Whatever happened to jokes on lolly sticks?

[Adirondack]

And wouldn’t it boost morale if the concept was reinstated?
I used to love the jokes on lolly sticks when I was little. Had a lolly the other day and realised they’ve disappeared! Who can I write to about this travesty? Should I start a petition?

Oh yes! I remember lolly stick jokes. You still get (terrible) jokes on penguin bar wrappers.

I had a strawberry split recently. It was not the same as the ones I remember from childhood. We used to have sparkler lollies and they always had jokes on the stick.

Gobalisation/ languages. Making the lollies in one location and exporting to umpteen countries.

You could pppick up a penguin instead?

Prob banned by the pc brigade

I loved lolly jokes!
What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

Same middle name.

The fact we don't get toys in cereal anymore also upsets me.

@BogRollBOGOF, you made me laugh with’Gobalisation’. And if it was intended, good on you!

OMG yes toys in cereal! And they were just loose in the actual cereal so you never knew if you’d be the one with a toy in your bowl! So exciting!

I was just talking about this with DH the other day and wondering the same thing! I miss lolly jokes, they were great.

So exciting but also argument inducing when you have siblings who also want the crap toy!

@BogRollBOGOF yes I think you’re right, it’s a globalisation issue. Maybe someone could invent pictogram puzzles and jokes for lollies that wouldn’t need language? Something like ikea assembly instructions?

I think it was only ever one particular brand that did them, and maybe they're not trading any more.

I remember getting ice lollies that were just in paper wrappers that were open at the bottom, not sealed at all. You would blow up the end to unstick them.

But yes, I had no idea they were gone. What about on supermarket own brand ones. They must be made in the U.K., surely.

Wasn't it just Funny Feet lollies that had the jokes?

@FlamingoAndJohn yes the blowy paper bag ones! They should bring those back- surely paper is better than plastic?

funny faces i used to like had them a lot when i was a child. Walls used to make the ice cream at Gloucs not far from us so we often saw the factory.
yes to cereal toys and mum told me that yonks ago prob 1960s washing powder used to give stuff away not rubbish but things like table mats plastic flowers ok they are a bit naff but they were popular then
we pay more now and get nowt

I’m pretty sure we have had fab lollies this year with jokes on. Maybe I imagined it

@TitianaTitsling

I loved lolly jokes! What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

Same middle name.

I just told this to DS (13), he smiled and then got on his phone and starts typing. What are you doing I enquired. He was googling Alexander the Greats middle name!!!! 😂😂😂 Bless him. I had to explain the joke!!!

Walls 'Sparkle' lollies used to have them. For the princely sum of 8p back in the 1980s. I expect some joyless cost-cutter put paid to them.