Notes About Nothing

Here’s what I think would be a great idea…Edible lollipop sticks.

It’s kind of a big nuisance when you grab a lollipop thinking it’s a good on-the-road kind of treat. Well it’s not. Because once you’ve sucked away the goodness you’re left with a mushy, spitty, stick of tightly rolled up paper. Now, if you’re not in the vicinity of a trashcan you can put it in a pocket where it is bound to stick or the moisture will seep through the pocket and you’ll feel it (yuck). Or you could keep it in your mouth, which I often find myself doing. This leads to problems such as the unpleasant taste of paper in one’s mouth and it begins to unravel and tiny bits of paper escape down your throat sometimes getting stuck halfway in between mouth and digestive track. You can also stick it to things, which is also gross, though sometimes amusing if the thing happens to be the person next to you.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Who wants to hold on to something edible…Won’t that result in sticky hands? Here’s the thing…it will be a edible stick that is wrapped up, much like candy canes. So you can enjoy the top part of the sucker, peel off the wrapper of the stick and shove that in your mouth as well. Then you’re left with a slightly less slobbered on wrapper instead of a decomposing paper stick. Or you could just make sure you eat your lollipops next to a garbage receptacle.

Lollipop is a funny word.