Badcock Lolly -

It wasn’t named after its creator, old Mrs. Badcock, as most assumed. The name came from what it did to you. One lick, and you’d feel a little bad . Not evil — just mischievous. A sudden urge to hide your neighbor’s garden gnome. To swap the salt and sugar. To answer a serious question with a pun.

And from that day on, every time the wind blew from the east, you could find Finn on the pier, sharing licks of a Badcock Lolly with anyone brave enough to taste a little badness — just for the joy of it. badcock lolly

Here’s a short piece inspired by the phrase “badcock lolly” — treated as a quirky, whimsical character or object in a small fictional scene. It wasn’t named after its creator, old Mrs