Pops.

                                                          Wish I'd held onto that!

                                                          [–]da7rutrak 2 points3 points ago

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                                                          I got the same letter. My grandma convinced me to send in the wrapper.

                                                          I was disappointed at no free tootsie pop, but it was cool to get the letter.

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                                                            [–]NickConrad 12 points13 points ago

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                                                            ONLY IF IT'S ON A BLUE WRAPPER STUPID HEAD

                                                            [–]crazypnut 4 points5 points ago

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                                                            I thought it was just the Star...?

                                                            [–]scotchplease 5 points6 points ago

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                                                            Nowadays they would make you mail the wrappers to groupon to get a 50% off one pop redemption code (only valid for 3 days)

                                                            [–]secretlyMIA 3 points4 points ago

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                                                            Relevant

                                                            [–]HotDinnerBatman 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Wait.. They don't!? I am so confused! My childhood is lie!

                                                            [–]ayriana 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            My mom always just told me they were good luck if you tore out the Indian and put him in your shoe. I have no idea where it came from.

                                                            [–]Destrozo 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Never heard of this untill now....however when I was a wee lad we had a super cool ice cream man that sold these star pops that had a round piece of bubble gum stuck on the top and if you guessed the color before you opened it correctly he would give it to you for free....oh the good ol days.

                                                            [–]CorDol95 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            I just thought it meant good luck

                                                            [–]Meloku 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Yeah, same here.

                                                            [–]bacon_without_cause 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Most epic troll of all time.

                                                            [–]rawrimazombie 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            You mean you can't? TIL I had some very nice clerks in my childhood.

                                                            [–]Variable303 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            I didn't know till just now that it was a myth... Sigh, another piece of childhood magic gone.

                                                            [–]Lord_Natron 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Of course you do! TIL that it is federal law that if you bring a full indian with a star, and the cashier denies you a free tootsie pop, you have the right to shoot that cashier.

                                                            [–]casey0402 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            I always turned mine in to the gas station down the street and got a free one...

                                                            [–]RinnRixx 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            we've been had ... they're still delicious tho!

                                                            [–]Bannermann 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I used to get free ones too. I think it was just the cool guy behind the counter giving us what prolly costed him 1 cent!

                                                            [–]Dispatcher9 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Why are you trying to destroy our childhood? ...bastard.

                                                            [–]Redgredg 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            So if kids have been sending in wrappers since "1930" and Tootsie Roll Industries does not want to honor the free Tootsie Pop, why didn't they just remove the star..in the 40s..or the 50s? Something is fishy here.

                                                            [–]Geckobait 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I used to get them from the Conoco across the street from my house when I was 7. I got a free one every time..... I guess that's a testament to the employees at that Conoco.

                                                            [–]boognish83 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            no

                                                            [–]skrappydoo 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            yea that was the kid version of winning the lottery.

                                                            [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            All these years I thought it was just the star...

                                                            [–]InappropriateGirl 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I feel like the only person who's never heard of this...

                                                            [–]Bezzie 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Am I the only one who had no idea what this was til the comments?

                                                            [–]BudgetNudist 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I thought that for my entire life, until this exact moment.

                                                            [–]Rmans 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Lol. Yep. My friend and I even made a short conspiracy theory film about it involving the free masons... Oh 2006, film school was fun back then ;)

                                                            [–]1358765435234 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            DOES ANYBODY ELSE???

                                                            [–]sreg18 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            They always gave me free candy for them!

                                                            [–]Sromiex 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I got free ones when I was little from the gas station. It's nice to know there was just a nice person there.

                                                            [–]Steaps 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Didn't even notice the little guys on the wrapper until now

                                                            [–]thirstycamel 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            IT'S A FUCKING MYTH??? I HAVE BEEN SAVING THOUSANDS OF THESE THINGS MY WHOLE LIFE, I THOUGHT THEY HELD VALUE LIKE GOLD!!

                                                            [–]reluctantusername 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            I always wondered about this when I little. I lived in the city, there were no small town corner store type things where I was. I remember thinking all the time "a free one? How? Where?" I never asked anyone though. I think part of me thought they'd just appear one day, like money from the tooth fairy or something. I hadn't given up hope ... until today.

                                                            [–]gidgetsflow 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            Worked at the local family owned gas station when I was growing up

                                                            [–]Andoo 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            I've actually gotten free tootsies out of them. that might have just been my school system though. Talk about trolling the kids.

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                                                            I don't think that's trolling.

                                                            [–]faceofuzz 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            HA! We lost a very small amount of money to make small children happy! Got 'em good!

                                                            [–]lintmonkey 2 points3 points ago

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                                                            Tootsie Rolling -> t'rolling

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                                                              [–]FPS_Haggle 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              They were good for one pop where i grew up.. but you basically had kids looking through all of the tootsie pops whenever they opened up a new box... this is where i also learned what "dibs" meant.

                                                              [–]sirorangesoda 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              hmm when I worked at QT we always accepted them

                                                              [–]MrMannWood 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I always thought that was just a Wyoming thing...

                                                              [–]entropystoragedevice 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              hmm, i thought it was a minnesota thing

                                                              [–]evilzergling 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              These always gave me a free tootsie pop at any gas station I went to in Texas.

                                                              [–]uneakbreed 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              i can't upvote this enough.

                                                              [–]Nuttydabomb 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              When i was little the supermarket gives you those big packs of tootsie pops if you turn in 10 of those wrappers

                                                              [–]Sasquatch99 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              It always worked for us, there was even one little store that gave you 5 if you gave them one with that. We rarely got to go to that store though.

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                                                              Yeah I always thought so. I grew up in the Chicago area, but never tried to get one with it.

                                                              [–]TillyOTilly 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I always got a free one for mine!

                                                              [–]Dubzil 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I was able to turn them into the corner store for free tootsie pops.. sounds like you guys got screwed

                                                              [–]shrapnel09 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I got a free tootsie pop as a kid when I collected 10 of them and took them to the drug store on main street of my little town. I'm in my mid-20s.

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                                                              Worked for me.

                                                              [–]atlasthebard 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              This doesn't work? This worked for me as a kid.

                                                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I'm pretty sure thats true brah!

                                                              [–]SwirlStick 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Man, those were the greatest. I would hate when cashiers wouldn't accept them. How many did it take for you to get a free lolly? In most cases it was 6 for me.

                                                              [–]Farino 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              The Benfranklen store in my hometown (pop 1800) use to redeem them back in the 80s

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                                                              Everywhere I went accepted them O_o

                                                              [–]jemayb 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I remember trying this at a grocery store with my mom when I was 10. The store (now I realize rightfully) said they had not heard of this deal. My mom ended up just buying me a bag of them. As I wrote this, I literally felt my face flush with embarrassment for being so naive, even though being naive is totally acceptable for a 10 year old.

                                                              [–]toddhold 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              YES!

                                                              [–]shmushies 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              They got me free ones.

                                                              [–]apparatusnine 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              i had to have 5 of um.

                                                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Yes

                                                              [–]madeofnoodles 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              As a kid, if we found one of the tootsie wrappers with this on it, we could redeem it with our local ice cream man. He would give us either another tootsie pop or bubble gum (the really big, ball kind). I loved it.

                                                              [–]blenGeck 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Do they not??

                                                              [–]bboyauron 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              My GF ran up to me so excited when she got this 3 days ago. And I was like....what? What are you pointing at? She then explained the urban legend. I had never ever heard of it.
                                                              From connecticut for reference. She is from Iowa.

                                                              [–]rimrimpimpim 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Worked at my neighborhood pool!

                                                              [–]KimBongChill 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              You mean...It DOESN'T?

                                                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I have heard legends tell Of this mythical native bringer or sweets

                                                              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Is "tootsie pop" the same thing as "tootsie roll pop"?

                                                              [–]npersons274 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              for me it was like seven years great luck, and for some of the other pictures it would be different. like for the canoe it was 3 years of bad luck or something

                                                              [–]serenitea 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Holy hell, yes. I heard that from another kid that I went to Sunday School with. Was there ever any truth to that?

                                                              [–]Alagator 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              yeah there is no thinking, the country market would give you a free one with the little star

                                                              [–]BrightFlight 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              YES

                                                              [–]greenlep 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              DAE know where this myth was started?

                                                              [–]Contralto 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I lived on a small island in coastal Texas before moving to Dallas, and the local marina would give us free Tootsie Pops for the wrappers... like a lot of you have said already.

                                                              [–]FlapjackOmalley 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I remember hearing it was three or four was worth a free one... Funny.

                                                              [–]Mortegro545 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I used to think if you found two of the same pictures, that would get you a free one.

                                                              [–]damontoo 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              At my summer camp if you got a bullseye in archery you DID get a tootsie pop. So yeah. :p

                                                              [–]michaeldrey 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I always thought it was also good luck to get the Indian wrapper

                                                              [–]Hougaiidesu 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Oh man!!!!! I remember that!!!!!!! I had forgotten all about that...

                                                              [–]evolvixon 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              I have traded many of these guys for many free tootsie pops :)

                                                              [–]humanspace 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Always looked for that guy.

                                                              [–]kahi 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Never realized this was a myth. My ENTIRE life has been one big lie :(

                                                              [–]thep0cketr0cket 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Yeah, no. They USED to get free ones; before our childhood dreams were crushed by capitalists.

                                                              [–]BacklashSamurai 0 points1 point ago

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                                                              Thanks for putting this up! I completely forgot about this. Brings back great memories.

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