# Poll: A little dab'll do ya' **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649 "2009-09-02T16:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/1 "2009-09-02T16:52:28Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/2 "2009-09-02T16:56:41Z")
For me: 1. Yes 2. Yes Brylcreem slogan, I can even sing the jingle. 3. 47 ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/3 "2009-09-02T16:57:43Z")
Yes Absolutely (can still hum the jingle) 57 ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/4 "2009-09-02T16:58:38Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes - it used to be my father’s favourite! 3. 36 (female) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/5 "2009-09-02T17:00:18Z")
Yes Yes, although I don’t need it, obviously! 54 ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/6 "2009-09-02T17:01:46Z")
1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. 39 Never used the stuff and don’t know anyone who has. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/7 "2009-09-02T17:01:58Z")
yes yes 41 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/8 "2009-09-02T17:05:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/9 "2009-09-02T17:10:13Z")
yes yes 51 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/10 "2009-09-02T17:13:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/11 "2009-09-02T17:16:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/12 "2009-09-02T17:18:15Z")
1. Yes 2. Yes (Brylcream, right?) 3. 42 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/13 "2009-09-02T17:18:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/14 "2009-09-02T17:21:08Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/15 "2009-09-02T17:22:00Z")
> [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > 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 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. 1. My Dad used it. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/16 "2009-09-02T17:23:27Z")
Yes. No, but I had it narrowed down to a few things. But no. 44. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/17 "2009-09-02T17:25:31Z")
a.) Definitely heard it before b.) Certainly I know where it’s from – I’ve seen the commercials a zillion times c.) 53 ---
**Author:** ![Kickback\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@Kickback\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kickback_Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/18 "2009-09-02T17:26:58Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/19 "2009-09-02T17:27:36Z")
Yes. Yes. Enough. Let’s not forget [Vitalis](http://barberz.com/iconZ/VitalisSun.jpg) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649/20 "2009-09-02T17:29:03Z")
Yes Yes 44 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-a-little-dabll-do-ya/508649.md?page=2)