That’s a good one:smack: I’ve been telling a clueless friend, it’s like Trailer Park Boys but different.
:DYou beat me to it.:mad:
Yes. A two-four is a case of 24 beers.
So, 6 cases? Would you say six packs of two four?
To a Minnesotan, six-pack means a package of six beers.
Means the same to this East Coaster.
We would say “6 two-fours.”
“Hey, for the cottage weekend can you grab 6 two-fours?”
Cottage weekend! Love it.
Yeah, that’s what always struck me as odd in the B & D Christmas song. They say six packs of two four.
Love those guys. I had the LP, probably still do, with no place to play it.
Oh my god. I finally understand what the lyrics to that Chicago song are about.
I remember another interview with both of them in character where the interviewer asked them what back bacon was. They did a rambling explanation, which ended up by saying it was what we call Canadian bacon. Then one of them said something like “So in Canada we have something called American cheese. Which you probably call back cheese.” The interviewer replied “No, we call it American cheese, too.”, and the two brothers just gave each other a confused look.
ha HA!
Meh. I guess they were iconic – back before Duct Tape.
Damn, I always thought they said Tuborg, too, because Tuborg was a popular (cheap) beer at the time. My American ears were geared to hear Tuborg because Tuborg dark was a beer I often drank.
The Tuborg available in the U.S. wasn’t imported from Denmark, though. It was brewed in the U.S. by Carling under license from the Carlsberg brewery. That would explain why it was so cheap. I think the Tuborg that I used to drink came from Phoenix.
I know you’re joking, but duct tape dates to ca. 1943 (or before, for looser definitions). Bob and Doug first hit the airwaves in 1980.
Hmm, I always heard “Tuborg” too, and from that I inferred that Tuborg was a Canadian beer.
I can’t possibly have been wrong all these years, can I? Me? It’s not possible. Is it?
Exactly. My guess is that “six packs of two-four” is better rhythmically for the song. Nobody would say that in real life.
Funny how terminology across Canada varies. In Ontario, where I’m from originally, a “case” is always 24. Here in Alberta, a case is 12. Two-fours are available in bottles, but if it is 24 cans, it is known as a “flat.”
And six two-fours for a summer cottage weekend in Canada is only a start. Good luck getting to Sunday with so few beers. 
Kind of like Prince, and his father Tubold.
Tuborg is actually Danish…and while it’s sold in Canada it’s not exactly an iconic brand, on the level of Molson or Labatt, so wouldn’t really make sense in the context.
‘Six packs of two-four’ would be unusual phrasing, but ‘Six two-fours’ wouldn’t fit the melody.
Here’s a thread from 2003 asking what six packs of two-four is. One person insisted it was Tuborg, and they are now banned. I assume that was the reason for the banning.
The entire set is on our Amazon wish list. Doubt we’ll ever be able to afford it, though.
And rightfully so!