Poll: A little dab'll do ya'

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

At lunch just now, someone asked me to pass them the Tabasco, saying, “I only need a little bit.” I replied, “Yep, a little dab’ll do ya!”

  1. Have you heard or used this phrase before?
  2. If yes, do you know, without Googling, where this phrase comes from?
  3. How old are you?

For me:

  1. Obviously
  2. Yes
  3. 34
2

For me:

  1. Yes
  2. Yes Brylcreem slogan, I can even sing the jingle.
  3. 47
3

Yes
Absolutely (can still hum the jingle)
57

4
  1. Yes
  2. Yes - it used to be my father’s favourite!
  3. 36 (female)
5

Yes
Yes, although I don’t need it, obviously!
54

6
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes.
  3. 39

Never used the stuff and don’t know anyone who has.

7

yes
yes
41

8

Answering without reading the responses:

Brylcreem, a little dab’ll do ya.
Brylcreem, you rub it in your hair.
Brylcreem, the girls’ll all pursue ya.
And I don’t remember the last line of the jingle.

I don’t know how I know that, but I do.
I’m 38.

9

yes
yes
51

10

Yes
Yes
30

I can’t say I’ve ever seen the commercial but I’ve watched enough “greatest commercial jingles ever” type shows that I’m sure that’s where I’ve heard it.

11

Yes
I think I read it on an old roadside sign
40-ish

What it really makes me think of though, is this comic, a very rotund dude whose name escapes me. Anyway, he was talking about LSD I think. He laughingly said, oh, and the voice of experience here, the dosage is NOT based on weight!!! A knowing howl of laughter from about 50% of the audience was followed by him saying “Yeah, a little dab’ll do 'ya!”

I’m pretty naive about these things, but even I had a hilarious vision of him running around like a crazy person. I’m sure that’ll be my primary association with the phrase for life.

12
  1. Yes
  2. Yes (Brylcream, right?)
  3. 42
13

Yes
Yes
42

I can carry the tune. I don’t know what the product is supposed to do, but know who it has been marketed to.

14

Yes
Yes
27

No clue why I know it, since I’m guessing it was a slogan long before I was even born, but I know it!

15

  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

    1. My Dad used it.
16

Yes.
No, but I had it narrowed down to a few things. But no.
44.

17

a.) Definitely heard it before
b.) Certainly I know where it’s from – I’ve seen the commercials a zillion times
c.) 53

18
  1. Yes
  2. Yes, My Dad still uses it. I thought all men in the Air Force did when I was growing up.
  3. 40
19

Yes.
Yes.
Enough.

Let’s not forget Vitalis either. At one point this past year I was curious about what effect it might have on one’s beard, so I bought a bottle. While I didn’t find it to be of any benefit, I do nevertheless leave the bottle out on the bathroom counter just for grins. Remends me of my grandads. Both of them used to smell of Vitalis and Old Spice.

20

Yes
Yes
44